Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (series)

Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. It ran thirty-seven episodes over two seasons from September 1979 through April 1981 on NBC.

Summary
Captain William Anthony "Buck" Rogers is a NASA/USAF pilot who commands Ranger 3, a spacecraft launched in May 1987. Due to a life-support malfunction, Buck is accidentally frozen for 504 years before his spacecraft is discovered adrift in the year 2491. The combination of gases that froze his body coincidentally comes close to the formula commonly used in the 25th century for cryopreservation, so his rescuers are able to revive him. He learns that civilization on Earth was rebuilt following a devastating nuclear war which occurred 22 November 1987 and is now under the protection of the Earth Defense Directorate.

Episodes
The pilot episode was a theatrically-released film. This film was edited to create the first episode, "Awakening", then split into two parts for syndication.

Season One

 * Awakening
 * Planet of the Slave Girls
 * Vegas in Space
 * The Plot to Kill a City, Part I
 * The Plot to Kill a City, Part II
 * Return of the Fighting 69th
 * Unchained Woman
 * Planet of the Amazon Women
 * Cosmic Wiz Kid
 * Escape from Wedded Bliss
 * Cruise Ship to the Stars
 * Space Vampire
 * Happy Birthday, Buck
 * A Blast for Buck
 * Ardala Returns
 * Twiki is Missing
 * Olympiad
 * A Dream of Jennifer
 * Space Rockers
 * Buck's Duel to the Death
 * Flight of the War Witch

Season Two

 * Time of the Hawk
 * Journey to Oasis
 * The Guardians
 * Mark of the Saurian
 * The Golden Man
 * The Crystals
 * The Satyr
 * Shgoratchx!
 * The Hand of Goral
 * Testimony of a Traitor
 * The Dorian Secret

Cast

 * Gil Gerard as Buck Rogers
 * Erin Gray as Wilma Deering
 * Tim O'Connor as Dr. Huer
 * Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala
 * Henry Silva as Kane
 * Eric Server as Voice of Dr. Theopolis
 * Felix Silla as Twiki
 * Mel Blanc as Voice of Twiki
 * Duke Butler as Tigerman
 * Joseph Wiseman as Emperor Draco
 * Thom Christopher as Hawk
 * Jay Garner as Admiral Asimov
 * Wilfrid Hyde-White as Dr. Goodfellow
 * Jeff David as Voice of Crighton

Adaptations
This series spawned a novelization, another novel based on an unproduced script, a fumetti novel, a comic book series and a reprinted feature, and a comic strip.