Cosmic Whiz Kid

Cosmic Whiz Kid
Season 1, Episode 11
File:Cosmic Wiz Kid title card.jpg
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

Episode 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)

Episode Crew

• 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

Production Management

• Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

• Frank Crawford - First Assistant Director
• Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director

Art Department

• Jerry Allen - Model Builder
• Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)

Sound Department

• Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound
• Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor

Special Effects

• Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)

Visual Effects

• Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland
• David M. Garber - Miniature Effects
• Wayne Smith - Miniature Effects

Stunts

• Whitey Hughes - Stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

• Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera
• Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera

Music Department

• Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music
• Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor
• Johnny Harris - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)
• Stu Phillips - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

Additional Crew

• Alan Brennert - Story Editor
• Anne Collins - Story Consultant

External links

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