Day: January 11, 2022

Superman & Lois: What Lies Beneath

Superman & LoisThe CW airs the 16th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, and Alex Garfin. This is the second season premiere.

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Creating Q*Bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games

Santa Monica Press publishes Warren Davis’ career memoir, “Creating Q*Bert and Other Classic Video Arcade Games“. Davis recalls his work on such ’80s and ’90s arcade games as Q*Bert, Exterminator, Terminator 2, and Revolution X, as well as numerous games and game concepts that never saw the light of day.

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Dark Angel: Brainiac

Dark AngelThe 31st episode of James Cameron & Charles H. Eglee’s cyberpunk series Dark Angel, starring Jessica Alba and Michael Weatherly, airs on Fox. Ashley Scott (Birds Of Prey, Jericho) guest stars.

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The Outer Limits: The Human Factor

The Outer LimitsSci-Fi Channel airs the 149th episode of The Outer Limits. Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Robert Duncan McNeill (Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.

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RoboCop: Prime Directives: Meltdown

RoboCop: Prime DirectivesThe second movie-length installment episode of the miniseries RoboCop: Prime Directives airs on Space in Canada (the series will air in the U.S. on the Sci-Fi Channel in July). Starring Page Fletcher (The Hitchhiker), Maurice Dean Wint (Captain Power, TekWar, Psi Factor), Geraint Wyn-Davies (Forever Knight), and Maria Del Mar (Mercy Point), the series picks up the story of RoboCop over a decade after the original 1987 film. It is unrelated to the 1994 live-action series based on the same character, although this miniseries is produced by the same production company, exercising their TV rights to the character one last time before that option expires.

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E:FC: Gauntlet

Earth: Final ConflictThe 33rd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Lisa Howard, Von Flores, and Richard Chevolleau.

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Sliders: Net Worth

SlidersSci-Fi Channel airs the 62nd episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, and Charlie O’Connell. Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.

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The X-Files: Schizogeny

The X-FilesThe 106th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Chad Lindberg guest stars.

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STS-72

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on the 74th flight of the shuttle program. Over nine days, Endeavour’s crew retrieves a Japanese satellite for return to Earth while deploying a NASA experiment which flies as far as 45 miles away from the shuttle for two days before it, too, is retrieved. More spacewalk techniques and technologies are tried out for future space station construction. Aboard Endeavour for her tenth flight are Commander Brian Duffy, Pilot Brent Jett, and mission specialists Leroy Chiao, Daniel Barry, Winston Scott and Koichi Wakata.

Forever Knight: Dead Of Night

Forever KnightThe 62nd episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder. Kari Matchett (Earth: Final Conflict) guest stars.

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The Tomorrow People: The Rameses Connection – Part 2

The Tomorrow PeopleThe 17th episode of Roger Price’s rebooted science fiction series The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV in the U.K. (and will appear later on Nickelodeon in North America), starring Kristian Schmid, Naomie Harris (Spyfall), and Christian Tessier. Christopher Lee (The Wicker Man) guest stars.

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The Tomorrow People: The Culex Experiment – Part 2

The Tomorrow PeopleThe seventh episode of Roger Price’s rebooted science fiction series The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV in the U.K. (and will appear later on Nickelodeon in North America), starring Kristian Schmid and Christian Tessier. Naomie Harris (Spyfall), Jean Marsh (Doctor Who), and Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) guest star.

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Star Trek: TNG: The Big Goodbye

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 11th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode, the first to take place almost entirely within the holodeck aboard the Enterprise, goes on to win a Peabody Award.

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Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 582nd 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 brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.

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Doctor Who: Castrovalva, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 556th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, ending a trilogy of stories themed around the Doctor’s regeneration and the reintroduction of the Master. Anthony Ainley guest stars as the Master.

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Soyuz 17

SalyutSoyuz 17 is launched by the Soviet Union, carring cosmonauts Alexei Gubarev and Georgi Grechko to the Salyut 4 space station. The two men move into the station for a month-long stay, breaking the previous Soviet space record, and proceed to conduct several science experiments. Discovering that the mirror of Salyut 4’s on-board telescope is warped, the crew resurfaces it in orbit and repairs the telescope. When Soyuz 17 returns to Earth, the crew is in for one of the bumpiest landings of the Soviet space program to date, landing in a blizzard with 45mph winds at ground level. Despite this, the vehicle lands safely and the crew is not injured.

A come Andromeda: Episode 2

A come AndromedaItalian broadcaster RAI airs the second episode of A come Andromeda, starring Luigi Vannucchi and Nicoletta Rizzi. This is an Italian remake of the BBC’s 1961 sci-fi series A For Andromeda; unlike the BBC’s original series, all episodes of A come Andromeda exist on videotape.

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Strange Report: Report 4977: Swindle – Square Root of Evil

Strange ReportITV airs the 16th and final episode of the mystery/spy-fi series Strange Report in the U.K., starring Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, and Anneke Wills (Doctor Who). An international co-production with Norman Felton’s Arena Productions and NBC, Strange Report was intended to spend the second half of its season in the United States, but arrangements between ITV and Arena Productions fell through, ending the series’ run prematurely.

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The Owl Service: The Plates Are Hidden

The Owl ServiceThe fourth episode of children’s fantasy series The Owl Service is broadcast by British broadcast Granada Television. The series is adapted by novelist Alan Garner from his own novel.

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Land Of The Giants: Pay The Piper

Land Of The GiantsABC airs the 43rd episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space, Space Academy) guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Krotons, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 230th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Philip Madoc guest stars. This is the first Doctor Who story written by Robert Holmes, who will become a frequent writer for the show during the early ’70s and take over as script editor during Tom Baker’s era.

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Lost In Space: The Questing Beast

Lost In SpaceThe 46th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Hans Conried guest stars.

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The Avengers: Small Game For Big Hunters

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 94th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Mutiny

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 18th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Harold J. Stone guest stars.

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The Avengers: The Little Wonders

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 68th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.

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Doctor Who: The Ambush

Doctor WhoThe eighth episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. The Ambush is part four of the story now collectively known as The Daleks, the first story to feature the Doctor’s future arch-rivals.

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