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Experiment in Terra

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"Experiment in Terra"
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Overview

The mysterious bright lights return again, transporting the bewildered Apollo to the planet Terra to avert war with the Eastern Alliance. Exposing a plan by the devious president, Apollo has Starbuck warn Galactica, which lends the protective powers of its shields to avoid planetary holocaust.

Summary

  • There he is told by John that he needs to help Terra and stop a war. Due to their lack of a substantiative, corporeal form, they are unable to affect changes without need of a proxy (what Apollo sees is a projection or representation of their spirit). Apollo is also told by John that to the Terrans he will appear to be a missing warrior named Colonel Charlie Watts, to allow him some credibility during his attempts. After this encounter, Apollo wakes up near Terra, an incredible distance from his previous position, and well outside the Vipers fuel range for a safe return to Galactica.
  • Starbuck and Boomer detect Apollo's distress signal at extreme range. Starbuck goes to help Apollo, while Boomer returns to Galactica.
  • Apollo is picked up after landing on Terra by Brenda Maxwell who was Charlie Watts' girlfriend and they return to her apartment. John again appears to Apollo and advises him he needs to reveal the truth about Luna One. Whilst he is doing so, Brenda notifies the authorities of of "Charlie's" return, believing him to need medical attention. Soon Officer Brace arrives and Apollo is taken into custody.
  • Back on Galactica Commander Adama decides that the battlestar will temporarily leave the fleet to investigate the beacon signal sent by both Apollo and Starbuck's Viper's, leaving behind two full squadrons of fighters to protect the civilians.
  • Starbuck, having landed and found Apollo's Viper, gets into a gun fight with the local security force, stunning them all. He then sets off to find Apollo.
  • After a brief discussion with John, Starbuck rescues Apollo, Brenda and her father General Maxwell who have just been imprisoned by Brace for questioning the Nationalist President's decisions regarding the Eastern Alliance. Brenda and General Maxwell realise what Apollo has been saying is true..he is NOT Charlie Watts.
  • The Leaders of the Eastern Alliance confirm their plans to launch a suprise attack on the Nationalists whilst at the same time, in the Nationalist Presidium, The President announces that a peace agreement with the Eastern Alliance has just been reached

Questions

  • Why do the Beings of Light need proxy's to do their bidding? Surely an advanced race would have resolved a more elegant solution than co-opting "primitives" for their needs?

Analysis

Notes

  • The Presidium on Terra was the French pavillion left over from Expo '67. It is one of the few buildings from the fair still standing. It is now Le Casino de Montréal.
  • The same stock shot of Le Casino de Montréal in this episode appears to also have been used for the Earth Defence Directorate on Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

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