Battlestar Galactica (original television series)

Battlestar Galactica (opening episode: 17 Sept. 1978). Richard A. Colla, dir. Glen A. Larson, script and exec. prod. USA: Universal, 1978.

Note alliance between the robotic Cylons and the insectoid Ovions. Fictionalized by G. A. Larson and Robert Thurston, Battlestar Galactica (New York: Berkley, 1978). L. Roth discusses the "clearcut conflict between man and machine" in the series in his essay on "Ambiguity of Visual Design ..." (q.v. under Drama Criticism). See also Battlestar Galactica (2004-09).