Daleks!: Planet Of The Mechanoids
The BBC releases the third episode of Daleks!, an animated Doctor Who spinoff centered around that franchise’s most enduring villains, on YouTube, featuring the voices of Anjli Mohindra (The Sarah Jane Adventures), Ayesha Antoine, and Nicholas Briggs. This is part of the “Time Lord Victorious” alternate-timeline multimedia event, and marks the first on-screen appearance of the Mechanoids since their debut in a 1966 Doctor Who episode.
The Flash: The Last Temptation Of Barry Allen, Part 1
The CW airs the 120th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Sendhil Ramamurthy (Heroes) guest stars.
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Arrow: Reset
The 166th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.
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Legends Of Tomorrow: Tender Is The Nate
The CW airs the 57th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe.
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Arrow: The Slabside Redemption
The 145th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW.
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Mars: Darkness Falls
The ninth episode of Mars airs on the National Geographic Channel. The series is a hybrid drama/documentary about a fictional human colony on Mars in 2042, contrasted against efforts to prepare for such a mission in the present day. The series is produced by Ron Howard (Apollo 13).
Cable channel Disney XD airs the Mars Science Laboratory launched
The Mars Science Laboratory mission is launched toward the red planet on an Atlas V rocket. The ambitious unmanned mission is intended to deposit a car-sized, nuclear-powered rover, nicknamed Curiosity, on the surface of Mars for an extended survey of the planet’s surface. Heavier than any of its predecessors, Curiosity will use an unprecedented means of slowing itself for descent, dangling from a “sky crane” for a soft touchdown after descending through the Martian atmosphere behind a protective heat shield.
New Dalek Paradigm action figures
British toymaker Character Options releases a wave of five action figures depicting the New Dalek Paradigm introduces in the 2010 season of Doctor Who. These toys reflect the extremely colorful redesign – somewhat controversial in Who fandom – of the Doctor’s arch enemies.
Torchwood: Greeks Bearing Gifts
BBC3 premieres the seventh episode of Russell T. Davies’ science fiction series Torchwood, a more adult-themed spinoff of Doctor Who. Daniela Denby-Ashe guest stars.
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Torchwood now streaming on HBO Max
Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Never Leave Me
The 131st episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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Star Trek: Nemesis soundtrack
Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the movie Star Trek: Nemesis is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
E:FC: Entombed
The 97th 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. Derek McGrath (My Secret Identity) guest stars.
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The X-Files: Roadrunners
The 165th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick. David Barry Gray (William Tell) guest stars.
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Voyager: Concerning Flight
UPN airs the 78th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. John Rhys-Davies (Sliders) guest stars.
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Lois & Clark: Super Mann
The 52nd episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.
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Fox premieres Forever Knight: Capital Offense
The 33rd episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Lisa Langlois guest stars.
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Kvant stop now: Mir grows again
The Soviet Union launches the third Mir space station module, Kvant-2, to rendezvous and dock with Mir under automated control. With an airlock to make spacewalks easier, and additional living space and life support, Kvant also includes bathing facilities, water storage and reclamation systems (including a system to collect, detoxify and recycle human urine), and additional scientific equipment.
Soyuz TM-7
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz TM-7 to space station Mir, ferrying cosmonauts Alexander Volkov and Sergei Krikalev, and French spationaut Jean-Loup Chrétien to the station. Volkov and Krikalev will remain aboard Mir for 151 days, while Chrétien will remain for a shorter 24-day mission. Chrétien had visited the Salyut 7 space station on his previous spaceflight; his next flight, in 1997, will visit Mir again, this time by way of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Unusually, the return of this Mir crew will leave the station unoccupied for almost half a year.
Superman: Episode 11
CBS airs the 11th episode of the animated series Superman, starring the voices of Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain, and comprised of two stories: Wildsharkk and To Play Or Not To Play. Ron Masak (Laserblast) guest stars.
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Superboy: The Fixer
The eighth episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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Twilight Zone: The Trance
The 45th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Peter Scolari (Bosom Buddies, Newhart) stars.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, who also has a hand in development of the story, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premieres in theaters. Directly following up on events in the prior two movies, Star Trek IV closes out a trilogy, and by bringing the action to 20th century Earth, complete with fish-out-of-water comedy, becomes a solid hit with an embedded ecological message. The movie’s success caps off a year-long celebration of Star Trek’s 20th anniversary.
STS-61B
Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a seven-day mission of crucial importance to plans for a future space station. In addition to launching three satellites (Mexico’s MORELOS-B, RCA’s SATCOM KU-2 and AUSSAT-2 for Australia), two spacewalks in excess of five hours each are conducted, each one testing a different method of erecting large truss structures in space. Atlantis’ crew for this mission consists of Commander Brewster Shaw, Pilot Bryan O’Connor, mission specialists Mary Cleave, Sherwood Spring, Jerry Ross and payload specialists Rodolfo Neri Vela and Charles Walker.
Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense: The Late Nancy Irving
The ninth 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. Cristina Raines (Centennial), Marius Goring, Tony Anholt (Space: 1999), and Zienia Merton (Space: 1999) guest star.
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The Powers Of Matthew Star: Mother
The tenth episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Tricia O’Neil (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Don Stroid (The New Mike Hammer) guest star in an episode written by former Star Trek cast member Walter Koenig.
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Battlestar Galactica: The Living Legend Pt. 1
The tenth episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This is the first part of a two-part story; Lloyd Brigdes guest stars.
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The Bionic Woman: Escape To Love
The 45th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Peter Mark Richman guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers, Part 1
The 466th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Keating (Blake’s 7) guest stars.
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