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STARLOG #32 - March 1980
Paul Peters: Art Director for Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
"Paul Peters- for whom the present has become the past- has had his head hundreds of years into the future for two years. He worked on Battlestar Galactica and was principal art director for the movie of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and for the first five hours (including design of the 'standing' sets) for the NBC Buck Rogers series. A dynamic and... [full article]"
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STARLOG #34 - May 1980
Felix Silla: Buck Rogers' Biddi-Biddi Buddy
"The time is the 25th century. The place is a conference room somewhere in the post-cataclysm city of New Chicago. A small mechanical man faces a clocklike device propped on the table and speaks: 'Biddi-biddi-biddi...Do you have any idea if Buck is with the others...?' Then the comical head of the diminutive drone nods quizzically and waddles out through...[full article]"
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STARLOG #35 - June 1980
Bruce Lansbury: The Man Behind the New Buck Rogers
"Universal Studios entrusted the birth of the 25th century to one of TV science-fiction's most experienced midwives - Supervising Producer Bruce Lansbury. Lansbury is responsible for the overall concepts built into NBC's Buck Rogers as well as the weekly production of the series. In the beginnin, he admits, 'we didn't know where we would go...[full article]"
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STARLOG #38 - September 1980
Tim O'Connor Starlog Interview
"The leader of New Chicago and the resident genius of Buck Rogers enjoys what he's doing...[full article]
Behind the Scenes on Buck Rogers: The Flight of the War Witch (Part II: Shooting)
"If you're going to do science fiction, let's do it and make it look like science fiction...[full article]
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STARLOG #39 - October 1980
With Changes Coming Fast and Heavy, This Fall Will See a New Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
"Some things never change. Last fall, Battlestar Galactica was canceled, a victim of its own $1-million-per-hour budget and insufficient ratings, and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century premiered on NBC. This season, Galactica 1980 has been shelved - again, the remade show having also proved unsuccessful in the ratings war, while Buck Rogers prepares...[full article]"
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STARLOG #40 - November 1980
The 25th Century That Almost Wasn't
"Actually I had hoped the show wouldn't be picked up, because I didn't want to go through another season like the last one, says Gil Gerard, NBC's Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. I felt that last year was a lot of glitter and not much substance. They were lousy stories and not very good characterizations, and I just didn't want to see that again...[full article]"
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