20th century astronaut Buck Rogers emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into the 25th century to become Earth's greatest hero and to explore the unknown reaches of deep space.20th century astronaut Buck Rogers emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into the 25th century to become Earth's greatest hero and to explore the unknown reaches of deep space.20th century astronaut Buck Rogers emerges out of 500 years of suspended animation into the 25th century to become Earth's greatest hero and to explore the unknown reaches of deep space.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 5 nominations total
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- TriviaProps, costumes, special effects shots, and sets from Battlestar Galactica (1978) were used in this series.
- GoofsThrough the series, there are many sequences when Buck Rogers and/or Wilma Deering would take off in one configuration of a starfighter and then different cuts would have them sitting side by side and then a moment later one before the other. There would also be different ships (sky sled) where they would take off in one type of ship, exterior shots show them as they fly through space in a totally different looking ship, and then either land in the same ship they took off in, or in another different looking ship.
- Quotes
Narrator: [voiceover during narrative] The year is 1987, and NASA launches the last of America's deep space probes. In a freak mishap, Ranger 3 and its pilot, Captain William "Buck" Rogers, are blown out of their trajectory into an orbit which freezes his life support systems, and returns Buck Rogers to Earth... 500 years later.
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits for the first season finale "Flight of the War Witch" differ from the credit sequences for the rest of the season's episodes (except the pilot). After the series title appears, there follows a succession of short scenes from this episode as well as from the television version of the pilot (including the episode). After about 20 seconds, the credits resume as normal.
- Alternate versionsThe opening episode "Awakening" was originally released as the theatrical movie Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979). For television, the movie's sensual opening credits were removed, a scene showing Tigerman being killed was omitted, some dialogue was toned down, and several scenes were added including an epilogue setting up the television series. The movie was also re-edited into a two-parter for syndication.
- ConnectionsEdited into Prison Ship (1986)
Gil Gerard (with a straight face) played Buck Rogers who was a man 500 years out of time. He awoke in the 25th century to battle evil, mainly the Draconians. He met other villains along the way. Joining him was an annoying (but loveable) robot called Twiki and the sexy Wilma Deering (played by Erin Gray).
Fans of Flash Gordon will enjoy this. It's camp, it's tongue in cheek and it's got everything a sci-fi fan will want. Forget painfully average shows like Star Trek:Voyager and check out this show full of action, drama and most importantly beautiful women.
- Big Movie Fan
- Sep 21, 2002
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- Buck Rogers
- Filming locations
- Trona Pinnacles - 300 S. Richmond Road, Ridgecrest, California, USA(Featured in fly over during opening credits/titles for the show)
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- Runtime1 hour
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1