The Mandalorian: Chapter 14: The Tragedy
Streaming service Disney+ releases the the 14th episode of Jon Favreau’s The Mandalorian, starring Pedro Pascal. Temuera Morrison (Star Wars Episode II) returns to the role of Boba Fett. 
The Flash: What’s Past Is Prologue
The CW airs the 99th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Tony Todd guest stars.
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Arrow: The Scientist
The 31st episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Caity Lotz (Mad Men, Legends Of Tomorrow) and Grant Gustin guest star in an episode intended to launch another DC character into a spinoff series, The Flash.
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Star Trek Soundtrack Collection
Soundtrack specialty label La-La Land Records releases a comprehensive 15-CD box set containing every note of music ever recorded for the three original seasons of Star Trek, a music collection long thought to be an impossibility due to decades of rumors of lost and damaged tapes. Over a year of work on restoration, remixing and remastering reveals that all of the show’s music – even tapes that, by musicians’ union regulations, should have been destroyed in the 1960s – still exists and can be licensed and released.
Black Mirror: The National Anthem
The first episode of Charlie Brooker’s anthology series Black Mirror premieres on the U.K.’s Channel 4. Roy Kinnear (Quantum Of Solace, Spectre, Penny Dreadful), Donald Sumpter (Being Human, Game Of Thrones) and Shazad Latif (Star Trek: Discovery) guest star.
Dollhouse: The Public Eye / The Left Hand
The 17th and 18th episodes of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse air on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Alexis Denisof (Angel), Summer Glau (Firefly, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles) and Ray Wise (Twin Peaks) guest star. As the series has now been cancelled, Fox is “burning off” episodes at a rate of two per week.
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Doctor Who Series 1 & 2 soundtrack
Silva Screen Records releases a long-awaited CD of Murray Gold’s soundtrack music from the first two seasons of new Doctor Who. Requested (if not demanded) by fans, it includes the new version of the series theme tune and music from both seasons to date. (Future pressings feature a different cover without Billie Piper, following her departure from the series.)
Homeward, Hayabusa!
JAXA’s unmanned Hayabusa spacecraft fires its ion engines to depart asteroid 25143 Itokawa, embarking on a five-year trek back to Earth to return surface samples it obtained of the asteroid. Hayabusa has experienced numerous technical glitches, and continues to experience further problems, including a total loss of contact with Earth for several weeks. Only two out of the vehicle’s four ion engines are still functional, and its battery system is only partially reliable, but it is carrying its precious cargo of the first sample material from an asteroid back to Earth.
E:FC: Dream Stalker
The 76th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Robert Leeshock, Jayne Heitmeyer, and Von Flores.
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STS-88: laying the ISS cornerstone
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off to begin the construction of the International Space Station. Endeavour conducts a rendezvous with the already-launched Zarya module and attached the Unity station module to it. The two modules’ external connections are completed during a spacewalk, and the station is powered up for the first time on December 7th. Endeavour’s 13th crew is Commander Robert Cabana, Pilot Frederick Sturckow, and mission specialists Nancy Currie, Jerry Ross, James Newman and Sergei Krikalev. Cabana and Krikalev are the first humans to enter the International Space Station, but since the fledgeling facility lacks long-term habitation facilities, it is left unmanned at the end of the 12 day mission.
The Outer Limits: Phobos Rising
Showtime airs the 85th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of the 1960s science fiction anthology series. Adam Baldwin (Firefly) guest stars.
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Aquila: Homeward Bound
The second episode of children’s science fiction series Aquila premieres on BBC1, starring Ben Brooks and Craig Vye. The series is adapted by Andrew Norriss from his own novel of the same name.
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Team Knight Rider: The Iron Maiden
The ninth episode of the sequel series Team Knight Rider airs in syndication, starring Brixton Karnes, Christine Steel, Duane Davis, and Nick Wechsler. David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, The Invisible Man, NCIS) guest stars.
