Battlestar Galactica

Series Summary

After a thousand years of war against the twelve tribes of humans, the Cylons, a machine race, propose peace. However, they use the event of the signing of the peace treaty as an opportunity to attack the humans' twelve battlestars and twelve home planets, almost totally destroying the human race. One battlestar, Galactica, survives, however, and leads a rag-tag fleet of ships carrying the survivors of the Cylon attacks. Commander Adama, Galactica's captain, leads the humans in search of a legendary 13th lost colony of humans living on a planet called Earth. As they flee the Cylons, the human fleet are defended by Colonel Tigh, Captain Apollo, Lt. Starbuck, Sargeant Boomer, and Lt. Athena. Also aboard the battlestar are Apollo's adopted son "Boxey" and Cassiopea, a former sociolator who becomes a trained medical technician. Among the Cylon's leaders is Baltar, a human who betrayed the humans to the Cylons for his own personal gain.

Battlestar Galatica's cast

Battlestar Galactica (Classic) Movie DVD 1

Battlestar Galactica (Classic) Movie DVD 2

Battlestar Galactica (Classic) Series DVD

Galactica 1980 Series DVD

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Battlestar Galactica returned a year later as a spin-off series titled Galactica 1980. This series takes place many years after the original series, as the Galactica nears Earth. Commander Adama and Dr. Zee, a 13-year old genius who had aided the humans in the quest for Earth, find that Earth is not technologically advanced enough to help them defeat the still pursuing Cylons. Therefore, they set about covertly introducing technological advances to help Earth to develop to a point where it can help fight the Cylons. Among the few survivors of the long flight from the Cylons are Boomer, now a Colonel, and "Boxey," now known as Troy. His life-long friend Dillon is a member of Troy's fighter squadron. When Troy and Dillon travel to Earth to establish contact, they first meet and are eventually helped by a news reporter named Jamie Hamilton.

After years of controversy over the idea of resurrecting the series, in December 2003, the SciFi Channel presented a 2-part mini-series remake of the Battlestar Galactica pilot movie. Written by Star Trek alumni, Ron Moore, the new story follows the basic outline of the original pilot. With the help of the unscrupulous Baltar, the Cylons are able to mount a surprise attack against the 12 human colonies, virtually wiping out mankind. Only the Battlestar Galactica, under command of Commander Adama, stands in the way of complete extinction of the human race. In the end, about 50,000 survivors come together in a rag-tag fleet of ships to set out in search of the lost 13th colony -- Earth. Among the controversal differences from the original series are that: (1) the Cylons are not alien creatures, but robots created by man; (2) Starbuck and Boomer are women; and (3) the Cylons have created some androids who are in completely human form so they can infiltrate the human colonies as spies. After the success of the mini-series, the SciFi Channel decided to launch this new vision of Battlestar Galactica as a weekly series.

Starbuck, Apollo, Boomer, and Commander Adama

Commander Adama and President Roslin

Number Six and Dr. Baltar

Battlestar Galactica Season 3 Main Cast

Battlestar Galactica (New) Miniseries DVD

Battlestar Galactica (New) Season One DVD

Battlestar Galactica (New) Season Two/Part One DVD

Battlestar Galactica (New) Season Two/Part Two DVD

Battlestar Galactica (New) Razor DVD

Battlestar Galactica (New) Season Three DVD

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The Main Cast - Original Series

