Day: March 9, 2022

The Flash: Impulsive Excessive Disorder

The FlashThe CW airs the 156th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.

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Superman & Lois: The Perks Of Not Being A Wallflower

Superman & LoisThe CW airs the third episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, and Alex Garfin.

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The Flash: The Speed Of Thought

The FlashThe CW airs the 134th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.

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Total Recall 2070: Baby Lottery

Total Recall 2070Canadian broadcaster CHCH-TV airs the ninth episode of Art Monterastelli’s sci-fi series Total Recall 2070, starring Michael Easton and Cynthia Preston, very loosely based on the 1990 film Total Recall. The series will air on the American pay cable channel Showtime later in the year. Clint Howard (Star Trek, Apollo 13) guest stars.

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Terry Nation, Dalek creator, dies

Terry NationWelsh-born writer Terry Nation, who wrote the first Doctor Who scripts featuring the Daleks, dies at the age of 66. A former comedy writer, Nation had recently been fired from a steady comedy job when his agent directed him toward the still-in-development BBC science fiction series; Nation’s first script drew the ire of Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman, who issued his famous “no bug-eyed monsters” edict in response, though Nation’s scripts were bought and filmed by the show’s first producer, Verity Lambert. The Daleks immediately secured the future of both Doctor Who and Nation himself, who went on to create seminal BBC genre series such as Survivors and Blake’s 7 before emigrating to America, where he became a producer on MacGyver. At the time of his death, he had been developing concepts for a Blake’s 7 revival with input from series star Paul Darrow.

Lois & Clark: Lois And Clarks

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe 80th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Lane Davies, Fred Willard, and Hamilton Camp guest star.

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Hypernauts: Icebound

HypernautsABC airs the third episode of Hypernauts, created by Christy Marx (Jem) and Ron Thornton (the visual effects artist behind the CGI of Babylon 5), and starring Marc Daniel (Fast Track) and Carrie Dobro (Crusade). Janet Greek (Babylon 5) directs.

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TekWar: Killer Instinct

TekWarThe seventh episode of the sci-fi crime series TekWar, based on William Shatner’s novel series, airs as part of the Universal Action Pack syndication package. Greg Evigan, Eugene Clark, William Shatner, and Torri Higginson star.

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Babylon 5: The War Prayer

Babylon 5The week-long national syndication window opens for the seventh episode of Babylon 5. Danica McKellar (The Wonder Years) and Richard Chaves (War Of The Worlds) guest star.

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Super Force: Yo! Super Force

Super ForceThe 20th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Dr. Dre guest stars.

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Amazing Stories: Mirror, Mirror

Amazing StoriesThe 19th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Sam Waterston (Law & Order), Helen Shaver (Poltergeist: The Legacy), Dick Cavett, and Tim Robbins guest star in an episode directed by Martin Scorsese.

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Vega 2 visits Halley

Vega 2The Soviet Union’s unmanned space probe Vega 2 makes its closest approach to the nucleus of Halley’s Comet, within 5,000 miles of the comet’s icy core. Hundreds of photos are taken and transmitted back to Earth, along with analysis of the dust and gas surrounding the comet. Within a week, Vega 2’s mission is complete, and the probe is allowed to fall into an orbit around the sun as Halley continues to speed back toward the outer solar system.

Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense: The Tennis Court

Hammer House Of Mystery And SuspenseThe 12th episode of the Hammer Studios-produced horror anthology series Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. under the title Fox Mystery Theatre. Peter Graves (Mission: Impossible) guest stars.

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Robin Of Sherwood: The Prophecy

Robin Of SherwoodThe seventh episode of Richard Carpenter’s fanciful retelling of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Of Sherwood, airs on ITV, starring Michael Praed, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Nickolas Grace. John Abineri (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7) and John Nettles (Bergerac, Midsomer Murders) guest star in the second season premiere.

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Doctor Who: Caves Of Androzani, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 622nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Robert Glenister (Life On Mars), Maurice Roeves (The Nightmare Man) and Christopher Gable guest star. This four-part story is the swan song of the fifth Doctor (Peter Davison).

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Doctor Who: Enlightenment, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 599th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian with Cyril Luckham reprising the role of the White Guardian, the last Doctor Who appearance with either actor before their deaths. This concludes the 20th season’s “Guardian/redemption of Turlough” trilogy.

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The Volcanoes of Io

IoJPL navigation engineer Linda Morabito, double-checking raw Voyager 1 images to ensure that the unmanned space probe is properly aligned for its encounter with Saturn in 1980, discovers the first evidence of active volcanoes on another body in Earth’s solar system: a plume of sulfur erupting over 150 feet above the surface of Jupiter’s moon Io. Scientists rush to check Voyager 1’s other Io images, and find that Voyager’s cameras caught more than half a dozen eruptions in the act.

Quinn Martin’s Tales Of The Unexpected: A Handy For Sonny Blue

Tales Of The UnexpectedNBC airs the fifth 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.) Ricky Nelson and Carl Weathers (Rocky, The Mandalorian) guest star.

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The Bionic Woman: Beyond The Call

The Bionic WomanThe 32nd episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Sam Groom (Police Surgeon, Otherworld) guest stars.

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Doctor Who: Death To The Daleks Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 368th 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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Doomwatch: Project Sahara

DoomwatchBBC1 airs the fifth episode of the science fiction series Doomwatch, created by former Doctor Who writers Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis. Davis writes this episode, but in a very rare occurrence, goes uncredited on screen.

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Land Of The Giants: Genius At Work

Land Of The GiantsABC airs the 21st episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Ron Howard guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Web Of Fear, Part 6

Doctor WhoThe 197th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Yeti, now in the modern-day London Underground, and the introduction of Colonel (future Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.

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Star Trek renewed

NBCFor the first time in the history of American TV, an announcer is heard over the closing credits of a network TV program, reassuring viewers that the show (in this case, Star Trek) has been picked up for a second season – and making a direct request that the series’ ardent fans bring their concentrated letter-writing campaign to an end. That campaign has actually been secretly organized by Gene Roddenberry with the help of several prominent SF writers and Star Trek fan Bjo Trimble.

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Batman: True Or False Face

BatmanThe 17th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Malachi Throne guest stars as False Face. (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: The Space Trader

Lost In SpaceThe 23rd episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.

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