The scene were Troy alters and perfects Dr Mortison's formula the introduce them selves mirrors Klaatu's perfecting professor Barnard's formula in The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951).
Troy and Dillon are trying to find the Pacific Institute of Technology. This is the same fictitious West Coast group that was in The War of the Worlds (1953).
Galacticans have no fingerprints - as revealed by the arrest of Troy and Dillon.
In his quarters aboard the Galactica, Troy has a photograph (or 'likeness' in Colonial terms) of his younger self (Noah Hathaway), Apollo (Richard Hatch) and Serena (Jane Seymour). This is a still from Saga of a Star World (1978).
Robert Reed (Dr Mortonson) and Robbie Rist (Dr Zee) are best known for their roles on The Brady Bunch; Reed as family patriarch Mike Brady, and Rist as Cousin Oliver during the show's last season. However, Reed and Rist share no screen time together in the episode.