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<div>: ''For the component of the same name, see: [[Turbine (component)]].''<br />
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[[Image:turbocycles.jpg|thumb|right|The flying motorcycles on a highway.]]<br />
'''Turbines'''<ref>In "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]", [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] calls the bikes by this name as they are being unloaded from their [[Viper (TOS)|Viper]]s. During the series run, however, the bikes are referred to a "turbocycles", a name that is confirmed in the script for "[[The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra]]".</ref>, also known as '''flying motorcycles''' and '''turbocycles''' due to their similarity to the [[Earth (1980)|Earth]] [[w:motorcycle|bike]], help [[Colonial Warrior|Warriors]] like [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] to get around quickly, and escape quickly if necessary. The motorcycles appear normal and are usually operated as wheeled ground vehicles, but can also be used as aircraft if the situation requires it. They can also be rendered invisible by pressing a hidden switch located between the left handle and the seat, in order to avoid detection when parked ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]). Additionally, the motorcycles are outfitted with forward mounted laser guns, which Troy and Dillon use to strafe the [[w:Nazi|Nazi]] train station, thus allowing the Jewish prisoners to escape from the boxcars ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]).<br />
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At several points during the ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' television series, Troy and Dillon are forced to engage the flying mode of the turbines in full view of civilian Earth people who have never seen the technology. This leads to looks of amazement from [[Willy]]'s assorted bikers and law enforcement personnel who witness the bikes soaring into the skies ([[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]). This is a source of comic relief with the series.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* The bikes are modified from the Yamaha MX 175 bicycles; there were only two of these machines modified. A third was being produced as a functional dummy, but is chopped in half in order for it to be hung from a helicopter to create a realistic lift-off effect for "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I]]".<br />
* A ''[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|Battlestar Galactica]]'' script for "[[Showdown]]" makes mention of [[land probes]] that are, for all intents and purposes, strikingly similar to the turbines.<br />
* In a version of [[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth|the script]] for "[[Galactica Discovers Earth]]", the turbine is described as a hovercraft without wheels. For reasons that are likely practical and cost-effective, the turbines became wheel-driven in the production.<br />
*In the novelization of [[Galactica Discovers Earth]], the Turbines do not have flying capabilities.<br />
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== Related imagery ==<br />
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Image:Turbocycle switches.jpg|The left switch activates the flying mode.<br />
Image:Turbocycle back.jpg|The back bumper and lights to the turbocycle.<br />
Image:Turbocycle front wheel.jpg|The front wheel of the turbocycle, as it prepares to land. Note the wings on the side of the wheels.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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*[http://www.universalhartland.com/code/galc21mc.shtml Flying Motorcycles page at UniversalHartland.com]<br />
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[[Category: 1980]]</div>Sparky Xhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Galactica_Discovers_Earth_(Book)&diff=178306Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)2009-04-05T08:11:43Z<p>Sparky X: /* Summary of Differences */</p>
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{{Book Data<br />
| image = Bg05.jpg<br />
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth<br />
| series= Berkley Books<br />
| bookno= 5<br />
| episode= [[Galactica Discovers Earth]]<br />
| author= [[Michael Resnick]]<br />
| pages=187 (2nd edition)<br />
| published= December 1980 (1st edition)<br/>September 1981 (2nd edition)<br/>December 1982 (3rd edition)<br />
| isbn= 0425061256<br />
| prev= [[The Young Warriors]]<br />
| next= [[The Living Legend (Book)|The Living Legend]]<br />
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'''''Galactica Discovers Earth''''' was a [[novelization]] of the original three hours of ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' that was published after the series was canceled. The storyline covers the events of what would be the first three episodes in the syndicated version of the series: "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I|Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 1]]" [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II|Part 2]] and [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III|Part 3]].<br />
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== Plot ==<br />
