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Published On: October 23, 2025

June LockhartActress 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.

Published On: October 23, 2022

Doctor WhoThe 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. Read more

Published On: October 23, 2017

Paul J. WeitzFormer 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.

Published On: October 23, 2012

Soyuz TMA-06MPart 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.

Published On: October 23, 2012

U.N.I.T. DominionBig 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. Read more

Published On: October 23, 2009

DollhouseThe 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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Published On: October 23, 2007

Space ShuttleSpace 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.

Published On: October 23, 1997

Team Knight RiderThe 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).

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Published On: October 23, 1960

Pathfinders In SpaceBritish 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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Published On: October 23, 1959

13 Demon StreetThe 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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