Beasts: Special Offer
ITV premieres the first episode of horror anthology Beasts, created and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). Geoffrey Bateman (Versailles) stars.
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Doctor Who: The Hand Of Fear, Part 3
The 434th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Judith Paris guest stars as Eldrad.
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Space: 1999: Alpha Child
The seventh episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999, Alpha Child premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Julian Glover guest stars.
GOES-1 goes up
The first in a new generation of weather satellites operating in geosynchronous orbit for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration, GOES-1, is launched from Cape Canaveral. An acronym for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, GOES-1 is positioned over the Indian Ocean, where it is expected to become but the first in a constellation of weather satellites monitoring Earth’s atmosphere in both visible and infrared light. In 1978, GOES-1 will be repositioned over the Pacific Ocean, which it will monitor until it is decommissioned in 1985, after almost ten full years of operation.
Far-Out Space Nuts: Flight Of The Pippets
The seventh 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 Avengers: You’ll Catch Your Death
British broadcaster Thames Television airs the 132nd episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Linda Thorson.
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It’s About Time: He Caveman, You Woman
The sixth 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: Alias Mr. Hackenbacker
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 29th 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.
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Doctor Who: Temple Of Secrets
The 87th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part one of the story now collectively known as The Myth Makers. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Project 596
The People’s Republic of China detonates its first nuclear weapon, the 22-kiloton Project 596. Though the Chinese nuclear program did receive an early boost from Soviet researchers, much of the research and production of Chinese nuclear weapons has taken place without outside help since the initiation of the Chinese nuclear weapons development program in 1959. Within three years of this test, China will have developed hydrogen bomb technology.
Pathfinders In Space: Disaster On The Moon
British broadcaster ABC airs the sixth 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: Mr. Denton On Doomsday
CBS airs the third episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. Dan Duryea and Martin Landau (Space: 1999) star in a script written by Serling.
