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Actress June Lockhart, best known to genre fans for playing Dr. Maureen Robinson, mother figure of the Robinson family on Lost In Space, dies of natural causes at the age of 100. Prior to her three-season stint on Lost In Space, Ms. Lockhart was already a household name from an even longer run in a maternal role on Lassie. Big screen appearances included She-Wolf Of London, Strange Invaders, Troll, C.H.U.D. II, and a small part in the 1998 reboot Lost In Space. TV appearances included Science Fiction Theatre, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Darkroom, Whiz Kids, Amazing Stories, Babylon 5, and even a voice role on the The Ren & Stimpy Show.
The 873rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 174th episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, and John Bishop. Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Janet Fielding, and Sophie Aldred guest star. This the third of three specials to air in 2022 in lieu of a full season, timed to coincide with the celebration of 100 years of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is also the end of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure as the Doctor, and the end of executive producer Chris Chibnall’s sometimes controversial tenure as showrunner.
The CW airs the 94th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
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Cable channel Disney XD airs the 60th episodes of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Forest Whitaker reprises his Rogue One role of Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera.
Cable channel Disney XD airs the 59th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Forest Whitaker reprises his Rogue One role of Rebel extremist Saw Gerrera.
Former NASA astronaut Paul J. Weitz dies at the age of 85 after battling cancer. Originally assigned to an Apollo lunar mission that was cancelled, Weitz’s first spaceflight was as the pilot of the first manned mission to the Skylab space station, which had suffered critical damage during launch. Weitz and crewmates Pete Conrad and Joe Kerwin had to undertake risky spacewalks to salvage the station, and stayed in orbit for 28 days, an endurance record in 1973. Weitz returned to orbit as the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger‘s first flight in 1983, and remained at NASA until 1994.
Rob Dougan releases Misc. Sessions, recorded with a full orchestra after a crowdfunding campaign.
The 26th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Michael Eklund (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Wynonna Earp) guest stars.
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Big Finish Productions releases the Doctor Who audio drama The Light At The End, celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who and featuring all of the surviving classic series Doctors and many of their companions.
Part of the 33rd full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-06M. Oleg Novitskiy, Evgeny Tarelkin and Kevin Ford take up residence on the ISS for 143 days, becoming part of the Expedition 33/34 crews. All three return to Earth in March 2013 aboard the same vehicle.
Big Finish Productions releases U.N.I.T.: Dominion, a standalone Doctor Who audio drama starring Sylvester McCoy and Tracey Childs. This story is nrelated to Big Finish’s earlier U.N.I.T. audio series.
La-La Land Records releases Andrew Belling’s soundtrack from the animated 1977 feature film Wizards as a limited edition CD.
Cable channel AMC premieres the eighth episode of The Walking Dead, a series based on the popular zombie comic of the same name, starring Andrew Lincoln.
The 16th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Keith Carradine (Madam Secretary) guest stars in an episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. With ratings for the series faltering, Fox pulls Dollhouse from the schedule just before the November ratings sweeps; by the time new episodes resume in December, the series has been cancelled, but the remaining episodes will be “burned off” in December and January.
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The 27th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs on CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who).
La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the third season of Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica reboot. The third season soundtrack CD includes the fan-requested Galactica version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”, which has become integral to the storyline.
Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on the 120th shuttle flight, a 15-day mission to deliver a new module to the International Space Station. The module in question is the Harmony node, which adds space for further modules to be added by future shuttle missions. Aboard Discovery for her 34th mission are Commander Pamela Melroy, Pilot George Zamka, mission specialists Douglas Wheelock, Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson and Paolo Nespoli, and ISS Expedition 16 crewmember Daniel Tani, who remains on the station. Among the items stowed away aboard the shuttle are the screen-used lightsaber prop wielded by Luke Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi.
The fifth episode of Tim Kring’s sci-fi/superhero series Heroes airs on NBC, starring Adrian Pasdar, Jack Coleman, Ali Larter, Masi Oka, Hayden Panettiere, and Milo Ventimiglia.
BBC subsidiary 2|entertain releases the interactive DVD trivia game Red Dwarf: Beat The Geek in the UK, featuring new footage of both Norman Lovett and Hattie Hayridge as Holly exclusive to his game.
The third episode of the superhero series Birds Of Prey, based on characters from the DC Comics universe, airs on the WB. Joe Flanigan (Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.
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The 105th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 116th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. Adrienne Wilkinson guest stars.
The 70th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 34th episode of Stargate SG-1.
The third episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler. George Murdock (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek V: The Final Frontier) guest stars in an episode co-written by David A. Goodman (Star Trek: Enterprise, The Orville).
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 75th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The seventh episode of Lawrence Hertzog’s paranoid spy-fi thriller Nowhere Man, starring Bruce Greenwood (Star Trek), airs on UPN.
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The 26th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Dick Miller and Peter Boyle guest star.
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The third episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson.
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Fox Network premieres the sixth episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Doug McKeon guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 52nd episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first televised script written by Star Trek fan (and future Battlestar Galactica remake showrunner) Ronald D. Moore.
The 26th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger.
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The third episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Lori Petty guest stars.
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Activision releases the Beauty & The Beast cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, a direct competitor for Coleco’s arcade port Donkey Kong.
Imagic releases the Atlantis cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system.
CBS airs the seventh episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II. Jim Backus (Gilligan’s Island) guest stars.
The 435th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Judith Paris guest stars as Eldrad. This marks Elisabeth Sladen’s exit from the series as long-running companion Sarah Jane Smith after three years.
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NBC airs the seventh episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space, Space Academy) guest stars.
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ITV broadcasts the second episode of horror anthology Beasts, created and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). Elizabeth Sellars and Anthony Bate (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy) star, with John Rhys-Davies (Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Sliders) making an early career appearance.
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ABC airs the seventh episode of Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, part of the Krofft Supershow Saturday morning children’s programming block. This is part one of a two-part story, each episode lasting only around 12 minutes. Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) and Malachi Throne guest star.
The eighth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Michael Sheard guest stars. This is the only episode to show a flashback to life before the moon was blasted out of Earth’s orbit.
The eighth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again).
British broadcaster Thames Television airs the 133rd episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson.
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The 64th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Bob Dowdell guest stars.
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The seventh episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.
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UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 30th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.
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The 88th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part two of the story now collectively known as The Myth Makers. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the seventh episode of Pathfinders In Space, a follow-up series to Target Luna, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. Peter Williams stars in a script written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all seven episodes would be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century. The episode concludes the Pathfinders In Space storyline; its follow-up, Pathfinders To Mars, will premiere in December.
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CBS airs the fourth episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Ida Lupino and Martin Balsam star in a script written by Serling.
The first episode of the syndicated horror anthology series 13 Demon Street airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Lon Chaney Jr. (The Wolf Man), and created (and frequently written and directed) by Curt Siodmak (The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man Returns), the series was filmed in Sweden with a motley mixture of American, British, and Swedish actors, with mostly Swedish talent behind the scenes.
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