Gun On Ice Planet Zero
Original Airdate Part 1: October 22, 1978
Writers: Leslie Stevens, Michael Sloan and Don Bellisario.
Director: Alan J. Levi.
Guest Cast: Roy Thinnes (Croft), James Olson (Thane), Dan O'Herlihy (Dr. Ravashol), Christine Bedford (Leda), Britt Ekland (Tenna)
A Viper patrol discovers a massive cannon on a nearby planet capable of destroying the Galactica in a single pulse. Trapped by approaching Basestars, Adama sends a team down to the planet to destroy the weapon before time runs out.
“We did talk about Guns of Navarrone and I think that’s how the genesis of that came about,’ recalls writer/producer Michael Sloan. “You don’t so much rip them off as say, lets take that idea and give it the spin of this particular show.”
