# When does Battle Star Galactica take place?

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**Created:** [March 11, 2009, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-battle-star-galactica-take-place/489111 "2009-03-11T19:37:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![davekhps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@davekhps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davekhps)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-battle-star-galactica-take-place/489111/21 "2009-03-12T17:52:59Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> “You say you left a destroyed Earth to look for the colonies? Well, we left the destroyed colonies to look for Earth … aw, FRAAAKKKKK!!!”

Thus pretty much neatly summarizing the NEW BSG ;-).

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**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\
**Post date:** [March 12, 2009, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-does-battle-star-galactica-take-place/489111/22 "2009-03-12T19:19:25Z")

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> [@Enola\_Straight](#):
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> IIRC, The last season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (also a Glen Larson vehicle) had Buck on a deep space exploratory vessel named Searcher looking for lost colonies of Earth. That would’ve made a rather tidy crossover situation.

They used most of the same props and special effects. I first saw both series as a young child on the SciFi channel and thought it was the same show.

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