Editing Portal:Unproduced Scripts/Battlestar Galactica (TOS)

This is a list of unproduced scripts for the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

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| Unknown     || [[Saga of a Star World (early draft)]] || [[Glen A. Larson]]      || An early version of [[Saga of a Star World]] with numerous differences: Skyler is the early name for [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]; [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] is much younger; Lyra is the early name for [[Serina]]; and there is no [[Cassiopeia]].
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| #85274      || [[The Beta Pirates]]              || [[Leslie Stevens]]           || [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]], [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] and [[Muffit II|Muffit]] are captured, sold at a slave auction, end up in a [[Cylon (TOS)|Cylon]] prison -- only to be rescued by [[Skyler]] ([[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]'s original name), [[Starbuck (TOS)|Starbuck]] and a pirate with a "heart of gold".
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| Unknown     || [[The Nari of Sentinel 27]]/[[Crossfire]] || [[John Ireland]]      || An early version of [[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]] with many changes of note, among with the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] are reptilian, the [[Theta]]s are called "Nari" (which connections to [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]] herself!), and [[Serina]] is featured in the episode as "[[Lyra]]". This version does not contain the convicts, [[Vulpa]], or Dr. [[Ravashol]].
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| Unknown     || [[Fire in Space (script)|Fire in Space]]        || [[Michael Sloan]]           || The script that "[[Fire in Space]]" is based on. However, there are several major differences; Starbuck, Apollo, and [[Boomer (TOS)|Boomer]] are undercover in a bar attempting to find information on the Cylon pursuit; the Cylons have a plan to attack and ram ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' called "The Delta Factor". During this, Starbuck is convicted of killing the husband of a woman he meets, Apollo is forced to seek out laser power packs for Adama's surgery, Starbuck uses his [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]] to extinguish a blaze, and Boxey, who just happens to witness the murder Starbuck is falsely charged with doing, is targeted by the real killer himself, but is saved (in a timely fashion) by Apollo. Coincidentally, this is the script that results in Sloan getting a story-by credit on "[[Murder on the Rising Star]]", since this has the murder plot in it.
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| #50903      || [[Showdown]]                       || [[Frank Abatemarco]]        || Three of ''Galactica's'' techs, [[Masi]], [[Bule]] and [[Andor]], are disgruntled and sick of the "Chosen Few" being able to explore new planets. After Starbuck discovers sabotage on a shuttle while exploring the asteroid [[Croy]], Masi, Bule and Andor (who've modified land probes similar to the [[turbine]]s in ''[[Galactica 1980]]'') go AWOL from ''Galactica''. Meanwhile, Starbuck, Athena, [[Deitra]], Apollo and Boxey discover a millennium's old battleship that could be from Earth.
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| #50914      || [[The Mutiny]]                     || [[Guy Magar]]               || After coming across the hospitable planet [[Zarta]], the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]], in its infinite wisdom and tired of the journey, has decided that the Fleet and its members shall settle the planet. [[Baltar (TOS)|Baltar]] and [[Lucifer]] come along and place a fire underneath the Colonials' [[astrum]]s. 
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| #50911      || [[I Have Seen Earth]]              || [[Steve Krienberg]] and [[Andy Guerdat]] || A proprietor named [[Jaspar]] is forced to abandon [[Opelon|an asteroid]] with a solid gold core when the Cylons arrive, after which endearing Boxey to tales about having been to Earth, which is proven at the end when he gives Boxey a medallion with Earth's continents engraved on it. 
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| #50916      || [[The Furlon]]                     || [[Donald Bellisario]]       || An earlier version of [[The Man with Nine Lives]]. This version features [[Bojay]] and [[Sheba]] in far more prominent roles, with Bojay's character a bit more fleshed out. Otherwise, the bulk of the script is in line with what is shot on screen.
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| #50923      || [[Two For Twilly]]                 || [[Jim Carlson]] and [[Terrence McDonnell]] || Starbuck and Apollo's friend, Chief [[Twilly]], the only gyro specialist on ''Galactica'' juggles two wives: [[Zeena]] and [[Gayla]]. Starbuck and Apollo help him deal with his complex marital issues.
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| Unknown     || [[The Return of Starbuck]]         || [[Glen A. Larson]]          || A script that was slated for the Original Series' second season, according to [[Richard Hatch]] and [[Stu Phillips]]. This version, while adapted for ''Galactica 1980'', was originally written so that the character of Angela is herself a woman who merely flees from her world, is sent back to her world in a pod constructed out of Cy's and Starbuck's wrecks, and Starbuck is rescued by Boomer.<ref>Despite the fact that this script was produced for ''Galactica 1980'', this predecessor is different enough to be considered an unproduced play.</ref>
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* See Also
** Portal:Unproduced Scripts|Back to Unproduced Scripts Portal
** Portal:Unproduced Scripts/Galactica 1980|Galactica 1980's Unproduced Scripts
** bsp:Portal:Time Machine|Scripts on BattlestarPegasus.com
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