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Much of the novel is composed of entries from [[Adama (TOS)|Adama]]'s journals, Dr. [[Zee]]'s diary tapes, "reconstructed" transcripts and even newspaper clippings to lend a contemporary and urgent air to the text.<br />
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The novel strays far from the episodes, indicating that it was based on earlier story treatments. There is additional dialogue in the book, while whole sections from the television programs are missing. The basic plotline involving the search for Doctor [[Donald Mortinson]] (named Alfred Mortinson), and the time travel sequence to 1944, and [[Xavier]] finding Mortinson are all present. Chapters 35 through 39 deviate the most from the storyline and also deal with additional events that occur between "[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III]]" and "[[The Super Scouts, Part I]]".<br />
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In these last chapters, we learn that Xavier has headed off into the past to several different time frames. [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] follow him to Ancient Greece, to Europe during the Crusades, and to the time of the US Civil War. After he is intercepted—but eludes them—each time, Troy concludes that Xavier has given up time travel in favor of influencing present day Earth, since the Warriors will undoubtedly be able to stop Xaviar from making any changes to the timeline before they take hold permanently. Finally, Troy and Dillon again meet with Doctor Mortinson to make sure he is able to continue work using the formula they gave him, and Adama reflects on the promise the alliance between the Colonials and the people of Earth holds.<br />
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This novelization is an early example of writing by [[Wikipedia:Mike Resnick|Mike Resnick]] who went on to become a [[w:Hugo Award|Hugo Award]] winning science fiction author.<br />
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== Summary of Differences ==<br />
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* Zee's creation of a projected Cylon attack on Earth is much more global, including attacks on Europe and other countries.<br />
* The [[Turbine]]s do not have flying capabilities.<br />
* The motivation of the Hell's Angels attack on Troy and Dillon is explained. Further, the altercation doesn't end with the Warriors flying away on their [[turbocycle]]; instead, the Warriors manage to deal with all 20+ Hell's Angels in an altercation in a schoolyard, mostly stunning them. <br />
* Instead of walking through the front door of the [[Pacific Institute of Technology]] and stunning the guard, Troy and Dillon enter the nearby sewer system and burn their way through the basement of the building. After burning their way to the first floor, they then decide to take the stairs after stunning two of the guards. <br />
* The entire sub-plot dealing with [[Willy Griffin]] and his father discovering the Vipers is gone. The Vipers, however, are detected by military personnel. However, before they are taken away to a military base, Dillon and Troy are able to retake their craft non-violently and leave. Also, the plot of Troy, Dillon, and Hamilton sneaking into [[Van Nuys A.N.G. Base]] to recover the ships—including Xaviar's—is not present here.<br />
* After the Gestapo search Number Three Mororanstrasse, Troy allows himself to be captured. Troy begins to undergo torture at the hands of Branham, but is later freed by Dillon.<br />
* Jamie Hamilton leaves her new job at the UBC, after [[Dana Anderson]] orders a trace on an incoming call made by Dillon—a "terrorist"—and having earlier voiced his belief that she was becoming sympathetic with these so-called "terrorists".<br />
* After pursuing Xaviar throughout time, and managing to thwart him the first few times, Troy surmises that Xaviar has given up altering the past, because each time he does so, the Warriors would be able to intercept him, as so long as they have the technology and the means to do so.<br />
* Troy completes the equation he had left Alfred Mortinson earlier.<br />
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== Characters ==<br />
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A list of characters and their analogues to the aired episode, if applicable.<br />
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=== Galacticans ===<br />
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{|class="messagebox sortable" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center"<br />
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!Character !! Biography<br />
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| Commander [[Adama (alternate)|Adama]] || Commander of the Galactican fleet.<br />
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| Lieutenant [[Dillon]] || Colonial Warrior and friend of Troy's.<br />
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| [[Kip]] || Colonial Warrior assigned to contact sympathetic scientists in the [[w:United Soviet Socialist Republics|United Soviet Socialist Republics]].<br />
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| Captain [[Troy (alternate)|Troy]] || Colonial Warrior, son of [[Serena (alternate)|Serena]], and the Fleet's leading Warrior.<br />
