Zarina the War Witch (Buck Rogers in the 25th Century)

Zarina the War Witch

Zarina the War Witch (Julie Newmar) is the villainess in the 1980 episode "Flight of the War Witch" for the TV series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Zarina is the leader of a hostile race known as the Zaads, who are engaged in conflict with the inhabitants of the peaceful planet of Pendar.

Buck Rogers (Gil Gerard) arrives at Pendar through a space warp. Later Princess Ardala (Pamela Hensley) arrives aboard the Draconia along with Wilma Deering (Erin Grey) and Dr. Elias Huer (Tim O'Connor). Buck asks both Earth and Draconian forces to team up to save Pendar from the attack of the huge Zaad battlecruiser. Zarina has captured Kodus (Donald Petrie), the scientist who created Pendar's defense shield, and with the help of Spirot (Sid Haig), her henchman, they keep him bound.

Zarina is killed when her warship, that she is riding in, crashes into Pendar's defense shield. We are left with Zarina screaming as she collides and blows up.

Trivia

• Julie Newmar appeared as the Dancer-Assassin in the 1953 movie ‘Slaves Of Babylon’.
• Julie Newmar appeared as Katrin Sveg in the 1961 movie ‘The Marriage-Go-Round’.
• Julie Newmar appeared as Miss Devlin in the 1963 episode "Of Late I think of Cliffordville" for the TV series "The Twilight Zone".
• Julie Newmar appeared as Catwoman in 13 episodes in 1966 for the TV series "Batman".
• Julie Newmar appeared as "April Conquest" in the 1967 episode "Monkees Get More Dirt Out" for the TV series "The Monkees".
• Julie Newmar appeared as sexy spy Ingrid in the 1968 episode "The Laser Blazer" for the TV series "Get Smart".
• Julie Newmar appeared as the villainous Hesh-Ke in the 1969 movie ‘Mackenna‘s Gold’.
• Julie Newmar appeared as Susannah Sutton in the 1969 episode ‘The Funeral Is On Mundy’ for the tv series ‘It Takes A Thief’.
• Julie Newmar appeared as Mother in the 1970 comedy fantasy film "Up Your Teddy Bear".
• Julie Newmar appeared as Ophelia in the 1971 episode "The Eight Year Itch Witch" for the TV series "Bewitched".
• Julie Newmar appeared as the Ultra Witch in the 1976 movie "Monster Squad".
• Julie Newmar appeared as Claudette in the 1976 episode "Black Magic" for the TV series "The Bionic Woman".
• A shockingly beautiful Newmar played a villainous version of herself/ catwoman in the 2003 movie ‘Back to the batcave: The Misadventures of Adam and Burt’.

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