'GALACTICA' AT 40: (BATTLE)STAR POWER!

Maren Jensen's Athena may be operating one of the most dated computers of all time in this posed character/publicity image for the show, but it's the great cast of attractive leads led by the respected Lorne Greene for which the classic Battlestar Galactica series will always be remembered and enduring.

'GALACTICA' AT 40: IN THE REALM OF THE OVIONS!

Another of the great conceptual paintings for the pilot episode from the late, great icon Ralph McQuarrie- this time showing us the major scale of the insectoid Ovions underground colony and its mining system.

'GALACTICA' AT 40: ENCOUNTERING THE OVIONS!

That darn daggit! 

Boxey gets an unpleasant surprise whilst looking for the wayward Muffey on the dark skied world of Carillon, in a tense moment with the Ovions, from Saga of a Star World.

'GALACTICA' AT 40: MINI-BATTLESTAR!

I don't ever recall seeing this gorgeous and very cool US MATTEL release in any of the numerous UK toy shops that my mother took me to back in the day, when Galactica was first released in cinemas. But if anyone did get a hold of it, then I'm very jealous!