Doctor Who: The Seeds Of Doom, Part 2
The 423rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Tony Beckley and John Challis guest star.
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Kolchak: Demon In Lace
ABC airs the 16th episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, based on the 1973 TV movie The Night Stalker and starring Darren McGavin. Andrew Prine and Keenan Wynn guest star.
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The Enterprise’s new home?
An agreement is struck between Paramount Pictures’ television division and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (currently the Smithsonian Air Museum, which is planning the grand opening of its space-related exhibits for the bicentennial year of 1976) concerning the 18-foot, 275-pound filming model of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek. Since Paramount foresees no use for the gigantic “miniature”, the studio agrees to donate the model to the Smithsonian as an exhibit – provided the Smithsonian foots the $500 bill for shipping. The model was originally built by Howard Anderson Co. in 1964 for the first Star Trek pilot, The Cage, at a cost running into tens of thousands of dollars. The Smithsonian plans to restore and display the model in its Space and Life exhibit, though years later the Enterprise will be “demoted” to a display near the museum’s gift shop.
Search: Countdown To Panic
NBC airs the 16th episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search, starring Hugh O’Brian and Burgess Meredith. Ed Nelson and Anne Francis guest star.
Doctor Who and the Silurians, Part 2
The 259th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Fulton MacKay, Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) and Peter Miles guest star. This is the first story to feature the Silurians.
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The Invaders: Genesis
The fifth episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, premieres on ABC. John Larch guest stars.
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The Twilight Zone: Night Call
The 139th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Gladys Cooper stars.
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The Twilight Zone: Death Ship
The 108th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Jack Klugman and Ross Martin star.
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One Step Beyond: Person Unknown
ABC airs the 81st episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.
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ARPA
Under the direction of President Eisenhower, the U.S. Department of Defense establishes a high-tech think tank, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), to conduct scientific and technological research with both national security implications and purely for technological advancement. The formation of ARPA is a direct response to the Soviet launch of the Sputnik satellite, and in the years ahead ARPA will lay the cornerstone of what will later become known as the Internet, as well as making significant strides in space science, though the space-related part of ARPA’s initial charter will later be transferred to a new agency called NASA. As the Cold War heats up, ARPA will be renamed DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) and its slate of R&D projects will become almost entirely military-oriented.