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Warner Music New Zealand releases the debut Forenzics album, Shades and Echoes, featuring former members of Split Enz (including lead singer Tim Finn) and other musicians creating new songs often using short sections of older Split Enz songs as springboards. 
The CW airs the 123rd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
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The CW airs the 70th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe.
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The 150th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Grant Gustin (The Flash) and Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) guest star.
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Streaming service CBS All Access releases the 14th episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Michelle Yeoh, Jayne Brook (Chicago Hope) and James Frain guest star.
The CW airs the third episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill (Doctor Who), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Caity Lotz (Mad Men), and Victor Garber (Alias). Casper Crump guest stars as Vandal Savage.
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On the eve of the 45th anniversary of the Apollo 14 moon landing, astronaut Edgar “Ed” Mitchell dies at the age of 85. The sixth human being to set foot on the moon, Mitchell accompanied Alan Shepard to the lunar surface aboard the Apollo 14 lander. Following his visit to the moon, Mitchell had become interested in researching human consciousness and extra-sensory perception, but later surrounded himself with controversy by claiming that he was certain that UFOs had visited Earth.
The 58th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.
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Intrada re-releases the complete Laurence Rosenthal score from the 1979 movie Meteor (previously given a very limited CD release in 2008 by La-La Land Records).
BBC Radio 7 airs the sixth episode of a new series of Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann as the eighth Doctor, with Sheridan Smith as Lucie Miller. The new eighth Doctor adventures are produced by, and will later get a CD release from, Big Finish Productions.
Sci-Fi channel airs the fifth episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica.
The 87th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. Jeffrey Combs guest stars.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 12th episode of Stargate Atlantis.
The 166th episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge.
The 65th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
The 135th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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The 101st episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, Melinda Deines, Guylaine St. Onge, and Alan Van Sprang.
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The 172nd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick. David Duchovny appears as Mulder, just in time for February ratings sweeps.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 60th episode of Stargate SG-1.
Big Finish Productions releases the fifth Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. Jacqueline Pearce (Blake’s 7) guest stars in a story revolving around political talk radio.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 87th and final episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, Robert Floyd, and Tembi Locke. Roy Dotrice (Beauty And The Beast) and Jennifer Hetrick (Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest star in the series finale.
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Showtime airs the 110th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Antonio Sabato Jr. (Earth 2) guest stars.
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NASA reveals recent findings from the unmanned Galileo orbiter touring Jupiter and its moons, including the discovery of a tenuous atmosphere surrounding the outermost large moon of Jupiter, Callisto. The thin layer of carbon dioxide surrounding Callisto completes the set: Galileo has detected an atmosphere of one kind or another around each of Jupiter’s four Galilean moons, some of which are large enough to be planets. As for how the atmosphere is sustained in the extremely hostile environment around Jupiter, scientists speculate that the CO2 could be emitted from beneath Callisto’s own crust.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 91st episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
Fox premieres the 14th episode of the military science fiction series Space: Above And Beyond.
The 36th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos.
The 15th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Callum Keith Rennie (Battlestar Galactica).
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Fox airs the 18th episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson.
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The 35th 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). Tristan Rogers (General Hospital) and Janet Gunn (Silk Stalkings) guest star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 86th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is another script dusted off from the files of the never-made Star Trek Phase II series in the late ’70s.
The 39th 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 14th 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. Brad Pitt guest stars.
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The 13th episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. The episode is written by Eisner Award-winning comic writers Mike Carlin (currently editor of DC’s Superman comics) and Andy Helfer.
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The 55th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Esai Morales stars in a remake of a classic Twilight Zone episode written by George Clayton Johnson (Logan’s Run).
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The 11th episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television. Prentis Hancock (Space: 1999) and Ed Bishop (UFO) guest star.
The video game division of #1 toy maker Mattel closes its doors immediately after the parent company announces that it lost well over $300,000,000 over the course of 1983, with all of thoses losses occurring within its video game business. The remaining stock of Mattel’s Intellivision video game system and its software are liquidated, and the entire electronics division is laid off. The popularity of its Masters Of The Universe toys and perennial favorites such as Hot Wheels and Barbie are barely enough to keep the entire company out of bankruptcy court.
BBC1 premieres the 31st episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7.
The fifth episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds is broadcast across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars).
The 474th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Milton Johns and John Arnatt guest star.
Warner Bros. Records releases Fleetwood Mac‘s 11th album, Rumours, featuring the singles “Don’t Stop”, “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, “You Make Loving Fun”, and “The Chain”. The album is an almost instant chart-topper, capitalizing on the huge following from the band’s 1975 album.
The 53rd episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Stefanie Powers (Hart To Hart) and Andre the Giant guest star.
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The 14th episode of The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV, starting the series’ second season. Elizabeth Adare joins the regular cast as new Tomorrow People recruit Elizabeth.
BBC2 airs the 30th episode of science fiction anthology series Out Of The Unknown. Written by Donald Bull, the story stars Milo O’Shea and Clive Morton. This episode no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
The 102nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Terry Becker guest stars.
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The 148th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 108th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 22nd episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Jean Marsh (Doctor Who, Upstairs, Downstairs) guest stars in an episode that is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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The fifth episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. Roger Delgado (Doctor Who) guest stars in episode that is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.
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