Original Series References

See also: Re-imagined Series References

References to "Battlestar Galactica"

Airplane II: The Sequel

• The music at the beginning of the movie is the "Battlestar Galactica" theme music.
• The theme music is played again during the shuttle launch.
• The pilot of the shuttle is Kent McCord, who played Boxey in "Galactica 1980."
• Airplane II also starred Lloyd Bridges, who played Commander Cain.

"The A-Team"

• Dirk Benedict, who played Starbuck in "Battlestar Galactica," plays Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck in "The A-Team;" Face and Starbuck are very similar (handsome young officers, womanizers, humorous/rougish elements, etc).
• In one episode of "The A-Team," the A-Team attends a television convention. While there, a man in a Cylon Centurion suit walks past Face, who turns with a look of surprise on his face.
• In the second-through-fourth seasons of "The A-Team," the clip of the Cylon wlaking past fcae is played in the show's opening credits.
• "The A-Team" also starred Dwight Schultz (the voice of Lord Erebus) and Lance LeGault (Bootes/Maga).

Space Mutiny

• The shots of the fleet in space are taken directly from "Battlestar Galactica."
• The ship's fighters are also called "Vipers."
• Space Mutiny's plot is also somewhat similar to that of "Battlestar Galactica:" a refugee fleet trying to find a new home, "mystical" elements, strange names for things, etc.

"Mystery Science Theater 3000"

• Space Mutiny was shown on "MST3K," and the DVD of the episode made note of the movie's use of "Battlestar Galactica."

Starcraft

• In this computer game, units often answer with quotes from movies. Some of the Protoss respond to roders with the phrase, "By your command."
• The game's humans have been exiled from Earth, and live in a confederacy of colonies; therse clonies are, throughout the game, decimated by the Zerg and Protoss - the latter which are feudal, cybernetically-enhanced aliens, like the Cylons.

References in "Battlestar Galactica"

Silent Running

• Shots of the Valley Forge, the domed greenhouse ship from this movie, were used to show 'agricultural ships' in "Battlestar Galactica."

Star Wars

• Many people noted the apparent similarities, aesthetic and plot-wise, between Star Wars and "Battlestar Galactica. George Lucas even (unsuccessfully) sued the makers of "Battlestar Galactica," ciitng forty-four speciifc counts of plagiarism.
  • In reply to these allegations, the Apogee special effects team "wrote" the words "Fuck Off" by using the lights of the Caprican city. This can be seen as the Cylon Raiders approach in the attack sequence on Caprica.

Earthquake

• Scenes of the city being devastated by the earthquake were used to show the Cylon attack on Earth in "Galactica 1980."

Star Trek: The Next Generation

• For Richard Hatch's proposed movie sequel to "Battlestar Galactica" (Battlestar Galactica: The Second Coming), many similarities were drawn between the new Cylons, and the Borg from "Star Trek: TNG."

Industrial Light & Magic

• The "IL" in IL-series Cylon is actually a reference to Industrial Light, the previous employer of John Dykstra.
• The "IL" marking can be seen as a button marking on the Viper control stick. This is seen in closeup shots of the stick, starting with "Saga of a Star World".

Original Series definition: a typical Cylon response to an order (see: By your command) (TOS: "Saga of a Star World," et al.)