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{{Episode Data | {{Episode Data | ||
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| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part | | title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 2 | ||
| series= 1980 | | series= 1980 | ||
| season= | | season= | ||
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| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]] | | writer= [[Glen A. Larson]] | ||
| story= | | story= | ||
| director=[[Sidney Hayers]] | | director= [[IMDB:nm0370868|Sidney Hayers]] | ||
| guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer ( | | guests= [[Herbert Jefferson Jr]] as [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] | ||
| production= | | production= 1.2 | ||
| rating= | | rating= | ||
| US airdate= 1980-02-03 | | US airdate= 1980-02-03 | ||
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| prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]] | | prev=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]] | ||
| next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]] | | next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
== Overview == | |||
:''As Colonial Warriors attempt to contact Earth scientists to aid in improving their technology, Earth authorities complicate [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]]'s mission, while [[Doctor Zee]] discovers that a rogue Council member is attempting to change Earth history.'' | |||
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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
[[Image:Wow.jpg|thumb|left|Willy Griffin discovers the Vipers]] | |||
* The young boy [[Willy Griffin]] arrives home to tell his dad he's found two spaceships. His dad is skeptical but eventually decides to take a look. | * The young boy [[Willy Griffin]] arrives home to tell his dad he's found two spaceships. His dad is skeptical but eventually decides to take a look. | ||
* When Griffin's father sees the | * When Griffin's father sees the [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], he calls the police. | ||
* Meanwhile, [[Jamie Hamilton]] has reached the [[UBC]] television studios, where her interview is not going well. During the interview, she is interrupted to take a phone call from [[Dillon]]. Hamilton refuses to talk and hangs up. | * Meanwhile, [[Jamie Hamilton]] has reached the [[UBC]] television studios, where her interview is not going well. During the interview, she is interrupted to take a phone call from [[Dillon]]. Hamilton refuses to talk and hangs up. | ||
* [[Donald Mortinson|Dr. | * [[Donald Mortinson|Dr. Mortenson]] calls Hamilton, having determined she was somehow connected with [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and Dillon. | ||
* Overhearing part of this conversation, Mr. [[Brooks]], the UBC station manager, offers Hamilton a reporting job if she can manage to get an interview with Mortinson. Hamilton agrees to the offer. | * Overhearing part of this conversation, Mr. [[Brooks]], the UBC station manager, offers Hamilton a reporting job if she can manage to get an interview with Mortinson. Hamilton agrees to the offer. | ||
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* Followed by a UBC camera crew in a van, Hamilton goes to meet Mortinson as planned, and Troy and Dillon catch up to her on the way. | * Followed by a UBC camera crew in a van, Hamilton goes to meet Mortinson as planned, and Troy and Dillon catch up to her on the way. | ||
* When | * When Mortenson arrives, he is pleased to meet the Colonials, but realizes Hamilton is trying to get him on film. | ||
* Troy suggests they leave, and the four get into the doctor's car. | * Troy suggests they leave, and the four get into the doctor's car. | ||
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* Dillon plows the car into the front of a store, but the four are without injury and manage to escape by use of the invisibility screen. | * Dillon plows the car into the front of a store, but the four are without injury and manage to escape by use of the invisibility screen. | ||
* Leaving Mortinson behind, Troy, Dillon, and Jamie return to '' | * Leaving Mortinson behind, Troy, Dillon, and Jamie return to [[Galactica (TOS)|''Galactica'']]. | ||
* The Vipers cross the night sky and are witnessed by Willy Griffin, his dad and the police - but the police discount them as shooting stars. | * The Vipers cross the night sky and are witnessed by Willy Griffin, his dad and the police - but the police discount them as shooting stars. | ||
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* While the two were away on Earth, [[Xaviar]] has been arguing with Adama over the merits of introducing technological advancements to Earth in 1980, and has taken matters into his own hands. | * While the two were away on Earth, [[Xaviar]] has been arguing with Adama over the merits of introducing technological advancements to Earth in 1980, and has taken matters into his own hands. | ||
