'Journey to Oasis' by Robert Mitchell and Esther Mitchell

Gil Gerard (Captain William ‘Buck’ Rogers), Erin Gray (Colonel Wilma Deering), Thom Christopher (Hawk), Jay Garner (Admiral Efram Asimov), Wilfrid Hyde-White (Doctor Goodfellow), Felix Silla (Twiki), Bob Elyea (Voice of Twiki), Jeff David (Voice of Crichton), Mark Lenard (Ambassador Duvoe), Len Birman (Admiral Zeit), Paul Carr (Lieutenant Devlin), Donn Whyte (Zykarian), Felix Silla (Odee-x), Michael Stroka (Rolla), Alex Hyde-White (Technician)

Hawk has decided to join the crew of the Searcher on their mission to locate the lost tribes of Earth. He, Buck and Wilma are instructed by Doctor Goodfellow to escort Zykarian Ambassador Duvoe to an important peace conference on the planet Oasis; Duvoe was once romantically involved with Wilma, and he soon begins to compete with Buck for her attentions. The four of them leave for Oasis in a shuttle, but while en route to the meeting, they encounter a violent storm and are forced to crash land on the desert planet of R-4. As Buck, Wilma, Hawk and Duvoe search for a way off the arid world, they meet a mischievous impish creature called O-Dee-X - short for Ocular Dynamics Experiment - who tells them that R-4 is a depository for failed genetic experiments. In order to leave the planet, Buck and his companions must journey to the Cave of the Winds and face Ezer Hardin, a mysterious being that is otherwise known as the Sword of Death. Along the way they must avoid the fearsome creatures that inhabit the planet, including the primitive mutants known as Atavars. Meanwhile, aboard Duvoe’s ship, Admiral Zeit becomes convinced that the Zykarian Ambassador has been kidnapped, and he prepares to mount an attack on the Searcher in retalliation…


Directed by Daniel Haller
Executive Producer Glen A. Larson

TX (US): 22nd January, 1981

Notes:
*Featuring Captain William ‘Buck’ Rogers, Colonel Wilma Deering, Hawk, Admiral Efram Asimov, Doctor Goodfellow, Twiki and Crighton

*This was originally transmitted as a two-hour television movie