Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series)

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Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series) is a science fiction television series about the last surviving human warships fleeing a genocidal robotic race called the Cylons in search of the mythical planet Earth.

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instanceOf science fiction television series
television series
basedOnMyth mythical planet Earth
broadcastFormat color
composer Stu Phillips
countryOfOrigin United States
creator Glen A. Larson
depicts genocidal war between humans and Cylons
featuresCharacter Baltar
Boxey
Captain Apollo
Cassiopeia
Colonel Tigh
linked to: Saul Tigh

Commander Adama
Lieutenant Starbuck
Serina
featuresShip Battlestar Galactica
Colonial Viper
Cylon Raider
linked to: Cylons
firstAired 1978-09-17
follows the last surviving human warships
format live-action
genre science fiction
hasHomeVideoRelease yes
hasSpinOff Galactica 1980
inspiredRemake Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)
lastAired 1979-04-29
leadActor Dirk Benedict
Jane Seymour
John Colicos
Lorne Greene
Richard Hatch
mainAntagonist Cylons
mediaType television
notableFor space opera storytelling
special effects for late 1970s television
numberOfEpisodes 21
numberOfSeasons 1
originalLanguage English
originalNetwork ABC
originalRunStatus ended
pilotEpisodeTitle Saga of a Star World
premise survivors of a genocidal Cylon attack flee in search of Earth
productionCompany Universal Television
runtimePerEpisode approximately 45 minutes
setting outer space
the Twelve Colonies of Man
targetAudience general audience

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Barry Van Dyke televisionSeries Galactica 1980
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