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Roxann Dawson

2010-03-26T22:50:46Z

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'''Roxann Dawson''' (born 11 September 1958) is the director of the ''Caprica'' episode [[End of Line]].

In addition to her acting career (she is mostly known for her role as [[MemoryAlpha:B'Elanna Torres|B'Elanna Torres]] on [[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Voyager|''Star Trek: Voyager'']]), Dawson has also directed episodes of such series as ''Star Trek: Voyager'', [[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Enterprise|''Star Trek: Enterprise'']], [[w:Heroes (TV series)|''Heroes'']], the 2009 revival of [[w:Melrose Place (2009 TV series)|''Melrose Place'']] and [[w:The Closer|''The Closer'']].

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Nana Visitor

2010-03-07T00:08:25Z

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'''Nana Visitor''' (born July 26, 1957) is an American actress of film, television, and Broadway.

She is best known to science fiction fans as playing [[MemoryAlpha:Kira Nerys|Kira Nerys]] in ''[[MemoryAlpha:Star Trek: Deep Space Nine|Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', in addition to playing Dr. Elizabeth Renfro/Madame X, a recurring character in [[w:James Cameron|James Cameron]]'s ''[[w:Dark Angel|Dark Angel]]''. Galactica star [[Grace Park]] had a brief speaking role in Visitor's last episode of ''Dark Angel''. She currently stars in ABC's ''[[w:Wildfire (TV series)|Wildfire]]''.

In ''Battlestar Galactica'' she appears in the episode "[[Faith]]", playing [[Emily Kowalski]], a cancer patient who socializes with Laura Roslin.

== External Links ==

* [http://www.nanites.com Nanites: Official Fan Club of Nana Visitor]
* [http://nanavision.com/ NanaVision: The Official Fansite for Nana Visitor]
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List of Former Star Wars Cast and Crew

