Glen A. Larson
Director
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1979)
Specials
20th-century astronaut Buck Rogers awakens in the 25th century after a freak accident puts him in suspended animation for 500 years. Upon returning to Earth and discovering the planet is recovering from a nuclear war, Buck uses his combat skills and ingenuity to protect Earth and fight evil throughout the galaxy alongside starfighter pilot Colonel Wilma Deering and robot companion Twiki.
Released Sept. 20, 1979
Episode 59 min
14+
Genres: Action, Science Fiction
Keywords: tmdb.future, mdblist.has-trailer, tmdb.time-travel, tmdb.extraterrestrial, tmdb.alien-invasion, tmdb.space-opera, tmdb.planetary-romance + 8 more, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated, tmdb.artificial-intelligence-a-i, tmdb.space-battle, tmdb.robot, tmdb.starfighter, tmdb.nuclear-war-aftermath, tmdb.25th-century
Production Companies: Universal Television, Glen A. Larson Productions, Bruce Lansbury Productions, John Mantley Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
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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.
Sept. 20, 1979, midnight
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NBC
59 min/ep
2192 min
Sept. 20, 1979
April 16, 1981, midnight
Ended
TV-14
14+
Action
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