battlestar galactica

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The Original Series Marathon
Official Press Kit
Contents
1. Battlestar Galactica
2. Galactica Marathon
3. Episode Guide
4. Characters
5. The Cylons
6. Relevant Spacecraft
7. Colonial Measurement
8. Press Release
Press Kit Formatting Note
Given the transitory nature of the series as it progresses through the seasons,
so too shall be this press kit. Season-specific information will be added as we make
our way through the series.
For that reason there are no set pages for the table of contents. As we
progress through the marathon this kit will expand, increasing the number of pages
and throwing any counting scheme off.
Battlestar Galactica
The Cylons were created by a race of reptiles.
Cylons and humanity had waged a terrible war between one another for nearly a
millennia. Hope, at long last, seemed to shine bright on the horizon as the peace accords for
the armistice assembled to end the horrific and devastating conflict once and for all. Then
the attack came. With the human colonies wiped out the survivors, bandied together in a
rag-tag fleet, now search for that one final human refuge: the mythical thirteenth colony
known as Earth.
Debuting in 1978, Battlestar Galactica was a remarkable television series for its time.
Banking on the post-Star Wars hype the show, as conceived by Glen Larsen, dealt with the
heavy themes of a post-apocalyptic world where the human race is all but wiped out by a
superior enemy bent on finishing the job. This is a startling contrast to its sci-fi television
forebears, the majority of which attempted to keep an optimistic atmosphere even I the face
of overwhelming odds. Star Trek offered a tidy and Technicolor universe, Lost in Space kept
on smiling even when Earth and home seemed the most distant. Galactica’s end-times
storyline was quite novel for its time and place on prime-time network television.
Unfortunately, NBC didn’t see fit to agree entirely with this ideology and began
inflicting their sway to push the show into a more family-friendly hour. This led to a growing
campiness very early on in the series which did more to hurt the show’s popularity than
promote it to a larger audience. Still, the show was a decent success prompting surprise
amongst the fans upon its cancellation after only a single season. The main reason for the
series’ premature ending was likely due to the exorbitant costs of its production – it was, after
all, the most expensive show on television at the time. With its massive amount of special
effects and large guest casts, Galactica’s production budget failed to make it profitable. Fan
protest succeeded in bringing the show back in a much reduced and sterilized form as
Galactica 1980 before that too was shelved after a run of only ten disappointing episodes.
Many attempted over the years to bring the show back, from Richard Hatch’s
(Captain Apollo) trailer Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming in 1999 through the almostto-production continuation series by Brian Singer and Tom Santos in 2001. Finally, in 2003,
the Sci-Fi channel green-lighted Ronald D. Moore and David Eick to begin production on a
miniseries for their proposed Galactica series.
This met with hostility from hardcore fans of the original series who disapproved of
Moore and Eick’s tampering with their universe. Nevertheless, the new Battlestar Galactica
has gone on to produce four seasons of television and has opened an entire new generation
up to the Galactica universe, to embrace both shows for their own unique merits.
Galactica Marathon
The emblem for the Battlestar Galactica Marathon features the standard
Colonial Forces unit insignia design as seen on all Colonial uniforms in the new
reimagined series. Where patches on that Galactica’s uniforms feature the ship’s
Battlestar Group number along the bottom – in Galactica’s case BSG-75 – this
insignia instead emphasizes the marathon.
In the center are the triangular shapes from Galactica’s ship patch in the
original series. The inclusion of the new Galactica’s insignia with the old show’s
emblem connects the two disparate eras of Battlestar Galactica and reminds us that,
since the reimagined show’s marathon is over, we now have the entire original show
to watch.
Episode Guide
Season One : Battlestar Galactica.
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102
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104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120
121
Saga of a Star World
Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I
Lost Planet of the Gods, Part II
The Lost Warrior
The Long Patrol
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I
The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II
The Magnificent Warriors
The Young Lords
The Living Legend, Part I
The Living Legend, Part II
Fire in Space
War of the Gods, Part I
War of the Gods, Part II
The Man with Nine Lives
Murder on the Rising Star
Greetings from Earth
Baltar’s Escape
Experiment in Terra
Take the Celestra
The Hand of God
Original Airdate:
September 17, 1978
September 24, 1978
October 1, 1978
October 10, 1978
October 15, 1978
October 22, 1978
October 29, 1978
November 12, 1978
November 19, 1978
November 26, 1978
December 3, 1978
December 12, 1978
January 14, 1979
January 21, 1979
January 28, 1979
February 18, 1979
February 25, 1979
March 11, 1979
March 18, 1979
April 1, 1979
April 29, 1979
Season Two : Galactica 1980.
