BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY
60 Minute Drama
Science Fiction
ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION
1979 — 1981
BROADCASTER
NBC
SEASONS / EPISODES
2 Seasons / 36 Episodes
DVD RELEASES
UK (Region 2 / PAL)
- Season 1: Amazon.co.uk, HMV.com
- Season 2: Amazon.co.uk, HMV.com
United States (Region 1 / NTSC)
- Complete Series: Amazon.com
What can you say about a sci-fi series made in the disco era?
Based on the classic comic books, Gil Gerard took on the role of NASA astronaut Buck Rogers, whose space capsule malfunctions and freezes him, allowing him to be revived five hundred years later.
The series is notable for the outrageous costumes nearly not worn by series baddie Princess Ardala, and a robot named Twiki (biddi-biddi-biddi), who had a suspiciously shaped head. Oh yes, and Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering. Let's just hold that final thought for a few moments...
Based on the classic comic books, Gil Gerard took on the role of NASA astronaut Buck Rogers, whose space capsule malfunctions and freezes him, allowing him to be revived five hundred years later.
The series is notable for the outrageous costumes nearly not worn by series baddie Princess Ardala, and a robot named Twiki (biddi-biddi-biddi), who had a suspiciously shaped head. Oh yes, and Erin Gray as Colonel Wilma Deering. Let's just hold that final thought for a few moments...
Novelisations
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
by Addisson E Steele
- USA
- Paperback
- Dell
- 1978
Novelised Episodes
The Awakening
The Awakening
Other Editions
UK / Paperback / Sphere Books / 1979 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com)
UK / Hardback / Severn House / 1979 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com)
Germany / Paperback / Bastei-Lubbe / 1979
UK / Paperback / Sphere Books / 1979 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) UK / Hardback / Severn House / 1979 (Amazon.co.uk / Amazon.com) Germany / Paperback / Bastei-Lubbe / 1979
Back Cover Blurb — Dell / Sphere Books
Come Along on the Greatest of All Adventures!
Join Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!
As he plunges into the cosmos on Earth's last deep-space probe...
As he succumbs to an assault of tremendously cold gases...
As he is miraculously revived after a five-hundred-year "frozen death" aboard a Draconian Empire ship — only to become a plaything of the alluring Princess Ardala and a pawn in the treacherous game of Kane, menacing commander of the Draconian fleet...
As he returns to Earth a stranger, feared, suspected, driven out into the lawless wastes of Anarchia — with only a devoted android and a computerized drone...to help him save his life — and his planet — from deadly tyranny.
A hero — and an adventure — for all time!
Come Along on the Greatest of All Adventures!
Join Buck Rogers in the 25th Century!
As he plunges into the cosmos on Earth's last deep-space probe...
As he succumbs to an assault of tremendously cold gases...
As he is miraculously revived after a five-hundred-year "frozen death" aboard a Draconian Empire ship — only to become a plaything of the alluring Princess Ardala and a pawn in the treacherous game of Kane, menacing commander of the Draconian fleet...
As he returns to Earth a stranger, feared, suspected, driven out into the lawless wastes of Anarchia — with only a devoted android and a computerized drone...to help him save his life — and his planet — from deadly tyranny.
A hero — and an adventure — for all time!
Notes
- Addison E Steele is a pseudonym for Richard A Lupoff.
- The Awakening was the feature-length opening episode to the series.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century: That Man on Beta
by Addisson E Steele
- USA
- Paperback
- Dell
- 1979
- Book Number: #2
Novelised Episodes
That Man on Beta
That Man on Beta
Back Cover Blurb — Sphere Books
Join the greatest of All Space-Warriors on his Most Incredible Quest of His Star-Crossed Career...
— through the terrifying wilds of Anarchia, ruins of twentieth-century Earth, on an impassioned search for his own descendants! — to the desolate remains of the Great Salt Lake, where ancient secrets are held...and the power-mad Kane crouches in ambush! — to the asteroid Beta — where Theo, Buck's trusted compuvisor, is prisoner of the Draconians, who have hatched a scheme to conquer the Universe! — to the sin-filled supercity of Villus, where man's ever sensual wish is an android's command...and the voluptuous Princess Ardala has big plans for Buck! — to the rescue-ship of Wilma Deering and a spectacular chase through star warp, on an escape mission like none Buck had ever seen...not, that is, until he became...
BUCK ROGERS — THAT MAN ON BETA
Join the greatest of All Space-Warriors on his Most Incredible Quest of His Star-Crossed Career...
— through the terrifying wilds of Anarchia, ruins of twentieth-century Earth, on an impassioned search for his own descendants! — to the desolate remains of the Great Salt Lake, where ancient secrets are held...and the power-mad Kane crouches in ambush! — to the asteroid Beta — where Theo, Buck's trusted compuvisor, is prisoner of the Draconians, who have hatched a scheme to conquer the Universe! — to the sin-filled supercity of Villus, where man's ever sensual wish is an android's command...and the voluptuous Princess Ardala has big plans for Buck! — to the rescue-ship of Wilma Deering and a spectacular chase through star warp, on an escape mission like none Buck had ever seen...not, that is, until he became...
BUCK ROGERS — THAT MAN ON BETA
Notes
- Addison E Steele is a pseudonym for Richard A Lupoff.
- That Man on Beta was an unproduced script by Bob Shayne.
Fotonovels
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
- USA + UK
- Paperback
- Fotonovel Publications
- 1979
Back Cover Blurb
The original spaceman! Buck Rogers swings back to Earth and lays it on in the 25th century! Will Sci-Fi's most celebrated hero save the day once again?
Find out inside this new FOTONOVEL based on the hit film from Universal Pictures!
Every exciting, fun-loving moment captured with:
The original spaceman! Buck Rogers swings back to Earth and lays it on in the 25th century! Will Sci-Fi's most celebrated hero save the day once again?
Find out inside this new FOTONOVEL based on the hit film from Universal Pictures!
Every exciting, fun-loving moment captured with:
- Over 350 full-color pictures directly from the film!
- Complete original dialogue!
Notes
- A fotonovel based on The Awakening, the feature-length opening episode to the series.
