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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios.The series ran for two seasons between September 1979 and April 1981 on NBC, and the feature-length pilot episode for the series was released as a theatrical film [2] before the series aired.
The Earth Defense Directorate faces a crisis when nearly everyone becomes sick after eating poisoned food. An attempt is made to create an antidote, but the plan is thwarted when the laboratory is sabotaged and an assassin takes aim at Dr. Huer. Buck and Wilma then pursue leads to the planet Vistula where the contaminated food was exported from and there, they find a world engaged in slave labor.
The Buck Rogers rocket pistol that had started it all 20 years earlier had been overtaken by the real world bazooka. "Space guns" in general and "rayguns" in particular only gained in prestige as the Cold War "space race" began and interest in "The Buck Rogers Stuff" was renewed, but it was no longer enough to offer a futuristic cap or pop gun ...
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In 1987, NASA astronaut Captain William "Buck" Rogers is piloting the space shuttle Ranger 3 when he flies into an unexpected space phenomenon and is frozen for 504 years. In the year 2491, his shuttle is found drifting in space by the alien flagship Draconia, which is headed to Earth for a trade conference, under the command of Princess Ardala and her aide-de-camp, Kane, a former native of Earth.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century 1979–1981. Captain William Anthony "Buck" Rogers, a NASA astronaut who commands Ranger 3, a space shuttle that is launched in May 1987. Due to a life support malfunction, Buck is frozen by chance for 504 years before the derelict spacecraft is discovered drifting in space in the year 2491.
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Beck was born to the actress Cindy Robbins. [1]She starred in such movies as Massacre at Central High, Roller Boogie, and Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. [2] Among her notable television credits are General Hospital, Capitol (billed as Kimberly Beck-Hilton), Fantasy Island, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (as one side of a Jekyll-and-Hyde character, whose counterpart was played by Trisha ...