Editing TV movies

Various '''television movies''' were released for all four of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' series, whether solely on VHS, on DVD, or for broadcast television as movie or mini-series events.  

== Original Series ==
During and, more specifically, after the first run of the [[Original Series]], aired episodes were re-cut and distributed. The ones from the Original Series (both ''Battlestar Galactica'' and ''[[Galactica 1980]]'') that combine television episodes into feature-length installments. Due to the haphazard way these are edited, they are replete with chopped and misplaced scenes; obvious dubbing of dialogue by different actors; costume and hairstyle changes from one scene to the next; and a plethora of plot confusion. 

As was the case with other telemovies at the time from out-of-production television shows, entirely new footage was created to help bridge narrative changes. This is mainly the case with ''[[Experiment in Terra (TV movie)|Experiment in Terra]]''. 

These were released on both television and, later, [[VHS]]. Due to the obsolescence of magnetic tape, all of the telemovies are archived online via the [https://archive.org Internet Archive].  

=== Theatrical Releases ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Release
!Notes
|-
|''[[Saga of a Star World|Battlestar Galactica]]''
|1978
|Edited version of "Saga of a Star World" at feature length (approx. 2 hours).
|-
|''[[Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack]]''
|1979
|Merger of "The Living Legend" and "Fire in Space"
|-
|''[[Conquest of the Earth (VHS)|Conquest of the Earth]]''
|1981
|Edited merger of "Galactica Discovers Earth" and "The Night the Cylons Landed"
|}

=== Television Releases ===
*[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Classic Series (Release on TV)]]
{| class="wikitable"
!
!TV movie title
!Original episodes
|-
!1
|''[[Saga of a Star World|Battlestar Galactica]]''
|"Saga of a Star World"
|-
!2
|''[[Lost Planet of the Gods]]''
|"Lost Planet of the Gods" (expanded)
|-
!3
|''[[Gun on Ice Planet Zero]]''
|"Gun on Ice Planet Zero" (expanded)
|-
!4
|''[[The Phantom in Space]]''
|"The Hand of God" and "The Lost Warrior"
|-
!5
|''[[Space Prison]]''
|"The Man with Nine Lives" and "Baltar's Escape"
|-
!6
|''[[Space Casanova]]''
|"Take the Celestra" and "The Long Patrol"
|-
!7
|''[[Curse of the Cylons]]''
|"Fire in Space" and "The Magnificent Warriors"
|-
!8
|''[[The Living Legend (TV movie)|The Living Legend]]''
|"The Living Legend" (expanded)
|-
!9
|''[[War of the Gods]]''
|"War of the Gods" (expanded)
|-
!10
|''[[Greetings From Earth|Greetings from Earth]]''
|"Greetings from Earth"
|-
!11
|''[[Murder In Space|Murder in Space]]''
|"Murder on the Rising Star" and "The Young Lords"
|-
!12
|''[[Experiment in Terra (TV movie)|Experiment in Terra]]''
|"The Return of Starbuck" (edited) and "Experiment in Terra" (expanded)
|}

== Re-imagined Series ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Release
!Notes
|-
|[[Miniseries, Night 1|''Battlestar Galactica: Miniseries'']]
|2003
|The "backdoor pilot"<ref name=":0">Traditionally, backdoor pilots began life as "pilots" of series within an existing television series, such as "[[Memoryalpha:Assignment: Earth|Assignment: Earth]]" within ''[[Star Trek]]''<nowiki/>'s second season circa 1968 CE. In more recent times, "backdoor pilots" begin as concepts presented as movies-of-the-week form, which may solicit series orders.</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120051217/http://www.variety.com/static-pages/slanguage-dictionary/#p|title=Slanguage Dictionary|website=Variety|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120051217/http://www.variety.com/static-pages/slanguage-dictionary/#p|archivedate=20 November 2010|accessdate=15 September 2025}} </ref> of the [[Re-imagined Series]], first airing on then-titled [[Sci Fi Channel|Sci-Fi Channel]] and later released on optical disc.
|-
|''[[Razor|Battlestar Galactica: Razor]]''
|2008
|Originally released on optical disc with an unrated cut, but later aired on [[Syfy|Syfy Channel]].
|-
|''[[The Plan|Battlestar Galactica: The Plan]]''
|2009
|Originally released on optical disc with an unrated cut, but later aired on [[Syfy|Syfy Channel]] after the conclusion of the series.
|-
|''[[Blood and Chrome|Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome]]''
|2012
|As with its predecessors, it was considered a possibility of being a "backdoor pilot"<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvwise.co.uk/2012/02/exclusive-update-on-battlestar-galactica-blood-chrome/#:~:text=At%20the%20time%20that%20this%20was%20announced%20in%20late%202010%2C%20the%20plan%20was%20to%20air%20the%20TV%20movie%20on%20Syfy%20as%20a%20backdoor%20pilot%2C%20in%20a%20move%20very%20similar%20to%20what%20the%20network%20did%20with%20Red%20Faction%3A%20Origins.|title=Exclusive: Update On Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome|website=TVWise|date=17 February 2012|accessdate=15 September 2025|quote=At the time that this was announced in late 2010, the plan was to air the TV movie on Syfy as a backdoor pilot, in a move very similar to what the network did with Red Faction: Origins.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/maureen-ryan/battlestar-galactica_b_2079994.html#:~:text=In%20the%20fall%20of%202010%2C%20Syfy%20said%20that%20%22Blood%20%26%20Chrome%22%20had%20been%20upgraded%2C%20in%20a%20manner%20of%20speaking%3A%20It%20would%20function%20as%20%22a%20backdoor%20pilot%22%20to%20a%20possible%20Young%20Adama%20series%20on%20Syfy.|title='Battlestar Galactica' Spinoff 'Blood & Chrome' Finally Arrives: Too Little, Too Late?|author=Maureen Ryan|website=HuffPost|date=9 November 2012|accessdate=15 September 2025|quote=In the fall of 2010, Syfy said that "Blood & Chrome" had been upgraded, in a manner of speaking: It would function as "a backdoor pilot" to a possible Young Adama series on Syfy.}}</ref> for a series for then-considered "new media" (a.k.a. streaming). Originally released online in 10 parts via [[w:Machinima,_Inc.|Machinima]], but later cut into a feature-length movie-of-the-week that was aired on [[Syfy|Syfy Channel]] and released on optical disc. 
|}

== ''Caprica'' ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Title
!Release
!Notes
|-
|''[[Caprica pilot|Caprica]]''
|2009
|The "backdoor pilot"<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2008/03/18/sci-fi-gives-caprica-the-greenlight-26988/20080318scifi01/|title=Sci Fi Gives "Caprica" the Greenlight|website=The Futon Critic|date=18 March 2008|accessdate=15 September 2025}}</ref> of the [[Re-imagined Series]]' prequel, released initially on optical disc. It was later upgraded with additional special effects and some modifications for presentation as the series' pilot during [[Syfy Channel]]'s first airing of the series.
|}

== References ==
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[[Category: Episode Guide|*]]
[[Category: 1980]]
[[Category: RDM]]
[[Category: TOS]]