Day: May 14, 2019

The Flash: Legacy

The FlashThe CW airs the 113th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. This is the fifth season finale.

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Arrow: Unthinkable

ArrowThe 46th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) guest stars in the second season finale.

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Eureka: Jack Of All Trades

EurekaSyfy airs the 69th episode of the science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson-Whitfield, and Joe Morton. Tembi Locke (Sliders) and Wallace Shawn (The Princess Bride, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.

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Doctor Who: The Doctor’s Wife

Doctor WhoThe 776th episode of Doctor Who (the 78th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1, guest starring Suranne Jones. The episode is written by novelist and comics writer Neil Gaiman, and the script had originally been intended for the previous season.

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STS-132

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the 132nd shuttle flight, a 12-day resupply and maintenance mission to the International Space Station. A “mini research module” built by the Russian space agency is attached to the station, along with cargo and supplies. Upgrades to the station’s solar power arrays are conducted during spacewalks. Aboard Atlantis for her last planned flight (an additional mission will later be scheduled for Atlantis in 2011) are Commander Ken Ham, Pilot Tony Antonelli, and mission specialists Garrett Reisman, Michael Good, Piers Sellers and Steve Bowen. This is the last shuttle flight for over six months.

Herschel, Planck Observatories launched

Herschel Space ObservatoryThe European Space Agency launches a single Ariane 5 rocket to deliver a pair of unmanned space telescopes to the L2 LaGrange point trailing Earth. The super-cooled Herschel Space Observatory will search for objects at the far-infrared end of the spectrum, while the Planck Space Observatory will scan the microwave spectrum. Though both telescopes are sent to the same general region of space, they are entirely separate spacecraft which will operate independently of one another.

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Villains

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 120th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.

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The X-Files: Je Souhaite

The X-FilesThe 160th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Will Sasso guest stars.

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The Outer Limits: Tribunal

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 99th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Saul Rubinek guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Movie

Doctor WhoAfter a seven-year gap since the BBC cancelled the original series, Fox premieres Doctor Who: The Movie as its Tuesday Night Movie (and, if ratings prove to be a success story, a backdoor pilot for a series). Depicting the seventh Doctor’s regeneration into the eighth (Paul McGann), this is effectively the 698th episode of Doctor Who, and guest stars Yee Jee Tso and Eric Roberts as the Master. US ratings ultimately prove to be a disappointment, and this remains the only televised adventure of the eighth Doctor (though this incarnation of the Time Lord is carried forward in novels, comics and audio stories). Doctor Who does not make a full return to TV until 2005.

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Lois & Clark: Whine, Whine, Whine

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe 42nd episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Adam West (Batman), Frank Gorshin (Batman), Martin Mull, and Jason Carter (Babylon 5) guest star.

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TekJustice

TekWarThe TV movie TekJustice, the fourth feature-length movie based on William Shatner’s cyberpunk novel series, premieres in syndication. The Canadian-made movie stars Greg Evigan (My Two Dads), Eugene Clark (Night Heat), William Shatner (Star Trek), and Torri Higginson (Stargate Atlantis), and features Sandahl Bergman (Conan The Barbarian, Xanadu). This is the final movie in the TekWar series; it will resume as a weekly TV series airing as part of the Universal Action Pack syndication package in December 1994.

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Star Trek: TNG: Sarek

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 70th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mark Lenard (Planet Of The Apes) guest stars as Spock’s father Sarek, the first original series character to appear since the cameo appearance of Dr. McCoy in the series pilot.

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Soyuz 40

Soyuz 40The final first-generation Soyuz spacecraft, Soyuz 40, is launched on a week-long spaceflight by the Soviet Union. With Leonid Popov and Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru Prunariu aboard, Soyuz 40 visits space station Salyut 6 for several days, and is the last spacecraft to dock at the five-year-old space station. The Soyuz 40 crew returns to Earth on May 22nd. Future Soyuz launches will use the upgraded Soyuz-T vehicles.

Salvage 1: Up, Up And Away

Salvage 1The 11th episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) and Christopher Connelly (The Lieutenant, Peyton Place) guest star.

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Survivors: Gone To The Angels

SurvivorsThe fifth episode of Terry Nation’s post-apocalyptic series Survivors, Gone To The Angels premieres on the BBC.

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Skylab launched

SkylabThe first American space station, Skylab, is launched unmanned atop the last Saturn V rocket ever to be flown. Within minutes, however, it’s obvious that the space station – whose habitable space is actually the heavily modified third stage of the Saturn V – is already in serious trouble. Launch vibrations rip off one of the solar panels, and the other panel fails to automatically open. With less than two weeks before the first Skylab crew is due to lift off, the clock is ticking for mission planners to devise contingency and repair procedures.

Doctor Who: Johnny Ringo

Doctor WhoThe 117th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part three of the story now collectively known as The Gunfighters.

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Adventures Of Superman: Superman Week

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 56th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Herb Vigran guest stars.

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Science Fiction Theatre: No Food For Thought

Science Fiction TheatreThe sixth episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Otto Kruger, John Howard and Vera Miles.

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