2008-06-15T20:09:55Z

NeoBlissey: /* Cast */

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==Cast==
===Films===
{|class="messagebox sortable" style="width:100%" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"
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!Actor !! Character !! Episode
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| [[Phil Brown]] || [[Wookieepedia:Owen Lars|Owen Lars]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|IV: A New Hope]]''
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| [[Lane Liska]] || [[Wookieepedia:Nalan Cheel|Nalan Cheel]] and [[Wookieepedia:Muftak|Muftak]] || ''IV: A New Hope''
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| [[Ralph McQuarrie]] || [[Wookieepedia:Pharl McQuarrie|Pharl McQuarrie]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|V: The Empire Strikes Back]]''
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| [[Felix Silla]] || [[Wookieepedia:Ewok|Ewok]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|VI: Return of the Jedi]]''
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====Television series====
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| [[Lucille Bliss]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Ewoks|Star Wars: Ewoks]]'' || Various || Unknown
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| [[Winston Rekert]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Droids|Star Wars: Droids]]'' || [[Wookieepedia:Sise Fromm|Sise Fromm]] [[Wookieepedia:Mungo Baobab|Mungo Baobab]] || [[Wookieepedia:The White Witch|The White Witch]], [[Wookieepedia:Escape Into Terror|Escape Into Terror]], [[Wookieepedia:The Trigon Unleashed|The Trigon Unleashed]], and [[Wookieepedia:A Race to the Finish|A Race to the Finish]] [[Wookieepedia:Tail of the Roon Comets|Tail of the Roon Comets]], [[Wookieepedia:The Roon Games|The Roon Games]], [[Wookieepedia:Across the Roon Sea|Across the Roon Sea]], and [[Wookieepedia:The Frozen Citadel|The Frozen Citadel]]
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====Video games====
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| [[Lucille Bliss]] || [[Wookieepedia:Rozatta|Rozatta]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Bounty Hunter|Star Wars: Bounty Hunter]]''
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| [[Larry Cedar]] || [[Wookieepedia:C-3PO|C-3PO]], [[Wookieepedia:Sith Cultist|Sith Cultist]] 1, and Hazardtrooper 1 || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy|Star Wars: Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy]]''
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| [[Robin Atkin Downes]] || Supply ship co-pilot [[Wookieepedia:Griff Vao|Griff Vao]], [[Wookieepedia:Mekel|Mekel]], [[Wookieepedia:Black Vulkars|Vulkar]] Mechanic, and additional voices [[Wookieepedia:Sarkli|Sarkli]], Rebel Soldier 1, Stormtrooper 2, Commander 3, and Wingman 4 Additional voices [[Wookieepedia:Mitth'raw'nuruodo|Grand Admiral Thrawn]], [[Wookieepedia:Noghri|Noghri]], and additional voices || ''Star Wars: Bounty Hunter'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic]]'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike|Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike]]'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords|Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords]]'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Empire at War|Star Wars: Empire at War]]''
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| [[James Horan]] || [[Wookieepedia:Antes Beladar|Antes Beladar]], [[Wookieepedia:Gallo|Boss Gallo]], [[Wookieepedia:Rebel combat speeder|Combat speeder]] driver, and Missile stormtrooper Additional voices Additional voices || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds|Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds]]'' ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic'' ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords''
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| [[Charity James]] || [[Wookieepedia:Hunter (aquatic vehicle)|Hunter submarine]] captain, [[Wookieepedia:Utility trawler|Naboo trawler]] captain, and [[Wookieepedia:Neimoidian transport|Neimoidian lifter]] pilot Additional voices || ''Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds'' ''Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic''
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| [[Wally Wingert]] || [[Wookieepedia:Reti|Reti]] Reti and [[Wookieepedia:Nym|Nym]] pilot #3 [[Wookieepedia:Bendix Fust|Bendix Fust]], [[Wookieepedia:Jervis Gloom|Jervis Gloom]] and Male civilian #1 || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Starfighter|Star Wars: Starfighter]]'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter|Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter]]'' ''Star Wars: Bounty Hunter''
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| [[Samuel Witwer]] || [[Wookieepedia:Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]]'s [[Wookieepedia:Secret Apprentice|Secret Apprentice]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars: The Force Unleashed (video game)|Star Wars: The Force Unleashed]]''
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====[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars (radio)|Radio Dramas]]====
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| [[Brock Peters]] || [[Wookieepedia:Anakin Skywalker|Darth Vader]] || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars (radio)|IV: A New Hope]]'', ''[[Wookieepedia:The Empire Strikes Back (radio)|V: The Empire Strikes Back]]'', ''[[Wookieepedia:Return of the Jedi (radio)|VI: Return of the Jedi]]''
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===Films===
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| [[John Dykstra]] || Special photographic effects supervisor || ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope|IV: A New Hope]]''
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| [[Richard Edlund]] || First cameraman Special visual effects Visual effects || ''IV: A New Hope'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back|V: The Empire Strikes Back]]'' ''[[Wookieepedia:Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi|VI: Return of the Jedi]]''
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| [[Lane Liska]] || Model effects || ''IV: A New Hope''
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| [[Ralph McQuarrie]] || Production illustrator/Planet and satellite artist Design consultant and conceptual artist Conceptual artist || ''IV: A New Hope'' ''V: The Empire Strikes Back'' ''VI: Return of the Jedi''
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| [[Ralph McQuarrie]] || Illustrator || ''[[wookieepedia:The Star Wars Holiday Special|The Star Wars Holiday Special]]''
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Galactica 1980

2007-12-20T18:24:11Z

NeoBlissey: /* Syndication, VHS and DVD releases */

:''For information on the parent series, see [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)]]. For information on the 2004 "Re-imagined Series," see [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)]].''
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'''''Galactica 1980''''' is a science-fiction television series, a [[spin-off]] of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

''Galactica 1980'' was first broadcast on the ABC Television Network in the United States from January 27, 1980, with its final episode first airing on May 4, 1980. Running for just one truncated series, it was poorly received by both critics and the original series' fans.

The series first aired in Sunday's 7:00 PM, during what was known as the "family hour", thus making the series' target audience primarily children.

==Synopsis==

Set a generation after the Original Series, the [[Battlestar (TOS)|battlestar]] ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' and its [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] of 220 civilian ships finally discover [[Earth (TOS)|Earth]], only to find that the planet is technologically backward in relation to Colonial technology. As a result, Earth couldn't defend itself against the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylons]] as originally expected. Therefore, teams of [[Colonial Warrior]]s are covertly sent to the planet to work ''incognito'' with various members of the scientific community, hoping to quickly advance Earth's technology.

The promotional material for ''Galactica 1980'' sets the series at thirty years after the events of the Original Series.

Commander [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and Colonel [[Boomer (1980)|Boomer]]—now second-in-command in place of Colonel [[Tigh (TOS)|Tigh]]—send Captain "Boxey" [[Troy (1980)|Troy]], the [[Serina|adopted son]] of Adama's own son [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], and Lt. [[Dillon]] to North America. The two become entangled with TV journalist [[Jamie Hamilton]] who aids them in devising ways to help Earth's scientists and outwit the Cylons.

