Superman & Lois: Lies That Bind
The CW airs the 27th episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, and Alex Garfin.
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Dream Chaser test vehicle on the runway
A full-sized structural test article of Sierra Nevada Corporation’s Dream Chaser spacecraft begins “tow tests” at NASA’s Dryden Flight Research Center, verifying the vehicle’s handling on landing gear after touching down. Drop tests and glide tests are scheduled for later in 2013, though all such tests will be completely automated. Sierra Nevada Corporation also provides the main engines for Virgin Galactica’s SpaceShipTwo, and had already built the engines that propelled SpaceShipOne toward its X Prize-winning flight. The Dream Chaser design is based on an unused study vehicle, HL-20, studied by NASA in the 1980s and ’90s, which was in turn based upon a Soviet-era test vehicle called BOR4.
STS-124
Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on the 123rd shuttle flight, a two-week mission to install a major laboratory module to the International Space Station. The pressurized module of Japan’s Kibo laboratory joins the unpressurized section installed on a previous flight, complete with its own robotic arm controlled inside. Aboard Discovery for her 35th flight are Commander Mark Kelly, Pilot Ken Ham, mission specialists Karen Nyberg, Ron Garan and Mike Fossum, and Japanese astronaut Akihiko Hoshide, who remains on the International Space Station. Station astronaut Garrett Reisman returns to Earth aboard Discovery.
Doctor Who: Silence In The Library
The 748th episode of Doctor Who (the 50th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Alex Kingston guest stars as River Song, the character’s first appearance in the series (and her last adventure chronologically). This is the first part of a two-part story.
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Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Episode 23
The 23rd episode of the radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is broadcast on BBC Radio, the beginning of Dirk Maggs’ adaptation of Douglas Adams’ final Hitchhiker’s Guide novel, Mostly Harmless. Jonathan Pryce, Rula Lenska, Mitch Benn, and Andrew Secombe guest star.
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Pay cable channel Showtime premieres Star Trek: DS9: What You Leave Behind
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 173rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode concludes both the seventh season and the series as a whole, wrapping up most of the show’s major storylines and paying off developments in the previous eight episodes. Louise Fletcher and James Darren guest star.
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Lois & Clark: I’ve Got You Under My Skin
The 85th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Tim Thomerson (Quark) guest stars.
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Sliders: Greatfellas
Fox airs the 19th episode of Tracy Torme’s alternate-universe science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, John Rhys Davies, Sabrina Lloyd, and Cleavant Derricks. Mel Torme (father of series creator Tracy Torme) and Donnelly Rhodes (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
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Nintendo, Sony part ways over peripheral
After three years of joint development on a CD-ROM peripheral for Nintendo’s new video game system, Sony and Nintendo part ways, leaving the public and the press confused over what will happen next. Hours after Nintendo unveils the specs and price point for its Super Nintendo Entertainment System to the press, Sony announces that it will release a new system called the Play Station in 1992, which will play both SNES cartridges and disc-based systems made by Sony. Of course, Sony’s development curve isn’t that simple, and the first Sony video game system won’t arrive until a few years – and a whole generation of computer game hardware – later.
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Kristall module docks at Mir
The Soviet Union launches the Kristall module, whose pre-programmed systems bring it to the Mir space station for an automated docking. With facilities for material science experiments, additional gyroscopic stabilizers to keep Mir properly oriented, and other equipment, Kristall also features an extended docking port intended to allow the Soviet-made Buran shuttle to dock at Mir. In time, that docking port will allow a space shuttle to berth at Mir… but not the one its designers anticipate.
This is the last expansion made to Mir prior to the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the last new module to arrive for five years.
Robin Of Sherwood: Adam Bell
The 22nd episode of Richard Carpenter’s fanciful retelling of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Of Sherwood, airs on ITV, starring Jason Connery, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Nickolas Grace. Bryan Marshall (The Long Good Friday, The Spy Who Loved Me) guest stars.
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Tales Of The Unexpected: The Best Policy
ITV airs the 43rd episode of the anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected. Gary Burghoff (M*A*S*H) and Damian London (Babylon 5) guest star.
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Star Wars Radio: The Jedi Nexus
The 11th episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Star Wars airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Brock Peters stars as Darth Vader and Bernard “Bunny” Behrens stars as Ben Kenobi.
Tales Of The Unexpected: Back For Christmas
ITV airs the 23rd episode of Roald Dahl’s anthology series Tales Of The Unexpected, hosted by the author himself and adapted from his short stories. Richard Johnson guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The War Games, Part 7
The 250th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Jane Sherwin, David Savile and Philip Madoc guest star. This is Patrick Troughton’s final story as the incumbent Doctor, the final Doctor Who story of the 1960s, and the final story made in black & white.
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One Step Beyond: The Lonely Room
ABC airs the 58th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Carl Esmond guest stars.
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H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man: The White Rabbit
The 21st episode of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, based on Wells’ story, airs on ITV; this episode will air in November 1959 in the U.S. on CBS.
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Adventures Of Superman: Whatever Goes Up
The 91st episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. This is the fifth season finale.
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