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| [[Xaviar]] || Former Colonial warrior and scientist who is incensed with Adama and Dr. Zee's method of accelerating Earth's technology. He believes the Galacticans fools and tries to use the [[time warp synthesizer]] to change Earth's past, but is continually thwarted by Dillon and Troy. His goal eventually turns from helping the Galacticans to power-lust, wanting to secure himself a place in history and live luxuriously.<br />
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| [[Doctor Zee]] || Child prodigy. A cerebral mutation born in space. His origins are unexplained in the book (as opposed to the episode "[[The Return of Starbuck]]"), however his age as of this tale is 14. He is responsible for many of the Galacticans' scientific advancements, including the time warp synthesizer, a [[language educator]], the [[invisibility field]]s, and other technological advancements.<br />
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=== 1944 C.E. ===<br />
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==== Allied Forces and Others ====<br />
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!Character !! Analogue !! Biography<br />
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Ramona Brandhorst}} || [[German resistance leader]] || Old lady part of the German underground. She owns Number Three Moranstrasse and stabs Troy in the gut, fearing him to be an SS officer out to kill her.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 109-111</ref><br />
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Charles de Gaulle}} || ''None'' || Leader of France's military who does not earn the respect of Col. Guidry. In his journal, Guidry notes that de Gaulle's obstructive actions almost prevent him from even leaving a French-held airfield to begin his mission of sabotage.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 94</ref> <br />
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| Col. [[John H. Guidry]] || Maj. [[Stockwell]] || American saboteur who is assigned to take out the V2 rocket in [[Obersalzberg]]. The Galacticans manage to enlist Guidry's help, despite his severe mistrust of them.<br />
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| Unnamed Jewish girl || "[[Unnamed characters (1980)#little Jewish girl|Unnamed Jewish girl]]" || This young girl manages to escape the concentration camp-bound boxcar at the train station, making a beeline to the Galactican's hidden position in Obersalzberg, and saved by the Galacticans.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 105-106</ref><br />
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==== Nazis ====<br />
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!Character !! Analogue !! Biography<br />
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| Oberleutnant {{inlineref|bold=N|Branham}} || ''None'' || German officer who finds the stunned Nazis who are summarily sent to the Russian front by General Yodel. Later, Branham brutally interrogates Troy after the Warrior is captured at Number Three Morganstrasse; Dillon subsequently stuns him and frees Troy.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 102, 123-124</ref><br />
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| Sgt. {{inlineref|bold=N|Josef Lammers}} || ''None'' || Nazi soldier who stops Troy out in the street, asking for Troy's papers. Troy manages to incapacitate him and deprive him of his clothing, which he uses to successfully arrive at Number Three Moranstrasse. Ironically, Troy's appearance as a soldier results in his being stabbed by Ramona Brandhorst.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 108-109</ref><br />
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Schlutter}} || ''None'' || Nazi soldier who is ordered to pursue Troy.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 107</ref><br />
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| Col. [[Conrad Werner]] || Colonel [[Werner]] || Responsible for the V2 project in Obersalzberg and is responsible for involving Xaviar on the project.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 127-134</ref><br />
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| Gen. [[Wilhelm Yodel]] || Gen. [[Yodel]] || High ranking Nazi officer who arrives to oversee a demonstration of the V2 rocket in Obersalzberg.<br />
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In a report from General Yodel, the following Nazi soldiers who are dispatched by Troy and Dillon were transferred to the Russian front: J. Huber, W. Blumenstritt, L. Steinhardt, W. Kappstadt, J. Streck, T. Straunning, L. Blaumann, and P. Plaga. Their commanding officer, J. Gansz, was recommended for immediate court martial.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 102</ref><br />
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=== 1980 C.E. ===<br />
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!Character !! Analogue !! Biography<br />
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| [[Dana Anderson]] || Mr. [[Brooks]] || [[Jamie Hamilton]]'s boss, and West Coast News Director of [[United Broadcasting Company|United Broadcasting Corporation]], who tries to make a story out of Dr. Mortinson and his escapades with the Colonial Warriors.<br />
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Billjac the Crusher}} || Biker || A bearded Hell's Angel who is quickly dispatched by Troy and Dillon.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 20-24</ref><br />