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Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II
Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III
The Super Scouts, Part I
The Super Scouts, Part II
Spaceball
The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I
The Night the Cylongs Landed, Part II
Space Croppers
The Return of Starbuck
End of BSG original series marathon.
January 27, 1980
February 3, 1980
February 10, 1980
March 16, 1980
March 23, 1980
March 30, 1980
April 13, 1980
April 20, 1980
April 27, 1980
May 4, 1980
Characters
Season One – Main cast.
Adama
First appearance: Saga of a Star World
Position: Commander / CO, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Lorne Greene
Apollo
Position: Captain / Viper pilot, CAG, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Richard Hatch
Starbuck
Position: Lieutenant / Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Dirk Benedict
Boomer
Played by: Herbert Jefferson, Jr.
Baltar
Position: Quorum of Twelve Member, Cylon conspirator
Played by: John Colicos
Season One – Main cast.
Tigh
Position: Colonel / XO, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Terry Carter
Athena
Position: Lieutenant / Core Command Operative, Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Maren Jensen
Cassiopeia
Position: Socialator, Lieutenant / Medtech, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Laurette Spang
Boxey
Position: Son of Serena, adopted son of Apollo
Played by: Noah Hathaway
Muffit II
Position: Robotic daggit
Played by: Evie the Chimp
Season One – Recurring cast.
Jolly
Position: Flight Sergeant / Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Tony Swartz
Greenbean
Played by: Ed Begley, Jr.
Omega
Position: Sergeant / Core Command Operative, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: David Greenan
Rigel
Position: Flight Corporal / Core Command Operative, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Sarah Rush
Salik
First appearance: Lost Planet of the Gods, Part I
Position: Doctor / Senior Life-Sciences Officer, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: George Murdock
Season One – Supporting cast.
Adar
Position: Final President of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol
Played by: Lew Ayres
Zac
Played by: Rick Springfield
Serena
Position: Reporter, Lieutenant / Shuttle and Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Jane Seymour
Wilker
Position: Doctor / Electronics expert, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: John Dullaghan
Paye
Position: Doctor / Life-Sciences Practitioner, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: John Fink
Sire Uri
Position: Member of the Quorum of Twelve
Played by: Ray Milland
Sire Anton
Played by: Wilfrid Hyde-White
Blonde Taurus
Position: Spaced-out partygoer on Carillon
Played by: Randi Oakes
Lotay
Position: Queen of the Ovions
Played by: Diane L. Burgdorf
Seetol
Position: Aide to Queen Lotay of the Ovions
Played by: Sandy Gimpel
Giles
Played by: Larry Manetti
Deitra
Position: Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Sheila de Windt
Brie
Played by: Janet Louise Johnson
Sorrell
Played by: Janet Lynn Curtis
Lacerta
First appearance: The Lost Warrior
Position: Thug on Equellus
Played by: Claude Earl Jones
Vella
Position: Widowed son of Puppis
Played by: Katherine Cannon
Puppis
Position: Son of Vella
Played by: Johnny Timko
Bootes
Position: Brother of Vella
Played by: Lance DeGault
Jason
Position: Terrorized farmer on Equellus
Played by: Jay Donahue
C.O.R.A.
First appearance: The Long Patrol
Position: Experimental Viper flight-control computer
Played by: Cathy Paine (voice)
Croad
Position: Chief Enforcer of prison planetoid Proteus
Played by: Ted Gehring
Robber
Position: Smuggler
Played by: James Whitmore, Jr.
