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Lakeshore Records digitally releases Adem Ilhan’s soundtrack from the HBO sci-fi comedy Avenue 5. 
The CW airs the 101st episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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The CW airs the 42nd episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
Writer Bob Baker, a former Doctor Who script writer who, with his frequent 1970s writing partner Dave Martin, created the character of K-9, dies at the age of 82. Born in Bristol, Baker forged a fruitful writing partnership with Martin, with their first Doctor Who story, The Claws Of Axos, transmitted by the BBC in 1971. They continued to be frequent contributors to that series throughout the 1970s, while simultaneously creating children’s fantasy series closer to home at HTV, including Sky and King Of The Castle. A 1977 Doctor Who script, The Invisible Enemy, introduced the enduring character of robot dog K-9, who would continue to appear regularly through 1981, even meriting a pilot for a spinoff series, K-9 & Company, that same year, and eventually making guest appearances in the 21st century revival of Doctor Who and its spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures. Baker and Martin stopped working together in the late ’70s, with Baker pursuing one solo Doctor Who writing assignment (1979’s Nightmare Of Eden) before co-creating another HTV fantasy series, Into The Labyrinth, which ran for three seasons starting in 1981. In 2009, after years of pitching the idea, a K-9 spinoff produced in Australia launched, produced by Baker (who also wrote or co-wrote two scripts). Baker was still trying to attract co-production interest in a second season of K-9, or possible a movie spinoff, toward the end of his life. Baker gained wider recognition as co-creator of the Wallace & Gromit animated shorts and movies (as well as their spinoff, Shaun the Sheep), which won both Oscar and BAFTA awards.
The CW airs the fifth episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten.
The CW airs the 20th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber.
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The 28th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Teddy Sears (Masters Of Sex) guest stars.
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Cable channel Disney XD premieres the fifth episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga.
Film Score Monthly releases a CD containing the soundtracks from the obscure TV movies Nightwatch by John Williams, and Killer By Night by Quincy Jones, both scores featured in their entirety.
BBC subsidiary AudioGo releases the third Doctor Who audio drama in the Serpent Crest story cycle, starring Tom Baker and Susan Jameson. Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) guest stars.
The 14th 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. Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series), Chris Heyerdahl (Sanctuary) and Ryan Robbins (Falling Skies) guest star.
ABC premieres the first episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). The heavily-promoted four-episode launch of the series is strategically scheduled across November sweeps, earning a high enough rating for the series to continue in the spring.
The 18th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who).
Sci-Fi channel airs the 39th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) guest stars.
Jonathan Harris, made famous by his role as the villainous Dr. Smith in the ’60s sci-fi classic Lost In Space dies due to complications from a blood clot in his heart. Harris’ career featured some notable film work, chiefly in the area of voicing cartoon characters (including, most recently, A Bug’s Life), but most of his career was spent on television, with appearances in golden-age anthology shows like Lights Out, General Electric Theater, The Twilight Zone and Night Gallery, as well as other classics like Bonanza, Zorro, Bewitched, and even Fantasy Island and Love, American Style.
UPN broadcasts the second episode of the near-future sci-fi series Level 9, starring Fabrizio Filippo (Queer As Folk, Delilah & Julis), Kate Hodge (She-Wolf Of London), and Michael Kelly (House Of Cards).
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UPN airs the 125th episode of Star Trek: Voyager.
The 39th 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 128th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode concludes the unprecedented six-episode story arc of the Dominion War, although the war is an ongoing element through the remainder of the season.
The national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 52nd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Guest starring Jacqueline Kim (Star Trek: Generations), this is the first part of a two-part story.
The 19th 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. James Marsters and Juliet Landau guest star.
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The 78th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Kristen Cloke (Space: Above & Beyond) guest stars.
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The 55th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Timothy Carhart guest stars.
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The 28th 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). Ginger Lynn guest stars.
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The 83rd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars.
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The fourth 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). Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) guest stars.
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The sixth episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens, Geordie Johnson, and Mia Kirshner. Geraint Wyn Davies (Forever Knight) guest stars.
The 57th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars.
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The 30th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Hayley Mills and Dick Miller guest star in an episode written by Mick Garris and directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins).
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The fifth episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC; this is the second and final episode directed by Spielberg himself. Kevin Costner (Field Of Dreams), Kiefer Sutherland (24), Anthony LaPaglia (Without A Trace) and Casey Siemaszko (Back To The Future) star in an episode scored by John Williams (Star Wars, Raiders Of The Lost Ark, Superman). Spielberg is nominated for an Emmy for best direction, but does not win; the episode’s cinematographer (John McPherson) does win an Emmy. Most Amazing Stories episodes are a half-hour long, but this one runs a full hour.
The 515th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Myra Frances and Geoffrey Bayldon guest star.
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The 19th 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. Donna Wilkes and Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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The 41st episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Robert Alda (Supertrain) guest stars.
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The tenth 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 20th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Lee Majors, Martin E. Brooks, John Houseman (The Paper Chase), and Byron Morrow guest star in the final part of a crossover event with The Six Million Dollar Man.
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NBC airs the seventh episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens.
Electric Light Orchestra‘s fourth album, Face The Music, is released, featuring the singles “Evil Woman” and “Strange Magic”. The band lineup featured on this album stays largely intact through the early 1980s.
The seventh episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Circuit Of Death, premieres.
The ninth episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC.
The first unmanned space probe to use a gravity assist maneuver to get from one planet to another in a reduced amount of time, Mariner 10 is lauched on a course for the planet Venus, where a carefully planned trajectory allows it to take pictures and measurements at that planet before using Venus’ gravity to fling Mariner 10 inward toward Mercury, allowing it to reach two planets in under two months. It will be the first space probe to visit Mercury.
NBC airs the eighth episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Pamela Franklin and Eleanor Parker guest star. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
NBC airs the 13th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Glenn Corbett and Susan Strasberg guest star.
ABC airs the fifth episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Joseph Ruskin guest stars.
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The 37th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Roger C. Carmel returns – the only recurring singular villain character of the original series – in the role of interplanetary rogue Harry Mudd.
The ninth episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Morgan Woodward guest stars.
The eighth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
British broadcaster ABC airs the 32nd episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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The 73rd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5) and Chloris Leachman star in one of the series’ best remembered episodes.
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ABC airs the 29th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Louise Fletcher (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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