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Stuart Brownstein}} || ''None'' || Professor at the UCLA Department of Astronomy, who points out in a news article that the UFOs (the Vipers) sighted could not be explained in any rationalized way, given their distinct flying patterns.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 74</ref><br />
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| [[James William Cavin]] || [[Moran]] || The delusional lush that Troy and Dillon are locked in with; they use their [[invisibility field]]s and manage to fool the sergeant into opening the cell to investigate. Using this window of opportunity, the Warriors escape.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 57-59</ref><br />
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| Ms. [[Davenport]] || [[Anne]] || Dana Anderson's uptight, abrasive secretary.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 157</ref><br />
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| Col. [[Henry Becksworth Davies]] || [[Davies]] || General Wilson's aide, who denies reports of UFOs ([[Dillon]] and [[Troy (1980)|Troy]]'s [[Viper (1980)|Vipers]]) to the press.<ref name="p20">''Ibid'', p. 20</ref><br />
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| [[Donzo Gates]] || [[Donzo]] || Hell's Angel biker who tries to take Troy and Dillon's [[turbocycle]]s.<br />
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| [[Jamie Hamilton]] || ''Self'' || An up-and-coming reporter who encounters Troy and Dillon, only to be embroiled in their plans for Earth, and an asset to the Galacticans.<br />
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| Professor {{inlineref|bold=N|Khalinov}} || ''None'' || Soviet scientist, possibly recruited by [[Kip]], to help the Galacticans develop Earth's technology.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 186</ref> <br />
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| Sgt. {{inlineref|bold=N|Michael Lalor}} || Cop at Police Station || Police sergeant that discredits Jimmy the Lush's stories; he later discovers that the two Warriors have disappeared from police custody while still inside a locked cell.</ref><br />
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| {{inlineref|bold=N|Lizard Charlie}} || Biker || A Hell's Angel. Donzo Gates' "old lady" has been making eyes at him, hence Gates' decision to challenge Troy and Dillon.<br />
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| [[Scott Miles]] || [[Jack Archer]] || Security guard at the [[Pacific Institute of Technology]] who tells Carlyle Tabakow about the intruders (Troy and Dillon) who are looking for Mortinson. <br />
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| Chief {{inlineref|bold=N|Modzelewski}} || Police chief || Dana Anderson asks his secretary to get him in touch with this police officer.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 157</ref><br />
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| Dr. [[Alfred Mortinson]], Ph.D. || Dr. [[Donald Mortinson]], Ph.D. || Nobel prize laureate and scientist looking for a safe way to deal with nuclear power. Recruited by Troy and Dillon to help the Galacticans accelerate Earth's technology.<br />
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| [[Carlyle Tabakow]] || [[Dorothy Carlyle]] || Mortinson's secretary. Her journal entry notes her concern over Mortinson's sanity, as well as her own future job security.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 43-46</ref><br />
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| Professor {{inlineref|bold=N|Rashid Tarid}} || ''None'' || Pakistani scientist recruited to help the Galacticans develop Earth's technology.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 186</ref> <br />
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| Gen. [[Tucker Wilson]] || General [[Cushing]] || Head of [[w:Strategic Air Command|Strategic Air Command]].<ref name="p20"/><br />
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== Analysis == <br />
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* As with the episode, Mortinson apparently doesn't back up his computer files, since any work that Troy and Dillon would've done could be reverted with such a computerized data backup.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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* Troy and Dillon are equipped with climbing equipment in the form of suction devices for their hands and feet, and consider using it to gain access to the fourth floor (where [[Alfred Mortinson]]'s office is), but determine that they may be easily found and gunned down before they knew what struck them.<br />
* Rather than being published under the ''Galactica 1980'' series title, the novelisation was published as part of the ongoing ''Battlestar Galactica'' book series. This would prove appropriate, given that the episodes of ''1980'' would later be rolled into the syndicated package of the original series.<br />
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== Alternate covers ==<br />
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Image:Bg05.jpg|Front cover.<br />
Image:Galactica Discovers Earth back cover.jpg|Back cover.<br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Novelizations]]</div>Sparky Xhttps://en.battlestarwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Galactica_Discovers_Earth,_Part_I&diff=178303Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I2009-04-05T08:04:33Z<p>Sparky X: /* Summary */</p>
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<div>{{Episode Data<br />
