Cosmic Whiz Kid

Cosmic Whiz Kid
Season 1, Episode 11
Air date	November 15, 1979
Teleplay by	Alan Brennert
Story by	Anne Collins
Directed by	Leslie H. Martinson
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"Cosmic Whiz Kid" is the eleventh episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Plot

 

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Synopsis

Buck isn't the only 20th century human to survive into the future: a small boy named Hieronymus Fox is a genius from Buck's time. The 11-year-old child's brilliance makes him the popular ruler of the planet Genesia, until he is kidnapped by Roderick Zale and is threatened with death unless his planet pays a heavy ransom - a huge sum that Genesia cannot hope to raise. Fox's bodyguard, Lt. Dia Cyrton, having escaped capture, enlists the aid of Buck and Wilma to save her planet's valued leader, whose inhabitants cannot do without.

Notes

 

• Ray Walston would later go on to play Boothby in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode "The First Duty" and the Star Trek: Voyager episode "The Fight", and his Species 8472 replicant in the Star Trek: Voyager episode "In the Flesh".

Cast

 

• Gil Gerard as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers
• Erin Gray as Col. Wilma Deering
• Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer
• Gary Coleman as Hieronymous Fox
• Ray Walston as Roderick Zale
• Melody Rogers as Lt. Dia Cyrton
• Albert Popwell as Koren
• Earl Boen as Selmar
• Felix Silla as Twiki
• Mel Blanc as Voice of Twiki
• Lester Fletcher as M.D. Toman
• Tobar Mayo as Guard
• Tony Epper as Drunk
• William Conrad as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
• Eric Server as Voice of Dr. Theopolis (uncredited)

 

Directed by Leslie H. Martinson

Teleplay by Alan Brennert

Story by Anne Collins

Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson, David J. O'Connell and David G. Phinney

Music by Johnny Harris

Cinematography by Ben Colman

Film Editor - Leon Ortiz-Gil

Casting - Phil Benjamin

Art Directors - Bill Camden and Fred Luff, III

Set Decorator - Joanne MacDougall

Costume Designer - Al Lehman

 

Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager

 

Frank Crawford - First Assistant Director

Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director

 

Jerry Allen - Model Builder

Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)

 

Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound

Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor

 

Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)

 

Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland

David M. Garber - Miniature Effects

Wayne Smith - Miniature Effects

 

Whitey Hughes - Stunts (uncredited)

 

Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera

Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera

 

Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music

Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor

Johnny Harris - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

Stu Phillips - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

 

Alan Brennert - Story Editor

Anne Collins - Story Consultant

External links

 

• Cosmic Whiz Kid at IMDb
• Cosmic Whiz Kid at NBC.com