• Commander Adama -- Lorne Greene
  
• Captain Apollo -- Richard Hatch
  
• Lt. Starbuck -- Dirk Benedict
  
• Colonel Tigh -- Terry Carter
  
• Sargeant (later-Colonel) Boomer -- Herb Jefferson
  
• Lt. Athena -- Maren Jenson
  
• Cassiopea -- Laurette Spang
  
• Serina -- Jane Seymour
  
• Sheba -- Anne Lockhart
  
• "Boxey" -- Noah Hathaway
  
• Baltar -- John Colicos
  
• Troy (older "Boxey") (Galactica 1980) -- Kent McCord
  
• Dillon (Galactica 1980) -- Barry Van Dyke
  
• Jamie Hamilton (Galactica 1980) -- Robyn Douglass
  
• Dr. Zee -- (Galactica 1980) Robbie Rist/Patrick Stuart
  

The Main Cast - New Series

• William Adama -- Edward James Olmos
  
• Laura Roslin -- Mary McDonnell
  
• Gaius Baltar -- James Callis
  
• Six (Caprica / Natalie) -- Tricia Hefler
  
• Lee Adama (Apollo) -- Jamie Bamber
  
• Kara Thrace (Starbuck) -- Katee Sackhoff
  
• Sharon Valerii (Boomer) / Sharon Agathon (Athena) -- Grace Park
  
• Saul Tigh -- Michael Hogan
  
• Galen Tyrol -- Aaron Douglas
  
• Anastasia Dualla -- Kandyse McClure
  
• Billy Keikeya (Roslin's Assistant) -- Paul Campbell
  
• Felix Gaeta -- Alessandro Juliani
  
• Karl Agathon (Helo) -- Tahmon Penikett
  
• Samuel Anders -- Michael Trucco
  
• Cally Henderson Tyrol
  
• Tory Foster -- Rekha Sharma
  
• Tom Zarek -- Richard Hatch
  
• D'Anna Biers -- Lucy Lawless
  
• Cavil -- Dean Stockwell
  
• Leoben -- Callum Keith Rennie
  
• Doral -- Matthew Bennett
  
• Simon -- Rick Worthy
  
• Romo Lampkin -- Mark Sheppard
  

The Episodes

Season One -- Battlestar Galactica

Saga of A Star World (3-Hour Pilot)             09/17/78
Lost Planet of the Gods (Part 1)                09/24/78
Lost Planet of the Gods (Part 2)                10/01/78
The Lost Warrior                                10/08/78
The Long Patrol                                 10/15/78
Gun On Ice Planet Zero (Part 1)                 10/22/78
Gun On Ice Planet Zero (Part 2)                 10/29/78
The Magnificent Warriors                        11/12/78
The Young Lords                                 11/19/78
The Living Legend (Part 1)                      11/26/78
The Living Legend (Part 2)                      12/03/78
Fire In Space                                   12/17/78
War Of The Gods (Part 1)                        01/14/79
War Of The Gods (Part 2)                        01/21/79
The Man With Nine Lives                         01/28/79
Murder On The Rising Star                       02/18/79
Greetings From Earth (2-Hour Special)           02/25/79
Baltar's Escape                                 03/11/79
Experiment In Terra                             03/18/79
Take The Celestria                              04/01/79
The Hand of God                                 04/29/79

Season Two -- Galactica 1980

Galactica Discovers Earth (Part 1)              01/27/80
Galactica Discovers Earth (Part 2)              02/03/80
Galactica Discovers Earth (Part 3)              02/10/80
The Super Scouts (Part 1)                       03/16/80
The Super Scouts (Part 2)                       03/23/80
Spaceball                                       03/30/80
The Night The Cylons Landed                     04/13/80
So This Is New York                             04/20/80
Harvest Home                                    04/27/80
The Return of Starbuck                          05/04/80

SciFi Channel Series -- Season One

Mini-Series (Parts 1 and 2) (3-Hour Pilot)      12/08/03
33                                              01/14/05
Water                                           01/14/05
Bastille Day                                    01/21/05
Act of Contrition                               01/28/05
You Can't Go Home Again                         02/04/05
Litmus                                          02/11/05
6 Degrees of Separation                         02/18/05
Flesh and Bone                                  02/25/05
Tigh My Up, Tigh Me Down                        03/04/05
Hand of God                                     03/11/05
Colonial Day                                    03/18/05
Kobol's Last Gleaming (Part 1)                  03/25/05
Kobol's Last Gleaming (Part 2)                  04/01/05

SciFi Channel Series -- Season Two

Scattered                                       07/15/05
Valley of Darkness                              07/22/05
Fragged                                         07/29/05
Resistance                                      08/05/05
The Farm                                        08/12/05
Home (Part 1)                                   08/19/05
Home (Part 2)                                   08/26/05
Final Cut                                       09/09/05
Flight of the Phoenix                           09/16/05
Pegasus                                         09/23/05
Resurrection Ship (Part 1)                      01/06/05
Resurrection Ship (Part 2)                      01/13/06
Epiphanies                                      01/20/06
Black Market                                    01/27/06
Scar                                            02/03/06
Sacrifice                                       02/10/06
The Captain's Hand                              02/17/06
Downloaded                                      02/24/06
Lay Down Your Burden (Part 1)                   03/03/06
Lay Down Your Burden (Part 2) (90-Min. Finale)  03/10/06

SciFi Channel Series -- Season Three

The Occupation / Precipice (2-Hour Premiere)    10/06/06
Exodus (Part 1)                                 10/13/06
Exodus (Part 2)                                 10/20/06
Collaborators                                   10/27/06
Torn (Part 1)                                   11/03/06
A Measure of Salvation (Part 2)                 11/10/06
Hero                                            11/17/06
Unfinished Business                             12/01/06
The Passage                                     12/08/06
The Eye of Jupiter (Part 1)                     12/15/06
Rapture (Part 2)                                01/21/07
Taking a Break from All Your Worries            01/28/07
The Woman King                                  02/11/07
A Day in the Life                               02/18/07
Dirty Hands                                     02/25/07
Maelstrom                                       03/04/07
The Son Also Rises                              03/11/07
Crossroads (Part 1)                             03/18/07
Crossroads (Part 2)                             03/25/07
Razor (2-Hour Special)                          11/24/07

SciFi Channel Series -- Season Four

He That Believeth in Me                         04/04/08
Six of One                                      04/11/08
The Ties That Bind                              04/18/08
Escape Velocity                                 04/25/08
The Road Less Traveled                          05/02/08
Faith                                           05/09/08
Guess What's Coming to Dinner                   05/16/08
Sine Qua Non                                    05/30/08
Hub                                             06/06/08
Revelations                                     06/13/08
(More Season 4 to Come in the Fall)