Day: October 26, 1968

Fantastic Voyage: Gone Today, Here Tomorrow

Fantastic VoyageABC broadcasts the seventh episode of the Filmation animated series Fantastic Voyage, based on the 1966 movie of the same name. Marvin Miller, Ted Knight, and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.

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Soyuz 3

Soyuz 3The Soviet Union resumes its manned space program with the launch of cosmonaut Georgy Beregovoy aboard the redesigned Soyuz 3 vehicle. The unmanned Soyuz 2 is launched the day before to serve as a docking target for Soyuz 3, but while the two vehicles pass close to each other, no docking is achieved. Beregovoy successfully returns to Earth – the first Soyuz cosmonaut to do so – after four days in orbit.

Lost In Space: The Android Machine

Lost In SpaceThe 36th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.

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The Avengers: Castle De’ath

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 83rd episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Turn Back The Clock

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe seventh episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Yvonne Craig (Batman) and Les Tremayne (Shazam!) guest star in an episode that reuses portions of the 1960 film The Lost World, which also featured Hedison, as a cost-cutting measure.

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The Avengers: Death Of A Batman

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 57th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman. Andre Morell (Quatermass And The Pit) guest stars.

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H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man: Shadow On The Screen

H.G. Wells' The Invisible ManThe seventh episode of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, based on Wells’ story, airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. on CBS.

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Tales Of Tomorrow: Test Flight

Tales Of TomorrowThe tenth episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode stars Lee J. Cobb and Harry Townes.

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