Day: February 21, 2021

Batwoman: Gore On Canvas

BatwomanThe CW airs the 25th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.

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The Orville: Identity Part 1

The OrvilleFox airs the 20th episode of the science fiction comedy-drama The Orville, starring and created by Seth McFarlane, taking the series in a decidedly more serious direction with its first two-parter. Victor Garber (Alias, Legends Of Tomorrow) guest stars.

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The Flash: Attack On Gorilla City

The FlashThe CW airs the 59th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Keith David guest stars.

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Legends Of Tomorrow: Camelot/3000

ArrowThe CW airs the 28th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber. Neal McDonough guest stars.

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Raymond Cusick, designer of Daleks, dies

Raymond CusickThe original designer of the seemingly immortal Dalek casings seen throughout the history of Doctor Who (and its associated merchandising), Raymond Cusick dies at the age of 84. A young staff designer at the BBC in 1963, Cusick landed the assignment of originating the Dalek design by chance when another staff designer originally assigned to Doctor Who, Ridley Scott, changed assignments. Years later, after quietly enquiring about sharing some of the windfall from Dalek merchandising, Cusick received a thank you note from the BBC, along with a check for 250 pounds. Despite this, he continued as a television production designer for the BBC through the late 1980s.

E:FC: Through Your Eyes

Earth: Final ConflictThe 60th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, and Richard Chevolleau. Steve Bacic (Andromeda) guest stars.

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The X-Files: Agua Mala

The X-FilesThe 130th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Jeremy Robert (Star Trek VI) and Darren McGavin (Kolchak: The Night Stalker) guest star.

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Sliders: The Exodus, Part 1

SlidersFox airs the 38th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, and Cleavant Derricks; Kari Wuhrer (Swamp Thing, MTV’s Remote Control) joins the cast. Roger Daltrey (Highlander, Witchblade) guest stars.

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The Outer Limits: The Camp

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 50th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Harley Jane Kozak guest stars.

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Soyuz TM-23

Soyuz TM-23Russia launches the Soyuz TM-23 mission to the Mir space station. The crew, cosmonauts Yuri Onufrienko and Yury Usachov, remain aboard Mir for 193 days, returning to Earth in September 1996 with French spationaut Claudie André-Deshays.

Highlander: The Original Scores

album coverA CD containing selections from the scores of Highlander, Highlander II and Highlander III: The Final Dimension is released, assembled by Highlander III composer J. Peter Robinson. It remains the first and only official release of any of Michael Kamen’s Highlander score or Stewart Copeland’s music from Highlander II.

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Twilight Zone: Episode 31

The Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 31st episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Susan Blakely and William Allen Young star in an episode comprised of two short stories, The Card and The Junction.

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Misfits Of Science: The Avenging Angel

Misfits Of ScienceThe 15th episode of James D. Parriott’s lighthearted sci-fi series, Misfits Of Science, airs on NBC, starring Dean Paul Martin, Kevin Peter Hall, and Courteney Cox. Vic Polizos (Harlem Nights, Jericho) guest stars. NBC cancels the series due to falling ratings (after scheduling the series opposite the hit prime time soap Dallas); a final episode will be “burned off” later in the year.

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Twilight Zone: Episode 19

The Twilight ZoneCBS airs the 19th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Steve Railsback (Lifeforce) stars in an episode comprised of two short stories, including an adaptation of the Greg Bear short story Dead Run.

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Doctor Who: Keeper Of Traken, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 549th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This is the beginning of a trilogy of stories themed around the Doctor’s regeneration and the reintroduction of the Master. Sarah Sutton makes her debut as Nyssa. Anthony Ainley guest stars.

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Supertrain: The Queen And The Improbable Knight

SupertrainThe third episode of Supertrain airs on NBC, starring Edward Andrews and Patrick Collins. Nehemiah Persoff guest stars.

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Children Of The Stones: Full Circle

Children Of The StonesUK regional broadcaster HTV premieres the seventh and final episode of children’s paranormal series Children Of The Stones, starring Gareth Thomas (Blake’s 7). The series is filmed on location near the real stone circle at Avebury. Read more

Search: Goddess Of Destruction

SearchNBC airs the 18th episode of Leslie Steven’s “spy-fi” series Search, starring Doug McClure and Burgess Meredith. Anjanette Comer guest stars.

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PROBE

SearchNBC premieres the TV movie/series pilot PROBE, created by Leslie Stevens (The Outer Limits), starring Hugh O’Brian (The Life & Legend Of Wyatt Earp) and Burgess Meredith (Batman, The Twilight Zone), and guest starring Sir John Gielgud. The movie does well with audiences and gets a series pickup, though due to a conflict with a PBS series of the same name, it will be retitled “Search” when it returns on NBC’s fall 1972 TV schedule.

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Doctor Who and the Silurians, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 261st 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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N1 Flight #1

N1The gigantic Soviet-made N1 rocket, Sergei Korolev’s answer to the American Saturn V launcher, lifts off for the first time with an unmanned Zond spacecraft intended for a lunar flyby. Barely 70 seconds after leaving the pad, the N1 explodes at an altitude of seven miles, but the Zond space probe is salvaged by its escape tower rockets. The Soviet Union is no closer to safely sending a crew of cosmonauts to the moon.