Watch Battlestar Galactica Season 1 Episode 8: The Gun on Ice Planet Zero

Big-budget sci-fi flop that was more than a bit reminiscent of `Star Wars' (with which it shared a special-effects creator). Set 4000 years in the future, `Galactica' follows the fragile fortunes of a caravan of spaceships fleeing to Earth from a galaxy dominated by mechanical beings bent on destroying the human race. The series launched on ABC and was (more…)

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Season 1, Episode 8 The Gun on Ice Planet Zero

First Aired: October 22, 1978

The Galactica's only escape from enemy fighters is through a space corridor guarded by a Cylon laser cannon. First of two parts. Tenna: Britt Ekland. Adama: Lorne Greene. Croft: Roy Thinnes. Dr. Ravashol: Dan O'Herlihy. Apollo: Richard Hatch. Starbuck: Dick Benedict. Ser Five Nine: Denny Miller. Boomer: Herb Jefferson Jr. Tigh: Terry Carter. Boxey: Noah Hathaway. Athena: Maren Jensen.

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Premiered: September 17, 1978
Rating: TV-PG
Premise: Big-budget sci-fi flop that was more than a bit reminiscent of `Star Wars' (with which it shared a special-effects creator). Set 4000 years in the future, `Galactica' follows the fragile fortunes of a caravan of spaceships fleeing to Earth from a galaxy do… (more)