Day: September 29, 2021

What If…?: What If…Ultron Won?

What If...?Disney+ streams the eighth episode of the Marvel animated series What If…?, featuring the voices of Jeffrey Wright (Westworld), JEremy Renner (Hawkeye), and Benedict Cumberbatch (Doctor Strange).

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Cygnus arrives at International Space Station

CygnusOrbital Sciences’ unmanned Cygnus cargo spacecraft is grappled and docked to the International Space Station via remote manipulator arm. This demonstration model of the Cygnus cargo ship had been launched ten days earlier via Orbital Sciences’ Antares booster from Wallops Island, Virginia. With 1,300 pounds of crew supplies, experiments and other cargo aboard, the Cygnus vehicle is expected to remain attached to the station for a full month before being jettisoned to burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.

Doctor Who: The Angels Take Manhattan

Doctor WhoThe 791st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 93rd episode since the series’ revival). This episode sees the exit of TARDIS travelers Amy and Rory, and the return of the Weeping Angels. Alex Kingston guest stars.

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Tiangong-1 space station launched

Tiangong-1China launches its first space station, an “orbital laboratory” called Tiangong-1 (which translates roughly to “heavenly palace”). No manned mission to Tiangong-1 is planned until after ground controllers launch a remote-controlled Shenzhou vehicle, Shenzhou 8, to practice docking maneuvers and remotely sample the atmosphere aboard Tiangong-1’s pressurized area. The first manned visitors to Tiangong-1 won’t lift off until 2012.

SpaceShip One twists into space

SpaceShip OneThe first qualifying flight for the Ansari X Prize becomes a dangerous one for pilot Mike Melvill, as the experimental spacecraft SpaceShip One begins a rapid roll after its rocket engine ignites, sending the vehicle on a twisty trajectory into suborbital space. The vehicle reaches just under Mach 3, and still passes the altitude of 100 kilometers necessary to be considered a space flight (and to be considered a contender for the X Prize), but SpaceShip One must repeat the feat to win the $10,000,000 prize for launching the first privately funded spacecraft.

Stargate SG-1: The Serpent’s Venom

Stargate SG-1Pay cable channel Showtime airs the 79th episode of Stargate SG-1. Carmen Argenziano, Peter williams, Obi Ndefo, and Paul Koslo (The Omega Man) guest star.

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Voyager: Survival Instinct

Star Trek: VoyagerUPN airs the 121st episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Vaughn Armstrong (Star Trek: Enterprise) guest stars. This is one of only two episodes written or co-written by Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica) during his very brief tenure on the Voyager writing staff.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Anne

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 35th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star in the third season premiere.

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Xena: The Furies

XenaThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 47th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess, opening the show’s third season. Kevin Smith guest stars.

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Timecop: The Heist

TimecopThe second episode of Mark Verheiden’s science fiction series Timecop is broadcast on ABC, starring Ted King and Don Stark, loosely based on the 1994 movie of the same name (also co-written by Verheiden). William Devane (Knots Landing) guest stars.

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Buffy The Vampire Slayer: School Hard

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 15th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Juliet Landau guest stars, and James Marsters makes his first appearance as Spike.

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Star Trek: DS9: A Time To Stand

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 123rd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode initiates the show’s sixth season, continuing the Dominion War storyline with an unprecedented six-episode arc. Brock Peters guest stars.

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Lois & Clark: Battleground Earth

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe 67th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Simon Templeman, Justine Bateman, and J.G. Hertzler (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.

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The X-Files: Paper Clip

The X-FilesThe 51st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Nicholas Lea, William B. Davis, Walter Gotell, and John Neville guest star.

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Peter Gabriel: Us

Peter GabrielPeter Gabriel releases the solo album Us through his own RealWorld label, including the singles “Digging In The Dirt” and “Steam”. The album reflects Gabriel’s past experiences with primal scream therapy.

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Forever Knight: Hunters

Forever KnightCBS airs the 11th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Rachel Luttrell (Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.

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Quantum Leap: Leaping Of The Shrew

Quantum LeapNBC airs the 76th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Brooke Shields guest stars.

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Dracula: The Series

Dracula: The SeriesThe first episode of Dracula: The Series premieres in syndication in the United States, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens (NPR’s Star Wars radio series), Geordie Johnson (Largo Winch, Copper), and Mia Kirshner (The L Word, Star Trek: Discovery, Defiance). The series’ half-hour episodes were filmed in Luxembourg.

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STS-26

DiscoveryThe first Space Shuttle launch in over two years since the Challenger accident, Discovery lifts off on a flight to test improved safety systems and procedures. The shuttle’s major payload is the second TDRS (Tracking & Data Relay Satellite) launched by NASA (an identical satellite was lost in the Challenger explosion in 1986), as well as numerous smaller experiments. Problems with Discovery’s environmental system cause the crew cabin to be warmer than usual. Discovery’s crew for this flight consists of Commander Fred Hauck, Pilot Richard Covey, and mission specialists John Lounge, George Nelson, and David Hilmers.

Chocky’s Challenge: Episode 1

The ChockyThe 13th episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television, beginning the series’ third season under the title Chocky’s Challenge.

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ALF: Strangers In The Night

ALFThe second episode of ALF airs on NBC, centering around Paul Fusco’s puppet creation of a furry, wisecracking alien marooned on Earth. Larry Hankin (Friends, Home Alone) guest stars.

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Amazing Stories: Miscalculation

Amazing StoriesThe 26th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Jon Cryer (Supergirl) guest stars.

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Amazing Stories: Ghost Train

Amazing StoriesThe first episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. The name of the show is licensed from the publisher of Hugo Gernsback’s science fiction literary magazine, which has been in publication since the 1920s. Many of the episodes come from story sketches by Spielberg, assigned to other writers; this is one of only two to be directed by Spielberg as well. Lukas Haas and Roberts Blossom guest star.

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The Police: Zenyatta Mondatta

Zenyatta MondattaA&M Records releases Zenyatta Mondatta, the third album by The Police, featuring the singles “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” and “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”.

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Doctor Who: City Of Death, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 510th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Co-written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and producer Graham Williams under a pseudonym, this time-twisting story guest stars Julian Glover, Catherine Schell (Space: 1999) and Tom Chadbon, and features extensive location filming in Paris, a first for the series.

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Wonder Woman: Hot Wheels

Wonder WomanThe 37th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Lance LeGault guest stars.

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Salyut 6

Salyut 6The Soviet Union launches the redesigned Salyut 6 space station, which will remain in service for five years. With six years of experience in building and operating space stations, Soviet space engineers embark on a rethink of station construction, opting for a more modular approach with Salyut 6: the new station has docking ports fore and aft, with additional station modules and automated resupply vehicles already on the drawing board. The dual docking ports also allow for multiple Soyuz capsules to be berthed at Salyut 6, making larger crews possible.

Star Maidens: Kidnap

Star MaidensThe fifth episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. Terence Alexander guest stars.

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The Bionic Woman: In This Corner, Jaime Sommers

The Bionic WomanThe 16th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Martin E. Brooks (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Norman Fell (Three’s Company, The Ropers) guest star.

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