CLASSIC IMAGE: FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION!

A trio of Cylon Centurions man their Raider vessel into battle against their human enemies, in this atmospherically lit scene from Saga of a Star World.

GALACTICA 1980: A TIME TO CELEBRATE...

An aged but vital Colonel Boomer and Commander Adama reflect on the many dangers and obstacles they've overcome, the personal losses they've endured, whilst also celebrating the news that their first attempts at seeding the Colonial population into Earth's culture has successfully begun. From the episode Space Croppers.

CLASSIC IMAGE: PATROLLING THE UNKNOWN!

Starbuck and Boomer take some raw Viper pilot cadets out on what will soon become a fateful probe mission, at the start of Gun on Ice Planet Zero.

CLASSIC IMAGE: A MISUNDERSTANDING BETWEEN FRIENDS...

Newly arrived on the Paradeen outpost, Apollo tries to convince fugitive mother Sarah (Kelly Harmon) that she's not really in love with him, in this intriguing character moment from the mid-season feature-length episode Greetings from Earth.

Image via Chris Pappas

CLASSIC IMAGE: 'SON OF STAR WARS'!

About to dominate the US TV airwaves that premiere week, the fantasy and excitement ahead in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA certainly pushed the rest of the world's torrid real-life headlines out of the way to make the influential cover of NEWSWEEK magazine for the issue date of September 11th, 1978.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE WARRIOR AND THE COMMANDER's DAUGHTER!

They may have been squabbling on and off lovers during the events of the Cylon sneak attack on the Twelve Colonies, but Starbuck and Athena made for an attractive pairing, as this early publicity shot with Maren Jensen and Dirk Benedict shows.

'GALACTICA' THE COMPLETE ORIGINAL SERIES - COMING TO UK BLU-RAY

Good news for UK BG fans. UNIVERSAL have confirmed that the classic series will indeed be getting a deserved release on Blu-ray after last year's debut of the theatrical pilot in the format, and after the full series prior successful release earlier this year for German fans. No idea yet of an actual date, or of info on the special features, only that it will be out later this year. Thank you, UNIVERSAL!

More news as and when...

Nine discs in an all regions format: Battlestar Galactica - Complete Original Series Blu-ray Region Free: Amazon.co.uk: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Maren Jensen, Laurette Spang: DVD & Blu-ray

CLASSIC IMAGE: CONVOY TARGET PRACTICE!

A Cylon attack squadron pushes forward in its attack on the near defenceless Rag-Tag fleet, in this scene from Saga of a Star World. A fuller version of the effects sequence would be shown in the theatrical compilation feature Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack.

CLASSIC MERCHANDISE: JAPANESE 'GALACTICA'

An intriguing look at some spreads from the hard to find 1978 Japanese movie souvenir magazine for the theatrical release of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, with some nice shots from Lost Planet of the Gods included in its pages!