Editing Continuity errors (1980)

{{Continuity Errors series}}

These are continuity errors seen in ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.

== Costume errors ==

* In "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]," {{1980|Troy}}'s Warrior jacket does not have the ''Galactica'' patch upon landing on Earth, and embarking on his [[turbocycle]]. However, [[Kent McCord]]'s stunt double has this emblem on his jacket, allowing viewers to discern between footage shot with McCord and footage shot with the actors' stunt double on their turbocycles. 

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G80 - Dillon and Troy in GDS1.png|[[Dillon]] ([[Barry Van Dyke]]) and {{1980|Troy}} ([[Kent McCord]]) mounting their [[turbocycle]]s, showing that one has their uniform patch, while the other (McCord) does not {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.
G80 - Dillon and Troy Stunt Doubles in GDS1.png|Stunt doubles for Van Dyke and McCord, seen later with the proper patch on his costume {{G80|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I}}.
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== Dialogue errors ==

* In his conversation with [[Doctor Zee]] in "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]," [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] indicates that they have not encountered any [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] for a "billion star miles". The term miles is never used in the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}}.
* Furthermore, the Galacticans tend to vacillate between Earth terms and [[List of terms (TOS)#Units of Measure|Galactican terms]] for time and measurement, occasionally substituting "year" for "[[yahren]]" and vice versa, "hour" for "[[centar]]".
* In "[[The Super Scouts, Part II]]," the sick [[Super Scouts]] are identified by [[Dillon]] as being [[Starla]], [[Moonstone]] and [[Wellington|Jason]]. However, the girl scout is ''not'' Starla and Jason is later identified in "[[Spaceball]]" as [[Wellington]].
* In "[[The Super Scouts, Part II]]," [[Jay Johnson]], the leader of the National Guard detachment from [[w:Vandenberg Air Force Base|Vandenberg Air Force Base]], is identified by three different first names by Sheriff [[Ellsworth]]: Jay, John and Joe.
* In "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]," Troy knows that two Cylons survived the crash, even though this information is only confirmed later in [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II|Part II]].

== Logic errors ==

* The signal correctly believed by some Colonials to be from [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] is the [[w:Apollo 11|Apollo 11]] moon landing from 1969, and is received by ''{{TOS|Galactica}}'' in the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} finale, "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]". Eleven years have passed on Earth, since the Fleet finds Earth in 1980; however, thirty years have passed for the Fleet, indicating they should have come across the planet much later than 1980.

[[File:Viper charging gaffe.jpg|thumb|An energy bolt goes through an USAF airman.]]

* At ~40:08 in "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]," as [[Xaviar]] charges his [[Viper (1980)|Viper]]'s [[energizer]], the green electrical discharge that hits the Viper also goes through a USAF airman, who is unaffected by it. Logically, the man should be dead.

* In "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]," the ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'' develops engine trouble and stops "dead in space". However, the ship should still have inertia, thus continuing to move in space, until slowed or diverted by a gravitational pull or other outside force.

* In "[[The Super Scouts, Part II]]," Sydell opens the back of [[John Stockton]]'s van, seeing the empty beds. As he points the flashlight in Stockton's face, he asks where the Warriors and children are. On another shot at roughly ~44:08, which is supposed to show his response to this question, Stockton is (somehow) on the ''left side'' of the van when he replies to this question.

* In "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]," the second [[ticket master]] points out the gate that Troy and Dillon are to go to in order to board the jet with her right hand. In the next scene at ~13:39 she's using her left.

* In "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]," when [[Norman Blore]] looks and sees [[Andromus]] on the balcony alone at ~19:56. In the following scenes, Andromus is with [[Centuri]], who is standing to Andromus' right (and within clear view of the door). 

* In "[[Space Croppers]]," there are three [[Agro Ship]]s being attacked by Cylons. However, it is previously established that within the first year of their journey for [[Earth (1980)|Earth]], two of the three surviving Agro Ships are destroyed by a similar attack in "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]". To add to the contradiction, Adama refers to the attack as having destroyed ''one'' agricultural ship.

* In "Space Croppers" at ~04:22, a Viper pilot jukes to his port, but the next special effects shot shows the Viper juking to starboard.

* In "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," some of the close up scenes are taken from "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]," a fact which is visually betrayed as the new scenes shot for "The Return of Starbuck" feature the two-seater cockpit.

