Monster Squad: The Wizard
NBC airs the ninth episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy.
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Beasts: Baby
ITV broadcasts the fourth episode of horror anthology Beasts, created and written by Nigel Kneale (Quatermass). Jane Wymark (Midsomer Murders), Simon MacCorkindale (Manimal), and Shelagh Frasier (Star Wars‘ Aunt Beru) star.
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Doctor Who: The Deadly Assassin, Part 2
The 438th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. For the first time in the series’ history, the Doctor is seen to be traveling without a companion, and this story marks his second visit to the Time Lords’ planet Gallifrey since the beginning of the series. Much of the Time Lord mythology is derived from this story. Peter Pratt guest stars as the Master.
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Space: 1999: Black Sun
The tenth episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999, Black Sun premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Guest starring in this episode is Paul Jones, one of the founding members of Manfred Mann.
Far-Out Space Nuts: Secrets Of The Hexagon
The tenth 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).
NOAA-3
NASA and the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration launch NOAA-3, a weather satellite intended to operate in a near-polar low Earth orbit. NOAA-3 is based on the already-flown ITOS satellite design, and will wait in orbit until March 1974, when the failure of an instrument aboard its predecessor, NOAA-2, requires putting NOAA-3 on full weather-watching duty, where it will remain without any major malfunctions through August 1976.
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Thing From Inner Space
The 66th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Hugh Marlowe guest stars.
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It’s About Time: Have I Got A Girl For You
The ninth 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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Lunar Orbiter 2 launched
The second in NASA’s series of Lunar Orbiter satellites lifts off from Earth on a course for the moon. Lunar Orbiter 2 spends a full week examining the surface of the moon from orbit, sending back high-resolution TV images for mapping purposes, and to help NASA scientists and engineers select suitable landing sites for the upcoming Apollo program. Lunar Orbiter 2’s orbital path allows it to image a particularly promising plain in the Sea of Tranquility…
Doctor Who: Horse Of Destruction
The 90th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part four of the story now collectively known as The Myth Makers. Vicki leaves the TARDIS to stay in ancient Rome, while Roman slave girl Katarina helps an injured Steven back to the TARDIS and inadvertently becomes a time traveler in the process. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Twilight Zone: Escape Clause
CBS airs the sixth episode of Rod Serling’s anthology series The Twilight Zone. David Wayne stars in a script written by Serling.
13 Demon Street: Condemned In The Crystal
The third episode of the syndicated horror anthology series 13 Demon Street airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Lon Chaney Jr. (The Wolf Man), and created (and frequently written and directed) by Curt Siodmak (The Wolf Man, The Invisible Man Returns), the series was filmed in Sweden with a motley mixture of American, British, and Swedish actors, with mostly Swedish talent behind the scenes. Michael Hinn (The Reivers) guest stars.
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