Slayer
Position: Prisoner and wife of Robber
Played by: Nancy DeCarl
Adultress
Position: Prisoner on Proteus
Played by: Arlene Martel
Croft
First appearance: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I
Position: Fleet prisoner, former Colonial officer
Played by: Roy Thinnes
Leda
Position: Fleet prisoner, ex-wife of Croft
Played by: Christine Belford
Thane
Position: Fleet prisoner
Played by: James Olson
Wolfe
Position: Fleet prisoner
Played by: Richard Lynch
Haals
Position: Senior Gunnery Master, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Curtis Credel
Vickers
Position: Sergeant / Demolitions expert, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Walt Davis
Cree
Position: Cadet / Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Alan Stock
Komma
Position: Corporal / Computer technician, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Jeff MacKay
Tenna
Position: Theta-class clone
Played by: Britt Ekland
Ser 5-9
Position: Theta-class clone
Played by: Denny Miller
Ravishol
First appearance: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part II
Position: Geneticist and inventor living on Arcta
Played by: Dan O’Herlihy
Sire Bogan
First appearance: The Magnificent Warriors
Position: Governor of Serenity
Played by: Barry Nelson
Siress Belloby
Position: A very stubborn woman
Played by: Brett Somers
Dipper
Position: Sire Bogan’s lackey
Played by: Eric Server
Carmichael
Position: Lead Agro Specialist, Agro Ship Nine
Played by: Olan Soulé
Nogow
Position: Leader of the Borays
Played by: Ben Frommer
Megan
First appearance: The Young Lords
Position: Widower, father of five children on Attila
Played by: Bruce Glover
Kyle
Position: Son of Megan
Played by: Charles Bloom
Miri
Position: Daughter of Megan
Played by: Audrey Landers
Nilz
Played by: Adam Mann
Ariadne
Position: Daughter of Megan
Played by: Brigitte Muller
Robus
Played by: Jonathan B. Woodward
Cain
First appearance: The Living Legend, Part I
Position: Commander / CO, Battlestar Pegasus
Played by: Lloyd Bridges
Tolan
Position: Colonel / XO, Battlestar Pegasus
Played by: Rod Haase
Sheba
Position: Lieutenant / Viper pilot, Battlestars Pegasus and Galactica
Played by: Anne Lockhart
Bojay
Position: Lieutenant / Viper pilot, Battlestars Pegasus and Galactica
Played by: Claudette Mink
Count Iblis
First appearance: War of the Gods, Part I
Position: The Prince of Darkness
Played by: Patrick Macnee
Chameleon
First appearance: The Man with Nine Lives
Position: Con artist
Played by: Fred Astaire
Siress Blassie
Position: Senior citizen
Played by: Anne Jeffreys
Maga
Position: Leader of the Borellian Nomen
Played by: Lance LeGault
Bora
Position: Borellian Nomen in the fleet
Played by: Robert Feero
Taba
Position: Borellian Nomen in the fleet
Played by: Anthony de Longis
Lomas
Position: Corporal / Duty Officer, Security, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Bruce Wright
Zara
Position: Reporter with Inter-Fleet Broadcasting
Played by: Patricia Stich
Zed
Position: Reporter with Inter-Fleet Broadcasting
Played by: Frank Parker
Ortega
First appearance: Murder on the Rising Star
Played by: Frank Ashmore
Solon
Position: Chief Opposer of the Fleet
Played by: Brock Peters
Chella
Position: Pyramid dealer, Rising Star
Played by: Ben Frank
Karibdis
Position: Former aide to Baltar, waiter on Rising Star
Played by: Lyman Ward
Elias
Position: Murder suspect
Played by: Newel Alexander
Sire Geller
First appearance: Greetings from Earth
Played by: Murray Matheson
Reese
Position: Council Security for the Quorum of Twelve
Played by: Ron Kelly
Sarah Fowler
Position: Refugee escaping Eastern Alliance
Played by: Kelly Harmon
Michael
Position: Refugee escaping Eastern Alliance
Played by: Randolph Mantooth
Leiter
Position: Commandant / Leader of Eastern Alliance
Played by: Lloyd Bochner
Vector
Position: Android
Played by: Ray Bolger
Hector
Position: Android
Played by: Bobby Van
Aggie Moreland
Position: Survivor of Eastern Alliance attack
Played by: Lesley Woods
Josh Moreland
Played by: Frank Marth
Doyle
Played by: Gary Vinson
Sire Domra
First appearance: Baltar’s Escape
Position: Leading member of the Quorum of Twelve
Played by: John Hoyt
Siress Tinia
First appearance: The Woman King
Played by: Ina Balin
John
First appearance: Experiment in Terra
Position: Being of Light
Played by: Edward Mulhare
Maxwell
Position: General / Officer for Nationalists on Terra
Played by: Ken Swofford
Brenda Maxwell
Position: Daughter of General Maxwell
Played by: Melody Anderson
Brace
Position: Nationalist security officer
Played by: Jordan Rhodes
Arends
Position: President & leader of Nationalists on Terra
Played by: Peter D. MacLean
Horning
Position: Scientist and officer, Nationalists on Terra
Played by: Ken Lynch
Moore
Position: Aide to Terran President Arends
Played by: Logan Ramsey
Eastern Alliance Leader
Position: Supreme Commendant of the Eastern Alliance
Played by: Nehemiah Persoff
Kronus
First appearance: Take the Celestra
Position: Commander / CO, Battlestar Rycon, Celestra
Played by: Paul Fix
Charka
Position: XO, Celestra
Played by: Nick Holt
Aurora
Position: Shuttle pilot, Celestra
Played by: Ana Alicia
Damon
Position: Crewmember, Celestra
Played by: Randy Stumpf
Hermes
Position: XO, Celestra
Played by: Richard Styles
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Season Two – Relevant cast updates.
