Battlestar Galactica (1978) - 137 mistakes in series 1
Take the Celestra
Continuity: When Aurora and her companion are picking up the guns from the closet, you can see the closet contains two racks with several guns on them. At first they empty the upper rack of guns. When it cuts they empty the lower rack, but then the guns suddenly have reappeared in the upper rack. (Time) Submitted by Mortug
Plot hole: Apollo lectures Starbuck about his appearance, reminding him that they will be seeing Commander Kronus, so he should at least "fasten up" his jacket. But in these shots and every shot after, Apollo's jacket is open, too. Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: When Apollo changes course, he pulls the joystick back and the shuttle seems to 'pull up' in the inside shot, but the next exterior shot shows the ship is turning to starboard, not rising. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: When the Celestra's joystick is hit by laser fire, it tips to the right and the ship lurches off course. An exterior shot shows the landing bay is pitch dark. When the ship is forced back on course, the next exterior shot shows the bay is very well lit. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Factual error: When Apollo changes course, he pulls back on the joystick and the interior shot shows the shuttle seems to raise its nose. But the stars outside the window also tilt, meaning the shuttle hasn't tilted- the camera has. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: The exterior shots of Commander Kronus' shuttle show that all its side windows are transparent, like all Galactica shuttles. But the interior views show that its second starboard-side window is actually an opaque gray panel, not transparent as seen from outside. This is because the exterior shot is of a Galactica shuttle (no model was built to represent Kronus' shuttle). Also note the impossibly high interior ceiling at the very front, compared to the exterior shape. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: As the shuttle approaches the Celestra, Apollo is told he is crazy to try and land in the dark. The view forward shows the landing bay of Celestra is pitch black in darkness. Seconds later, another shot shows the landing bay is now bathed in blue light. Once landed and aboard, they exit the shuttle into the very-well-lit landing bay. But nobody has ever turned any lights on. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Plot hole: At about 35 minutes into the show, the fuel gauge of the shuttle shows 50 units of fuel remain. Five minutes of real time (and far longer in "story time") after, Starbuck begins counting down the fuel level, starting at 25 and dropping by 5 every 2 seconds. At that rate, the 50 original units should have run out within 20 seconds, and shouldn't have lasted over 5 minutes. 'Real world' use of fuel in space doesn't apply, as the canon of this show suggests fuel use is a constant to maintain motion, even in a straight line. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: When Apollo launches the shuttle from the Celestra, the close-up of the joystick shows he is in a Viper, not the shuttle. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: When Starbuck and Apollo discuss going to see Aurora, the wide side shot shows Starbuck's hair hangs down to the corner of his right eye. But shots showing Starbuck from the front show his hair at least an inch above his eye. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
The Hand of God
Deliberate "mistake": When Apollo lands the Cylon fighter aboard Galactica, the view forward from behind he and Starbuck is a reuse of the same shot from the prior episode when they landed a shuttle aboard Celestra. Note the headphones they wear, then don't wear in the very next shot. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Continuity: As Galactica attacks a Cylon base star, she is shown banking to port with the base star off her starboard bow. Seconds later, the base star is to port and Galactica is banking to starboard, yet no course change has occured. (Time) Submitted by John W Rosa
Factual error: Yet again, the writers here confuse galaxies and star systems. Boomer says the intercepted signal may be intergalactic. It's interplanetary or interstellar, but not intergalactic. Huge difference. Neither signals nor spaceships could travel between galaxies in "Battlestar Galactica's" universe. (Time) Submitted by Jean G
Factual error: Apollo's monitor picks up the "Tranquility Base here: the Eagle has landed" message, complete with a full shot of the LEM sitting on the moon's surface - not from the onboard or outboard cameras, but from several yards away. That's impossible when the Eagle had only just landed. The astronauts had to leave the capsule and set up the remote camera first to get that shot. (Time) Submitted by Jean G
Factual error: The Cylon commander orders his centurions to keep scanning the solar system and "continue into the galaxy as long as fuel permits." This was "Galactica's" final misuse of the word "galaxy." They meant, of course, "planetary system," not "galaxy." The terms are not synonymous, and their ships were not capable of crossing between galaxies. (Time) Submitted by Jean G
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