BEHIND THE SCENES: THE HEROES AND VILLAINS OF 'ICE PLANET ZERO'

In the company of Cylons!

Here's a nice little addition to the exhaustive coverage we gave to the original version of The Gun on Ice Planet Zero last year, a selection of images that have surfaced online of some of the main cast members taken outside one of the main Galactica filming soundstages at Universal Studios back in mid-1978, some of which sadly never appeared in promotional coverage. There's probably even more images like this out there waiting to be discovered.

Roy Thinnes back in the sci-fi genre as Croft.

Background artists Walt Davis as Sgt. Vickers.

Bond girl turned Clone Warrior! Britt Ekland as Ser 5-9

Apollo and Starbuck captured by the Cylons!

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: GOODBYE KISSES...

Who says that being a Colonial Warrior doesn't have its advantages! Adept in the art of kissing, Starbuck enjoys some quality goodbye time with Tenna (Britt Ekland and two doubles shot from the side) and other identical clones from her designated batch, in a memorable and humorous finale to the two-parter. 

Starbuck says goodbye as only he knows how...

The clone beauties say goodbye to Starbuck.

You win some, lose some, as they say. "I just lost all three," bemoans Starbuck!

We hope you've enjoyed this special coverage of the originally conceived TV movie version of Gun on Ice Planet Zero...

Fleeing from the Cylon tyranny, the last Battlestar, Galactica, leads a rag-tag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest - a shining planet known as Earth!

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: RAVASHOL BACKS THE HUMANS!

Stopping a potential revolt that could sabotage the Cylon garrison attack plan, Dr Ravashol convinces his clones to aide the humans, their brothers, in the final battle against the metal enemies, promising them that they will be protected in case of any future retaliations.

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: AVALANCHE!

As the pulsar firing continues, so comes resultant ice and snow displacement hurtling down the mountain side as the burly Clone Ser 5-9 is injured in an immense avalanche descending on the Colonial expedition, his leg injury so severe that he ultimately will have to be assisted down the mountain ledge by Tenna as the remaining four members continue their mission, of which Leda and Wolfe are planning to escape as soon as they are on firmer ground atop the mountain.

The immense avalanche begins...

Apollo warns his colleagues: "Avalanche!"

Apollo races to push Croft away from the oncoming snow.

Croft owes Apollo his life.

Ser 5-9 has been seriously injured by a massive rock fall amidst the snow.

Leda reveals the extent of Ser 5-9's injury.

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: THE DEATH OF A SPECIALIST!

Thane is brought to a Cylon Centurion interrogator.

Despite his Theta Clone disguise, Thane has ultimately been captured and brought before a Cylon squad for interrogation, watched by a shocked Clone Community. As Starbuck and Tenna arrive, they soon witness Thane, who refuses to cooperate with his captors, commit suicide as he gets a Cylon to inadvertently activate a devastating handmine he has had hidden about his person.

Tenna attends to Ser 5-9's deep laser whip wounds before he tells her to warn Starbuck of Thane's capture. A deleted scene moment.

Starbuck gathers with the Clones as Ser 5-9's wounds continue to be tended to.

The interrogation continues...

Thane fools the Cylons into using his handmine.

The suicide bomb handmine goes off in a brief and brutal scene. Note the stuntman as Thane wearing a face mask.

Thane takes out the Cylons.

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: ENTERING THE SECRET NURSERY!

With the Cylons having wrecked their first potential secure site, the Clone resistance, dodging the enemy within the community's caverns, hides the Colonial squad in a secret nursery housing their children. Boxey and Muffey the Daggit are soon thrilled to be able to mix with fellow youngsters.

As a hidden cave entrance is revealed, surprised Clone children run away...

Boxey is surprised and happy to see them.

The trio of children run for safety.

One of the Tenna clones with a boy child clone (likely played by one of the Larson family).

But the news soon comes in that one of the 'Demolition's Team' has disappeared...

Thane has disappeared and Croft reveals that his escape has long been in the planning.

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: TENNA TURNS UP THE HEAT!

"I will warm you now!"

As the Demolitions Team takes rest in an isolated area of the clone community, Tenna makes good on her promise given earlier in the expedition to help 'warm up' Starbuck, in a fun little comedy moment that was ultimately deleted from the story...

Time for some personal shared warmth!

Leda and Boomer enjoy Starbuck's growing embarrassment.

Starbuck's unexpected embarrassment continues.

In the nick of time, an unimpressed Apollo turns up...

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: FAST FRIENDS!

Dirk Benedict and top Swedish actress Britt Ekland pose for some fun publicity images during the filming of Gun on Ice Planet Zero at Universal Studios, Burbank. Ekland was at that point a likely contract player for the studio and did selected TV movie work for them, especially one of Glen A. Larson's extended The Six Million Dollar Man produced episodes a few years earlier...

Posing outside the studio soundstage.

'ICE PLANET ZERO' AT 45: THE CLONE RESISTANCE!

Used to the beautiful but hostile environment of Arcta, the heroic clones Ser 5-9 and Tenna prove superb leaders guiding the Colonial heroes to the Theta Underground dwellings. Their strength of purpose is well realized in these lovely on-set publicity images of Denny Miller and former 'James Bond Girl' Britt Ekland, prestigious casting for the series originally planned second feature-length adventure, The Gun on Ice Planet Zero.

'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.