2 Season
37 Episode
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Season 0 Episode 1 Bonus Episode: Awakening Original TV Pilot
The original space man! The ultimate trip! Buck Rogers swings back to earth and lays it on the 25th Century!
In the year 1987, NASA launched space probe Ranger III, with astronaut William "Buck" Rogers, on a 5-month trip around the solar system. However, the craft runs into a meteor storm, which disrupts its life support system and sends it into a long elliptical orbit of the Earth. In the year 2491, Ranger III again approaches the Earth, and is intercepted by the alien flagship Draconia, which is on a peace mission to Earth. Aboard the Draconia, Buck is revived by Princess Ardala and her second-in- command, Kane, whose true plan is to attack and conquer Earth. Buck is sent to Earth with a hidden homing device, which is soon discovered by Earth's Defense Directorate. After Buck convinces the humans of his true identity -- a man from the past -- he helps them to repel the Draconians' attack, with the aid of the mechanoids Dr. Theopolis and Twiki.
- Year: 1981
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- Studio: NBC
- Keyword: artificial intelligence (a.i.), space battle, future, time travel, extraterrestrial, robot, alien invasion, space opera, starfighter, planetary romance, nuclear war aftermath, 25th century
- Director: Leslie Stevens, Glen A. Larson
- Cast: Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Thom Christopher, Jay Garner, Felix Silla
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