Planet of the Amazon Women (8 Nov. 1979)

The Earth is negotiating with the planet Ruatha to maintain its right to mine Barberite on the Ruathan held planet Madrea. While Buck is flying to keep the space between the planets clear ... See full summary »

Director:

Philip Leacock

Writers:

D.C. Fontana, Clayton Richards,

Stars:

Gil Gerard, Erin Gray, Tim O'Connor

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Gil Gerard	...	Capt. William "Buck" Rogers
Erin Gray	...	Col. Wilma Deering
Tim O'Connor	...	Dr. Elias Huer
Ann Dusenberry	...	Ariela
Jay Robinson	...	Cassius Thorne
Anne Jeffreys	...	Prime Minister
Felix Silla	...	Twiki
Mel Blanc	...	Twiki (voice)
Antoinette Stella	...	Jayel
Wendy Oates	...	Renna
Liberty Godshall	...	Nyree
Darrell Zwerling	...	Macon
Teddi Siddall	...	Linea
Wally K. Berns	...	Pilot
James Fraracci	...	Karsh

Storyline

The Earth is negotiating with the planet Ruatha to maintain its right to mine Barberite on the Ruathan held planet Madrea. While Buck is flying to keep the space between the planets clear he is lured to the planet Zantia by a phony distress call from two beautiful women. Zantia was once at war with Ruatha and is a planet almost entirely devoid of men. Buck is auctioned off and mated with the Prime Minister's daughter who is at odds with her mother. Buck must escape Zantia while finding a way to smooth the negotiations with the troublesome Ruathan diplomat.

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Plot Keywords:

spandex suit | bare chested male | handcuffs | hairy chest | spandex disco jeans | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 November 1979 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal TV

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (technicolor) Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When the first male goes into the auction, the sounds heard from inside are of a real auctioneer, nothing like the style of Cassius' auction of Buck.

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Quotes

Cassius Thorne: [to the handcuffed, bare-chested, and about-to-be-auctioned Buck Rogers] Move around. Show 'em the merchandise.

User Reviews

What's so terrible about being a Zantian sex-slave?

Testosterone fuelled space-stud Buck Rogers gets into a spot of bother when he answers a distress call from a couple of hot babes, who are seemingly stranded in orbit around the planet Zantia. After kindly towing them back to the planet's surface, poor Buck is drugged and auctioned off as a sex slave. It seems that, as a result of a recent war against the planet Ruatha, there is now a shortage of men on Zantia, and the desperate women have resorted to kidnapping in order to fulfil their needs. Meanwhile, Earth is holding difficult negotiations with Ruatha for the right to mine the valuable mineral Barberite.

However, thanks to a series of unbelievable co-incidences, Buck is not only able to escape slavery (why would he want to do such a thing?), but also manages to solve Earth's mining problems, whilst simultaneously finding an answer to Zantia's man shortage.

Despite its wonderfully tacky premise, I found this episode of Buck Rogers to be rather tedious, with some boring scenes of negotiation between Dr. Theopolis and his Ruathan counterpart, an unexciting chase scene on horseback (cheaper to film than a scene requiring special effects), and a couple of lacklustre fights.

However, it's worth watching purely for the hilarious auction scene in which a room-full of attractive women go ga-ga for a stripped-to-the waist Buck and get involved in a bidding war. And of course, there is always the gorgeous Erin Gray on hand to spice things up when things get extremely dull (and, for the record, her shiny body-hugging Spandex outfit is blue in this episode).