Day: September 4, 2012

Battlestar Galactica Volume 3 soundtrack

Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a third volume of Stu Phillips’ episode soundtracks from the TV Series Battlestar Galactica. The complete scores from the episodes The Long Patrol, The Lost Warriors, The Magnificent Warriors, The Young Lords, Murder On The Rising Star, The Hand Of God and the Galactica 1980 episode The Return Of Starbuck are included.

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Dawn departs Vesta

Vesta from DawnNASA’s Dawn unmanned space probe fires up its ion propulsion system, breaking its orbit around the large asteroid Vesta. Having orbited and mapped Vesta since 2011, Dawn must now survive a nearly-three-year trip through the main asteroid belt to reach the largest body in that region, Ceres. Successful arrival at Ceres, planned for 2015, would make Dawn the first unmanned spacecraft to have orbited two bodies in the solar system.

K-9: Angel Of The North

K-9Australia’s Nine Network airs the 23rd episode of K-9. The Australian-made series features no Doctor Who-related characters other than K-9.

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TV Eyes

TV EyesTV Eyes releases its self-titled debut album. The ’80s-styled album is the combination of the talents of Brian Reitzell and former Jellyfish members Roger Joseph Manning Jr. and Jason Falkner.

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The Outer Limits: The Balance Of Nature

The Outer LimitsShowtime airs the 83rd episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series.

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Lexx: Eating Pattern

LexxPay cable channel Showtime airs the third movie-length episode of Lexx (under the alternate title “Tales From A Parallel Universe”). Rutger Hauer (Blade Runner) guest stars.

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Xena: Sins Of The Past

XenaThe week-long national syndication window opens for the first episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, starring Lucy Lawless and Renee O’Connor. A spinoff from the popular fantasy series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena has already been built up by a three-episode arc during Hercules’ first season, and will end up outlasting its parent series (and making an international star out of New Zealand actress Lucy Lawless in the process).

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Rush’n Attack

Rush'n AttackKonami introduces the arcade game Rush’n Attack in the United States, while the same game – with no changes to its hand-to-hand military fighting action – is released elsewhere as Green Beret.

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Wonder Woman: Phantom Of The Roller Coaster – Part 1

Wonder WomanThe 58th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Jared Martin (The Fantastic Journey, War Of The Worlds), Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Ike Eisenmann (The Fantastic Journey, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan), and Craig Littler (Jason Of Star Command) guest star.

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Star Blazers: Episode 2

Star BlazersThe second episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S.

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Doctor Who: Masque Of Mandragora, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 428th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Gareth Armstrong and Tim Piggott-Smith guest star. This episode is the beginning of Doctor Who’s 14th season on the air.

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Space: 1999: Breakaway

Space: 1999ITV airs the first episode of Gerry Anderson’s new live action series Space: 1999, Breakaway. Space: 1999’s lavish budget, sleek sets and impressive miniature effects work make it the TV science fiction saga to beat in the 1970s (at least visually). Isaac Asimov even reviews it in the New York Times, giving the show’s shaky science a pass in favor of dramatic necessity.

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Roy Wood: Boulders

The Lost PlanetEMI Records releases Roy Wood‘s first solo album, Boulders, following his departure from The Move and Electric Light Orchestra. Aside from a single instrument on a single song, every voice and instrument on the album is performed by Wood himself.

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The Guardians: I Want You To Understand Me

The GuardiansLondon Weekend Television airs the ninth episode of the alternate-future-history series The Guardians, starring Gwyneth Powell and Cyril Luckham.

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The first hard disk drive

IBM RAMACIBM announces the IBM 305 RAMAC (Random Access Memory Accounting) mainframe, a computer as large as two refrigerators, containing the new 350 Disk Storage Unit, the world’s first hard disk drive. The nearly-six-foot-high drive consists of a huge metal case surrounding a towering stack of 50 double-sided magnetic platters, adding up to a total capacity of four megabytes. In 1958, IBM will introduce the option to double capacity by adding a second stack of drive platters to the casing. The 305 RAMAC and 350 Disk Storage Unit together weigh over a ton, and are leased to IBM’s clients for $3,200 per month.