Friday, 29 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: THE MISSION RESUMES...

Boomer surveys the snowy wilderness.

Now rested, hydrated and re-supplied, our Colonial Team returns to their mission, guided by the Clones to a new location: the underground Clone community of Arcta. A deleted sequence from the story.


The expedition, with Muffey, gathers.

Apollo: 'Where's Starbuck?'

As Starbuck takes point with Tenna, he begins flirting with her, wondering to her how she can help him become acclimatized and warmed up to the cold environment. The flirting banter between Starbuck and Tenna was ultimately toned down in the final two-part version, with Starbuck given a more serious and guilt-ridden edge during the mission in his search for Cadet Cree, handled via additionally filmed material (which is noticeable in the two-part version due to Dirk Benedict's longer hair between filming bouts, somewhere between The Lost Planet of the Gods and The Lost Warrior).


Taking point, Starbuck gets friendly with Tenna. This scene would be replaced with an alternate one of more serious note in which Starbuck asks Tenna about the location of Cylon captured prisoners.


Thursday, 28 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: THE THETA CLONES JOIN THE FIGHT!


Now recovered from di-ethene poisoning on the outside plateau to which their Snowram was prior trapped, our Galactica party find that they have been rescued by a band of renegade clones fighting the Cylons who have taken over their world and enslaved the Thetans' 'Father Creator' - the revered human scientist Doctor Ravashol, the inventor responsible for the pulse energy lens communication system now being used as a weapon by the Cylons.

The Colonial Team awakens to find themselves rescued.


Our heroes awaken in a new environment clearly indicating an ongoing conflict against the Cylons. A deleted scene moment.

Are their rescuers friend or foe?

Wolfe has a simple plan: jump 'em and get outta here.

Clone resistance force leaders Ser 5-9 (Denny Miller) and Tenna (Britt Ekland) soon introduce themselves.

The Colonials and Theta Resistance forces join together.

Discovering that the Colonials have solenite charges strong enough to destroy the laser, the renegade clones, led by Ser 5-9 (Denny Miller) and Tenna (Britt Ekland) agree to guide the human party, bar the wounded Voight, Vickers and Sgt. Haals, to the underground Thetan community being held by the Cylons, so as to meet Ravashol. 

In a deleted scene, Apollo orders Haals (Curtis Credel) to stay behind to look after their injured colleagues Voight and Vickers.


Wednesday, 27 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: THE DAGGIT'S QUEST FOR HELP!

A determined expedition.

As the Cylon Centurion patrol heads towards the deadly plateau destination of the Colonial humans, Muffey the Daggit searches for help in the snowy wilderness, and soon sees a mysterious trio of hooded travellers in the distance...


Muffey braves the cold.

A mysterious trio emerges...

Tuesday, 26 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: TRAPPED AT DEATH POINT PLATEAU!

The Snowram is now isolated at the plateau.

With the Snowram out of action, the trapped warriors, wearing breathing masks, try to weather the building cold storm and the di-ethene air poisoning. Survival time is running out now, and as Apollo checks on his son, Muffey rushes out from the vehicle and enters the snowy wastelands to look for help...


Boxey is starting to feel the cold, amidst an environment now air poisoned..

Muffey takes the initiative...

Monday, 25 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: FINDING THE SHUTTLE!


Our heroes have thankfully long since deserted their crashed shuttle, but the ever-pursuant Cylon Centurion patrols are soon hot on their trail, heading towards a nearby plateau whose natural dangers soon become apparent to the humans...

Discovering a Colonial backpack, indicating escaped survivors...


Sunday, 24 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: HAALS vs WOLFE!

Haals lays on the snow as the Snowram soon loses all power.

Having had a previous altercation in the Galactica shuttle, Lt. Haals and Wolfe now have had to uneasily ride together atop the Snowram, soon leading to another confrontation as a Colonial blaster is discharged that takes out the vehicle's power system. The group must soon seek shelter inside the now lifeless vehicle as a deadly di-ethene wave is moving in the air around them...

Rehearsal shots for the scene with Richard Lynch, Christine Belford and Dirk Benedict.

The injured Haals is taken back to the Snowram in a rehearsal shot on set.

Starbuck challenges Wolfe but their conflict is soon broken up.


Saturday, 23 September 2023

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: INTO THE SNOWY WILDERNESS!



Now departed from the wrecked shuttle, the cramped Snowram braves the intense weather and heads off towards the mountain range housing the pulsar cannon, but soon enough their long and dangerous journey is sabotaged by human greed and anger from one of the so-called 'specialists'.

Though filmed primarily in the Burbank studios, the overall journey sequence would be bolstered with some fine additional snow location stock footage from the Universal vaults, alongside eerie music from the series talented composer Stu Phillips.