What is Battlestar Galactica?
Battlestar Galactica premiered on the ABC television network in September 1978. It was one of the most spectacular shows ever produced for television, and despite its relatively short life, today it has an active fandom, and can still be seen on television stations and video stores around the world. Battlestar Galactica was the brainchild of Glen A. Larson, and evolved from an earlier project called Adam’s Ark. Larson had pitched the show in the late 60’s, the same time that the original Star Trek was in its death throes, but the project was put on the backburner. In the intervening years, Larson worked on many popular television programs, including It Takes a Thief, and McCloud. It wasn’t until Star Wars hit movie theaters in 1977 that Larson’s pet project became something viable. Larson once remarked in Science Fantasy Film Classics (October 1978): Adam’s Ark was sort of about the origins of mankind in the universe, taking some of the biblical stories and moving them off into space a