| image = Galactica Discovers Earth Part I.jpg<br />
| title= Galactica Discovers Earth, Part 1<br />
| series= 1980<br />
| season=<br />
| episode= 1<br />
| writer= [[Glen A. Larson]]<br />
| story=<br />
| director=[[Sidney Hayers]]<br />
| production= 85510<br />
| rating=<br />
| US airdate= 1980-01-27<br />
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| population=<br />
| extra= '''Series Premiere'''<br />
| prev=[[Battlestar Galactica (TOS)|The Original Series]]<br />
| next=[[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II]]<br />
| extra=[[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth|Script available on BattlestarPegasus.com]] (incomplete)<br/>[[Galactica Discovers Earth (Book)|Information Novelization]]<br />
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== Overview ==<br />
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:''The battlestar ''[[Galactica (TOS)|Galactica]]'' and the [[Galactican Fleet|Colonial fleet]] reach the planet [[Earth (1980)|Earth]], but soon realize that the [[Cylons (TOS)|Cylon]] fleet, long thought to be gone, has trailed them to the fabled planet, and will stop at nothing to extinguish all human life.''<br />
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==Summary==<br />
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* Thirty years<ref>Adama uses the term "years" in the series, which is known in the [[Original Series]] by the term [[yahren]].</ref> after the [[Battle of Cimtar|destruction of the Colonies]], the [[The Fleet (TOS)|Fleet]] receives information from remote probes that they have at last found Earth.<br />
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* [[Adama (1980)|Adama]] and [[Doctor Zee]], a child genius that advises the Commander, discover that they have arrived at Earth in 1980, but the planet's inhabitants, descendants of the [[Thirteenth Tribe (TOS)|Thirteenth Tribe]], are at a low level of cultural and technological development in comparison to the remnants of the [[The Twelve Colonies (TOS)|Twelve Colonies of Man]].<br />
*Dr. Zee informs Adama that the Fleet cannot land on Earth. When Adama objects, Zee notes that the Cylons have followed them to Earth. When Adama reminds him that the Cylons had not been seen in a "billion star miles"<ref>The use of the term "miles" rather than the Original Series's [[List of terms (TOS)#Units of measure|parsecs, sectars and the like]] is one of many [[Continuity errors (TOS)|continuity errors]] in the short span of the show.</ref>, Zee notes that their enemies have chosen not to be seen to allow the Fleet to find Earth for them.<ref>The [[Re-imagined Series]], by design or coincidence, has their versions of [[Cylons (RDM)|Cylon]] using the humans in its universe to find its mythical [[Earth (RDM)|Earth]] in a similar manner in season 3.</ref><br />
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* To make his point further, Zee shows the leaders of [[The Fleet (TOS)|the Fleet]] a video simulating a Cylon attack on Los Angeles. The conclusion is clear: at its present level of technology, the Earth will be of no assistance to defending the Fleet against the approaching Cylons.<br />
* Dismayed by his ignorance in leading the Cylons to Earth, Adama orders pairs of [[Colonial Warrior|warriors]] to contact key scientists with the various nations on Earth, to help them speed up the planet's technological capabilities.<br />
* Two of the Colonials to be dispatched are Adama's grandson [[Troy (1980)|Captain Troy]] and [[Dillon|Lieutenant Dillon]], who are tasked with contacting scientists in the United States. Dillion asks about Troy's [[Boxey (TOS)|nickname]], and Troy tells more about his late [[Apollo (TOS)|father]] and [[Serina|mother]] as Troy shows Dillon a picture of his family when Troy was a child.<br />
* Adama briefs a gathering of what appear to be senior representatives of the Fleet about Earth, its solar system and habitable surface, including [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum]] member [[Xaviar]], who looks dismayed. The presentation, later led by Dr. Zee, discusses the Earth's comparatively limited technology as well as environmental problems. Throughout the presentation, Troy and Dillion quip about the strange things they see, unaware of Earth's serious limits. Dr. Zee shows the group his simulated Cylon attack, which greatly agitates the gathering.<br />
* Xavier challenges Doctor Zee's conclusions on avoiding habitation of Earth by moving the Fleet away and hopefully drawing the Cylon's full attention from Earth as well. Zee proposes a slow approach to encourage introduction of Colonial technology through Earth scientists willing to work surreptitiously.<br />
* Doctor Zee provides a team of Colonial Warriors with some gadgets to assist their infiltration efforts. One of the gadgets is an [[wrist computron|invisibility cloak]] that can render the warriors and their vehicles unseen. The warriors will be able to use [[turbines]] to get around on the surface, which are also able to fly, as well as stun weapons to incapacitate Earth humans without killing them. <br />
* It is also noted that, in the lighter gravity of Earth, the Colonials will have the ability to leap to great heights.<br />
* Each team will be spread about Earth's world populations to begin their mission. Troy and Dillon are headed for the United States, specifically, the Los Angeles area. Dillon laments that they didn't get [[Kip|Kip's]] pick to visit the [[w:USSR|Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] as it sounded more enticing from a carousing perspective.<br />
