The Flash: There Will Be Blood
The CW airs the 117th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) guest stars.
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Retrogram #8644: Halloween LXXXVI
theLogBook.com releases the 12th episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of October 26th, 1986:
- Tales From The Darkside: The Geezenstacks
- Starman: Secrets
- Star Wars: Ewoks: The Season Scepter
- The Real Ghostbusters: When Halloween Was Forever
- Doctor Who: The Trial Of A Time Lord Part 9
Arrow: Leap Of Faith
The 163rd episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Lexa Doig (Andromeda) guest stars.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: Witch Hunt
The CW airs the 53rd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. Gerard Plunkett (Da Vinci’s Inquest) guest stars.
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Arrow: Crossing Lines
The 141st episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.
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Stranger Things: Season 2
Netflix premieres the nine-episode second season of Stranger Things, created by the Duffer Brothers (Wayward Pines, Hidden) and starring Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Paul Reiser and Sean Astin. The series continues its 1980s-set saga of a small Indiana town plagued by the supernatural side effects of experiments involving breaking into another dimension.
Star Trek: Discovery: Magic To Make The…
Streaming service CBS All Access releases Magic To Make The Sanest Man Go Mad, the seventh episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Rainn Wilson (The Office) and Katherine Barrell (Wynonna Earp) guest star.
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Class: Nightvisiting
Internet-only channel BBC4 premieres the third episode of Class, a Doctor Who spinoff created by acclaimed young adult author Patrick Ness, and starring Katherine Kelly.
Arrow: The Magician
The 50th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Katrina Law (Spartacus) guest stars.
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Wizards vs. Aliens: Dawn Of The Nekross 1
The first episode of Russell T. Davies’ children’s science fiction series Wizards vs. Aliens airs on CBBC. Davies’ replacement for The Sarah Jane Adventures utilizes much of the earlier series’ behind-the-scenes crew, but this show is not a Doctor Who spin-off.
Tennant to take leave of the TARDIS
Sparking the biggest outcry since Tom Baker’s departure, actor David Tennant announces that the four special Doctor Who episodes in production for 2009 will be his last in the role, after which he’ll hand off the reins to a new actor. Likewise, Russell T. Davies has already announced that he will give up his position as Doctor Who showrunner to concentrate on non-genre projects, and will be succeeded by multiple-Hugo-winning writer Steven Moffat (who has penned such fan favorites as Blink and The Girl In The Fireplace). Naturally, speculation about the actor who will play the Doctor’s eleventh incarnation runs rampant.
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Torchwood: The Ghost Machine
BBC3 premieres the third episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who. Gareth Thomas (Blake’s 7) guest stars.
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Tori Amos: Scarlet’s Walk
The Tori Amos CD Scarlet’s Walk is released, featuring the single “A Sorta Fairytale”. This is her first album on the Epic label.
E:FC: Boone’s Awakening
The 93rd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, Melinda Deines, Guylaine St. Onge, and Alan Van Sprang. Kevin Kilner guest stars as William Boone, the series’ first season lead.
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Stargate SG-1: The Devil You Know
Pay cable channel Showtime premieres the 56th episode of Stargate SG-1.
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STS-95: John Glenn returns to space
The first American to orbit Earth returns to orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. During a ten-day mission with the SPACEHAB laboratory module installed in the cargo bay, the crew conducts medical experiments with Mercury astronaut John Glenn, comparing his results against the results of identical experiments performed with one of his crewmates, to determine the effect of weightlessness on older space travelers. At the age of 77, Glenn is the world’s oldest space traveler (and is still a sitting member of the U.S. Senate at the time of his flight). Discovery’s crew on her 25th flight is Commander Curtis Brown, Pilot Steven Lindsey, mission specialists Scott Parazynski, Stephen Robinson and Pedro Duque, and payload specialists Chiaki Mukai and John Glenn.
UPN airs the The X-Files: Ghost In The Machine
The seventh episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Jerry Hardin and Rob LaBelle.
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Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.: Showdown
Fox airs the tenth episode of the sci-fi western, The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr., starring Bruce Campbell, Julius Carry, and Christian Clemenson.
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Galileo gawks at Gaspra
NASA/JPL’s Galileo space probe, looping repeatedly through the inner solar system to gain a speed boost from a series of gravity assists from Earth and Venus, passes the asteroid 951 Gaspra, the first human-made spacecraft to visit such a body. Where humanity’s previous knowledge of asteroids was limited at best, Galileo’s findings are startling, with photos showing a small rocky body pummeled by ancient impacts, almost to the point of shattering it. Also discovered is a magnetic field generated by the core of the asteroid itself, something planetary scientists did not expect to find at all. Galileo will loop back toward Earth, picking up a critical speed boost to Jupiter from one last flyby of its home planet.
Star Trek: TNG: Legacy
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 79th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
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Superboy: The Russian Exchange Student
The fourth episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) guest stars.
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Superman: Episode 7
CBS airs the seventh episode of the animated series Superman, starring the voices of Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain, and comprised of two stories: The Hunter and Little Runaway. Rene Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and Peter Cullen (Transformers) guest star.
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Twilight Zone: Memories
The 41st episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Barbara Stock (Spenser: For Hire) stars.
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Depeche Mode: Some Great Reward
Mute Records releases the Depeche Mode album Some Great Reward, featuring the single “People Are People”, which becomes the group’s signature song for years to come.
Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense: Paint Me A Murder
The sixth episode of the Hammer Studios-produced horror anthology series Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. under the title Fox Mystery Theatre. Michelle Phillips (Knots Landing) and W. Morgan Sheppard (Max Headroom) guest star.
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Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends: The X-Men Adventure
NBC airs the 23rd episode of the Marvel animated series Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, starring the voices of Dan Gilvezan, Kathy Garver, and Frank Welker.
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The Powers Of Matthew Star: The Italian Caper
The sixth episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. John Crawford (The Waltons) and Robert Davi (The Goonies, Die Hard) guest star.
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Fast Food
Telesys releases the video game cartridge Fast Food for the Atari 2600 home video game system, just in time for the Christmas buying season. A glut of new releases for the 2600 by the end of the year, many from third-party companies like Telesys, causes some consumer confusion which has unexpected consequences for the entire industry.
The Greatest American Hero: Divorce, Venusian Style
ABC airs the 31st episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Jeremy Kemp guest stars in the third season opener.
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