The Orville: Primal Urges
Fox airs the 14th episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane. Kelly Hu guest stars.
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Star Trek: Short Treks: The Escape Artist
Streaming service CBS All Access debuts the fourth episode of Short Treks, a series of 15-20 minute short stories set in the Star Trek universe, with this story continuing the misadventures of interplanetary con man Harry Mudd (reintroduced in Star Trek: Discovery’s most recent season). Rainn Wilson (The Office) stars and directs.
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The X-Files: My Struggle III
The 208th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson. Mitch Pileggi, Annabeth Gish, William B. Davis, Lauren Ambrose (Six Feet Under) and Robbie Amell (The Tomorrow People, The Flash) guest star in the season eleven premiere.
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From the makers of the moon lander…
The recently formed Golden Spike company, focusing on commercial space exploration and exploitation, announces a contract with aerospace company Northrup Grumman – whose engineers designed and built NASA’s Apollo lunar landers in the 1960s – to do a design study for a new generation of lunar landing hardware. The contract only covers a design, which will need to be finalized so companies hoping to build the lander can bid on the actual construction contract.
Matt Smith is the Doctor
The BBC, having masterfully kept its casting decision under wraps for over a week, broadcasts a special edition of the making-of series Doctor Who Confidential, announcing that 26-year-old Matt Smith will be the eleventh Doctor. The youngest actor ever to play the part, Smith’s casting attracts controversy on the basis of little more than a few rushed, disjointed interview segments in Doctor Who Confidential. His first appearance as the eleventh Doctor is virtually an entire year away at the time of the announcement.
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Babylon 5: A Call To Arms
Cable channel TNT premieres A Call To Arms, the fourth and final Babylon 5 TV movie produced for TNT. The movie features a mixture of familiar Babylon 5 characters as well as new characters who would later appear in the spinoff series Crusade; A Call To Arms is effectively a two-hour pilot for Crusade, which would premiere later in 1999.
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The X-Files: Terms Of Endearment
The 124th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, Jack Of All Trades) guest stars.
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Sliders: Murder Most Foul
Fox airs the 35th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, and Cleavant Derricks. Brigid Brannagh (Army Wives, Runaways) guest stars.
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Star Trek: DS9: The Alternate
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 31st episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
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Beauty and the Beast: Beggar’s Comet
CBS airs the 49th episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Ron Perlman, Jo Anderson, and Roy Dotrice. Ben Piazza guest stars.
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Quantum Leap: Animal Frat – October 19, 1967
NBC airs the 20th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Stacy Edwards (Chicago Hope) and Raphael Sbarge guest star.
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Twilight Zone: Episode 14
CBS airs the 14th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Elliott Gould, Robert Carradine, and Hamilton Camp star in an episode comprised of three short stories.
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Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity, Part 1
The 580th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star; for the first and only time to date in the series, the next actor to play the Doctor appears in a small guest role (Colin Baker). This episode is the beginning of the 20th anniversary season of Doctor Who, and brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors, in a story set on the Time Lord planet of Gallifrey.
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Doctor Who: Warriors’ Gate, Part 1
The 542nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings the E-space trilogy to a close and is written by science fiction novelist Stephen Gallagher. Clifford Rose and Kenneth Cope guest star.
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NBC airs the Doctor Who: The Brain Of Morbius, Part 1
The 418th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Philip Madoc guest stars as Solon.
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Search: Let Us Prey
NBC airs the 12th episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search, starring Tony Franciosa and Burgess Meredith. Diana Hyland and Cheryl Ladd guest star.
Doctor Who: Spearhead From Space, Part 1
The 254th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC, the first of the series’ seventh season. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier, now a series regular, while Caroline John makes her first appearance as the Doctor’s companion, Liz Shaw. As of this story, the Doctor is exiled on Earth indefinitely by the Time Lords, unable to travel in space or time in the TARDIS.
This is Jon Pertwee’s first episode as the Doctor, and the first Doctor Who episode filmed in color. Due to a BBC studio strike, the story is filmed entirely on location, a rarity for Doctor Who.
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Star Trek: Whom Gods Destroy
The 69th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Steve Inhat and Yvonne Craig guest star.
Lost In Space: Target Earth
The 75th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
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The Twilight Zone: You Drive
The 134th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Edward Andrews stars.
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The Twilight Zone: In His Image
The 103rd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. George Grizzard and Gail Kobe star in the fourth season premiere. Though technically cancelled at the end of its third season, CBS offers Rod Serling the chance to revive the series at midseason to replace – ironically – the hour-long series that took its place on the schedule. This necessitates a brief experiment, for the remainder of the shortened fourth season, in making The Twilight Zone an hour-long show over Serling’s protest.
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One Step Beyond: The Executioner
ABC airs the 76th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.
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