* Xaviar steals [[Doctor Zee]] | * Xaviar steals [[Doctor Zee|Doctor Zee's]] time machine to travel to the past and make changes to history to speed up the technological development of Earth. | ||
* Doctor Zee determines that Xaviar has gone back to Nazi Germany during World War II. | * Doctor Zee determines that Xaviar has gone back to Nazi Germany during World War II. | ||
* Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton launch for Earth and, using Doctor Zee's space warp, travel backwards in time. The process alters the molecules in their clothes, leaving their uniforms | * Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton launch for Earth and, using Doctor Zee's space warp, travel backwards in time. The process alters the molecules in their clothes, leaving their uniforms white in color. | ||
* Arriving in the skies over Germany of 4 June 1944, they are detected by the Germans. The | * Arriving in the skies over Germany of 4 June 1944, they are detected by the Germans. The Nazi Commander initially believes they are the 423rd fighter squadron, but he is informed that there are only two. Believing that the craft are Americn reconnaissance bomber planes, he orders the Luftwaffe to intercept. However, the Colonials avoid the pursuing Luftwaffe after the Luftwaffe's commander notices that the Vipers lack American or Allied markings. The Luftwaffe commander sternly orders his wingmen not to mention anything about the incident, believing the Vipers to be the Germans' own experimental aircraft and Troy and Dillon land the Vipers in a field, or they would personally answer to him. | ||
* Suddenly, the trio sees a B-17 sail into view, under heavy fire. The plane is downed, but a lone parachutist makes it down. | * Suddenly, the trio sees a B-17 sail into view, under heavy fire. The plane is downed, but a lone parachutist makes it down. | ||
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* On their way to the rocket base, Troy, Dillon, Stockwell, and Hamilton observe a transport of Jews about to be shipped to Auschwitz. | * On their way to the rocket base, Troy, Dillon, Stockwell, and Hamilton observe a transport of Jews about to be shipped to Auschwitz. | ||
* They manage to free a single young girl, and take her with them as they head to a [[Places on Earth (1980)#Smite.27s Buchhandlung|bookstore]] owned by | * They manage to free a single young girl, and take her with them as they head to a [[Places on Earth (1980)#Smite.27s Buchhandlung|bookstore]] owned by one of Stockwell's contacts. | ||
* Suddenly, the SS arrives to raid the bookstore. The team uses the invisibility cloak to avoid capture. | * Suddenly, the SS arrives to raid the bookstore. The team uses the invisibility cloak to avoid capture. | ||
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* Xaviar is indeed at the rocket base, posing as a British rocket scientist with Nazi sympathies. He is overseeing the testing of an augmented V-2 - equipped with a jet using Colonial technology. | * Xaviar is indeed at the rocket base, posing as a British rocket scientist with Nazi sympathies. He is overseeing the testing of an augmented V-2 - equipped with a jet using Colonial technology. | ||
[[Image:Soldiers.jpg|thumb|Troy and Dillon in disguise]] | |||
* Dressed as German soldiers, the Warriors, Hamilton and Stockwell sneak into the base just in time to see the V-2 sitting on the pad, awaiting the test that could give the Nazis the upper hand in the war, altering Earth's history. | * Dressed as German soldiers, the Warriors, Hamilton and Stockwell sneak into the base just in time to see the V-2 sitting on the pad, awaiting the test that could give the Nazis the upper hand in the war, altering Earth's history. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
* Segments of the episode were filmed at the Golden Oak Ranch. The [[w:Nazi|Nazi]] rocket base was filmed in part on the [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] backlot. | * Segments of the episode were filmed at the Golden Oak Ranch. The [[w:Nazi|Nazi]] rocket base was filmed in part on the [[w:Universal Studios|Universal Studios]] backlot. | ||
* The "white uniforms" are reuses from the episodes "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]" and "[[Experiment in Terra]]". In "War of the Gods, | * The "white uniforms" are reuses from the episodes "[[War of the Gods, Part II]]" and "[[Experiment in Terra]]". In "War of the Gods", the uniforms are seen on [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and [[Sheba]] when they are aboard the [[Ship of Lights]]. Later, Starbuck and Apollo have these uniforms when given an aura that permits them to see [[John]], a [[Being of Light]], during their assignment on [[Terra]]. | ||
* The only new Viper-based special effects created for this episode involves the time warp effect as [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] pursue [[Xaviar]] back to 1944. | * The only new Viper-based special effects created for this episode involves the time warp effect as [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] pursue [[Xaviar]] back to 1944. | ||
