Doctor Who: The Face Of Evil, Part 4
The 443rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces the Doctor’s new companion, the bright but primitive Leela (Louise Jameson). Leslie Schofield (Star Wars) guest stars.
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Landsat 2
NASA launches its second Landsat satellite, originally named ERTS-2 (Earth Resource Technology Satellite) and still based on the Nimbus experimental weather and Earth-observation satellites. Originally intended to be online for a year, Landsat 2 functions through 1982, carrying a suite of instruments and sensors nearly identical to that of Landsat 1.
Doctor Who: Day Of The Daleks, Part 4
The 307th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Nicholas Courtney and Aubrey Woods guest star.
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The Sixth Sense: The Heart That Wouldn’t Stay Buried
The second episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Leif Erickson guest stars.
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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Fossil Men
The 76th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Brendan Dillon guest stars.
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It’s About Time: 20th Century, Here We Come
The 19th episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS. With the series’ ratings having slowly dropped, a major rethink of the premise is implemented in this episode, which returns not only the astronauts but also their cave-dwelling neighbors into the modern day for the remainder of the series run.
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Doctor Who: The Abandoned Planet
The 101st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part 11 of the mammoth 12-part story now collectively known as The Daleks’ Master Plan. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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TIROS-9
NASA and the United States Weather Bureau launch the ninth experimental TIROS weather satellite, TIROS-9. Heavier than any of the other TIROS experimental satellites, and with cameras mounted on opposite sides of the satellite’s cylindrical body to keep the Earth in view at all times. The result, in February, is the first-ever snapshot of the entire world’s weather patterns within a single day. TIROS-9 also carries other upgrades being considered for an upcoming fleet of full-time operational weather satellites, and remains in service for three and a half years.
13 Demon Street: Black Nemesis
The 13th and final episode of the syndicated horror anthology series 13 Demon Street airs on stations across the U.S., hosted by Lon Chaney Jr. (The Wolf Man), and created (and frequently written and directed) by Curt Siodmak.
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Twilight Zone: The Hitch-Hiker
CBS airs the 16th episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Serling adapts a radio play of the same name by Lucille Fletcher, even going so far as to reuse Bernard Hermann’s music from the radio production.