Adama
Position: Commander / CO, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Lorne Greene
Boomer
Position: Colonel / XO, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Herbert Jefferson, Jr.
Troy (Boxey)
First appearance: Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I
Position: Captain / Viper pilot, Battlestar Galactica
Played by: Kent McCord
Apollo
Position: Presumed dead
Played by: Richard Hatch
Starbuck
Position: Marooned
Played by: Dirk Benedict
Season Two – Recurring cast.
Zee
Position: Child genius and advisor to Adama
Played by: Robbie Rist & Patrick Stuart
Dillon
Played by: Barry Van Dyke
Jamie Hamilton
Position: UNC reporter, aide to Troy and Dillon
Played by: Robyn Douglass
Xaviar
Position: Commander / Member of the Quorum of Twelve
Played by: Richard Lynch
Jack Sydell
First appearance: The Super Scouts, Part I
Position: Colonel, USAF / UFO Investigator
Played by: Allen Miller
Season Two – Supporting cast.
Donald Mortinson
Position: Nuclear physicist at Pacific Institute of Technology
Played by: Robert Reed
Dorothy Carlyle
Position: Assistant to Donald Mortinson
Played by: Pamela Susan Shoop
Brooks
Position: UBC station manager, Jamie Hamilton’s boss
Played by: Fred Holliday
Anne
Position: Secretary to station manager Brooks
Played by: Sharon Acker
Cushing
Position: General, USAF
Played by: Richard Eastham
Willy
Position: Leader of biker gang
Played by: Brion James
Willie Griffin
Position: Earth kid
Played by: Adam Star
Stockwell
First appearance: Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II
Position: Major, USAF / Flight instructor, saboteur
Played by: Christopher Stone
Gestapo Colonel
Position: Colonel, Gestapo
Played by: Curt Lowens
German General
Position: General, Wehrmacht
Played by: Unknown
Spencer
Position: Doctor, Paradise Valley Medical Center
Played by: George DeLoy
Valerie
Position: Nurse, Paradise Valley Medical Center
Played by: Carlene Watkins
John Stockton
Position: Owner, Stanford Chemical Plant
Played by: Mike Kellen
Ellsworth
Position: Sheriff, Paradise Valley
Played by: John Quade
Bo Collins
Position: Sheriff’s deputy, Paradise Valley
Played by: Unknown
Billy Eheres
First appearance: Spaceball
Position: Owner, Casey’s Camp
Played by: Paul Koslo
Trent
First appearance: Spaceball
Position: Lieutenant, USAF / Assistant to Colonel Sydell
Played by: Marla Heasley
Wolfman Jack
First appearance: The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I
Position: WQSL radio personality
Played by: Himself
Andromus
Position: Humanoid Cylon
Played by: Roger Davis
Andromicus
Position: Humanoid Cylon
Played by: Neil Zevnik
Max
Position: Police officer, NYPD
Played by: Robert Reed
Leroy
Position: Police Officer, NYPD
Played by: Ed Griffith
Norman Blore
Position: WQSL station manager, a sad clown
Played by: William Daniels
Shirley Blore
Position: Wife of Norman Blore
Played by: Lara Parker
Mildred
Position: Friend of Norman and Shirley Blore
Played by: Marj Dusay
Arnie
Position: WQSL program director
Played by: Val Bisoglio
Briggs
First appearance: The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II
Position: Colonel, USAF / Air Force Special Detachment One
Played by: Peter Mark Richardson
Hector Alonzo
First appearance: Space Croppers
Position: Landowner and farmer
Played by: Ned Romero
John Steadman
First appearance: Space Croppers
Position: Landowner and farmer
Played by: Dana Elcar
Angela
First appearance: The Return of Starbuck
Position: Probable Being of Light
Played by: Judith Chapman
The Cylons
The Cylons come in many models, each with a dedicated function.
