CLASSIC IMAGE: DECAYED DECIPHERINGS...

Inside one of the lost Tombs of Kobol, under outside attack from Cylon warships, warrior cadet Serina watches as Commander Adama desperately tries to uncover the damaged final inscriptions about the Thirteenth Tribe's location on Earth, in this tense scene from part two of LOST PLANET OF THE GODS.

CLASSIC IMAGE: PIONEER OF DREAMS

Dream maker John Dykstra, pictured here with the iconic Battlestar, the man who helped change the way science fiction movies were made with the original STAR WARS, would lend his expertise to the small screen in 1978, producing the original first five hours of the classic BATTLESTAR GALACTICA TV series.

CLASSIC IMAGE: SMALL VIPERS!

A highly detailed batch of small scale model Vipers await their blue screen filming at the Apogee facility at Marin County in 1978.

CLASSIC IMAGE: A NARROW ESCAPE!

Having rescued Cassiopeia from a cannibalistic fate from the Ovion young on Carillon, Starbuck gives escape cover fire in a scene caught on one of the 1978 BATTLESTAR GALACTICA bubble gum cards that wasn't in the eventual TV or theatrical release of Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE TWO APOLLO'S!

You've got to hand it to modern Galactica developer Ronald D. Moore for having the bright spark of involving original series veteran Richard Hatch in the new series re-imagining: it was a fine crowd-pleasing comeback for original fans and a nice nod to the past, as well as Hatch's previous sterling, if so far sadly unsuccessful, efforts to get a continuation of the original interpretation of the show off the ground. He may not be playing Apollo anymore, that part now inhabited by Jamie Bamber (who'd gave it a different, less heroic, and more fallible edge), but Hatch delivered a consistently excellent performance nonetheless in the guise of new anti-hero character, Tom Zarek.

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