ing ▁( 1 9 8 2 ), ▁an ▁al ien ▁ship ▁crashes ▁in ▁Ant arct ica ▁in ▁ 1 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁B . C . E . ▁A ▁character ▁later ▁mentions ▁Ch ari ots ▁of ▁the ▁God s ? ▁and ▁the ▁belief ▁that ▁the ▁In can ▁civil ization ▁was ▁developed ▁by ▁al iens . ▁ ▁The ▁original ▁Batt l est ar ▁Gal act ica ▁and ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁re make ▁dep ict s ▁humans ▁as ▁having ▁origin ated ▁on ▁the ▁planet ▁Kob ol ▁and ▁later ▁settled ▁th ir teen ▁col ony ▁plan ets , ▁Earth ▁being ▁the ▁last ▁and ▁most ▁distant . ▁The ▁plots ▁of ▁both ▁concern ▁a ▁group ▁of ▁humans ▁attempting ▁to ▁find ▁Earth . ▁The ▁original ▁ 1 9 7 8 ▁series ▁is ▁more ▁closely ▁linked ▁to ▁the ▁ancient ▁astr onaut ▁theory , ▁using ▁modern ized ▁versions ▁of ▁ancient ▁Greek , ▁Egypt ian , ▁and ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁cost umes , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁mixing ▁ancient ▁myth s ▁and ▁religious ▁materials ▁into ▁the ▁story lines . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁Sy F y ' s ▁ 2 0 0 3 ▁re make ▁de als ▁little ▁with ▁ancient ▁myth s ▁and ▁leg ends ▁and ▁dep ict s ▁an ▁American - like ▁culture , ▁and ▁in ▁a ▁tw ist , ▁it ▁is ▁revealed ▁that ▁the ▁" human " ▁and ▁C yl on ▁protagon ists ▁are ▁in ▁fact ▁the ▁ancient ▁astr onaut s ▁themselves . ▁ ▁The ▁French ▁animated ▁series ▁Il ▁était ▁une ▁fois ... ▁l ' E