K-9: Robot Gladiators
Australia’s Nine Network airs the 21st episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9.
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Eureka: Shower The People
Syfy airs the 40th episode of the science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, and Joe Morton. Billy Campbell (The Rocketeer) guest stars.
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Eureka: Family Reunion
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 19th episode of the quirky modern-day science fiction series Eureka, starring Colin Ferguson, Salli Richardson, Debrah Farentino, and Joe Morton. Scott Hylands (V) guest stars.
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Witchblade: Transcendence
The 11th episode of Witchblade airs on cable channel TNT, based on the Top Cow comic book of the same name, starring Yancy Butler and David Chokachi. Keir Dullea (2001: a space odyssey) and John Hensley (Nip/Tuck) guest star. This episode brings the first season to a close, though star Yancy Butler’s alcohol and substance abuse issues will land her in rehab for a lengthy period, delaying a second season for nearly a year.
The Outer Limits: Promised Land
Showtime airs the 82nd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Rene Auberjonois (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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Stargate SG-1: Secrets
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 30th episode of Stargate SG-1. Carmen Argenziano makes his first guest starring appearance as Jacob Carter.
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Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Transylvania, January 1918
The 27th episode of George Lucas’ historical adventure series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles airs on ABC, starring Sean Patrick Flanery. Keith Szarabajka and Bob Peck (Jurassic Park) guest star.
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Doctor Who in the USA
The British science fiction series Doctor Who is broadcast in the United States for the first time on WPHL, an independent commercial TV station in Philadelphia. WPHL is among the first American stations to have purchased a syndication package of Doctor Who episodes, starrring Jon Pertwee as the third Doctor, from BBC Enterprises by way of Time-Life Television. The package includes the series’ first two color seasons, plus the first story from the 1972 season (the relatively recent Day Of The Daleks). The success of Star Trek reruns in syndication may well have indie stations convinced that Doctor Who is the next big thing…
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 3: Copernicus
NASA launches the third and final Orbiting Astronomical Observatory satellite, given the nickname “Copernicus” when it successfully enters service near the 500th anniversary of the birth of the famed astronomer of the same name. OAO-3 is a joint venture between NASA and universities in the U.S. and the U.K., again focusing largely on ultraviolet observation of the sky, and it is instrumental in the discovery and study of long-period pulsars. OAO-3 will remain in service through February 1981, its successful nine-year mission lending weight to the ongoing construction and planning of NASA’s Space Telescope project, later to be known as the Hubble Space Telescope.
The Guardians: This Is Quarmby
London Weekend Television airs the seventh episode of the alternate-future-history series The Guardians, starring Gwyneth Powell and Cyril Luckham.
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Gemini 5
Gemini 5 lifts off on the first manned spaceflight to last over a week, breaking the previous record held by the Soviet crew of Vostok 5; the eight-day flight is crucial in proving that humans could function for the minimum amount of time that a flight to the moon and back again would take. Instead of short-lived batteries, Gemini 5 is the first American spacecraft powered by fuel cells, another important step toward longer flights to the moon. The crew consists of Gordon Cooper and Pete Conrad.