In the original opening series from 1978, the intro begins with the narration by Patrick Macnee:
"There are those who believe that life here began out there, far across the universe, with tribes of humans who may have been the forefathers of the Egyptians, or the Toltecs, or the Mayans.
Some believe that there may yet be brothers of man who even now fight to survive far, far away, somewhere beyond the heavens!"
Here's the full intro without the narration ... in all its glory!
*Music by the great Stu Phillips*
Battlestar Galactica/Glen A. Larson Productions/Universal Television Distributor/NBCUniversal Television Distribution/ @1978
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