[[Image:GAL801.jpg|thumb|Captain Troy and Jamie Hamilton]]
===Cast===

* [[Lorne Greene]] - [[Adama (1980)|Commander Adama]]
* [[Robyn Douglass]] - [[Jamie Hamilton]]
* [[Herb Jefferson Jr.]] - [[Boomer (1980)|Colonel Boomer]]
* [[Richard Lynch]] - [[Xaviar]]
* [[Kent McCord]] - [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]]
* [[Allan Miller]] - [[Colonel Sydell]]
* [[James Patrick Stuart]] - [[Doctor Zee]]
* [[Robbie Rist]] - [[Doctor Zee]]
* [[Barry Van Dyke]] - [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]]

Greene (Adama) and Jefferson (Boomer) were the only major cast members of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]] to reprise their roles in first nine episodes, with [[Dirk Benedict]] reprising his role as [[Starbuck (1980)|Starbuck]] in the last episode.

==Short life==
''Galactica 1980'' had a promising start with a three-hour adventure that saw Troy, Dillon and Hamilton sent back in time to Nazi Germany to save the future, but the series could not sustain this momentum. The series was unceremoniously canceled after only ten episodes, many of which were multi-part stories, or what would be referred to now as story arcs.

The final episode, "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," was aired on May 4th, 1980. The final episode featured the return of [[Dirk Benedict]] as Lt. [[Starbuck (1980)|Starbuck]] from the Original Series in a flashback episode, but it wasn't enough to save the series. Repeats were aired through August 17th; the series was replaced by repeats of ''[[Wikipedia:Fantasy Island|Fantasy Island]]'' the following week.{{citation needed}}

==Production==

In the fall of 1979, ABC Television approached [[Glen A. Larson]] and Universal to bring back the ''Galactica'' series. According to ''1980'' story editor [[Chris Bunch]], neither Larson nor Universal wanted to do the series at all. Bunch claims that both parties were threatened to do the series for reasons which were not known to him, and attributes the reason that Larson agreed to do the series to "[whore] for the money with a bad attitude".<ref name="bunch">{{cite_web|url=http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/bunch.html|title=Battlestar Zone Interview: Chris Bunch|date=|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref> This is also corroborated by Bunch's then-writing partner, [[Allan Cole]].<ref name="cole">{{cite_web|url=http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0030.htm|title=Interview with Galactica 1980 story editor Allan Cole|date=28 Feburary 2005|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Larocque|first=John|format=|language=}}</ref>

All the parties agreed that the discovery of Earth would be a suitable vehicle for drawing back viewers. However, many of the actors had moved on to other roles, most of the sets had been struck, and the time available for completing the production before the proposed January 1980 airdate was short. Actors and production personnel who worked on ''Galactica 1980'' describe a crazy shooting schedule that involved working on multiple episodes at the same time, last minute re-writes, and working days that extended well into the night.

For instance, Bunch notes that both he and Cole were "literally blackmailed into the gig because of ostensible expertise in SF".<ref name="bunch"/> They (including [[Robert L. McCullough]]) were story editors for the series, and would chant "Come on, 13" every morning. ("13" is the ratings number that, should ''1980'' ever hit or go below it, would result in the series' cancellation.)<ref name="cole"/>

Like episodes of the Original Series, Larson wrote or rewrote the entire series' worth of episodes from either [[w:Hawaii|Hawaii]] or [[w:Malibu|Malibu]].<ref name="bunch"/> Further episode rewrites happened on the sets just prior to shooting.<ref name="cole"/> Additionally, there was no clearly defined purpose to the show prior to development, as the purpose of the show changed on a daily basis. Additionally, new characters were created for the series, and then subsequently dropped as though they never existed.<ref name="cole"/>

As a result of having crews work overtime, the budget for the series continued to creep up in cost. That, in conjunction with ratings that went from historic highs with the first episode down to a dismal showing by April, spelled the early end of the program.<ref name="cole"/>

== Budget hell ==

Despite what Cole calls "revisionism" from people, such as lead actor [[Kent McCord]] -- who claimed that they needed a way to "economize" ''Battlestar Galactica'', ergo ''1980'' -- ABC "knew very well that Glen [Larson] never met a budget that he didn't hate".<ref name="cole"/>

The series itself cost between $1.2 and 1.5 million to produce per episode; the $1.5 million number is the budget that "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]" used. As ABC only paid $600,000 to $700,000 per episode, Universal was left to pay the remainder for each hour of programming.<ref name="cole"/>

Additionally, Cole notes that "there were almost as many producers listed on the show as secretaries. I mean, every day we'd be introduced to another guy who had just joined the staff as a new producer. I don't know what any of them did -- we rarely saw them again -- but they sure were collecting the bucks." He adds that this was Universal's decision as they "figured [that] if they were going to eat the big green slime anyway, they might as well take care of some obligations and dump all their losses into one (overflowing) bucket."<ref name="cole"/> This constant overflow of personnel to the series did nothing to alleviate the budget issues.

