Split Enz shows its True Colours
Mushroom Records releases the first Split Enz album of the 1980s, True Colours. Produced by future Prince protege David Tickle, the album gives the band a new sound and includes what will become its signature worldwide hit, “I Got You” (written by Neil Finn, who now alternates songwriting and lead vocal duties with his older brother, Enz co-founder Tim Finn). The album is released with eight different color variations, and is the first laser-etched LP. The album also suddenly draws the attention of American labels, resulting in A&M signing up to issue the band’s future output in North America.
Doctor Who: The Horns Of Nimon, Part 4
The 525th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Graham Crowden guest stars. Due to the cancellation of the six-part season finale Shada, this episode becomes the closing chapter of season 17. Both producer Graham Williams and script editor Douglas Adams leave the series, which will return in the fall with a radically new look and feel.
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Wonder Woman: Going, Going, Gone
The 48th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Charlie Brill, Kaz Garas (Strange Report), and Mako guest star.
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The Bionic Woman: Biofeedback
The 26th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Granville Van Dusen (Jonny Quest, Port Charles) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs Pt. 1
The 360th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. In an attempt to preserve the surprise of the dinosaurs’ appearance at the end of this episode, the on-screen title is simply Invasion – a decision which later sees the color videotape of the episode erased when the BBC orders the deletion of the 1969 Patrick Troughton Doctor Who story The Invasion.
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Star Trek animated: Jihad
The 16th episode of the animated Star Trek series, Jihad, premieres on NBC. The episode is written by Stephen Kandel, the writer who created the popular Trek character Harry Mudd.
Circle Of Fear: Dark Vengeance
NBC airs the 16th episode of the supernatural anthology series Circle Of Fear (previously known as Ghost Story). Kim Darby and Martin Sheen star.
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Episode 22
NBC airs the 22nd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Sondra Locke, Harry Morgan, Norman Lloyd, and Randy Quaid guest star.
Land Of The Giants: Brainwash
ABC airs the 14th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Warren Stevens guest stars.
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Star Trek: A Piece Of The Action
The 46th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Kirk and Spock gang up on a society who has taken a piece of outdated Earth literature and turned it into a blueprint for a blood-soaked society. (As heavy as that sounds, much hilarity ensues.) Vic Tayback guest stars.
Star Trek: The Squire Of Gothos
The 17th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. William Campbell guest stars.
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Batman: Hi Diddle Riddle
The first episode of Batman airs on ABC, a campy but popular take on the comic book hero starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Frank Gorshin guest stars as the Riddler. (Setting the pattern for the first two years of the series, this is part one of a two-part story, with a full story unfolding over a half-hour of prime time on Monday and Tuesday of each week.)
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Lost In Space: The Keeper, Part I
The 16th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) guest stars.
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The Avengers: Immortal Clay
British broadcaster ABC airs the 42nd episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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The Twilight Zone: One More Pallbearer
The 82nd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Joseph Wiseman stars in an episode written by Serling.
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One Step Beyond: Earthquake
ABC airs the 39th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. David Opatoshu and Olan Soule guest star.
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Science Fiction Theatre: Killer Tree
The 73rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bill Williams and Bonita Granville.
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