Pshaw, following a fortuitous charity shop visit about a month ago it's all eighties-tastic round here.

However a scene which scared the living bejesus out of me in 1983 had me in fits of laughter this time round. Is that Kermit?

I remember watching that in the 70s - and cringing at the scene where Buck demonstrates disco "dancing" to a crowd of 25th-century onlookers. "this is what people from my age call gettin down". Probably one to file under "so bad it's good".

Just sayin'.

And then there was Wilma Deering. Bad name, great shiny catsuits.

Buck Rogers jumped the shark when they went all Star Trek exploring the universe in a spaceship with some old professor bloke shoved in front of the cameras who couldn't remember his lines. Plus a bird man. Even my 8-year-old-ish self knew it was rubbish.

The well-scrubbed and skin-tight-trousered Wilma Deering? Or Princess Ardala, who was probably much more dirty?

here she is being interviewed at comic-con a couple of years ago:

film at a cinema in Ilfracombe, Devon whilst on holiday with my folks. It was in a double bill with Mrs Frisby and the Rats of Nimh. I had scrummy choc ice and one of those tasteless hot dogs from the foyer. I was copiously sick afterwards.......28 years old I was.*

*not really, about 8 i think