CLASSIC IMAGE: KEEPING TIGHT!

Raising the bar on special effects work for television, John Dykstra and his Apogee team delivered many memorable shots for Galactica's big-budget opening episodes, including this tight shot of assembled Colonial Vipers before they peel off in varying directions.

CLASSIC IMAGE: DEADLY REUNION!

Starbuck's long-lost father he might well prove to be, but the lovable rogue Chameleon, aka The Man With Nine Lives, might end up losing all of them, as the duo discover shadowy intruders within the Galactica's Alpha landing bay, in this memorable scene for the legendary Fred Astaire and the in-awe Dirk Benedict.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE COLONIAL EXODUS BEGINS...

From every corner of the destroyed Twelve Colonies they'd come, all carrying the last remnants of humanity to be protected by the mighty shepherd warship that is the Battlestar Galactica. A great effects shot showing the beginnings of the rag-tag fleet from Saga of a Star World.

CLASSIC IMAGE: THE WONDER OF CASSIE!

Launching us happily into the warm Summer months ahead, how about a great picture of that radiant smile and radiant beauty belonging to the wondrous Laurette Spang, as photographed here as Cassiopeia during The Living Legend?

Yep, I certainly didn't think you'd turn down the offer...

CLASSIC ART: CAPRICA ATTACK!

The destructive Cylon bombardment of the Colonial home worlds begins, as seen in this superb production painting artwork by Ralph McQuarrie for Saga of a Star World in 1978.

CLASSIC MERCHANDISE: SCHOLASTIC 'GALACTICA'!

The marketing of Battlestar Galactica as event TV was none more keenly felt by teenagers after the success of Star Wars, and the American Scholastic schools magazine Sprint made the most of that excitement ahead within one of their 1978 issues.

Volume 4, issue 1 inside feature spread.

CLASSIC IMAGE: WHEN CARDSTERS GATHER!

Starbuck thinks he's king of the hill when it comes to all things gambling, but could his lucky streak be running out on him as an Armistice Day Pyramid game with the card shark pilots from Gemon turns sour. A scene establishing Starbuck and his Blue Squadron colleagues Boomer and Jolly that was mostly cut down for time and pace reasons from Saga of a Star World.

Boomer addresses his concerns and the potential loss of his cubits with Starbuck.