* Descending to the Earth in their [[Viper (TOS)|Vipers]], the U.S. Air Force detects the strange aircraft. Troy and Dillon are intercepted by Air Force fighters. As the fighters fire on the Vipers, they pull away easily and make a hasty landing in a field near Los Angeles.<br />
* Hiding their ships with the invisibility screens, they take to their turbines, and shortly thereafter have a run in with a biker gang, which they escape through use of their turbines flying capabilities. <br />
* Changing into contemporary clothes, Troy and Dillon stop at a service station to make a call to the scientist they are to contact, Dr. [[Donald Mortinson]] at the [[Pacific Institute of Technology]]. <br />
* While attempting to use the phone, they run into [[Jamie Hamilton]], who's on her way to L.A. for a job interview with the [[UBC]] television network. Hamilton watches the two try to gain currency to use the pay phone when she catches them in the act.<br />
* When she learns that the duo is on their way to see the controversial Dr. Mortinson, who has developed a new form of nuclear technology, Hamilton offers to give them a lift to the Pacific Institute of Technology.<br />
*Doctor Mortinson questions himself with his aide on whether the angry mob is truly ready or willing to accept the advanced technology. When the mobs start to throw rocks, Mortinson leaves to get someone to clean the mess.<br />
* Pushing past anti-nuclear protesters at the campus and stunning a guard, Troy and Dillon reach Dr. Mortinson's lab. Mortinson is not present. His aide is incredulous at their supposed ability to comprehend his formulas. The aide secretly instructs the security guards by phone to arrive and soon arrest the two intruders. <br />
* Before being hauled away by security, Troy and Dillon leave a complex math equation on Dr. Mortinson's computer as a way of verifying they are visitors from an advanced culture.<ref>This addition to the script was likely inspired by a scene from the classic SF motion picture, ''[[w:The Day the Earth Stood Still|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'', where an alien on Earth on a first-contact mission visits a scientist's office and leaves a highly-complex scientific formula as a calling card as well.</ref><br />
* Troy and Dillon are hauled off to jail. <br />
* When Dr. Mortinson returns to his computer, astonished by what Troy and Dillon left there, he realizes that the only people capable of producing the modified formula he finds on the screen must be as important to mankind as "the coming of the [[w:Jesus|Messiah]]".<br />
* Hamilton, with her career at first looking dim, is contacted by Dr. Mortinson, who asks her to help him find Troy and Dillon. Spurred on by a job offer from the network producer, [[Brooks]], Hamilton heads off to find Mortinson, who despises the media.<br />
*During booking, [[Dobin]] cannot make fingerprint records for the Warriors as they have no fingerprints. Other people are interested in the two, who are returned to their cell.<br />
* Using their invisibility devices, Troy and Dillon activate their invisibility shields, causing another in the cell, [[Moran]], to think he's losing his mind. As the cell is opened by Sergeant [[James (1980)|James]], the two make their escape.<br />
* Meanwhile, back in the field where they first arrived, the two Vipers suddenly shimmer back into view. A young boy, [[Willy Griffin]] is playing in the field with his dog, [[Skipper]], when he stumbles upon the ships, which have run out of power to maintain their invisibility. He runs to inform his parents.<br />
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== From Script to Screen ==<br />
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In the December 13, 1979 revision of the script for this episode, there are several noted differences:<br />
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* In Adama's opening monologue, during his mention of "too many of our sons and daughters" having not survived the journey, a mural of [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]], [[Zac|Zac]] and [[Ila]] is called for, thus confirming that Athena is also dead.<ref>[[bsp:Galactica Discovers Earth|Script for "Galactica Discovers Earth, Part I"]], p. 2</ref><br />
* The first scene between [[Troy (1980)|Troy]] and [[Dillon]] is in the form of a day-down patrol, where both reflect on it being their last patrol. Further, Troy echoes the words from his late father made to the people on [[Terra]] in "[[Experiment in Terra]]": "The opposite of war isn't always peace. More often it's slavery."<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 3</ref><br />
* The dialogue between Dr. [[Zee]] and Adama regarding Earth's present state of development runs longer. Adama notes Zee's age (14) and after being told to send out the patrol beyond its usual range, issues a coded battle order to Troy and Dillon. This is called "Operation Caprica", and color-coded. Using turbo-thrusters, Troy and Dillon run into two Cylon [[Raider (TOS)|Raiders]], which they destroy before the Cylons can report that they've been compromised. Dillon and Troy return to the Fleet.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 5-8</ref><br />
