Day: December 3, 2021

Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge soundtrack

Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy's EdgeDisney Music digitally releases the soundtrack from the VR gam Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge, featuring music by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead), Joseph Trapanese (Tron Legacy, Tron Uprising), and Danny Piccione.

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Daleks!: The Deadly Ally

Daleks!The BBC releases the fourth 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.

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The Flash: The Last Temptation Of Barry Allen, Part 2

The FlashThe CW airs the 121st 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: Purgatory

ArrowThe 167th 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: Hell No, Dolly!

ArrowThe CW airs the 58th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Matt Ryan, Brandon Routh, and Tala Ashe. Paul Reubens guest stars.

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Arrow: Unmasked

ArrowThe 146th 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: Contagion

MarsThe tenth 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). Esai Morales guest stars.

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Star Wars Rebels: An Inside Man

Star Wars: RebelsCable channel Disney XD airs the 44th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels. Clancy Brown (Highlander, Earth 2), Lars Mikkelsen (House Of Cards, Sherlock) and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (Steven Universe, Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex) guest star.

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Arrow: The Brave And The Bold

ArrowThe 54th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Grant Gustin (The Flash) guest stars.

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The X-Files: Invocation

The X-FilesThe 166th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick. Kim Greist (C.H.U.D., Brazil) guest stars.

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Aquila: Battling Bobby

AquilaThe ninth episode of children’s science fiction series Aquila premieres on BBC1, starring Ben Brooks and Craig Vye.

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Superman: Episode 12

SupermanCBS airs the 12th episode of the animated series Superman, starring the voices of Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain, and comprised of two stories: Night Of The Living Shadows and Graduation. Linda Gary (Alien Worlds) guest stars.

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Superboy: The Alien Solution

SuperboyThe ninth episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs. The episode is written by Eisner Award-winning comic writers Mike Carlin (currently editor of DC’s Superman comics) and Andy Helfer.

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Twilight Zone: Acts Of Terror

The Twilight ZoneThe 46th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Melanie Mayron (thirtysomething) stars in an episode written by J. Michael Straczynsi (Babylon 5, Jeremiah, Sense8).

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Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense: Czech Mate

Hammer House Of Mystery And SuspenseThe tenth 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. Susan George (Straw Dogs) and Patrick Mower (Emmerdale Farm) guest star.

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The Odyssey File

The Odyssey FileBallantine Books publishes The Odyssey File by Arthur C. Clarke and filmmaker Peter Hyams, chronicling the authors’ collaboration to translate Clarke’s novel 2010: Odyssey Two into the film 2010: The Year We Make Contact. Their lengthy international correspondence in 1983 and early 1984 was conducted by then-groundbreaking means of pre-internet e-mail exchanges.

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Manimal: Scrimshaw

ManimalThe sixth episode of Glen A. Larson’s superhero series Manimal airs on NBC, starring Simon MacCorkindale, Melody Anderson, and Michael D. Roberts. Meeno Peluce (Voyagers!) and Keenan Wynn guest star.

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Voyagers!: The Travels Of Marco… And Friends

Voyagers!NBC airs the ninth episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Keye Luke guest stars as Kublai Khan, and Paul Regina (Brothers) guest stars as Marco Polo.

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Intellivision introduced

IntellivisionAfter over a year of play testing and preparation, Mattel Electronics launches the first major competitor to the market-dominating Atari VCS video game console: Intellivision (short for “Intelligent Television”). Boasting superior graphics and a library of the first-ever licensed sports titles (though licensed by various pro sports leagues, rather than by specific teams or individuals), Intellivision is well-poised to enter a market where sports games are all-important.

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The Bionic Woman: Max

The Bionic WomanThe 46th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC.

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Space Academy: Space Hookey

Space AcademyThe 13th episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. In space, everyone can hear you cut class, especially if you’re possessed by alien beings.

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Starship 1

Starship 1One of the very first first-person space games is introduced to arcades by Atari. Despite its flickery graphics, Starship 1 gives would-be space heroes the chance to take aim at the bad guys; perhaps showing the enduring power of a certain science fiction series, Starship 1’s friendly ships look suspiciously like the U.S.S. Enterprise, while its enemy targets look somewhat like Klingon ships.

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Robert’s Robots: C For Chaos

Robert's RobotsThe fourth episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations. Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who, Sense8, The Hobbit) guest stars.

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Pioneer 10: Jupiter’s first visitor from Earth

JupiterNASA’s Pioneer 10 space probe, launched in 1972 and boosted to unprecedented speeds by a three-stage rocket, makes its closest pass to the planet Jupiter, the first human-made vehicle to do so. Zooming past Jupiter’s equator at a distance of less than 100,000 miles, Pioneer 10’s electronics are nearly fried by the giant planet’s intense radiation. Pioneer 10 presses on toward the edge of the solar system, continuing to report back through the 1990s.

The Immortal: Dead Man, Dead Man

The ImmortalABC airs the tenth episode of the modern-day science fiction series The Immortal, starring Christopher George.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: A Time To Die

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 95th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Henry Jones guest stars.

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