CLASSIC IMAGE: "SURPRISE!"

Colonial Vipers spring out from behind the Gemini freighter and begin their counterattack on a Cylon Raider force, in this moment from Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: SEALED VOWS

Bringing warmth, light and some brief respite of hope from their travels through a long, dark void, Apollo and Serina wed, in this charming sequence from Lost Planet of the Gods Part Two.

UPDATE: 6/18: This scene was rescripted and reshot from the original footage, whose set had no candles and lacked romanticism, and of which the star leading to Kobol was already aware of by Adama and the Galactica's sensors.

The original filmed version of the scene.

CLASSIC IMAGE: IT'S ALL IN THE CARDS!

He finally thinks he's got the upper hand on some Gemonese card-playing rivals, but Starbuck's problems are only just getting started, during the life-changing destruction of the colonies, from the opening of Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: REALITY OR ILLUSION?

Apollo wakes up from his "kidnapping" to find himself aboard the mysterious Lightship, meeting the enigmatic spokesman "John" for the first time, during Experiment in Terra.

CLASSIC IMAGE: HE HAD IT COMING!

He's been the lethal executioner and town bully for a long time, but now the damaged Cylon known as "Red Eye" finally meets his match, and end, against Apollo, during the closing scenes of The Lost Warrior.

CLASSIC ART: A MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH...

Commander Adama once more sends his brave warriors into action against the Cylon hordes in this great 2006 cover art from the legendary Dave Dorman (perhaps best known for his STAR WARS work), for one of the DYNAMITE Classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA comics series.

GALACTICA 1980: A NEW MEMBER OF THE FAMILY!

Now fully part of the Galactica's long-term mission to help her planet become more technologically ready for the future, and possible Cylon attack, Earthwoman news reporter Jamie Hamilton (the lovely Robyn Douglass) gets to wear a Colonial uniform and is ready for her next time-travel related assignment with her new friends.

Unfortunately, despite the relative onscreen success of the time travel aspects of the pilot relaunch for GALACTICA 1980, ABC TV decided to drop that intriguing and often budget friendly aspect from the series as it went into its short-lived production- Jamie's character ending up being dumbed down as a result, to become a custodian to a bunch of mischievous and obnoxious "super scouts" for the duration! An insult to the past strong female characters that had been seen with the original 1978 series.

CLASSIC IMAGE: LET THE ATTACK BEGIN!

Under the Imperious Leader's command, thousands of Cylon Raiders launch from their Basestars towards the Colonial colonies, in this superb effects shot for Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: A WARRIOR AND A FATHER...

GALACTICA's finest ambassador, and an all-round humanitarian and nice guy in real-life, Richard Hatch poses for an iconic B/W publicity image as Captain Apollo, tough but fair leader of the viper squadrons protecting the Colonial Fleet, for Saga of a Star World.

Out now in collected trade paperback from DYNAMITE is Apollo's final epic adventure: the dramatic Death of Apollo.

Dynamite® Battlestar Galactica: The Death Of Apollo Trade Paperback

Get it here: Battlestar Galactica: The Death of Apollo: Amazon.co.uk: Dietrich Smith, Dan Abnett: 9781606906941: Books