Buck Rogers
series

Buck Rogers series is an American science fiction adventure television series produced by Universal Studios. The series ran for two seasons between 1979 - 1981.

The series showed a more positive picture of future Earth. The Inner City was renamed New Chicago, and it was established that human civilization had spread once again across the planet, and also to the stars.

After the movie pilot, little reference to barren wastelands was made; in several episodes Buck ventures beyond the dome of New Chicago with no hazards encountered.

As opposed to the isolationist planet seen in the film, Earth is shown to be the center of an interstellar human-dominated government, sometimes called "the Federation", other times "the Alliance", with its capital at New Chicago.

During the first season, references were also made to other "new" Earth cities such as New Detroit, New Manhattan, New Phoenix, New Tulsa, Boston Complex and New London. A "City-on-the-Sea" was also mentioned as being the former New Orleans.

Most of the protagonistic characters encountered are either part of the Defense Directorate, such as Wilma Deering, or otherwise associated with it, such as 'freelance' personnel like Buck Rogers.

Most Defense Directorate personnel regard Buck as being at least an 'honorary' captain, in reference to his pre-War American military rank, but his membership in Earth's defense forces is unofficial. Nevertheless, Buck often flies with the fighter squadrons, and assists in their training.

It is not clear whether Dr. Huer is head of the Defense Directorate specifically, or if he is the overall leader of all the directorates.

Dr. Huer regularly meets, greets, and otherwise deals with representatives of other sovereign powers, and sometimes 'faces them down' in hostile situations. Huer also has been seen in military uniform, thus indicating that he is or was a member of the military.

Buck Rogers series Complete Episodelist

1 Awakening (1)
2 Awakening (2)
3 Planet of the Slave Girls (1)
4 Planet of the Slave Girls (2)
5 Vegas in Space
6 The Plot to Kill a City (1)
7 The Plot to Kill a City (2)
8 Return of the Fighting 69th
9 Unchained Woman
10 Planet of the Amazon Women
11 Cosmic Whiz Kid
12 Escape From Wedded Bliss
13 Cruise Ship to the Stars
14 Space Vampire
15 Happy Birthday, Buck
16 A Blast for Buck
17 Ardala Returns
18 Twiki is Missing
19 Olympiad
20 A Dream of Jennifer
21 Space Rockers
22 Buck's Duel to the Death
23 Flight of the War Witch (1)
24 Flight of the War Witch (2)
25 Time of the Hawk (1)
26 Time of the Hawk (2)
27 Journey to Oasis (1)
28 Journey to Oasis (2)
29 The Guardians
30 Mark of the Saurian
31 The Golden Man
32 The Crystals
33 The Satyr
34 Shgoratchx!
35 The Hand of Goral
36 Testimony of a Traitor
37 The Dorian Secret

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