BEHIND THE SCENES: RAG-TAG FLEET!

Against a huge blue screen, APOGEE effects technicians David Robin and Don Dow make some checks to the model Galactica and several alongside Rag-Tag Fleet vessels, in this intriguing 1978 behind the scenes image

'GALACTICA' PARTY-TIME!

It's big-time celebrations for both versions of GALACTICA next year, especially for US fans, with the GALACTICON III event in Huston, Texas. Check out their FACEBOOK page for more details: GalactiCon 3

CLASSIC IMAGE: FRIENDS AND WARRIORS!

That inimitable fighter pilot duo of Starbuck and Boomer, as played by Dirk Benedict and Herb Jefferson Jr., pose for a publicity image on the Galactica bridge set, during the filming of Gun on Ice Planet Zero.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE END OF ATLANTIA...

Having led the entire Human Race to ruin, President Adar (Lew Ayres) watches as a Cylon fighter suicide squad brings destructive carnage to the Battlestar Atlantia, in this scene from Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: CYLON RETURN

A Cylon Raider scout ship makes its way towards one of its ominous Basestars, constantly on the hunt for the Rag Tag fleet of human survivors, in an effects shot regularly seen throughout the weekly TV series.

CLASSIC ART: THE CONTINUING STORY...

An evocative piece of artwork that was the cover for the then new REALM PRESS comics series of  GALACTICA strips in 1998, sadly only running three issues.

Image via MYCOMICSHOP website.

CLASSIC IMAGE: ALL SMILES FOR STARBUCK!

On the Galactica bridge, Cassiopeia helps Athena decrypt an old Arian merchant smuggling code-a clue that may help save Starbuck's life-in The Long Patrol.

UPDATED (6/18): Interestingly, this episode must have been written for Cassiopeia before it was decided her resurrected character would be a Med-Tech for Lost Planet of the Gods (which was filmed second after Gun on Ice Planet Zero)- a deleted scene from The Long Patrol sees her with Starbuck on the Rising Star in which she still refers to herself as being a Socialator. In another deleted scene from the episode, Cassie literally turns the heads of all the male bridge crew including Rigel, Tigh and Adama when she goes to see Athena. These two scenes can be found on the Galactica series Blu-ray set.

CLASSIC IMAGE: WHEN TIME RAN OUT...

Zac's badly damaged Colonial Viper inches ever closer to the Colonial Fleet, but the 1,000 ship plus Cylon Armada following close behind is gaining rapidly, in this memorable effects scenes from Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: 'BEFORE THERE WAS EARTH, THERE WAS A GREAT WAR'

Here's some lovely cinema lobby card images, featuring baddies galore, from the 1978 theatrical release version of Saga of a Star World, via the Lewis Wayne website gallery: Categories .-. Lewis Wayne Gallery

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE LOOK OF LOVE...

Helping the injured members of the Rag-Tag fleet get medical attention aboard Galactica, Starbuck soon discovers the charms of the once socialator Cassiopeia (Laurette Spang) in this fun image from Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: WARRIOR'S BLUES...

Captain Apollo goes from warrior to husband when he becomes "sealed" with his loving partner Serina, in the classic two-parter launching the weekly BATTLESTAR GALACTICA series: Lost Planet of the Gods.