| A Blast for Buck | |
|---|---|
| Season 1, Episode 16 | |
| File:A Blast for Buck title card.jpg | |
| Air date | January 17, 1980 |
| Teleplay by | Richard Nelson |
| Story by | John Gaynor |
| Directed by | David G. Phinney |
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"A Blast for Buck" is the sixteenth episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.
Plot
- Coming Soon
Synopsis
A communication probe arrives in Dr. Huer's office, and delivers a strange riddle: "A man out of old Earth's past, has the key to the next and the last; but you won't solve this riddle, till the end is the middle, and Terran sands disappear with a blast." The future survival of Earth depends on whether or not mind probes used on Buck can solve the riddle. Searching for a solution, Buck recounts his previous adventures since his arrival on 25th Century Earth.
Notes
- This episode includes clips from the following episodes: "Planet of the Slave Girls", "Vegas in Space", "The Plot to Kill a City, Part I", "Return of the Fighting 69th", "Unchained Woman", "Planet of the Amazon Women", "Cosmic Whiz Kid", "Escape from Wedded Bliss" and "Cruise Ship to the Stars".
- Although transmitted afterwards, this episode features linking scenes which are set about a week before the events in the previous episode.
Quotes
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
- Patty Maloney as Twiki
- Mel Blanc as Voice of Twiki
- Ana Alicia as Felina Redding (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Elizabeth Allen as Roxanne Trent (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Michael Ansara as Kane (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Victor Argo as Raphael Argus (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Kimberly Beck as Alison Michaels (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Tara Buckman as Majel (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Karen Carlson as Stella Warden (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Juanin Clay as Major Marla Landers (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- William Conrad as Voice of Narrator (uncredited)
- Buster Crabbe as Brigadier Gordon (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Jamie Lee Curtis as Jen Burton (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Nancy DeCarl as Sherese (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Michael DeLano as Malary Pantera (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Robert Dowdell as Galen (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Ann Dusenberry as Ariela Dyne (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Eddie Firestone as Corporal M.K. Schultz (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Lester Fletcher as M.D. Toman (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Sean Garrison as Flight Controller (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Frank Gorshin as Seton Kellogg (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Peter Graves as Major Noah Cooper (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- H.B. Haggerty as Tigerman (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Walter Hunter as Hugo (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Anthony James as Varek (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Richard Lynch as Morgan Velosi (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Leigh McCloskey as Jalor Davin (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Trisha Noble as Sabrina (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Jack Palance as Kaleel (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Albert Popwell as Koren (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- John Quade as Jolen Quince (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Robert Quarry as Commander Corliss (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Jay Robinson as Cassius Thorne (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Melody Rogers as Lt. Dia Cyrton (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Eric Server as Voice of Dr. Theopolis (uncredited)
- Pamela Susan Shoop as Tangie (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Teddi Siddall as Linea (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Felix Silla as Twiki (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- K.T. Stevens as Lt. Twain (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Dorothy Stratten as Miss Cosmos (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Woody Strode as Sgt. "Big Red" MacMurthy (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Dan Sturkie as Eli Twain (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Ray Walston as Roderick Zale (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Katherine Wiberg as Alicia (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Sheila Wills as Major Fields (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
- Joseph Wiseman as Carl Morphus (uncredited) (Archive Footage)
Episode Crew
- Directed by David G. Phinney
- Teleplay by Richard Nelson
- Story by John Gaynor
- Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson and David J. O'Connell
- Cinematography by Ben Colman
- Film Editor - Leon Ortiz-Gil
- Casting - Phil Benjamin
- Art Director - Fred Luff, III
- Set Decorator - Frank Lombardo
- Costume Designer - Al Lehman
Production Management
- Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager
|-| Second Unit Director or Assistant Director=*Bob Bender - 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
Camera and Electrical Department
- Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera
- Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
- Barry Downing - Costume Supervisor: Gil Gerard
|-| 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
References
External links
- A Blast for Buck at IMDb
- A Blast for Buck at NBC.com