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Pathfinder en route to Mars
NASA/JPL’s low-cost Mars Pathfinder mission lifts off for a date with Mars. The first American Mars lander since the Viking missions of the 1970s, Pathfinder is practically an interplanetary tech demonstration, showing off new landing techniques (aerobraking and landing airbags), new lander designs (a fixed station delivering a wheeled “rover”), and the beginning of a new commitment to exploring Mars. By the time operations are wrapped up on the Pathfinder mission, the total amount of money spent is under $300,000,000.
Lois & Clark: Season’s Greedings
The 30th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Dick Van Patten, Sherman Hemsley, Isabel Sanford, and Denise Richards guest star.
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Earth 2: A Memory Play
NBC airs the fifth episode of the science fiction series Earth 2, starring Debrah Farentino, Clancy Brown, and Antonio Sabato Jr.
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She-Wolf Of London: The Wild Hunt
The ninth episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson. Pippa Haywood (The One Game) guest stars.
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Freddy’s Nightmares: Do You Know Where Your Kids Are?
The 32nd episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Sharon Ferrell guest stars.
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Tales From The New Twilight Zone
Bantam Books publishes the short story collection Tales From The New Twilight Zone by J. Michael Straczynski (story editor and frequent writer of the ’80s iteration of the series). Adapting several of his own scripts from the series into short stories, as well as the posthumously-produced Rod Serling-penned script Our Selena Is Dying, Straczynski also offers insights into the making of the series and the stories behind each storyline presented. Much of this material is later reprinted in another compilation, Straczynski Unplugged.
Beauty and the Beast: A Children’s Story
CBS airs the tenth episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Richard Herd (V) guest stars.
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Twilight Zone: Episode 29
CBS airs the 29th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. David Greenlee (Beauty And The Beast) stars in The Toys Of Caliban, marking a single-story departure for a series that has thus far worked at least two or three stories into each episode.
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Darkroom: Episode 2
NBC airs the second episode of Darkroom, a horror anthology hosted by James Coburn. The series features multiple stories per episode; this installment includes The Bogeyman Will Get You, guest starring Helen Hunt (Mad About You, Twister) and Randy Powell (Logan’s Run), and Uncle George, guest starring Claude Akins and June Lockhart (Lost In Space).
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Ark II: The Balloon
CBS airs the 13th episode of Filmation’s live-action Saturday morning science fiction series Ark II.
Monster Squad: Albert/Alberta
NBC airs the 13th and final episode of Monster Squad, a live-action Saturday morning comedy starring Fred Grandy. Vito Scotti guest stars.
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Electra Woman & Dyna Girl: The Spider Lady, Part 1
ABC airs the 13th episode of Electra Woman & Dyna Girl, part of the Krofft Supershow Saturday morning children’s programming block. This is part one of a two-part story, each episode lasting only around 12 minutes. Tiffany Bolling guest stars.
Space: 1999: Earthbound
The 14th episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999, Earthbound premieres on British broadcaster ITV. Christopher Lee and Roy Dotrice guest star.
Moody Blues: Days Of Future Passed
Deram Records – an offshoot of UK label Decca – releases the second Moody Blues album, Days Of Future Passed, an orchestral/rock collaboration intended to show off the company’s stereo recording techniques for classical recordings (and intended to write off the band’s massive promotional debts owed to the label). The results is a perennially popular album now regarded as a rock classic, including the enduring hit singles “Nights In White Satin” and “Forever Afternoon (Tuesday?)”.
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Plant Man
The 70th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. William Smithers guest stars.
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It’s About Time: The Broken Idol
The 13th 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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Gemini 7
Gemini 7 is launched with Frank Borman and Jim Lovell aboard, on a grueling two-week endurance mission which also sees the first manned space rendezvous. The 14-day flight sets a new space endurance record that stands for five years – none of the lunar landing missions will last that long – and the astronauts function well throughout the flight, though some of Gemini 7’s systems begin to fray at the edges toward the end of the mission. Eleven days into Gemini 7’s flight, Gemini 6 is launched on a one-day mission to act as the rendezvous target, and the two manned vehicles close to within mere feet of each other – a first for human spaceflight.