Day: January 5, 1972

Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Episode 21

Night GalleryNBC airs the 21st episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Pernell Roberts, Werner Klemperer, and Susan Oliver (Star Trek) guest star.

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Land Of The Giants: The Lost Ones

Land Of The GiantsABC airs the 13th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Zalman King guest stars.

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Star Trek: The Gamesters Of Triskelion

Star TrekThe 45th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Kirk, Chekov and Uhura find themselves drafted into playing deadly games for the amusement of unfathomable aliens; naturally, Kirk has a female “drill thrall” and introduces her to his own brand of inter-species relations.

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The Avengers: Intercrime

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 41st episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. This episode is written by future Doctor Who writers Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke.

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Apollo unveiled

ApolloWeeks before an American astronaut first makes it to orbit, NASA unveils the design of the two Apollo spacecraft: a command/service module (large compared to the Mercury capsules Americans have already seen) and a completely un-aerodynamic lunar module whose unique shape, designed solely for landing on the moon, will never need to operate inside an atmosphere. Though further refinements in both designs are still to come, NASA has already decided on the basic shape of its crash lunar exploration program whose goal is to land a man on the moon before 1970.

The Twilight Zone: Nothing In The Dark

The Twilight ZoneThe 81st episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Gladys Cooper, Robert Redford, and R.G. Armstrong star.

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One Step Beyond: The Justice Tree

One Step BeyondABC airs the 38th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Facsimile

Science Fiction TheatreThe 72nd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Arthur Franz and Donald Curtis.

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