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She was awesome as to put it bluntly the princess b**ch of the galaxy. That respect I have for her is part of the reason I bought a copy of her cookbook.

She got a lot of attention from this Buck Rogers fan. The Princess Ardala episodes were the best. I wish they'd put the pilot movie out on bluray.

Her character was only on the first season. I personally liked her as the diva, man trap (although somewhat cartoon-ish character) the writers cooked up for her. Then they went to that whole Searcher plot line.WUWT????

Ardala was trying to destroy Earth all the time. Maybe that's why she's not a beloved character. She did redeem herself somewhat in her final appearance, "Flight Of The War Witch", which was the last episode of the first season. I remember at the time thinking that 2-part episode was very cool and mind-blowing when Buck flew through a vortex to another universe.

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I loved her !!!!
And I loved Erin Gray/Grey as well!!!
I loved both of them!!! And would love both of them !!!!! At the same time !!!!

But yeah Ardala is the best! Her costumes were insane and awesome. So sad she was in only 4 episodes! But that beats her being in just the pilot, which is what I originally thought.
I would buy a Princess Ardala doll, and all of the outfits to go along with it.
I have wondered if there was any sort of 'nod' to, or competetion with the amazing costumes Cher wore in the SONNY AND CHER show that aired about the same ti111cme period (yes, I have not looked up the running times of the two shows). Cher's designer outfits (by Bob Mackie?) were different every show, and there were multiple outfits each show.
Come to think of it, you don't suppose Ardala's outfits might have contributed to fewer appearances by Ardala do you? More new costumes cost more money after all. Just a thought.

You'd think Ardala/Hensley would just be popular with the men, but women apparently love her as well. You might be interested to know that her rival and polar-opposite on the series, Erin Gray, was quoted in an interview at the time as always cheering her on-set, "Go Pam Go!!!"
Enjoy watching further Ardala episodes!

Interesting! My husband just downloaded the Buck Rogers series for us to watch and I had no idea what it was lol. (He was born in '75 and is 10 years older than I am)
So we started watching it from the pilot. I immediately loved Ardala! Then I watched a couple episodes of season 1 and was kinda bummed. Husband asked me, "So what do you think of Buck Rogers so far? Who is your favorite character?" and I said, "Well I really liked that Princess Ardala from the pilot I wish she would have stayed as their main enemy instead of having only standalone episodes." This was before I watched further of course. Then yesterday husband was watching Buck Rogers with our 3 year old and I was in a different room. The preview came on and was like "PRINCESS ARDALA RETURNS" and my husband yells, "Omg come here!" I had already heard the good news from the nice preview voiceover man so I totally watched that episode. I actually said "THE FANS HAVE SPOKEN!!" when I entered the room because I had been fake whining about wanting Princess Ardala back for a few days at that point.
And now I kind of like this silly show. I haven't watched all of season 1 yet, nor any of season 2.
But yeah Ardala is the best! Her costumes were insane and awesome. So sad she was in only 4 episodes! But that beats her being in just the pilot, which is what I originally thought.
I would buy a Princess Ardala doll, and all of the outfits to go along with it.

Because Erin Gray was hotter. Even hotter than Dorothy Stratten who guest-starred.

You can count me in as a huge fan of Pamela Hensley as Princess Ardala. Damn, was she smoking hot in that role! You gotta love those skimpy outfits Hensley wore as Ardala. Plus Hensley played that part with tremendously delicious lip-smacking relish.
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Well, in recalling the show, at first Deering was very robotic and cold in the pilot, then they did a 180 after that and Buck kind of endeared her to us. I liked the Buck/Wilma friendship a great deal. Like I said, in terms of pure hotness, I preferred Ardala, but that doesn't mean I'd want to be friends with her!

I Always preferred Princess Ardala to Wilma Deering in Buck Rogers
Pamela/Ardala was always more of a real woman in the compared to Erin/Wilma's tough military chick act.

Hensley only did a handful of eps, while Gray was in every episode, so I figure that's a big contributing factor. Both women were hot, but I've GOT to take Hensley over Gray! As if I had the option!

"In my opinion, it's more an Ardala's dislike than a Pamela one."
It was basically the evil temptress vs the wholesome good girl, so people are going to associate the character with the actress. Myself, I feel that Pamela Hensley was the best thing about that seriesno interest unless she was on, strutting her stuff, delivering those lines in a tone mixed of patrician and sexy, and generally fun(as you say).

In my opinion, it's more an Ardala's dislike than a Pamela one.
Guess because many fans are Buck/Wilma shippers, they see Ardala as a threat to that.
In my opinion, Princess Ardala was far more fun, in her crazy way, than Wilma . although both women were gorgeous wink
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Ever since I was a boy watching Princess Ardala, on Buck Rogers, I've become pretty certain Pamela Hensley has got to be the most beautiful woman ever. Even my schoolmates at the time, all the other boys in my school, all had huge crushes on Ardala/Pamela.
But it seems nowadays there is more attention given to Erin. South Park even made a reference to Erin Gray (specifically as "Erin Gray from the 2nd season of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century") being the pinnacle of female actractiveness. Don't get me wrong. Erin Gray is ridiculously gorgeous. But Pamela is even more so. So maybe I need to make my own crudely drawn, irreverant cartoon, so I can re-assert Pamela as the true pinnacle of all beautiful women.

Women's lib? Try T&A And I don't think the teenage boys cared all that much about women's lib.

Hmmm,
that would have gotten more interest for her all right, but you are ignoring the obvious fact that Wilma was in almost every episode, and Ardala was only in a handful, (or six episodes?).
The number of episodes alone made Wilma a more popular character.
And then there was also the 'womens lib' climate at the time. Wilma was a capable officer, and Ardala was an "old school" spoiled princess. Which do you suppose would have been more popular by type alone?
Princesses don't start spaceships

so wait. running around in a skin tight body suit is sexier than running around in a tiny bikini?

Yes, if Ardala had worn skintight spandex from week to week, she would have won the beauty battle over Wilma.

Yes but you have to remember that there was a legion of fans who tuned in each week mainly because they got off on Wilma and her spandex. There was one episode where Ardala donned a uniform herself and filled it out quite nicely; had they stayed with that look all the time she would get more love today from Buck Rogers fans.

Yes, they always had her chasing Buck. I actually thought Ardala always looked quite sexy and glamorous in her costumes, compared to Wilma in her week-to-week spandex.