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Battlestar Galactica

Fire in Space

Season 1, Episode 14, Aired Dec 17, 1978

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A Cylon kamikaze attack leaves the Galactica burning in space, with no way to extinguish the blaze that has trapped Boomer, Athena, and Boxey except by a dangerous space walk by Apollo and Starbuck.

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Jeff MacKay

2nd Crewman
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William Bryant

fire leader
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Anne Lockhart

Lt. Sheba

Dirk Benedict

Lieutenant Starbuck
Laurette Spang

Cassiopeia
Lorne Greene

Commander Adama
Richard Hatch

Captain Apollo
Herbert Jefferson Jr.

Lieutenant Boomer
Maren Jensen

Athena

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After a Cylon attack, a fire breaks out on the Galactica that cannot be contained. Trapped on the wrong side of the inferno, Athena, Boomer, and Boxie try their best to survive.moreless

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By Henotheist, Jul 19, 2008

Given the effectiveness of this particular kamikaze mission, it's a wonder that the Cylons don't try this stuff more often. One of the few episodes that takes place exclusively in space, aboard the Galactica, this episode does a good job of building suspense, as strategy after strategy fails in the face of (not Cylon raiders!) a simple fire in their midst.

This episode gets high marks because, with Apollo and Starbuck on the right side of the flames, Boomer as a character gets a chance to shine as he helps 19 other people on the Recreation Deck survive. Adama's injury is shocking, if ultimately superficial. But the constant frustration of their best plans (Boomer moving from room to room, the three pilots doing fly-by runs on the flight deck, and the constant retreat of the firefighters before the flames) allows for some great twists in the plot.moreless
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- Goof: While Starbuck and Apollo are setting the explosive charges on the Galactica's hull, you can see the wires that were holding the actors up to simulate the weightlessness of space.
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- The episode "Fire on the Galactica" used stock footage from The Towering Inferno (1974).
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- For the first time, there is no narration prior to credits at the beginning of the episode.
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- Highlights from episode are shown prior to opening credits.
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- Goof: During the dogfight sequence, Sheba wears a standard Galactica helmet, but in one of the close-ups she is wearing a Pegasus helmet instead.
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- Athena: What are the odds of that other door holding? Boomer: About the same as the Cylons throwing me a birthday party.....
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