Imperious Leader
Role: Command of Cylon Empire
Named units: Imperious Leader
Voiced by: Patrick Macnee
IL-Series
Role: Command over Cylon units and basestars
Named units: Lucifer, Specter
Voiced by: Jonathan Harris, Murray Matheson
Centurion
Role: Infantry, pilots, cavalry, labor
Named units: Red Eye, Centuri, Cy
Voiced by: Rex Cutter
Command Centurion
Role: Command over centurion units and outposts
Named units: Vulpa
Voiced by: Rex Cutter
Civilians
First appearance: The Living Legend, Part II
Role: Cylon civilians
Relevant Spacecraft
A brief guide to the Colonial, civilian, and Cylon spacecraft as seen in the show.
Season One : Battlestar Galactica.
COLONIAL FORCES
Battlestar Atlantia
President Adar’s flagship, destroyed during the Battle of Cimtar.
Battlestar Galactica
Last remaining battlestar and leader of rag-tag fleet in search of the mythical planet Earth.
Battlestar Pegasus
Surviving battlestar commanded by Cain. Whereabouts after Battle of Gamoray remain unknown.
Colonial Viper
Colonial workhorse fighter craft, used for long-range patrols and in defense of the mothership.
THE FLEET
Rising Star
Luxury liner containing the finest comforts of all the vessels in the fleet.
Agro Ships
Vessels within fleet containing gardens capable of growing fruits and vegetables. Most destroyed.
Prison Barge
Prison ship carrying fugitives and other riff-raff back to Colonies for trial.
Celestra
Electronics ship and site of a mutiny against Commander Kronus.
ENEMY FORCES
Cylon Basestar
Double-saucer hulled Cylon mothership, each carrying thousands of raiders and troops.
Cylon Raider
Cylon fighter craft flown by three centurions, used for defense and raiding attacks.
Eastern Alliance Destroyer
Spacecraft operated by Eastern Alliance to instill fear and terror among its subjects.
Season Two : Galactica 1980.
COLONIAL FORCES
Colonial Viper (variant)
Two-occupant variant of the standard Viper fighter craft.
Colonial Turbine
A single-occupant flight-capable motorcycle used principally for ground transport.
THE FLEET
Anti-gravity Ship
Prototype vessel built under Dr. Zee’s guidance. Shaped like a flying saucer.
Delphi
Freighter serving as the fleet’s school ship.
Hybrid craft
Half-Colonial, half-Cylon spacecraft constructed by Starbuck from wreckage of two ships.
ENEMY FORCES
A-B Raider
Large Cylon fighter craft flown by six centurions used for defense, raiding, and possible troop carrying.
Colonial Measurement
This is a list of Colonial units of measurement and their Earth counterparts.
Centar : Hour
Centon : Minute
Ergon : Radiation energy
Hectar : 9 million miles (1/10 parsec)
Kilon : Speed of spacecraft
Laxon : Unit of dry measurement
Maxim : 10 meters
Megon : Megaton
Metric : Kilometer
Metron : Meter
Microcenton : Meter
Micron : Split second, .6 seconds
Millicenton : About 10 minutes
Parsec : 90 million miles (10 hectares)
Quatron : About 1 month
Radion : Rad (radiation)
Sectar : Alternate of hectar
Secton : Week
Time cycle : Day
Volton : Voltage
Wavelon : Wavelength
Yahren : Year
Press Release
The official press release for the Battlestar Galactica Marathon:
• • •
Sunday, June 28, 2008.
The Cylons were not created by man.
They still rebelled.
They didn’t evolve.
And they did have a plan.
With the reimagined series Battlestar Galactica marathon successfully completed it’s time to return to
its roots. The original series, that much discounted space opera, still deserves some respect. That
said, this second chapter of the Battlestar Galactica marathon series aims to showcase the original
1978-79 series and its sorry sequel, Galactica 1980. Gone is all the nerve-wracking serious drama of
the new show and in its place a long line of clunky centurions and questionable science from the era
of that post Star Wars sci-fi high. By your command.
• • •
The Battlestar Galactica Marathon is to be held at Josh’s House.
Marathon will be held over a series of weeks, per attendee’s schedules.
Marathon date: TBA.
Particulars:
Marathon guest list is open registry.
Marathon format is fixed schedule.
Marathon type is single series.
Marathon length is 28 hours total.

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