Activision releases the Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead, Part 4
The 591st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
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Doctor Who: Kinda, Part 4
The 565th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Todd, Nerys Hughes and Simon Rouse guest star.
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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy, Episode 6
The sixth and final episode of the TV adaptation of Douglas Adams’ science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy airs on BBC2. This ends the BBC’s attempt to turn Hitchhiker’s Guide into a TV franchise; after months of butting heads with the producer assigned to the series, Douglas Adams pulls the plug.
Quinn Martin’s Tales Of The Unexpected: The Mask Of Adonis
NBC airs the second episode of Quinn Martin’s horror/sci-fi anthology Tales Of The Unexpected. (This series is not to be confused with the longer-lived British series of the same name, created by acclaimed author Roald Dahl.) Robert Foxworth (The Questor Tapes) guest stars.
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The Bionic Woman: Deadly Ringer Part 2
The 30th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Katherine Helmond (Brazil, Soap) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs pt. 5
The 364th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Jarvis (Titanic) guest stars.
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Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Episode 25
NBC airs the 25th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Jack Albertson, Geraldine Page, and Bobby Darin guest star.
Doomwatch: The Plastic Eaters
The first episode of the science fiction series Doomwatch premieres on BBC1, created and written by former Doctor Who writers Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis.
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Star Trek: Return To Tomorrow
The 49th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Diana Muldaur, who will later become a one-season regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1980s, makes the first of two classic Trek guest appearances.
Star Trek: Return Of The Archons
The 21st episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Harry Townes guest stars.
Batman: Zelda The Great
The ninth episode of Batman airs on ABC. Anne Baxter guest stars as Zelda the Great. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.)
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Lost In Space: War Of The Robots
The 20th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Robby the Robot, originally created for the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, is the “guest star” of this fan favorite episode.
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Ladies and gentlemen, the Beatles!
Introduced to an audience of screaming teenagers on national television, the Beatles make their American TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show. The band, whose TV premiere takes place during their first trip to the States, play five songs to rapturous applause. (Ironically, Sullivan’s other musical act of the evening is a young actor named Davy Jones, later of the Monkees.) An audience estimated to be 73 million viewers strong watches this seismic moment in American pop culture, ushering in years of wanna-be sound-alikes both foreign and domestic referred to as the British Invasion.
The Avengers: School For Traitors
British broadcaster ABC airs the 46th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens.
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The Twilight Zone: Kick The Can
The 86th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Enrest Truex and Russell Collins star.
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One Step Beyond: The Day The World Wept – The Lincoln Story
ABC airs the 43rd episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Barry Atwater guest stars.
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Science Fiction Theatre: The Strange Lodger
The 77th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Peter Hansen, Jan Shepard, and John Zaremba.
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