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{{Character Data
| photo=BR25 - Lt. Rather - Awakening.png
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| role=Pilot, [[Third Force of the Earth Directorate]]
| role=Pilot, Instructor at [[Defense Directorate]]
| rank=Lieutenant
| rank=Major
| death=Killed in action, [[Pirate Attack on Draconia|Pirate Attack on ''Draconia'']], c. [[2491]] CE
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| seen=Awakening
| seen=Planet of the Slave Girls
| actor=[[Colleen Kelly]]
| actor=[[David Groh]]
| sortkey=Danton, Duke
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|William "Buck" Rogers | Wingman, bandit, 12 o'clock high.
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|attribution={{Buck}}, Lt. Wrather, and Col. [[Wilma Deering]] during a "pirate" attack on ''[[Draconia]]'', {{BR25|Awakening|prose=Y}}
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Maj. '''Duke Danton''' is an instructor and pilot in the [[Earth Defense Directorate]] in [[2491]] CE.


Lt. '''Wrather''' is a pilot in Col. [[Wilma Deering]]'s [[Third Force of the Earth Directorate]] in [[2491]] CE.
In his cadet years, Danton had been trained by Brigadier [[Gordon]]. Sometime later on, he and [[Wilma Deering]] were romantically involved, both early on in their careers at the Directorate {{BR25|Planet of the Slave Girls}}.


Despite {{buck}}'s assistance--unwanted and repeated admonished by Deering--over the pilot's communication channel, Wrather is not able to handle a "pirate" fighter during the [[Pirate Attack on Draconia|faux "pirate" attack on ''Draconia'']] {{BR25|Film|Awakening}}. 
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== Notes ==
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* [[Colleen Kelly]] is credited only in the [[Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (film)|theatrical release]].
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* In the subtitles for the Kino Lorber 2020 CE release, the character's name is misspelled twice as "[[:File:BR25 - Awakening - Lt Rather Spelling from Subtitles.png|Rather]]" and "[[:File:BR25 - Awakening - Lt. Weatherly Spelling from Subtitles.png|Weatherly]]." The spelling for the name in this article is derived directly from the theatrical release's end credits.
 
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Revision as of 17:12, 27 March 2021

Duke Danton
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Maj. Duke Danton is an instructor and pilot in the Earth Defense Directorate in 2491 CE.

In his cadet years, Danton had been trained by Brigadier Gordon. Sometime later on, he and Wilma Deering were romantically involved, both early on in their careers at the Directorate (BR25: "Planet of the Slave Girls").


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