yamato?

jason savage wrote:
> 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
> 
> J
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