Shazam!: Finders Keepers
The 26th episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring John Davey, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne. Joanna Cameron guest stars as Isis.
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Monster Squad: The Ringmaster
NBC airs the fourth episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. H.B. Haggerty (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The Hand Of Fear, Part 1
The 432nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Judith Paris guest stars as Eldrad.
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Space: 1999: Death’s Other Dominion
The fifth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999, Death’s Other Dominion premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Brian Blessed makes his first of two guest starring appearances on the series.
Far-Out Space Nuts: Tower Of Tagot
The fifth episode of Sid & Marty Krofft’s Far-Out Space Nuts airs on CBS, starring Bob Denver (Gillgan’s Island) and Chuck McCann (Herbie Rides Again).
The Guardians: End In Dust
London Weekend Television airs the 13th and final episode of the alternate-future-history series The Guardians, starring Gwyneth Powell and Cyril Luckham. The series’ political plotline prevents it from being broadcast in Northern Ireland, and the series never receives a repeat broadcast. There is no home video release until the 21st century.
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The Avengers: Game
British broadcaster Thames Television airs the 130th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson.
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ESSA-3
The recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration (previously the U.S. Weather Bureau) launches, with the help of NASA, weather satellite ESSA-3, the third in a constellation of Earth-observing weather satellites. The timing of the launch is fortunate, as ESSA-3 takes up its station in orbit mere days before the unexpected shutdown of ESSA-1’s camera system. ESSA-3’s own camera system begins to fail in less than a year, and it is deactivated near the end of 1968 due to continued system failures.
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Day The World Ended
The 61st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Skip Homeier guest stars.
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It’s About Time: Tailor Made Hero
The fourth episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.
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Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 27th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley. This is the second season premiere.
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Doctor Who: The Exploding Planet
The 85th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part one of the story now collectively known as Galaxy Four, the first story of the series’ third season. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Pathfinders In Space: The Man In The Moon
British broadcaster ABC airs the fourth episode of Pathfinders In Space, a follow-up series to Target Luna, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. Peter Williams stars in a script written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all seven episodes would be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.
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Twilight Zone: Where Is Everybody?
CBS airs the first episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Earl Holliman stars in a script written by Serling.
Operation Hurricane
Operation Hurricane, the first test detonation of a British-built atomic bomb, takes place aboard a Royal Navy frigate anchored near the Monte Bello Islands off of the western Australian coast. The detonation has a yield of 25 kilotons, and is remotely detonated aboard the frigate to gauge the damage that would result from a scenario in which a nuclear device is smuggled into a sea port aboard a ship. This is a continuation of Britain’s own nuclear weapon development program initiated during World War II, and makes the U.K. the third nuclear-armed nation on Earth.