A pretty formulaic episode that features a rather unremarkable villain (in the form of William Smith in a bad wig, doing his best Jack Palance impersonation), Buck's Duel to the Death is only worth recommending to red-blooded males, since there are plenty of hot women in this one (in addition to the always scorching Erin Grey).
Buck is lured to the planet Katar by its Prime Minister, Darius (Keith Andes), who believes that our 500-year-old hero is their fabled Roshan, the only man who can defeat the Traybor, a tyrant who is controlling the populace with fear (by killing warriors in televised duels using his secret weaponimplants under the skin which allow him to shoot electricity).
Buck agrees to help (a pretty, crying woman convinces him to lend a hand) and leads a party of men into the Traybor's stronghold to free the women in his harem (which includes Maya, the PM's tasty daughter). But the Traybor isn't about to let a centuries old Terran push him around, and squares off with Buck in a duel to the death (which Buck obviously wins, with the help of Twiki and some good old 20th century physics).
To be honest, there's not a lot of stuff worthy of note in this episode, barring some ridiculous silver costumes (with matching badly welded helmets), and Erin Grey's always impossibly tight outfits.
Buck is lured to the planet Katar by its Prime Minister, Darius (Keith Andes), who believes that our 500-year-old hero is their fabled Roshan, the only man who can defeat the Traybor, a tyrant who is controlling the populace with fear (by killing warriors in televised duels using his secret weaponimplants under the skin which allow him to shoot electricity).
Buck agrees to help (a pretty, crying woman convinces him to lend a hand) and leads a party of men into the Traybor's stronghold to free the women in his harem (which includes Maya, the PM's tasty daughter). But the Traybor isn't about to let a centuries old Terran push him around, and squares off with Buck in a duel to the death (which Buck obviously wins, with the help of Twiki and some good old 20th century physics).
To be honest, there's not a lot of stuff worthy of note in this episode, barring some ridiculous silver costumes (with matching badly welded helmets), and Erin Grey's always impossibly tight outfits.