Ironically, the only episode that did not go over-budget was "[[The Return of Starbuck]]", and so Universal did not have to pay the remainder as, by that time, they were overspent.<ref name="cole"/>

== "Kiddie Hour", Standards and Practices, and "kids crawling out of your ears" ==

During its initial run, ''Galactica 1980'' was relegated to the 7 P.M. Sunday timeslot. Its only competition was that of [[w:CBS|CBS]]'s "television news magazine" ''[[w:60 Minutes|60 Minutes]]''.

This timeslot was deemed by Standards and Practices as children-friendly, and thus had restrictions as to the type of stories that could be told, or how they could be told.

The content of shows airing in this timeslot needed to be educational, and thus the Galacticans' lack of knowledge on Earth cultures and locations, and finding out about them through their [[wrist computron]]s came to satisfy this.

Additionally, people in the series needed to be clean-cut and presentable, thus removing any ability to present realistic presentations of people. Furthermore, Standards and Practices complained to Larson that there weren't enough kids; according to Cole, Larson replied "Okay, I'll give you kids crawling out of your ears." This resulted in [[The Super Scouts]]<ref name="cole"/> and the episodes that they were featured in, notably "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]", "[[The Super Scouts, Part II]]", "[[Spaceball]]" and "[[Space Croppers]]".

Unfortunately, shooting with large groups of children proved another major headache for the series, forcing the producers to hire child actors who were twins. In addition to the kids having reduced hours of availability, and the lack of professionalism exhibited by them, the cast and crew had to deal with the "stage moms, all of whom ought to be locked up" and the teachers for each kid. As Cole put it, "if the kid is a star you have to listen to the teacher as if she were speaking from on high"<ref name="cole"/> regardless of the reason.

Furthermore, the censor at ABC, Susan Futterman, was the crux of many of the series' problems. As told by Bunch, she questioned the information in the planetarium scene in "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]]", and believed the [[Arnie's meatballs|meatball]] joke in the same episode to be sexual innuendo -- which resulted in Larson peppering additional meatball jokes in that episode, in addition to its conclusion, "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]".<ref name="bunch"/>

==Syndication, VHS and DVD releases==

The ten series episodes were rolled into the television syndication package for ''Battlestar Galactica'' and were given the same title as its parent program. Some of the episodes were edited together to produce a VHS home video under the title ''Conquest of the Earth.''

As of August 2006, the [[Sci Fi Channel]] in America and the [http://www.spacecast.com/ SPACE Channel] in Canada periodically air the series. The three parts of the pilot were featured as part of SPACE's 2006 New Years Day marathon of the [[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Original Series]].

Very few out-of-print copies of the VHS release of ''Conquest of the Earth'' remain publicly on sale. Unlike its Original Series parent, "Galactica 1980" was late to release for home video. In September 2007, Universal announced plans to release the complete series with the tag of 'The Original [[Battlestar Galactica (1978)|Battlestar Galactica's]] Final Series' on 26th December 2007 in the USA <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.dvdactive.com/news/releases/galactica-1980.html|title=DVDActive: Galactica 1980|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref> The series became available for pre-order at Amazon.com shortly after this announcement <ref>http://www.amazon.com/Battlestar-Galactica-1980-Complete-Epic/dp/B000W4KT9G/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/103-2219737-4828608?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1191690381&sr=8-1</ref>.
In the UK Galactica 1980 will be released on 18th February 2008<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.play.com/DVD/DVD/4-/3515623/Galactica-The-Complete-Series/Product.html|title=Play.com Galactica 1980|date=|accessfate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>.