== Prop errors ==

[[File:NYPD cop.jpg|thumb|A cop with two different badge numbers! {{G80|The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II}}.]]

* In "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]," the old [[NYPD cop]] that pursues Troy and Dillon is wearing badges with two different and conflicting numbers. His hat says 4286 while the badge on his jacket reads 6425. This is also prevalent on many of the NYPD cops that make appearances in this episode.

* In "[[Space Croppers]], the [[laser pistol (1980)|laser pistol]]s used by Troy and Dillon to prepare the ground for planting are the laser pistols of Cylon Centurions, not Colonials.

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== Reused footage ==

Due to the alleged substantively reduced budget and production problems in ''1980'', much of the series reuses footage from the {{TOS|Battlestar Galactica|Original Series}} to a much higher degree than in the original. 

=== [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]] ===

* The scene where [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] approach Earth is taken from "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]," particularly of note is the brief flash from the mountain top where the [[Ravashol pulsar]] when the two Viper's pass by.

=== [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]] ===

* At ~00:21:04, footage of Troy pressing the switch to activate the flying mode on the [[turbine]] is used. However, it can be plainly seen that he is wearing the [[Uniforms (TOS)|standard Colonial uniform]], instead of the puffy jacket that he's actually wearing when being pursued by the sheriff.
* The computer screen depicting how close Troy and Dillon are near to [[Xavier]]'s {{TOS|Viper}} is taken from "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I," when the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] are readying the Ravashol pulsar to fire.

=== [[The Super Scouts, Part I]] ===

* Footage depicting the destruction scenes on the ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'' are taken from various sources, primarily "[[Fire in Space]]". 
* Also at ~00:07:17, an explosion effect is overlaid with a shot of a [[launch tube (TOS)|launch tube]] with a Viper inside.

=== [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]] ===

* Immediately after [[Britton]] and [[Kanon]]'s [[Viper (1980)|Viper]] rams into the [[A-B Raider]], the undercarriage of a regular [[Raider (TOS)|Raider]] can be seen briefly at ~00:03:22 from inside the Viper's cockpit.
* The scene between [[Zee]] and [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] discussing the fact that the Cylons have evolved beyond their greatest fears is the same as the discussion about the attack on the ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'' in "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]". There is an abandoned sub-plot in a previous version of [[bsp:The Super Scouts, Part I|the script]] for "The Super Scouts, Part I" that would have introduced the android Cylons, and this dialogue is clearly the only surviving descendant of that abandoned plotline. 
* The scene of two police cars alleging to be on West 12th Street at ~00:44:22 shows two older police cars, as noted by the different strobe-and-flash rack on the roof, and the car types.
* While [[A-B Raider]] has been closing the [[Earth (1980)|Earth]],  [[Paradeen]] (or [[Attila]]) has been seen to replaced [[Earth (1980)|the Earth]] through the windows

=== [[Space Croppers]] ===

* The scene where a [[Centurion (TOS)|Centurion]] talks to the [[Imperious Leader]] is extracted from "[[Saga of a Star World]]," but the dialogue is redubbed with [[Dennis Haysbert]] voicing the Leader.
* The attack on the [[Agro Ship]]s is lifted from "[[The Magnificent Warriors]]".
* The various cuts of Viper pilots pressing the fire button on the pilot stick will note that various ones say "stores," which is from "[[Saga of a Star World]]".
* At ~04:47, the Raiders that climb over the ship on Zee's screen is from "Saga of a Star World". Notably the craft they climb over is a Cylon [[fuel tanker]].

=== [[The Return of Starbuck]] ===

* A majority of the scenes in the first act of this episode, where [[Starbuck (1980)|Starbuck]] and [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]] fight the Cylons is taken from "[[The Young Lords]]".

== Special effects ==

=== [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]] ===

[[File:Raider sfx goof.jpg|thumb|The black "rods" can be seen from the back of the Raider models in this shot.]]

* The visual effects depicting two Raiders reveal what appear to be stubs from two rods that hold and rotate the Raider models in "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]" at ~00:09:08.

=== [[The Super Scouts, Part I]] ===

* The smoke on the ''[[Delphi (ship)|Delphi]]'' is overlaid on top of the live-action footage, as one can clearly see when the camera angle moves, yet the smoke remains fixed in place. 

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