"Greetings from Earth" is an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series. Other than the pilot episode, it is the only episode of the original series' run to have been aired as an extended-length special episode, at two hours long.
Captain Apollo and Lieutenant Starbuck aboard their Colonial Viper fighters intercept a primitive spacecraft which fails to respond to communication. They take it in tow and bring it back to one of t...
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"Greetings from Earth" is an episode of the original Battlestar Galactica television series. Other than the pilot episode, it is the only episode of the original series' run to have been aired as an extended-length special episode, at two hours long.
Captain Apollo and Lieutenant Starbuck aboard their Colonial Viper fighters intercept a primitive spacecraft which fails to respond to communication. They take it in tow and bring it back to one of the Galactica's hangar decks.
Once there, the Colonials discover the ship contains six humans - two adults and four children - who are lying in transparent tubes in a state of suspended animation. Speculation arises that these humans may be from Earth. Despite the objections of Commander Adama, the Council of Twelve demands that Dr. Wilker and Dr. Salik bring the travelers out of their sleep-like state.
When the travelers awaken, they have difficulty breathing, and it becomes clear they cannot survive in the Galactica's atmosphere. While the...
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