Buck Rogers In The 25th Century
"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
him to Earth 500 years later."
Rogers awakens from deep sleep in 2491 to find Earth in the
aftermath of a late 20th Century nuclear holocaust, now trying to
fight off attacks from the Draconians (led by beautiful but evil
Princess Ardala and her henchman, Kane).
Because of his piloting skills, Rogers becomes a valuable
member of the Earth Directorate, which is headed by Dr Elias Huer.
Buck also finds himself a part of a fighter squadron headed by the
very sexy pilot babe Colonel Wilma Deering.
Among his other
compatriots are Twiki, a likable robot (voiced by Mel Blanc) who
becomes Buck's pal, and Dr Theopolis, a mechanical brain who is
part of Earth's Computer Council.
In the second season, Buck, Wilma, and Twiki join the crew of a
starship named Searcher (and BRIT25C becomes a kind of
second rate Star Trek rip-off).
The ship, commanded by Admiral Asimov (geddit?), is on a
mission to locate the lost tribes of Earth, humans who fled their
home after the nuclear holocaust. Aboard the Searcher are also
scientist Dr Goodfellow and Crichton, a snobbish robot built by
Dr. Goodfellow and Twiki.
The humans are later joined by Hawk, a bird-man whose people
were hunted almost to extinction by a band of murderous humans.
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