* After the two Air Force jets launch missiles at Troy and Dillon's [[Viper (1980)|Viper]]s, they avoid this by using their invisibility shield (referred to at this point in the script as a "force shield).<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 18</ref><br />
* Pilot #2 makes a crack about [[w:McDonnell Douglas|McDonell (sic) Douglas]] and [[w:Sperry Corporation|Sperry Rand]], two US defense contractors.<ref name="p19">''Ibid.'', p. 19</ref><br />
* The [[turbocycle]]s as written are "something on the order of a motorcycle, but instead of wheels, it seems to be suspended on some kind of force field".<ref name="p19"/> This is what drives the cycles, which prompt the interest of [[Donzo]] and [[Willy]].<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 22-23</ref><br />
* [[Dorothy Carlyle]] gives [[Donald Mortinson]] a neck massage; Mortinson agrees with the protesters on the fact that they've advanced their technology too fast.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 20-22</ref><br />
* Dillon and Troy make it a point to hide their boots by pulling their pants over them.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 24</ref><br />
* What later becomes the [[Pacific Institute of Technology]] is called the California Institute of Technology (Cal-Tech) in the script.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 25</ref><br />
* Also, what is later called the [[United Broadcasting Company]] is called the Trans-World Broadcasting Company.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 26</ref><br />
* [[Jamie Hamilton]]'s conversation with [[Brooks]]'s secretary shows us that [[Anne|the secretary]] is more amicable and understanding.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 28</ref><br />
* Adama and [[Xaviar]]'s conversation regarding [[time warp synthesizer|time travel]] notes Xaviar's position on it more clearly, which Adama appears to respond more positively to. Xaviar posits that time travel doesn't adversely affect history.<ref>''Ibid.'', pgs. 36-38</ref> In his words: <br />
*: How do we know it works that way? Maybe history isn't really changed. Maybe it all comes out the very same. Take, for example, the chance of birth. Whether your parents decide to journey from one place to another only dictates the environment in which you are born. The fact remains that you live. What difference whether we introduce marvels of science to primitive Earth...the same people will live to use them...only the quality of their lives will have changed.<ref>''Ibid.'', p.37</ref><br />
* The cop, [[Dobin]], is referred to as "Doberman" in the script.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 46</ref><br />
* Hamilton forces her presence on Dillon and Troy at gunpoint—using Troy's [[laser pistol (1980)|laser]] to do so. With no choice on the matter, the Warriors agree to have Hamilton accompany them, which ends part 1.<ref>''Ibid.'', p. 59-60</ref><br />
* The sub-plot with [[Willie Griffin]] finding the Vipers in the field is not present.<br />
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==Notes==<br />
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* Dr. Zee's video screens show a series of shots from unusual public domain sources and from other Universal properties. This is supposed to resemble a smattering of US television images, and is a decidedly strange sequence, complete with eerie sound effects, which sets an odd tone early in the program. Among the images seen is [[wikipedia:Rod Serling|Rod Serling]] in an introduction to the series ''[[w:Night Gallery|Night Gallery]]'', in addition to [[w:Woody Woodpecker|Woody Woodpecker]]. <br />
* In [[Adama (1980)|Adama]]'s speech to the [[Quorum of Twelve (TOS)|Quorum of Twelve]], he notes that Earth is the third planet of a system of nine planets. When the episode was written, the celestial body of [[w:Pluto (planet)|Pluto]] was considered a full-fledged planet, but was reclassified in 2007. This same "mistake" is made in "[[The Long Patrol]]" and in countless other science fiction series of the past and present. As of this writing, the [[w:solar system|solar system]] is comprised of eight planets, 166 moons, and three [[w:dwarf planet|dwarf planet]]s, including Pluto.<br />
[[Image:Cylonattack.jpg|thumb|Dr. Zee's simulation of a Cylon Attack on Los Angeles.]]<br />
* The simulated Cylon attack on Earth reuses footage from the movie ''[[w:Earthquake (film)|Earthquake]]'' which was released by Universal Pictures in 1974, and also starred [[Lorne Greene]] (Commander Adama).<br />
* When Troy and Dillon first take their Vipers into the Earth's atmosphere at the beginning of the episode, stock footage is used from "[[The Gun on Ice Planet Zero, Part I]]". As the Vipers fly by, a mountain is seen and the glare reflection off of the [[Ravashol pulsar]] is visible.<br />
* According to publications at the time, the original airing of "Galactica Discovers Earth" had some of the highest ratings in the history of the franchise. The premiere episode, which aired Sunday, January 27th, 1980, ranked 30th for the week. The [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part II|second]] and [[Galactica Discovers Earth, Part III|third episode]]s (aired February 3rd and 10th) also did well. [http://www.tvobscurities.com/articles/return_sb.php]. According to The "World Almanac and Book of Facts 1980", overall for the period that it was aired, Galactica 1980 ranked 20th out of 100 series in the Nielsen ratings.<br />
