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Trunk Records digitally releases an album of music from Sidney Sager’s‘s soundtrack to the 1977 British children’s supernatural series Children Of The Stones. A limited vinyl edition is also released and sells out quickly. 
Big Finish Productions publishes the novel The Worlds of Blake’s 7: The Clone Masters – The Rule Of Death by Trevor Baxendale, a continuation of the television episode Weapon. (Big Finish also makes an audiobook available, read by Glynis Barber.)
The CW airs the 99th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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The CW airs the 40th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
The CW airs the third episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten.
Beat Records releases a limited edition CD of Renato Serio’s soundtrack from the 1980 Italian superhero film L’uomo Puma (better known to Mystery Science Theater 3000 fans as The Pumaman).
The 66th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on UK cable/satellite comedy channel Dave.
The CW airs the 18th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber.
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The 26th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Victor Garber (Alias, Legends Of Tomorrow), Teddy Sears (Masters Of Sex), and Michael Ironside (V, seaQuest: 2032) guest star.
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Cable channel Disney XD premieres the third episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga.
The 12th episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy.
The 16th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who).
Sci-Fi channel airs the 37th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Dean Stockwell (Quantum Leap), Rick Worthy and Richard Hatch guest star.
Sony Records releases the Ben Folds album Supersunnyspeedgraphic: The LP, which collects and in some cases updates material from Folds’ series of EPs released over the previous three years.
ABC airs the fourth episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). William Lucking guest stars.
RCA Records releases The Strokes‘ second album, Room On Fire, featuring the singles “12:51” and “The End Has No End”.
Ochre Records releases the soundtrack album Doctor Who: The Tenth Planet, a compilation of production library tracks frequently used in 1960s Doctor Who.
UPN airs the 124th episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
The 38th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Eliza Dushku (Dollhouse) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 126th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues the unprecedented six-episode story arc of the Dominion War.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 50th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Kevin Smith and Karl Urban guest star.
The national syndication window opens for the third episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict. Majel Barrett Roddenberry (Star Trek) guest stars.
The fifth episode of Mark Verheiden’s science fiction series Timecop is broadcast on ABC, starring Ted King and Don Stark, loosely based on the 1994 movie of the same name (also co-written by Verheiden). The series is cancelled due to low ratings after this episode, with the remaining episodes to be “burned off” in a summer time slot.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 87th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Walter Koenig (Star Trek) guest stars.
The 70th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.
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The sixth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. This is the final episode of NPR’s ongoing adaptation of Star Wars.
The fifth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S.
The fourth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S.
The 54th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Bokeem Woodbine guest stars.
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Space Shuttle Columbia is launched on the 72nd shuttle mission, and Columbia’s 18th visit to Earth orbit. Over a 16-day period, the Spacelab module mounted in the cargo bay hosts the second U.S. Microgravity Laboratory mission, with experiments conducted around the clock. The first pitch of the fifth game of the 1995 World Series is thrown aboard Columbia and broadcast live – the first time that the first pitch of a game took place somewhere other than the ballpark in question. Columbia is manned by Commander Kenneth Bowersox, Pilot Kent Rominger, Payload Commander Kathryn Thornton, mission specialists Catherine Coleman and Michael Lopez-Alegria, and payload specialists Fred Leslie and Albert Sacco.
GNP Crescendo Records releases the third CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation soundtrack music, containing Dennis McCarthy’s music from the episodes Yesterday’s Enterprise, Unification, and Hollow Pursuits.
NBC airs the 77th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Connie Ray (The Torkelsons) guest stars.
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GNP Crescendo releases a CD of music from the original Star Trek television series, presenting selections from the episodes The Naked Time by Alexander Courage and Shore Leave by Gerald Fried.
The posthumous Roy Orbison album King Of Hearts is released, featuring a variety of singles, soundtrack songs, and collaborations with other artists not previously collected as an album. The single “I Drove All Night” is also released. (Orbison died in 1989.)
The 26th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers).
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The 81st episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Jay Underwood (The Boy Who Could Fly) guest stars in an episode written by Mike Carlin and Andy Helfer.
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The 55th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The fourth episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens (NPR’s Star Wars radio series), Geordie Johnson (Largo Winch, Copper), and Mia Kirshner (The L Word, Star Trek: Discovery, Defiance).
The 29th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Charles Durning and Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.
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The third episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Kelly Reno (The Black Stallion) stars.
The 52nd episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S., bringing the show’s second season and the Comet Empire storyline to a close. This season will now join the first in a repeating cycle in daily syndication.
The album Fighting Clowns is released by radio comedy troupe Firesign Theatre, a collection of comedy pieces (many recorded in concert) that are more musical than verbal, and rooted in political issues surrounding the 1980 presidential campaign.
The 513th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Co-written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and producer Graham Williams under a pseudonym, this time-twisting story guest stars Julian Glover, Catherine Schell (Space: 1999) and Tom Chadbon, and features extensive location filming in Paris, a first for the series.
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The 17th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Sandy McPeak and Sally Kirkland guest star.
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The 40th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Paul Sand and Wolfman Jack guest star.
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NASA announces that Voyagers 1 and 2 may be in a unique position to study the newly-discovered Comet Kohler 1977 XIV, discovered just days before Voyager 1’s launch. Both Voyagers are expected to pass Comet Kohler at a distance of a little over 1 astronomical unit (AU), equivalent to the distance between Earth and the Sun, in November, and the possibility of examining the comet with their onboard instruments is proposed. This plan is eventually abandoned, since the comet will track near the sun, direct exposure to which could harm the television tube cameras installed aboard each Voyager. The exploration of comets with robotic spacecraft will have to wait until the 1980s.
NASA’s Viking 2 orbiter closes to within 40 miles of Mars’ small outermost moon, Deimos, the first spacecraft to visit the tiny moon up close. Deimos is found to be cratered and irregularly shaped, confirming the likelihood that it is an asteroid that once strayed close enough to Mars to fall into orbit.
The eighth episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. (Not all regional ITV affiliates carry the show at a specific time; this episode guide reflects the dates for the broadcast premieres of each episode on Scottish TV.)
The 18th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Martin E. Brooks (The Six Million Dollar Man), Doc Severinsen (The Tonight Show), and Hoyt Axton (Gremlins) guest star.
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NBC airs the sixth episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens. David Opatoshu guest stars.
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