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[ 3 ] Planet of the Slave Girls (part one)
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| Season: | 1 |
| Date Aired U.S.: | Thursday, September 27, 1979 |
| Writer(s): | Steve Greenberg, Aubrey Solomon and Cory Applebaum |
| Director: | Michael Caffey |
 Episode Synopsis
 "Most of Earth's defense squadron becomes incapacitated after ingesting poisoned food discs. Buck travels to the planet of the food's origin, Vistula, with Wilma and flight instructor "Duke" Danton, and old boyfriend of Wilma's. On the planet, they trace the plot to a man named Kaleel who has been selling slaves to the planet's governor and secretly building an attack fleet. With so few fighter pilots, Earth's defense force is now outnumbered 10-to-1. Buck must rescue Wilma from Kaleel's mountain fortress and destroy the fleet before they can reach Earth."
 "The majority of Earth's fighter squadron becomes ill and unable to fly after consuming poisoned food discs. Buck, Wilma, and Duke Denton fly to a distant planet to track down a slave trader named Kaleel. While on the planet Vistula, they find that Kaleel has been building a fleet of attack ships in secret, and plans to use them against Earth's meager defense forces. With Earth heavily outnumbered, Buck decides that he must destroy the alien's ships and rescue Wilma, who has become trapped in Kaleel's mountain fortress."
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Reviewer: Mark Weller
Submitted: August 14, 2002
In the first episode after the events of the Buck Rogers movie, there is a noticeable shift in tone and sensibility. Earth now seems to be one of a variety of planets populated by humans, which have various jurisdictional disputes with Earth itself. With regard to characters, Wilma has become a more confident individual and less emotionally cold. These of course, are the deliberate changes that were made to the Buck Rogers universe to turn it into a weekly series. Over the course of several episodes, we discover that humans seem to have a lot more decision making power than was suggested in the movie (where the Computer Council appeared to reign supreme) and we also learn that New Chicago is one of many human settlements on the Earth. These changes are all for the better, and "Planet of the Slave Girls," despite its dubious title sets the stage for episodes to come. Beautful heroines, dastardly villains, and threats endangering the people of Earth are standard first season Buck Rogers fare and are well represented here. In particular, Jack Palance as the evil Kaleel, is a spectacular bad guy. Very enjoyable. Four stars. (review continued under Part 2)
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Reviewer: Susan Kite
Submitted: July 17, 2003
After having seen later episodes, I finally got this one, the first real episode of the television show. And I loved it! It had the right combination of camp and Bond-like hijinks and mayhem and seriousness. It was pretty doggoned tight in its plot and the characters were fun or sinister, as the case may be. It was not Pulitzer prize writing but it gave you enough to entertain and to think about. Wilma's character was wonderful, what I wish they had maintained throughout the run of the series. Buck acted appropriately for someone from 500 years in the past, sometimes confused, while still being the take charge guy we all love. Gil played it well here. Loved the scene where Huer and Wilma played on Buck's natural curiosity to recruit him into the Defense Directorate and I almost passed out at the bath scene. Wonderful guest stars in the form of Jack Palance and Roddy McDowell. Was only put off by the duration of the football demonstration. I agree with Theo in that one.... 'two grown men fighting!' But a wonderful episode nonetheless.
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Reviewer: Rebecca
Submitted: August 30, 2002
A virus from contaminated food disks is spreading among the Earth Defence Directorate pilots, practically making the Earth defenceless. It is Buck's, Wilma's and friend Major Duke Danton's job to find the source of the virus.
Jack Palance makes a perfect preaching madman, gathering followers on the planet 'Vistula' and also a good performance from Roddy McDowell as 'Vistulas' Governor blissfully unaware of what is going on.
An enjoyable action filled episode and a sound plot.
My fave moment? Buck putting a 'cherry bomb' under a helmet, which he stands on for the blast to propel him upwards, in order for him to find an escape route from where he and Wilma have been imprisoned. Pure comic strip!
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