Day: January 12, 2022

Legends Of Tomorrow: Paranoid Android

ArrowThe CW airs the 105th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.

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The Book Of Boba Fett: Chapter 3: The Streets Of Mos Espa

The Book Of Boba FettStreaming service Disney+ releases the third episode of Jon Favreau’s The Book Of Boba Fett, a live-action TV series set in the Star Wars universe, starring Temuera Morrison and Ming-Na Wen. Matt Berry (Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, What We Do In The Shadows), Stephen Root (Office Space), and Danny Trejo (Machete, From Dusk To Dawn) guest star. Read more

Batwoman: Trust Destiny

BatwomanThe CW airs the 46th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.

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The Expanse: Rock Bottom

The ExpanseThe sixth episode of the science fiction series The Expanse, based on the series of novels by James S.A. Corey (a pseudonym for writers Ty Franck and Daniel Abraham), is broadcast on cable channel Syfy. Chad L. Coleman (The Orville) and Elias Toufexis (Alphas) guest star.

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Launching Deep Impact

Deep Impact launchAfter months of delays in development of its elaborate guidance software system, NASA’s Deep Impact unmanned space probe is launched on a mission to intercept, and fire an impactor into, Comet Tempel 1 half a year later. In order to catch up with the comet, Deep Impact is lofted into orbit by a Delta II rocket, which puts the spacecraft on a precise course at a speed of roughly 64,000mph. Deep Impact will fire the impactor into the comet in July to study the distribution and composition of the debris scattered by the resulting impact.

Stargate SG-1: 2010

Stargate SG-1Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 81st episode of Stargate SG-1. Christopher Cousins (Breaking Bad) and Ronny Cox (RoboCop) guest star.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Gingerbread

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 45th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.

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Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams, Part 2

Total Recall 2070Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the second episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year, with parts one and two aired as a single movie-length episode. Though the series’ inspiration was based on a Philip K. Dick story, Dick is not acknowledged in the credits.

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Team Knight Rider: The Bad Seed

Team Knight RiderThe 12th episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Bad Eggs

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 24th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star.

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The X-Files: El Mundo Gira

The X-FilesThe 84th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Ruben Blades guest stars.

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STS-81

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the 81st shuttle flight, a ten-day mission featuring the fifth docking between Atlantis and the Mir space station. Atlantis again carries the SPACEHAB module in its cargo bay, and thousands of pounds of consumables and equipment are transferred from the shuttle to Mir. Aboard Atlantis for her 17th flight are Commander Michael Baker, Pilot Brent Jett, and mission specialists John Grunsfeld, Marsha Ivins, Peter Wisoff and Jerry Linenger. Linenger remains on Mir, while American Mir Expedition 22 crewmember John Blaha returns after 128 days in space.

TekWar: Promises To Keep

TekWarThe fourth episode of the sci-fi crime series TekWar, based on William Shatner’s novel series, airs as part of the Universal Action Pack syndication package. Greg Evigan, Eugene Clark, William Shatner, and Torri Higginson star.

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Quantum Leap: Liberation

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 86th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

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She-Wolf Of London: What’s Got Into Them?

She-Wolf Of LondonThe tenth episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson.

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Superboy: Neila And The Beast

SuperboyThe 65th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Christine Moore guest stars.

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Amazing Stories: No Day At The Beach

Amazing StoriesThe 14th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Charlie Sheen and Ray Mancini guest star.

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STS-61C

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Columbia lifts off on a six-day satellite deployment mission, and is also the first spaceflight to include a sitting member of the US Congress among its crew. The SATCOM KU-I satellite is launched, but another payload designed to observe Halley’s Comet (which is rapidly approaching its closest approach to Earth) malfunctions and collects no data. Columbia’s crew for this mission consists of Commander Robert Gibson, Pilot Charles Bolden, mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz, Steven Hawley, George Nelson, and payload specialists Robert Cenker and Congressman Bill Nelson.

This is the final successful shuttle flight until 1988.

Doctor Who: Attack Of The Cybermen, Pt. 2

Doctor WhoThe 630th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, premiering the 22nd season of the series. Maurice Colbourne, Brian Glover and Faith Brown guest star in a story tying into both the first Cybermen story (1966’s The Tenth Planet) and the public’s fascination with the close approach, in 1985, of Halley’s Comet.

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Doctor Who: Warriors Of The Deep, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 605th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story opens the 21st season, and marks the first appearance of the Silurians and Sea Devils since 1972 (and the first joint appearance of both); this is also the last Silurian story of the original series. Ingrid Pitt and Ian McCulloch guest star.

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This is the ending of the age of Aquarius

AquariusHaving taken heavy losses and criticism from both the public and the computing press for launching an underpowered machine into the burgeoning personal computer market, Mattel Electronics hurriedly sells off its interest in the Aquarius Computer, handing all rights in the machine back to its UK-based originator, Radofin Electronics. The age of Aquarius has lasted less than a year, but has cost Mattel Electronics dearly.

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Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 583rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star. This episode brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.

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Doctor Who: Castrovalva, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 557th 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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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Episode 2

Hitchhiker's Guide To The GalaxyThe second episode of the TV adaptation of Douglas Adams’ science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy airs on BBC2; Sandra Dickinson and Mark Wing-Davey join the cast.

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