From: 4224_5201@uwovax.uwo.ca (John LaRocque)
Subject: Re: Buck Rogers Space Vampire (and Babes!)
Organization: University of Western Ont, London
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 02:50:01 GMT

In article <1992Dec18.005610.6137@Virginia.EDU>, qtm2w@Virginia.EDU ("Quinn T. McCord") writes:
> 
> 	I don't remember the episode where the Searcher's crew
> were turning to slime.  Can you fill me in?

It's called the Hand of the Goral. Buck, Hawk and Goral have just returned
to the Searcher from a planet, except that it's not REALLY the Searcher,
but a very clever clone. Seems some old dude on the planet likes to play
games. When the clones were injured or shot, they turned to
slimy road pizza. There was one scene where Buck encounters TWO Hawks,
the real and the fake, and has to decide which one is the real one.
I like this one because it warps reality a bit, just like that one Star
Trek where this ugly little alien kid almost convinces Riker that he is
his son and that Riker has had amnesia for 10 years.

> 	You know, now that I think of it, there were a lot of
> hot babes in that show.  Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala?
> Yowzah!  It also seemed so ridiculous how hard Buck tried to
> stay out of her bed.  He even drugged Tiger Man and put him in
> there.

Buck was a kid's show, so they couldn't be very revealing, although in
the pilot they tried to turn Buck into some kind of interstellar James
Bond, and when he, Twiki and Wilma returned to earth, Wilma gave Buck a
huge come on. Let your imagination go on that one. Oh, I loved how when
Princess Ardala's ships went out of their cargo bays, they used the SAME
sound effects as Battlestar Galactica, and how only the color of the bays
was different from Grand ol' Galactica's.

> 	Speaking of the "Legion of Death" episode with Frank
> Gorshin, there was some blond, empathic villainess that wore a
>really tight leather outfit. She was nice to look at.
>       A young Markie Post appeared in an episode, if I remember.
> A dozen years later, she STILL looks good.

The Plot to Kill a City (aka Death Squad 2500). In this episode, Markie
Post is "Joella" and Nancy DeCarl is "Sherese". You must be thinking about
Nancy (and not wholesome thoughts I might add.) Another great telemovie.

As for the Babes, I checked out my episode guide, and some of them really
reminded me about them. 

Planet of the Slave Girls: Earths food supply is threatened. Nice title.
                           Jack Palance stars in this one.

Vegas In Space: Buck rescues a kidnapped girl. Here we have a gambling paradise
                dedicated to pleasure and vice.

Unchained Women: Buck gets a beautiful woman out of jail. Great title.

Planet of the Amazon Women: Buck is kidnapped and taken to a planet run by
                             women.

Cruise Ship to the Stars: Buck protects Miss Cosmos, the genetically perfect
                          woman (Dorothy Stratten!). Check it out!

A Dream of Jennifer: stars Anne Lockhart (Galactica's Sheba) as imposter
                     posing as Buck's long deceased wife.

The Dorian Secret: Buck rescues a beautiful stowaway from terrorist meanies.

The there are all the episodes with Princess Ardala:

The pilot: lots of fun, especially Tiger Man.
Escape from Wedded Bliss: Ardala tries to marry Buck, again
Ardala Returns: Ardala creates four duplicates of Buck. Menage a cinq.
Flight of the War Witch: Buck and Ardala save a peaceful planet from Zarina,
                         played by (Catwoman) Julie Newmar.


Oh yeah, I like Buck for the same reason I loved Dirk Benedict's Starbuck (and
to some extent Faceman). He was charming with the women and loved gambling
and vice. And sometimes save the universe. What a hero!

> 						-Quinn
-- 

John P. LaRocque
vader@uwo.ca
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario


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