"jason savage" <cypher71@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> Hi, I am looking to identify an old series that was shown on TV in the
late
> seventies / early eighties.
> The beginning of the story was based on Earth where Earth was dying of an
> unknown plague and a band of people has to resurrect an old starship that
> was in the shape of a battleship (This ship was partially buried in an old
> dry river bed in the first episode) . Much of the action centred on the
> bridge of this starship, which was commanded by an old man who used to
enter
> the bridge in his chair (on some sort of lift)
>
> Any genuine hints would be welcome
>
Are you kidding me? That's an easy one.
That is known in the USA as Starblazers, the original title was Space
Battleship Yamato or something like that. It's an old sci-fi anime classic
created by the creator of Galaxy Express 999, Queen Emeraldas, and Captain
Harlock.