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Buck Rogers in the 25th Century - Space Vampire

episode 1.12

USA 1980
produced by
Jock Gaynor, David J. O'Connell, Glen A. Larson (executive) for Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal/NBC
directed by Larry Stewart
starring Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor, Christopher Stone, Nicholas Hormann, Lincoln Kilpatrick, Patty Maloney, Mel Blanc (voice), Eric Server (voice), David Moses, Phil Hoover, Jeannie Fitzsimmons
story by Michael Bryant (= Alan Brennert), screenplay by Kathleen Barnes, David Wise, based on characters by Philip Francis Nowlan, Robert C. Dille, music by Robert Prince, visual effects supervisor: Peter Anderson

TV-series
Buck Rogers, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century

review by
Mike Haberfelner

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Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) and Wilma Deering (Erin Gray) board Commander Royko's (Christopher Stone) space station to have their robot Twiki (Patty Maloney, voiced by Mel Blanc) serviced, and it's not long before a space ship, the Demeter, crashes into the station. Now fortunately, the damage to both the station and she Demeter are only minimal, but upon boarding the ship, it's found that the entire crew has been killed by some virus - only the station station's doctor (Lincoln Kilpatrick) insists they're not actually dead. He is not believed, but soon turns up dead himself, as are other crewmembers. Royko's quick to blame it on the virus brought in by the Demeter, which would correspond with the ship's log, but Buck soon suspects vampirism, and finds out that the Demeter's only passenger, Helson (Phil Hoover) was some sort of space vampire hunter. What's more, Wilma has visions of a vampire, Vorvon (Nicholas Hormann), who eventually attacks her. Buck saves her, but Royko misjudges the situation, deems Buck a danger for the station and incarcerates him - and incarcerates Wilma as well, because she defends Buck. Locked into her room, Wilma is confronted by Vorvon again, who apparently has chosen her to be his consort, and turns her into a vampire like himself. She pays a visit to Buck to try and turn him as well, but no luck, and thus she and Vorvon leave the station in Buck's ship - which he has booby-trapped though by programming it to fly into the next sun. When Wilma and Vorvon head for the sun, Vorvon's control of Wilma loosens and she can bail out  just in time before the ship and everything in it is reduced to cinder ...

 

Now a space vampire sounds like a fun concept, and of course vampire fans will have noticed the ship's name Demeter is right out of Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Helson also sounds an awful lot like Van Helsing. But that said, everything about the episode is actually pretty hokey to even campy: While the horrors are toned down to go in line with the light mood of the series as a whole, and the thing is kept mostly atmosphere-free, the actual lead vampire looks a little bit ridiculous, and with its grostesquely big ears and bushy eyebrows looks more like a fun Halloween mask than anything actually creepy. All that said, the episode is still enjoyable for its hokeyness and camp, but it also feels like wasted potential.

 

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