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'''Allan Cole''', with his writing partner [[Chris Bunch]], was a story editor on ''[[Galactica 1980]]''.

In addition to his role, he is one of four writers who wrote "[[The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra]]", the last episode in production at the time ''[[Galactica 1980]]'' was officially canceled by ABC, as "Alan Cole".

With his then-writing partner Chris Bunch, he wrote the military science fiction book series "[[w:The Sten Chronicles|The Sten Chronicles]]", which was sold to a production studio during the beginning of ''1980'''s run.<ref>{{cite_web|url=http://www.battlestargalactica.com/outside_docs/bg_outdoc0030.htm|title=Interview with Galactica 1980 story editor Allan Cole|date=28 Feburary 2005|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Larocque|first=John|format=|language=}}</ref> In fact, they themselves did not want to do the series at all, but were "blackmailed" into it because of their science fiction experience.<ref name="bunch">{{cite_web|url=http://geocities.com/sjpaxton/bunch.html|title=Battlestar Zone Interview: Chris Bunch|date=|accessdate=11 August 2007|last=Paxton|first=Susan J.|format=|language=}}</ref>

He later wrote for ''[[w:The A-Team|The A-Team]]'' ("Pure-Dee Poison" with Chris Bunch, [[w:Stephen J. Cannell|Stephen J. Cannell]] and [[Frank Lupo]]), ''[[w:Magnum P.I.|Magnum P.I.]]'' and ''[[w:Mrs. Columbo|Mrs. Columbo]]''.

== Writer credits for "Galactica 1980" ==

* "[[The Day They Kidnapped Cleopatra]]", with [[Mark Jones]], [[Anne Collins]] and [[Chris Bunch]]

== References ==

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Allan Cole - Revision history

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