* The song playing in [[Jamie Hamilton]]'s car when pulling up to the gas station is [[w:Billy Joel|Billy Joel]]'s "[[w:My Life (Billy Joel song)|My Life]]", which makes a brief reappearance in "[[The Night the Cylons Landed, Part II]]".<br />
* This episode featured the last appearance of two robotic [[Muffit II]]-style daggits in the Original Series continuity, still apparently used as pets in the Fleet.<br />
* The low-toned sounds coming from the computer monitor as [[Donald Mortinson]] turns it back on are the exact same sounds that are made when information is printed on the screens in a Viper's cockpit or on the bridge.<br />
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== Analysis ==<br />
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* It is clearly apparent that neither Adama nor anyone else in the Fleet considered the ramifications of their flight to [[Earth (1980)|Earth]]: particularly when it concerns their essentially leading the Cylons to this planet.<br />
* This episode directly deals with the (now proven incorrect) assumption that Earth is capable of repelling the Cylons. It should be noted that the [[Battlestar Galactica (RDM)|Re-imagined Series]] also faces the same story flaw, which it has yet to address. <br />
* Adama's comment that Earth's "proximity to the sun provides the '''only climate in the galaxy'''<ref>This emphasis is Battlestar Wiki's, not Adama's.</ref> comfortably able to support life as we know it" is technically correct, in so far as the audience is concerned. In the story, however, this claim establishes that:<br />
*# The Colonials are from outside the [[Milky Way]] and thus have some form of faster-than-light drive never fully shown in the series. <br />
*# That the Milky Way Galaxy itself has no other planets that are capable of supporting human life, in so far as the Galacticans know it. However, this claim is contradicted by the presence of the planets of [[Paradeen]] and [[Terra]], which is outside the Colonials' home galaxy<ref>As confirmed by the events depicted in "[[The Long Patrol]]", "[[Greetings from Earth]]", and "[[Experiment in Terra]]"</ref> and is in the Milky Way<ref>As established by the [[Gamma frequency]] transmission [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]] receives in "[[The Hand of God (TOS)|The Hand of God]]"</ref>.<br />
* Adama's indication that the polar ice caps and the deserts could "easily be reclaimed by our technology" points to the Colonials possessing some form of [[w:terra-forming|terra-forming]] technology.<br />
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== Questions ==<br />
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* For all his intelligence, why didn't Doctor Zee forewarn Adama that he may be leading the Cylons to Earth before ever reaching it?<br />
* What specifically happened to the characters of [[Apollo (TOS)|Apollo]], [[Athena (TOS)|Athena]], and [[Sheba (TOS)|Sheba]]?<br />
* Didn't Mortinson or his workers keep backups of their work in the event they were lost or vandalized?<br />
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== Noteworthy Dialogue ==<br />
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* ''Troy and Dillon comment on the smog hanging over [[w:Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles, California]]:''<br />
: '''[[Dillon]]:''' What's that odd-looking brown haze hanging over the city?<br />
: '''[[Troy (1980)|Troy]]''': (shrugs) Must be some sort of defense shield. <br />
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* ''Troy and Dillon make a comment about the automobiles:''<br />
: '''Dillon''': Those automobiles sure don't move very fast.<br />
: '''Troy''': No, but it's a nice, neat formation. It must require a lot of practice and discipline.<br />
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* ''Adama talks to Troy about Earth's government:''<br />
: '''[[Adama (1980)|Adama]]''': Boxey, the cold, hard truth is that there is no central government on Earth. There's no single leader with whom we can make contact or negotiate.<br />
: '''Troy''': Well, that's impossible. Then how do they get together for their common good? <br />
: '''Adama''': They don't, as far as we can tell.<br />
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== Guest Stars ==<br />
*[[Richard Lynch]] as [[Xaviar]]<br />
*[[Robbie Rist]] as [[Doctor Zee]]<br />
*[[Robert Reed]] as [[Donald Mortinson]]<br />
*[[Pamela Susan Shoop]] as [[Dorothy Carlyle]]<br />
*[[Sharon Acker]] as [[Anne]]<br />
*[[Fred Holliday]] as Mr. [[Brooks]]<br />
*[[Richard Eastham]] as General [[Cushing]]<br />
*[[imdb:nm0917136|Vernon Weddle]] as [[James (1980)|1st Cop]]<br />
*[[imdb:nm0608566|David Moses]] as [[Dobin|2nd Cop]]<br />
*[[Brion James]] as [[Willy]]<br />
*[[imdb:nm0428856|Mickey Jones]] as [[Donzo]]<br />
*[[imdb:nm0533297|Duncan MacKenzie]] as 1st Pilot<br />
*[[imdb:nm0115467|Douglas Bruce]] as [[McNally|2nd Pilot]]<ref>This is deduced by the subtitles, as the wingman who talks to McNally is referred to as "Pilot 1".</ref><br />
*[[Eddie Firestone]] as [[Moran|Derelict]]<br />
*[[Frank Downing]] as [[Jack Archer|1st Guard]]<br />
*[[imdb:nm0561688|Don Maxwell]] as [[Unnamed characters (1980)#PIT Guards|2nd Guard]]<br />
*[[imdb:nm0268114|Adam Star]] as [[Willie Griffin]] (boy)<br />
*[[Doug Hale]] as Air Force Major<br />
*[[Ray Duke]] as Newspaper Boy<br />
*Uncredited as USAF [[Davies]]<br />
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