Galactica 1980

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Name:	Galactica 1980
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Date(s):	1980
Medium:	Television
Country of Origin:	United States
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Galactica 1980 was a spin-off of Battlestar Galactica (1978).

There were ten episodes. Most fans found this show unappealing and unsatisfying.

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Story, a crossover wirh Doctor Who entitled "Doctor Who and the Return of the Galactica" was published in the Australian fanzine Multiverse in issue 14. It was by Pat Dunn, and was a sequel to her story "Doctor Who and the Flight of the Fleet" which had appeared in issue 12 of the fanzine. "Yes, I admit it, "Return of the Galactica" did include characters from the Galactica 1980 television series."-- the author, added 9-25-20.

One Fan's Review of an Episode

For those of you who saw Golactico 1980's episode of "The Return of Starbuck", I thought I would throw this little article in. Personally, I liked Battlestar Galactica. That is, I did, before they tried to moke us believe that Apollo died and that Boxey grew up, while Adama looked no older. After the first few episodes of Galactica 1980 I quit watching it. I couldn't stand watching a bunch of space scouts after knowing Apollo and Starbuck.

However, when I heard that the episode of "The Return of Star- buck" was coming up, I was pleased. I watched it, teary-eyed most of the time. Dirk Benedict was brilliant in his role, as always. Seeing him in his warrior uniform really brought bock memories. And the plot was great. It was a beautiful story. But when they just left him there on that empty rock, they mode it seem like he just stayed there and died. I was so upset with the ending that I couldn't sleep that night. I thought there hod to be a loophole somewhere, there hod to be some way for Starbuck to survive. It must have been around 2 A.M. when the answer hit me. The Cylon ship! Yes, the rescue party of Cylons landed in a fighter. Of course! Starbuck must've hot-wired it, he's done it before in the episode "The Hand of God". Then I wept with joy. He may not hove been able to make it back to the fleet, but he could at least find a habitable planet nearby on which he could land and survive. Why then did Glen Larson leave us hanging at the end, just showing us the scene of Star- buck sitting on on outcropping of rocks, looking very hungry and dejected? I don't know, unless he thought that we would figure out his 'escape' on our own.

Personally I still think that Starbuck is alive and well, somewhere beyond the heavens....