History Series / BattlestarGalactica1978

* DepopulationBomb: The shown fleet population drops quite a lot, especially in the middle of season one.

** You'd think intelligent computers would be better shots. But you try to shoot with your eye srating back and forth constantly.

** You'd think intelligent computers would be better shots.

** Three different comic book adaptations -- by Marvel, Dynamite, and Rob Liefeld's imprint Maximum Press.

** Novelizations of episodes of both the original series and Galactica 1980 were released while the series were on the air.

** A second series of original novels, set after the original series (but ignoring Galactica 1980) that ran from 1997 to 2004. Several of the earlier episode adaptations were re-released during this period as well.

** A second series of original novels, set after the original series (but ignoring Galactica 1980) that ran from 1997 to 2004.

* ExpandedUniverse: A novel series that ran from 1997 to 2004, as well as several comic book adaptations.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Richard Hatch always hoped for a revival series set in the same continuity. We eventually got the [[Series/BattlestarGalactica2003 reboot series]] instead. Still, some of Hatch's plot ideas did adapted into the 1997-2004 [[ExpandedUniverse novel series.]]

* ComicBookAdaptation: Creator/MarvelComics published an adaptation of the original TV movie, and then (unusually for most comics based on TV series) went on to adapt some of the early episodes as well before branching into original stories (the comic ran for nearly two years, outliving the TV series). Creator/RobLiefeld produced a short-lived series in the 1990's. Dynamite Comics later published comics based on the classic series alongside its adaptations of the remake.

* ComicBookAdaptation: Creator/MarvelComics published an adaptation of the original TV movie, and then (unusually for most comics based on TV series) went on to adapt some of the early episodes as well before branching into original stories (the comic ran for nearly two years, outliving the TV series). Dynamite Comics later published comics based on the classic series alongside its adaptations of the remake.

* ExpandedUniverse: A novel series that ran from 1997 to 2004, as well as comic book adaptations from Creator/MarvelComics, Creator/DynamiteEntertainment, and even a short-lived one by Creator/RobLiefeld.

* CaliforniaDoubling: The portion of the Capital city of Caprica where the Cylons attack in the opening of the pilot, was filmed at the (then brand new) City Hall and Public Library complex in downtown Long Beach, California.

* MissingMom: Lila, Adama's wife, is heavily implied to have been killed when the Cylons bombed out her home, and Adama is seen sifting through the bombed-out ruins of the building, picking up a family photo of her, and lamenting with tears that he has always been too late to be there for her. Although his children are hopeful she got away from the Cylons because they NeverFoundTheBody, Adama lived with her long enough to how she would act and presumes, "No. She was here." Her fate is left ambiguous. Of the following, A: she did get away and was never heard from again and has yet to reunite with her family, B: someone already found and buried/cremated her, C: she was buried too deeply under the rubble to be found, D: she got thrown from the house during the attacks, or E: she was outright vaporized. With four-to-one odds she bit the dust, chances are not in Lila's favor.

* SingleBiomePlanet: In "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero", the the surface of the title planet is entirely covered by ice and snow, with a constant blizzard blowing overhead.

* WhatTheHellHero: Sure Siress Belloby, use the one item in your possesion that could help a lot of starving children (not to mention the last surviving remnants of your own race) as a barganing chip in your bid to...get into Adama's pants... ''Really?''

-->''"Fleeing the Cylon tyranny, the last battlestar, Galactica, leads a ragtag fugitive fleet on a lonely quest: a shining planet known as Earth."''

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Anyone who gets killed off within the pilot serves as a case of this, with some we even meet (Zac, Lila, Muffit. Boxxey's father, the original council members save Adama, the president of humanity, and any Battlestar besides Galctica). [[spoiler:Serina is also notable for squeaking past the mass genocide of the pilot, only to die in the very next story.]]

* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The writers simply didn't understand the difference between a system or a galaxy. Made worse by the fact that only the ''Galactica'' has FTL. Even worse, the ''Galactica'' only has L, without the FT.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Cassiopeia, although only one person is ever shown to have an objection to her profession. Later, she's HelloNurse.

* FighterLaunchingSequence: WHen the Colonial Vipers launch, it involves turning on several switches followed by pressing the "TURBO" button on the flight stick.

* FantasticMeasurementSystem: according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)#Language article]], the only distance unit that wasn't an Earth name was "metron" (1 meter).

* DemotedToExtra: Athena ends up getting this treatment. She starts out as a BridgeBunny, but is only sometimes shown on the bridge after the pilot. Then she's used as part of a triangle with Starbuck and Cassiopeia, but that plot is dropped fast. The only time after this she's given any significant screen time is when she's one of the characters trapped in the fire during "Fire In Space." Late season, she spends her time, apparently, as a school teacher. This was reportedly due to the producers lack of interest in coaching Maren Jensen, who was at that time an inexperienced actress. Cassiopeia was developed to take Athena's place as a frontline female character.

* FantasticMeasurementSystem: according to Wiki/TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)#Language article]], the only distance unit that wasn't an Earth name was "metron" (1 meter).

* FantasticMeasurementSystem: according to its TheOtherWiki [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlestar_Galactica_(1978_TV_series)#Language article]], the only distance unit that wasn't an Earth name was "metron" (1 meter).

** "centons" for minutes (hours in the pilot)
** "centars" for hours (after the pilot)

* SleeperStarship The fleet comes upon a ship carrying 2 families (a father and his kids, a mother her kids but the adults aren't a couple). The fleet nearly kills the father, by waking him up. The atmosphere on the Galactica is too heavy for him. They are escaping from a colony, where none of the people born can return to their home world which is divided into east (USSR) and west (US) because they can't survive in the atmosphere.