Superboy: Werewolf
The 71st episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Paula Marshall (Gary Unmarried) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The Two Doctors, Part 2
The 636th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Patrick Troughton and Frazer Hines return as the second Doctor and Jamie, and the Sontarans appear for the first time since the Tom Baker era. Jacqueline Pearce (Blake’s 7) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Planet Of Fire, Part 1
The 617th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Anthony Ainley appears as the Master, as Nicola Bryant is introduced as new TARDIS traveler Peri, the first regular American character (though the actress herself is British). Otherworldly location filming has been done at Lanzarote in the Canary Islands for this story. Peter Wyngarde guest stars.
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Doctor Who: Terminus, Part 4
The 595th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars. This is the last story for Nyssa, played by series regular Sarah Sutton.
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Loco Motion
Konami introduces the arcade game Loco Motion in the United States, one of its earliest self-released coin-ops (most titles had previously been licensed through Stern).
Doctor Who: The Visitation, Part 4
The 569th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Robbins guest stars as Richard Mace.
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Star Wars Sequel
Science fiction writer Leigh Brackett, who is battling cancer, turns in her first and only draft of a screenplay simply titled “Star Wars Sequel” (later to be known as The Empire Strikes Back); this early draft includes the notation “Episode II”. Brackett, a golden-age SF writer hired by Lucas to help him generate ideas for the second film, loses her battle with cancer soon afterward, and the screenplay is revamped significantly before shooting, though the finished movie will retain her writing credit.
Voyaging blindly onward?
NASA’s Voyager 1 space probe, en route to its first destination, develops a potentially mission-jeopardizing problem: the scan platform, which contains and aims many of Voyager’s scientific instruments, jams and becomes stuck in place. As Voyager 1 has yet to even reach Jupiter, this threatens to make it an expensive failure. Transmitting commands from Earth to give the scan platform a gentle three-axis workout, engineers at NASA manage to free the stuck instruments, salvaging Voyager 1’s mission to the outer planets and their moons. (A similar fault develops in Voyager 2 during its 1981 encounter with Saturn.)
Quinn Martin’s Tales Of The Unexpected: The Nomad
NBC airs the fourth 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.) David Birney (Serpico) and William Campbell (Star Trek) guest star.
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The Bionic Woman: Jaime And The King
The 31st episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Robert Loggia (T.H.E. Cat, Mancuso FBI) guest stars.
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Six Million Dollar Man: Look Alike
The 30th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Robert DoQui and Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) guest star.
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Doctor Who: Death To The Daleks Part 1
The 366th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. John Abineri guest stars. This story is the third Doctor’s third and final clash with the Daleks.
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Castle Of Fear: Spare Parts
NBC airs the 21st episode of the supernatural anthology series Circle Of Fear (previously known as Ghost Story). Susan Oliver (Star Trek) and Meg Foster star.
Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: Episode 27
NBC airs the 27th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Geraldine Page, Michael Dunn, and Chloris Leachman guest star.
Doomwatch: Burial At Sea
BBC1 airs the third episode of Doomwatch. This episode, written by former Doctor Who script editor Dennis Spooner, no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
Land Of The Giants: Seven Little Indians
ABC airs the 19th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Kevin Hagan guest stars.
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Star Trek: By Any Other Name
The 51st episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. The Enterprise is hijacked by aliens from another galaxy (one of whom, to Scotty’s delight, can’t hold his liquor).
Star Trek: A Taste Of Armageddon
The 23rd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. David Opatoshu and Gene Lyons guest star.
Batman: The Thirteenth Hat
The 13th episode of Batman airs on ABC. David Wayne guest stars as The Mad Hatter. (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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The Avengers: Man In The Mirror
British broadcaster ABC airs the 48th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Julie Stevens.
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The Twilight Zone: The Last Rites Of Jeff Myrtlebank
The 88th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. James Best and Sherry Jackson star.
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One Step Beyond: Vanishing Point
ABC airs the 45th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Edward Binns guest stars.
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