On 19 December 2007, Universal Studios issued a brief statement, saying that all of their releases set for a 26 December US release--''including'' Galactica 1980--would be pushed up to Sunday the 23rd, in order to benefit from last-minute gift shoppers. <ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Galactica-1980-Complete-Series-Date-Change/8654|title=TVShowsonDVD:New Release Date for Galactica 1980-The Complete Series|date=|accessdate=|last=|first=|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Episode list==

# [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]] – January 27, 1980
# [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]] – February 3, 1980
# [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]] – February 10, 1980
# [[The Super Scouts, Part I]] – March 16, 1980
# [[The Super Scouts, Part II]] – March 23, 1980
# [[Spaceball]] – March 30, 1980
# [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I]] – April 13, 1980 (guest-starring [[Wolfman Jack]])
# [[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]] – April 20, 1980 (guest-starring [[Wolfman Jack]])
# [[Space Croppers]] – April 27, 1980
# [[The Return of Starbuck]] – May 4, 1980

==Notes==

* The series suffered from what are now considered science fiction clichés. For some fans, the addition of the mysterious [[Doctor Zee]], a prodigy child that serves as counsel to Adama, pushed their suspension of disbelief to the breaking point.

* [[Image:Heroes.jpg|thumb|Troy, Hamilton and Dillon]]Many fans see ''Galactica 1980'' as an apocryphal non-[[canon]]ical spin-off of the Original Series. Most fans appreciated the last episode, "[[The Return of Starbuck]]," whose story of the fate of a popular character of the Original Series was well written and full of the same energy found in many of of the Original Series episodes. (Battlestar Wiki treats this aired series as canonical for the purposes of this encyclopedia.)

* One curious Cylon character in the two-part episode, "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part I|The Night the Cylons Landed]]" may be the one significant contribution to the "Galactica" saga. In the episode, [[Andromus|Cylons disguised in human form]] arrive on Earth to cause mayhem. Some 23 years later, the [[Re-imagined Series]] also introduced [[Humanoid Cylon|humanoid Cylons]] that wreak terror and havoc amongst the Colonies.

== Official Statements ==

* ''[[Allan Cole]] discusses his thoughts on the show to John Larocque:''
: '''Allan Cole:''' Let's face it, ''Galactica 1980'' was an awful show. It deserved to be dropped. At the time, I remember that I posted a big sign on my office door with the number 13 on it. We had been told if the ratings dropped to 13 or below that we would be cut. Every morning my then partner, [[Chris Bunch]], and I would chant "Come on, 13!" Must have been a great mantra, because the show dropped steadily, week after week. ([S]o much for the nice writer's comments about building an audience.) Of course, Chris and I wanted out of our contracts in the worst way. ([W]e had just sold the [[w:The Sten Chronicles|Sten series]] and were desperate to get started). Because of the "family hour" timeslot, the censors were always making us put in "educational beats" for the kiddies. I personally told Susan Futterman, then head of the network's program practices, that they ought to open every episode of the show with an "educational" tag that read: "Why aren't you little bug snipes watching ''[[w:60 Minutes|60 Minutes]]''." (our, ahem, competition in that time slot) Susan wholeheartedly agreed with our sympathies.<ref name="cole"/>

* ''[[Glen A. Larson]] discusses [[Lorne Greene]]'s involvement with the spin-off in "[[Sciography]]":''
: '''Glen Larson:''' Lorne Greene called me and said his heart was broken over the fact that he wouldn't be in it. I don't think I've ever told anybody that, but I... I... I, um, I guess I reacted somewhat sympathetically to how he felt and, uh, rehired him. But it probably would've been better in terms of the cleanness and clarity to have gone forward some generations, and continued the trek.

* ''[[Anne Lockhart]] ([[Sheba]]) and [[Richard Hatch]] ([[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]]) discuss their thoughts on the series:''
: '''Anne Lockhart:''' Well, I don’t know…when [[Boxey (TOS)|Boxey]] [[Troy (1980)|grew up]] into ''[[w:Adam-12|Adam-12]]'', I really got worried…and that long white beard on Lorne [Greene]….
: '''Richard Hatch:''' And [[Herb Jefferson Jr.|Herb [Jefferson Jr.]]]….
: '''Lockhart:''' Yeah, the snow that went in Herb’s hair! And everybody else died fighting the war. I thought it was pretty bad, frankly. I watched one episode and was so offended that I never watched another one. (to Richard) What did you think about it?
: '''Hatch:''' I think you summed it up pretty well!<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/galacon.html|title=1986 Galacon Q & A with Richard Hatch and Anne Lockhart|date=|accessdate=12 August 2007|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref>

==Narration==

This is the opening narration to ''Galactica 1980'', spoken by Commander Adama.

