Space Vampire
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| Space Vampire | |
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| Season 1, Episode 14 | |
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| Air date | January 3, 1980 |
| Written by | Kathleen Barnes David Wise |
| Directed by | Larry Stewart |
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A space-age vampire stalks a lonely space station, and Buck must race to prevent Wilma from joining the ranks of the undead.
"Space Vampire" is the fourteenth episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Plot
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Synopsis
En route to Genesia for a five day stay, William "Buck" Rogers and Wilma Deering pilot Rogers' shuttle to Theta Station, commanded by an old acquaintance of Deering's named Royko, to deliver Twiki so that his faulty microdisc can be repaired. After docking, a derelict spaceship exits Stargate 9 and crashes into the station, compromising the station's integrity. Theta's personnel, with Rogers and Deering, investigates and discovers the remains of the crew. Through a review of the captain's log, a deadly virus from Deneb V is blamed, particularly after the death of a passenger named William Helson and the mysterious damage to Helson's servo drone...
Notes
- Christopher Stone would later go on to play Bill Neill in the 1981 horror film The Howling.
- Story points from Bram Stoker's classic 1897 novel Dracula make up for the basic story:
- One of the passengers hunting a creature is named William Helson (e.g. Helsing).
- The spaceship is named Demeter.
- The Vorvon is believed to originate from the Romaine Star System; the name Dracula was erroneously believed by Stoke to be devil in Romanian.
Questions
- As Twiki sees the servo drone's footage of Helson's fight with the Vorvon, why can his memory units be checked to corroborate Rogers' story? Is this related, perhaps, to Twiki's faulty microdisc?
- How long does the cellular suspension of the Vorvon's victims last? Is it related to proximity?
Quotes
Twiki, are you still upset because you're not going to visit Genesia with us?
Who, me?
After all, Twiki, the last time you and Hieronymus Fox got together, he almost punched out your capacitors.
Bidi-bidi-bidi-bidi. Kid can't take a joke.
I've had better conversations with a roto-rooter, you know.
Ever since entering that freighter, for the first time in my life, I can feel death as a tangible presence.
You're not trying to tell me these people were killed by some sort of vampire?
Vampire? I don't understand...
I don't think I do either, Doc.
Cast
- Gil Gerard as Capt. William "Buck" Rogers
- Erin Gray as Col. Wilma Deering
- Tim O'Connor as Dr. Elias Huer
- Christopher Stone as Space Station Commander Royko
- Nicholas Hormann as the Vorvon
- Lincoln Kilpatrick as Dr. Ecbar
- Patty Maloney as Twiki
- Mel Blanc as Voice of Twiki
- David Moses as Technician
- Phil Hoover as Helson
- Jeannie Fitzsimmons as Freighter Captain
- William Conrad as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
- Eric Server as Voice of Dr. Theopolis (uncredited)
- Directed by Larry Stewart
- Written by Kathleen Barnes and David Wise
- Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson, David J. O'Connell and David G. Phinney
- Music by Robert Prince
- Cinematography by Ben Colman
- Film Editor - George Potter
- Casting - Phil Benjamin
- Art Directors - Hub Braden and Fred Luff, III
- Set Decorator - Frank Lombardo
- Costume Designer - Al Lehman
- Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager
- Bob Bender - 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
- 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
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References
External links
- Space Vampire at IMDb
- Space Vampire at NBC.com