'Time of the Hawk' by Norman Hudis

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), Barbara Luna (Koori), Lance LeGault (Flagg), David Opatoshu (The Llamajuna), Sid Haig (Pratt), Kenneth O'Brien (Captain), Dennis Haysbert (Communication-Probe Officer), Lavelle Roby (Thromis), Michael Fox (High Judge), Andre Harvey (Thordis), J. Christopher O'Connor (Young Lieutenant), Tim O'Keefe (Bailiff), Ken Chandler (Court Clerk), Susan McIver (Simmons)

Buck, Wilma, and Twiki join the avuncular Doctor Goodfellow and his robot assistant, Crichton, on the starship Searcher; under the command of Admiral Efram Asimov, their mission is to locate the lost tribes of Earth, who fled into space following the nuclear holocaust that devastated much of the planet’s surface...

When the Searcher encounters a damaged spacecraft, its sole survivor tells them of a savage attack by a bird-man named Hawk, a deadly warrior who has sworn to kill all humans in retaliation for the destruction of his tribe by a group of Earthmen. The crew of the Searcher tracks Hawk to his home planet of Throm, where Buck is able to capture the bird-man’s beautiful mate, Koori. However, the bird-woman manages to contact Hawk, who immediately arrives to challenge Buck in a battle of strength, wits and piloting skills. But when Koori is seriously wounded during the fight, Buck and Hawk are forced to form an uneasy alliance while they seek medical aid for her. Can Buck convince Hawk that not all humans are evil, or will the bird-man continue to slaughter every human he encounters in his bloody quest for vengeance..?


Directed by Vincent McEveety
Executive Producer Glen A. Larson

TX (US): 15th January, 1981

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

*Alternate title: 'Hawk'

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