Buck Rogers

The Dorian launch bay showed in the beginning was actually the old set for the Battlestar Galactica Viper launch bays (Another Glen Larson show) the triangle shaped hatchways with the notches for the Viper wings are plainly visible in several shots.

Koldar appears to be the same age as his son (and all the other Dorian males). Apparently, the fact that they are all identical is not just superficial.

It's never really explained why all the Dorians have the same faces. Koldar mentions a mutancy but that doesn't really explain why they would have the same face since by definition, mutations cause differences. Furthermore, we only see the men; no other female Dorians were present in the episode, although it can be assumed that they all share a face as well.

In the passenger cabin, the door to the hallway that leads to the rest of the "Searcher" is in the same wall, albeit a few feet ahead, as the door to the docking port. This is an awfully awkward, if not physically impossible design.

For some reason we see the words "High Score" on the bottom of the computer screen on the ship that is chasing Buck.

Goof: Buck's treason was (supposedly) against the United States of America, not some "Earth Alliance" which did not exist at the time of the alleged crime. The Earth Alliance has no jurisdiction and there should be some statute of limitations.

It is made clear that Chrichton's brain is far more advanced than Twiki's and that Chrichton was the only one who could have performed the repairs in time. However because his brain got dented, they had to put Twiki's brain in Chrichton's body. Therefore the repair abilities built into Chrichton must have been in his extensors rather than his brain, so Chrichton's body is also more advanced than Twiki's.

The combination robot (Crichton's body with Twiki's brain) exhibits an entirely new—and generic—personality and is called TWKE4 (pronounced "T-W-K-E-4", not "Twiki 4" despite the similarity).

Goof: The inside of Twiki's head (which contains a positronic brain) looks nothing like it did in the previous episode (standard TV sci-fi electronics).

Goof: After Buck is attacked by the creature, his right arm is injured, his wings are on the left side of his jacket, and his hair is parted on the left. When he sits down, everything is reversed (injured left arm, wings on the right, hair parted on the right). Then when he gets up to talk to Delph, things are back to how they were originally.

Goof: When Buck is reading the planet dedication plaque, the date on the plaque is 2464, and his mouth seems to indicate that is what he says, but we hear him say 2475.

After the creature attacked and retrieved the crystals, Wilma is shown covering up Laura and turning out the light. In this scene, the word "Searcher" is reversed, indicating that this scene has been reversed.

The special effect seen when the alien blood sample is viewed under a microscope is actually taken from the movie The Andromeda Strain (1971).

Nitpick: Near the end when Buck and the creature are fighting, you can clearly see the zipper on the back of the creature's wool body suit.

Goof: In an attempt to avoid an asteroid Admiral Asimov gives the order "reverse tractor beams", however Hawk announces that he is "engaging reverse THRUSTER beams".

The device that the Saurians wore on their wrists to change their appearance was the same device worn by Capt. Troy and Lt. Dillon on Earth during the 1980 season of Battlestar Galactica (or Galactica 1980 as it was known).

Goof: This is a continuity error that takes place during the Sick Bay scene where Doctor Goodfellow introduces Buck to Doctor Moray. After the doctor's go into the other room, Lt. Paulton spills the hot soup on Buck's abdomen and you can see the wet spot on his shirt. Then, when Buck is running down the hall after Doctor Moray and we see the front of his shirt again, the wet spot is gone. There is no way the spot could have completely dried in the less than thirty seconds between these two scenes.

Goof: This is a continuity error. Several times during some of the Sick Bay scenes, Buck's position in bed changes. He will be laying higher up in the bed with his head about six inches higher than the edge of the bed, then when the camera angle changes, he's laying lower down on the bed with the top of his head about even with the top of the bed.

The shuttle exterior was a re-use from Battlestar Galactica, Glen A. Larson's earlier series.

"PER ARDUA AD ASTRA", the motto shown underneath the name of the new exploration vessel "Searcher", is latin, meaning "through adversity, to the stars". it was originally the motto of the Royal Flying Corps, when it was formed before World War I, and used by many schools since, although it's probably more fitting on a starship.