PLOT: Ardala & the Draconians capture Buck & Twiki for the purpose of producing Zygots, android clones of Buck with his fighter pilot skills, in order fly Kane's Hatchet Fighters and attack Earth. Meanwhile, they send an impostor android Buck to Earth where Huer & Wilma inevitably smell something fishy.
COMMENTARY: This episode marks the third of four appearances of Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala and the second of three appearances of Michael Ansara as Kane, Ardala's First Officer (Ansara, of course, played Kang in the Star Trek episode "Day of the Dove"). Speaking of Star Trek, the androids element is reminiscent of "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and "I, Mudd."
The best part is the fake Buck trying to fool Huer & Wilma and failing miserably as they continue to naively think it's Buck. The weakness of the story is the idea that only Buck, hailing from a much more primitive era 500 years earlier, is the only person who has the skill to pilot the Hatchet Fighter ships, not to mention Ardala's ongoing obsession with Buck.
COMMENTARY: This episode marks the third of four appearances of Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala and the second of three appearances of Michael Ansara as Kane, Ardala's First Officer (Ansara, of course, played Kang in the Star Trek episode "Day of the Dove"). Speaking of Star Trek, the androids element is reminiscent of "What Are Little Girls Made Of?" and "I, Mudd."
The best part is the fake Buck trying to fool Huer & Wilma and failing miserably as they continue to naively think it's Buck. The weakness of the story is the idea that only Buck, hailing from a much more primitive era 500 years earlier, is the only person who has the skill to pilot the Hatchet Fighter ships, not to mention Ardala's ongoing obsession with Buck.