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Battlestar Time line --- Help please

posted 18 years ago by The_Punishr
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Hello, just wondering if anyone can help me get a couple of things straight

1)there was an episode where Starbuck crashed on a planet and was helped by a Cylon at the end when others came to rescue him, i beleive that it was on a deserted planet but i cannot find it in any episode listings.

2)did the series continue with some kid dressed all in white leading them to earth.

3)what was the time line in regards to the initial movie, tv series, 2nd tv series, any other movies that may have occurred?

Thanks in advance --- Larry T.

[–] iamrundal 18 years ago

The episode is "The Return of Starbuck" and it was the last one aired. The Cyclons were the ones that came to rescue "Cy" as Starbuck named him. The kid in white is Dr. Zee, part of Hollywood's fascination in the late 1970s with child geniuses. In terms of time line, 1980 is supposed to take place 30 years after the original series. The only problem is is that in the last episode of BSG (The Hand of God) a transmission is received of the 1969 lunar landing. Go figure.

[–] Tcereck1 18 years ago

I guess the budget was so small they could not buy a calculator

[–] Lobo305 17 years ago

Well, radio waves traveled to where the Battlestar was located at the time and so that means they were pretty close, just 10 light years away. But, if you recall the Galactica had to travel at a speed equal to the fastest their weakest fleet ship could travel. This is why they would sometimes be forced to leave the fleet for short periods of time.

"El riesgo vive siempre!"

[–] 17 years ago

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[–] jeffb125 16 years ago

Perhaps the transmission referred to here traveled through a wormhole to another point in space. After all, it has been theorized recently that our radio transmissions do not travel on indefinitely into space, as has always been thought, but do break up and become unreadable before traveling into really deep space.

[–] jpowell180 14 years ago

A Wormhole?
It's funny the excuses people will make for incompetent writing for crappy shows like Galactica 1980....and if you don't think it was crappy, I have 2 words for you - Super Scouts!!!!
...'nuff said!

[–] crockett_john 11 years ago

The worm hole explanation would have made more sense if the radio signal would have needed to move faster to make the timeline work, but that's not the case.

I know what you mean, though. People do try to explain what's clearly an inconsistency.