* Dillon uses the vulgar word [[ | * Dillon uses the vulgar word [[felgercarb]] in this episode, which is the first occurrence of a vulgarism in this series. It is also interesting, given the restrictions the FCC placed on programming that occupied ''1980's'' timeslot. | ||
* In reality, the first V-2 test launches took place in 1942. By 1944, the rocket was already massproduced by slave labor in [[w:Mittelwerk|underground factories]]. Due to Allied bombings a large part of the research staff was also moved away from [[Peenemünde]]. Although tests to refine the technology took place there until shortly before the war's end, the rocket wasn't still undergoing basic development as implied by the episode. | * In reality, the first V-2 test launches took place in 1942. By 1944, the rocket was already massproduced by slave labor in [[w:Mittelwerk|underground factories]]. Due to Allied bombings a large part of the research staff was also moved away from [[Peenemünde]]. Although tests to refine the technology took place there until shortly before the war's end, the rocket wasn't still undergoing basic development as implied by the episode. | ||
== Analysis == | == Analysis == | ||
* Doctor Zee has earned the respect of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]] and Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] due to his accuracy and his feats that have saved them. The Council has never rebuked or challenged Zee, unlike Adama, who has fought the council on nearly every issue in the | * Doctor Zee has earned the respect of the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Council of Twelve]] and Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] due to his accuracy and his feats that have saved them. The Council has never rebuked or challenged Zee, unlike Adama, who has fought the council on nearly every issue in the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]]. | ||
* The Colonials do not know the science of [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]]. [[Xavier]] points out that it is something that the Colonials have tried to achieve, but failed in their past. | * The Colonials do not know the science of [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]]. [[Xavier]] points out that it is something that the Colonials have tried to achieve, but failed in their past. | ||
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*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]] | *[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]] | ||
*[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]] | *[[Christopher Stone]] as Major [[Stockwell]] | ||
*[[Albert Paulsen]] as | *[[imdb:nm0667292|Albert Paulsen]] as Unknown | ||
*[[Louis Turenne]] as | *[[imdb:nm0877027|Louis Turenne]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#German Officer|German Officer]] | ||
*[[Michael Strong]] as [[ | *[[Michael Strong]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Resistance Leader|Resistance Leader/The Old Man]] | ||
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]] | *[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]] | ||
*[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff | *[[Ted Gehring]] as Sheriff | ||
*[[Curt Lowens]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#German Commander|German Commander]] | *[[imdb:nm0523142|Curt Lowens]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#German Commander|German Commander]] | ||
*[[James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]] | *[[James R. Parkes]] as [[Walt Griffin]] | ||
*[[Bruce Wright]] as Aide | *[[Bruce Wright]] as Aide | ||
*[[Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]] | *[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]] | ||
*[[Missy Francis]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Little Girl|Little Girl]] | *[[imdb:nm0290261|Missy Francis]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Little Girl|Little Girl]] | ||
*[[Todd Martin]] as | *[[imdb:nm0553138|Todd Martin]] as 3rd German | ||
*[[John Zenda]] as | *[[John Zenda]] as 3rd Cop | ||
*[[Erik Holland]] as | *[[Erik Holland]] as 2nd German Officer | ||
*[[Erik Forst]] as | *[[imdb:nm0286920|Erik Forst]] as 1st German Officer | ||
*Unknown as [[Al]] | |||
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*Unknown as [[Dave]] | *Unknown as [[Dave]] | ||
*Unknown as [[Unnamed characters (1980)# | *Unknown as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Wilie's sister|Willie Griffin's sister]] | ||
*Unknown as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Willie's mother|Mrs. Griffin]] | |||
*Unknown as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Luftwaffe leader|Luftwaffe leader]] | *Unknown as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#Luftwaffe leader|Luftwaffe leader]] | ||
*Unknown as General [[Yodel]] | |||
{{Episode List (1980)}} | |||
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[[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]] | [[Category:Episodes directed by Sidney Hayers]] | ||
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