Day: January 21, 1983

The Powers Of Matthew Star: Matthew Star D.O.A.

The Powers Of Matthew StarThe 13th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Nicholas Pryor (Port Charles) guest stars in an episode that reformats the show slightly.

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Blake’s 7: Volcano

Blake's 7BBC1 premieres the 29th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. This episode focuses heavily on new series regulars Josette Simon and Steven Pacey; Michael Gough (Batman) guest stars.

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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Episode 8

Hitchhiker's Guide To The GalaxyThe eighth episode of Douglas Adams’ breakthrough radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is first broadcast on BBC Radio, continuing the second series of the now-hit cult science fiction phenomenon. (Some elements of the second radio series will go on to form the basis of Adams’ novel The Restaurant At The End Of The Universe.) Valentine Dyall (Doctor Who’s Black Guardian) guest stars.

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The Bionic Woman: The Antidote

The Bionic WomanThe 50th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Christopher Stone guest stars.

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The Bionic Woman: Welcome Home Jaime Part 2

The Bionic WomanThe second episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner, airs on ABC. Richard Anderson reprises his Six Million Dollar Man role; Gordon Jump (WKRP In Cincinnati) guest stars.

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The first Star Trek convention

Star TrekA three-day event called Star Trek Lives! gets underway at the Statler Hilton in New York City, organized by a group of fans including Joan Winston and future Star Trek Compendium author Allan Asherman. A gathering of fans in the low hundreds is expected, but instead a crowd of thousands turn up to hear presentations by guest speakers such as Gene and Majel Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov, former Desilu executive Oscar Katz, and Star Trek writer and script editor D.C. Fontana, as well as presentations by guests representing NASA. (Roddenberry will later claim that NBC executives were present as well, though he claims they declined to identify themselves to fans since there was a fair amount of anti-NBC sentiment expressed in the wake of Star Trek’s cancellation.) Though science fiction conventions have been held prior to this event, this is the first dedicated Star Trek convention, and indeed the first such gathering devoted to a single property.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Lobster Man

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 100th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Victor Lundin guest stars.

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The Prisoner: Fall Out

The PrisonerITV broadcasts the 17th and final episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Leo McKern guest stars as Number Two. Loaded with cryptic imagery that defies straightforward interpretation in the traditions of linear storytelling, the series finale confounds viewers to this day. In interviews given years later, McGoohan claims the outcry over this finale led to the end of his career as a writer or actor in the UK.

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The Avengers: The Fear Merchants

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 106th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

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Adam Adamant Lives!: The Basardi Affair

Adam Adamant Lives!The 20th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Kate O’Mara (Doctor Who, Dynasty) guest stars in an episode that is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 146th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode, previously missing from the BBC’s archives, was rediscovered intact in 2011.

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The Avengers: Square Root Of Evil

The AvengersThe third episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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