: ''"The great ship ''Galactica'', our home for these many years. We've endured the wilderness of space, and now we near the end of our journey: we have at last found Earth."''

==References==
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==See also==
{{ext-wikipedia|article=Galactica 1980}}
* [[2003 Video Game|Battlestar Galactica]], the 2003 video game
* [http://battlestar.ugo.com/television/galactica_1980/default.asp UGO Galactica 1980 site]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080221/ IMDb Entry for Galactica 1980]

{{Episode List (1980)}}

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Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development

2007-08-20T21:57:25Z

NeoBlissey: /* Audio */

{{Project|Audio Project|image=BSG WIKI Sound.png|shortcut=BW:SOUND BW:AUDIO BW:MP3}}

This is a project dedicated to creating an '''audio version''' of articles on the ''Battlestar Wiki''.

== Project Scope ==
The scope of the project will encompass both articles and Battlestar Wiki documents exclusively; content on user pages, talk pages, and on any other namespace are not included.

== Contributors ==
For all contributors, please add your user name to the list in this section. Please also indicate what you would like to work on, such as character articles, cast articles, episode guides, etc.

=== Audio ===
*[[User:Ovinnik|Ovinnik]] ('''Pro VA / Audio, and Editing''') - Interested in providing the recorded/spoken portion of a solid script that warrants audio. Don't currently have a whole lot of time to spare for writing actual articles, but I'm willing to help in an editing capacity. (Preference for special or well-written scripts.) 19 September 2006

*[[User:kobayashihikaru|kobayashihikaru]] ('''Audio / VA''') - I'll do voiceover work for any articles that need it - right now I'm in the process of recording the first few episodes of Season 1 according to the script, to see if I'm doing it right, but I don't want to step on anyone's toes - just tell me what you need. 22 October 2006

*[[User:NeoBlissey|NeoBlissey]] ('''Pro VA / Audio, and Editing''') - Ready and willing to do whatever it takes to get this project on its feet. 20 August 2007

=== Writing ===
*List here.

== Audio version verification ==
All audio versions should be posted here for verifications, so that they may be verified prior to linking directly in the article.

== Scripts ==
These are the scripts used for each article type of the wiki.

* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Episodes|Episodes]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Cast and Crew Biographies|Cast and Crew Biographies]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Character Page|Character Page]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Ship Page|Ship Page]]
* [[Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Generic Page|Generic Page]]
** For everything else...

== Scripts to Record ==
Finished scripts requiring a VA should be listed here.

== Templates ==
These are templates to be used for the project.

=== Auto Generated ===
* {{tls|audio recording syntax}} (Development Needed; Not Used)

=== Manually Entered ===
* {{tl|audio recording}}
* {{tl|audio playback}}
* {{tl|audio section}}

Battlestar Wiki:Audio Development/Cast and Crew Biographies

2007-08-20T21:56:11Z

NeoBlissey: New page: ; Script Info * Credits ** NeoBlissey based on a template by Shane * Last Revised: {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}} __TOC__ == I...

; Script Info
* Credits
** [[User: NeoBlissey|NeoBlissey]] based on a template by [[User:Shane|Shane]]
* Last Revised: {{REVISIONYEAR}}-{{REVISIONMONTH}}-{{REVISIONDAY2}}

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== Introduction ==

Hello and welcome to ''Battlestar Wiki'', an encyclopedia of the ''Battlestar Galactica'' sagas. My name is '''[ YOUR BSG WIKI NAME ]'''. You're about to hear a audio version of a cast (or crew) member biography for '''[ CAST OR CREW MEMBER'S NAME]'''.

== Script ==
=== Part One ===
If cast member:

"[ CAST MEMBER'S NAME ] plays the role of [ CHARACTER'S NAME ] on [ SERIES NAME ] He/She was born on [ MONTH] [ DAY ], [ YEAR ] and was born in [ COUNTRY NAME ].

If crew member:

" [ CREW MEMBER'S NAME ] functions as a [ POSITION ] on [ SERIES NAME ]. He/She was born on [ MONTH] [ DAY ], [ YEAR ] and was born in
[ COUNTRY NAME ].

=== Part Two ===

#Read Overview
#Read Biographical Notes
#Read Other Endeavors (if any)
#Read writer/directorial credits (as needed)

=== Part Three ===

:If external links are present...

*notify that there are other resources on this person.

== Conclusiion ==

Thank you for listening to an audio version of a Battlestar Wiki cast or crew member biography.