Is there a reference to THE STARLOST on BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?

The Starlost (1973 - 74)

There is an interesting line of dialogue in Part 2 of the Battlestar Galactica episode ("The Gun on Ice Planet Zero").  Leda (guest-star Christine Belford) says - ("We can find another planet.  Starlos isn't far.  We can pick up food and water, and fuel.").  Could the planet "Starlos" be an in-joke referring to the 1973 - 74 sci-fi / space adventure TV series The Starlost?

"Starlos(t) isn't far."  :-)

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GALACTICA: 1970!

The cast of Battlestar Galactica (1978 - 79) appeared in a number of interesting movies and TV shows in the 1970s.  Pictures are worth a thousand words, so here we go...!  :-)

Anne Lockhart (Lt. Sheba)
 guest-stars on Cannon
 ("A Deadly, Quiet Town")

John Colicos (Baltar)
 guest-stars on The Starlost
("The Goddess Calabra")

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) guest-stars on
The Streets of San Francisco ("Harem")
 - in this episode she plays a reluctant
 prostitute (socialator?)

Rick Springfield (Lt. Zac
from BSG: ("Saga of a Star World")
 guest-stars on Wonder Woman
 ("Screaming Javelin")

Jane Seymour (Serena) co-stars with Patrick Wayne
in the movie Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger (1977)

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) and
Christine Belford (Leda from the BSG
episode "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero")
guest-star on The Six Million Dollar Man
("Survival of the Fittest")

Edward Mulhare (John from the BSG episode
"Experiment in Terra")
 and Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer)
guest-star on Cannon
("Death of a Hunter")

Ray Milland (Sire Uri) co-stars with Rosey Grier
in the movie The Thing with Two Heads (1972)

Dirk Benedict (Lt. Starbuck)
 stars in the movie
SSSSSSS (1973)

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer)
 guest-stars on
The Streets of San Francisco
("For Good or Evil")

Lorne Greene (Commander Adama) guest-stars
on The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
("The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula")

Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo)
 guest-stars on Cannon
 ("Sky Above, Death Below")

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer)
 guest-stars on Night Gallery
 ("Clean Kills and Other Trophies")

Maren Jensen (Lt. Athena) guest-stars on
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
("Death Surf")

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) guest-stars
 on The Secrets of ISIS
("The Cheerleader")

Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo)
 co-stars with Bruce Davison
 in the TV movie
Deadman's Curve: The Story of Jan and Dean (1978)

Laurette Spang (Cassiopeia) guest-stars on
Project: UFO
 (Sighting #4015: "The Underwater Incident")

Lloyd Bridges (Commander Cain) plays an
invading alien in the TV movie
The Love War (1970)

Lloyd Bochner (Commandant Leiter)
guest-stars on The Starlost ("The Pisces")

Dirk Benedict (Lt. Starbuck) guest-stars
on Charlie's Angels ("The Blue Angels")

John Colicos (Baltar)
 and Christine Belford
 (Leda from the BSG episode
 "The Gun on Ice Planet Zero")
 guest-star as husband and wife
 on Harry O ("The Madonna Legacy")

Terry Carter (Colonel Tigh) guest-stars
on The Six Million Dollar Man
("The Solid Gold Kidnapping")

Frank Ashmore (Lt. Ortega from
 BSG: "Murder on the Rising Star")
 plays a clone in the movie
 Parts: The Clonus Horror (1979)

John Colicos (Baltar) guest-stars on
Wonder Woman ("The Queen and the Thief")

Anne Lockhart (Lt. Sheba) guest-stars
on Project: UFO
 (Sighting #4019: "The Believe It or Not Incident")

Jack Stauffer (Captain Bojay)
 guest-stars on
The Fantastic Journey ("Vortex")

Jack Stauffer (Captain Bojay)
and George Murdock (Dr. Salik)
guest-star on
Harry O ("Hostage")

John Colicos (Baltar)
 guest-stars on Night Gallery
("Lone Survivor")

Rick Springfield (Lt. Zac from
 BSG: "Saga of a Star World")
 stars in the animated
TV series Mission: Magic!

Lew Ayres (President Adar from
BSG: "Saga of a Star World") co-stars
with David Soul in the mini-series
  'Salem's Lot (1979)

Herbert Jefferson, Jr. (Lt. Boomer) guest-stars
on The Immortal ("By Gift of Chance")

Ed Begley, Jr. (Ensign Greenbean)
guest-stars on Wonder Woman
("Diana's Disappearing Act")

Reggie Nalder (the Pyramid dealer from
BSG: "Saga of a Star World")
co-stars as Barlow, the vampire
 in the mini-series 'Salem's Lot (1979)

Patrick MacNee (Count Iblis from BSG: "War of the Gods") and John Colicos
co-star in King Solomon's Treasure (1979)

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"All My Children" reference in BATTLESTAR GALACTICA?

Battlestar Galactica ("Saga of a Star World") -
Adama and Adar discuss ABC-TV's popular daytime
soap opera "All My Children"

There is some extremely awkward dialogue between Commander Adama and President Adar in the opening minutes of the Battlestar Galactica pilot movie ("Saga of a Star World").  Adar says ("I see the party is not a huge success with all my children.").  Could this line be a reference to the popular ABC-TV daytime drama All My Children - then still running on ABC-TV - and also the show that launched Richard Hatch's career?  Richard Hatch (Captain Apollo on Battlestar Galactica) played Phillip Brent on All My Children for two years beginning in 1970.  An estimated 66 million viewers tuned in to "Saga of a Star World" on Sunday, September 17, 1978 - this line of dialogue is (more or less!) a commercial for All My Children!  Was this deliberate or just a weird coincidence?

All My Children - Richard Hatch and Karen Lynn Gorney

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All My Children is copyright (c) ABC-TV; created by Agnes Nixon.

Decorating Tips from Apollo and Starbuck

Battlestar Galactica ("Lost Planet of the Gods")
- aired on 09/24/78 and 10/01/78

There are roughly 15 minutes of Deleted / Expanded scenes that were filmed for the 2-part Battlestar Galactica story "Lost Planet of the Gods" - written by Glen A. Larson and Donald P. Bellisario; directed by Christian I. Nyby II.  These scenes are part of the Bonus Features of the BSG DVD and Blu-Ray releases.  Some of these scenes include (1) Serina piloting a shuttle into the Galactica landing bay - her first solo flight (2) Adama and Tigh ruminating on the nature of the Void (3) Adama's eloquent speech about the fall of Kobol (4) a longer version of Serina's death scene - all of these scenes are vastly superior to a truly bizarre scene at the beginning of Part 2 where Apollo and Starbuck inexplicably "fem it up" and swap decorating tips.  I'm not making this up - read on - this has my vote as the most excruciating scene of the entire series!:

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