Space Vampire

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Space Vampire
Season 1, Episode 14
Air date January 3, 1980
Written by Kathleen Barnes
David Wise
Directed by Larry Stewart
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A space-age vampire stalks a lonely space station, and Buck must race to prevent Wilma from joining the ranks of the undead.

 — Episode's Teaser Narration

"Space Vampire" is the fourteenth episode of the 1st season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Plot

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Synopsis

En route to Genesia for a five day stay, William "Buck" Rogers and Wilma Deering pilot Rogers' shuttle to Theta Station, commanded by an old acquaintance of Deering's named Royko, to deliver Twiki so that his faulty microdisc can be repaired. After docking, a derelict spaceship exits Stargate 9 and crashes into the station, compromising the station's integrity. Theta's personnel, with Rogers and Deering, investigates and discovers the remains of the crew. Through a review of the captain's log, a deadly virus from Deneb V is blamed, particularly after the death of a passenger named William Helson and the mysterious damage to Helson's servo drone...

Notes

Questions

  • As Twiki sees the servo drone's footage of Helson's fight with the Vorvon, why can his memory units be checked to corroborate Rogers' story? Is this related, perhaps, to Twiki's faulty microdisc?
  • How long does the cellular suspension of the Vorvon's victims last? Is it related to proximity?

Quotes

Twiki, are you still upset because you're not going to visit Genesia with us?
Who, me?
After all, Twiki, the last time you and Hieronymus Fox got together, he almost punched out your capacitors.
Bidi-bidi-bidi-bidi. Kid can't take a joke.

 — Colonel Wilma Deering, followed by Twiki and Captain William "Buck" Rogers, (BR25: "Space Vampire")

I've had better conversations with a roto-rooter, you know.

 — Twiki to Colonel Wilma Deering, (BR25: "Space Vampire")

Ever since entering that freighter, for the first time in my life, I can feel death as a tangible presence.

You're not trying to tell me these people were killed by some sort of vampire?
Vampire? I don't understand...
I don't think I do either, Doc.

 — Captain William "Buck" Rogers and Doctor Ecbar, (BR25: "Space Vampire")

Cast

 

  • Directed by Larry Stewart
  • Written by Kathleen Barnes and David Wise
  • Produced by Jock Gaynor, Medora Heilbron, Bruce Lansbury, Glen A. Larson, David J. O'Connell and David G. Phinney
  • Music by Robert Prince
  • Cinematography by Ben Colman
  • Film Editor - George Potter
  • Casting - Phil Benjamin
  • Art Directors - Hub Braden and Fred Luff, III
  • Set Decorator - Frank Lombardo
  • Costume Designer - Al Lehman

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    • Harker Wade - Unit Production Manager

     

    • Bob Bender - First Assistant Director
    • Gerald T. Olson - Second Assistant Director

     

    • Jerry Allen - Model Builder
    • Ted Wilson - Carpenter (uncredited)

     

    • Earl Crain, Jr. - Sound
    • Dick Wahrman - Sound Effects Editor

     

    • Chuck Arrigo - Special Effects Coordinator (uncredited)

     

    • Peter Anderson - Visual Effects Supervisor: Universal Hartland
    • David M. Garber - Miniature Effects
    • Wayne Smith - Miniature Effects

     

    • Gary Armstrong - Assistant Camera
    • Kenneth Hale - First Assistant Camera

     

    • Glen A. Larson - Composer: Theme Music
    • Herbert D. Woods - Music Editor
    • Johnny Harris - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)
    • Stu Phillips - Composer: Theme Music (uncredited)

     

    • Alan Brennert - Story Editor
    • Anne Collins - Story Consultant

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