The Flash: Godspeed
The CW airs the 109th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Robert Picardo (Star Trek: Voyager, Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.
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ISS is BEAMed up
For the first time since the final Space Shuttle flights in 2011, a new habitation module is attached to the International Space Station. Brought to orbit via a recent Dragon unmanned cargo craft, the BEAM (Bigelow Expandable Activity Module), constructed by Bigelow Aerospace based on ideas studied by NASA in the 1990s, is a test of a reinforced, inflatible crew module for the station. (The inflation of the module will be accomplished via a supply of air built into the module itself.) Not to be inflated and occupied until May, BEAM will be studied for its resistance to solar radiation and micrometeroid impacts over a two-year period. Bigelow already has plans for an independent, commercial space station utilizing similar inflatible designs if BEAM’s tour of duty is a success, and has previously orbited testbed models of inflatible station modules.
Arrow: The Man Under The Hood
The 42nd episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) guest star.
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Eureka: Lost
Syfy airs the 65th episode of the science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and Joe Morton. Wil Wheaton (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Tembi Locke (Sliders), and Felicia Day (Mystery Science Theater 3000) guest star in the fifth season premiere.
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Doctor Who: Aliens Of London
The 702nd episode of Doctor Who (the fourth since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Annette Badland and Naoko Mori (Torchwood) guest star. This is the first half of the new series’ first two-part story.
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The E:FC: Blood Ties
The 84th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.
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The X-Files: Brand X
The 157th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Dennis Boutsikaris guest stars.
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Lexx: Girltown
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 35th episode of Lexx.
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Farscape: PK Tech Girl
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the fifth episode of Farscape. (Early episodes of this series are aired out of the producers’ preferred story order or, for that matter, production order.)
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Sliders: Roads Taken
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 68th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, Cleavant Derricks, Kari Wuhrer, and Charlie O’Connell.
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Lexx: Brizon
Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 23rd episode of Lexx.
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Lois & Clark: Individual Responsibility
The 41st episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Bruce Campbell, Barbara Bosson, and David Graf guest star.
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Alien Nation: The Touch
Fox Network premieres the 21st episode of Alien Nation. Jonathan Brandis (seaQuest DSV) guest stars.
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Tales Of The Unexpected: The Memory Man
ITV airs the 71st episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Bernard Cribbins guest stars.
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NBC airs the Salvage 1: Mermadon
The tenth episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) and Ed Nelson (Peyton Place) guest star.
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Buck Rogers soundtrack
MCA Records releases an LP of Stu Phillips’ soundtrack from Buck Rogers In The 25th Century (timed to coincide with the theatrical release of the pilot movie; the series won’t premiere until later in 1979). After going out of print, the LP becomes a much-sought-after collectors’ item, not receiving a release on CD until the 21st century.
Survivors: The Fourth Horseman
The first episode of Terry Nation’s post-apocalyptic series Survivors, The Fourth Horseman premieres on the BBC. The series is heavily promoted in the UK press and, unusually for its time, is shot entirely on video with no filming employed for location scenes.
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Apollo 16
NASA launches the Apollo 16 mission to the moon, lasting 11 days total. Astronauts John Young and Charlie Duke descend to the lunar surface in the lander Orion, while Ken Mattingly pilots the command/service module Casper in orbit. Again, a lunar rover is tucked into one side of the lunar module, allowing Young and Duke to reach distances of 16 miles from their landing site. They spend a total of 20 hours walking on the moon’s surface, collecting over 200 pounds of soil and rock samples from the Descartes highlands region.
Doctor Who: The Dancing Floor
The 113th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part three of the story now collectively known as The Celestial Toymaker. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Pathfinders To Venus: The Valley Of Monsters
British broadcaster ABC airs the seventh episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.
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Science Fiction Theatre: Time Is Just A Place
The second episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre premieres on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Don DeFore and Warren Stevens.
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