Doctor Who: Legend Of The Sea Devils soundtrack
Silva Screen Records digitally releases an album of music from Segun Akinola‘s soundtrack to Legend Of The Sea Devils, the second of the 2022 Doctor Who “specials” starring Jodie Whittaker as the Doctor. The album will get a physical release the following month.
Batwoman: Crisis On Infinite Earths, Part 2
The CW airs the ninth episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten. Stephen Amell (Arrow), Caity Lotz (Legends Of Tomorrow), Brandon Routh (Superman Returns), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Tyler Hoechlin (Superman & Lois), Grant Gustin (The Flash), Tom Welling (Smallville), and Kevin Conroy (Batman: The Animated Series) guest star.
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Doctor Who: The Battle Of Ranskoor Av Kolos
The 852nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 153rd episode since the series’ revival), bringing the eleventh season of the new series to an end (though a special episode is yet to be shown on New Years’ Day). Jodie Whittaker, Bradley Walsh, Tosin Cole and Mandip Gill star. Phyllis Logan (Downton Abbey, Lovejoy), Mark Addy (The Full Monty, Game Of Thrones), and Percelle Ascott (Wizards vs. Aliens) guest star.
The Flash: Elseworlds, Part 1
The CW airs the 100th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Stephen Amell (Arrow), Melissa Benoist (Supergirl), Tyler Hoechlin (Superman & Lois), and Jeremy Davies (Lost, Twister) guest star in the first episode of a much-anticipated DC crossover event.
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Arrow: Dark Waters
The 78th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Neal McDonough (Boomtown) guest stars.
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Star Wars Rebels: Legacy
Cable channel Disney XD premieres the 24th episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. Clancy Brown (Highlander, Earth 2) guest stars.
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The Flash: The Man In The Yellow Suit
The ninth episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Amanda Pays (Max Headroom, The Flash) guest stars.
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Masters Of Science Fiction: Watchbird
The sixth and final episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction, drawing on the genre’s literary greats and hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, is broadcast. James Cromwell (Babe, Star Trek: First Contact), Sean Astin (The Goonies, Lord Of The Rings, Stranger Things), and Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) star in Sam Egan’s adaptation of short story by Robert Sheckley. This episode concludes the series.
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STS-116
Space Shuttle Discovery returns to the International Space Station to add another major structural truss, resupply the station, and swap crew members. During this flight, the 75th spacewalk involving station construction takes place, moving part of the station’s solar power apparatus to another part of the station. Aboard Discovery for this flight are Commander Mark Polansky, Pilot William Oefelein, and mission specialists Robert Curbeam, Joan Higginbotham, Nicholas Patrick, Christer Fuglesang and Sunita Williams, who will stay on the International Space Station as its new flight engineer. Returning with Discovery is Thomas Reiter, who was flown to the station aboard Discovery in July.
Battlestar Galactica concludes
Sci-Fi channel airs the second part of the miniseries re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell star, with the script written by Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). The miniseries wins instant critical acclaim for its writers and cast, and many critics hail the new Galactica as the best Sci-Fi Channel original series to date. However, it takes some time for a full series order to happen, and will eventually involve an infusion of money from British satellite channel Sky One to be approved at all; this results in the first season airing first in the UK, and not until 2005 in North America.
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The X-Files: 4-D
The 186th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick, and Annabeth Gish. Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride, Twister) guest stars.
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UPN airs the Aquila: Losing Sight
The third 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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Xena: A Solstice Carol
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 33rd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. This episode serves as a Christmas special.
The X-Files: Red Museum
The 34th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Paul Sand (Paul Sand in Friends And Lovers) and Mark Rolston guest star.
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The Tomorrow People: The Origin Story – Part 4
The fourth episode of Roger Price’s reboot of his 1970s science fiction series The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV in the U.K. (and will appear later on Nickelodeon in North America), starring Kristian Schmid and Christian Tessier. Hugh Quarshie (Highlander, Star Wars Episode I) guest stars.
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Superboy: Superboy’s Deadly Touch
The 36th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard and Barry Cutler guest star.
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Beauty and the Beast: Dead Of Winter
CBS airs the 26th episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Joseph Campanella and Armin Shimerman guest star.
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The Greatest American Hero: The Beast In The Black
ABC airs the 14th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp.
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Pioneer Venus: visit to a hot planet
Just five days after the arrival of the Pioneer Venus Orbiter, the Pioneer Venus Multiprobe arrives at Venus, having already deployed its payload of four atmospheric penetration probes on their own trajectories to plunge through the planet’s dense atmosphere at different latitudes. Only one of these probes survives impact, transmitting for an hour afterward. The Multiprobe “bus” spacecraft, having relayed the smaller probes’ readings to Earth, then follows suit, plunging into the atmosphere and disintegrating before it can hit the surface. The Pioneer Venus Orbiter remains at Venus into the 1990s.
Jason Of Star Command: Peepo On Trial
CBS airs the 14th episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
Doctor Who: Androids Of Tara, Part 3
The 494th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline.
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Wonder Woman: Mind Stealers From Outer Space – Part 2
The 24th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Dack Rambo (Dallas) guest stars.
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Robert’s Robots: Gastronomics Anonymous
The 12th 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.
The Evil Touch: The Homecoming
The 13th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Harry Guardino (Dirty Harry) guest stars.
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The Sixth Sense: Five Widows Weeping
The 23rd episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins.
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UFO: The Square Triangle
The tenth episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. Adrienne Corry and George Sewell guest star.
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The Mother of All Demos
At the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the San Francisco Convention Center, computer visionary Douglas Englebart demonstrates a collaborative computer system loaded down with groundbreaking technologies: the first computer mouse, driving a point-and-click object-oriented graphical user interface, bitmapped graphics, hypertext, real-time video conferencing, and a live networked collaborative space. Decades later, computer historians give this event – billed in the conference program as “a research center for augmenting human intellect” – a new name: the mother of all demos.
The Brown Box
At Sanders Associates, Ralph Baer completes the sixth iteration of his recently-patented Television Gaming & Training Apparatus, now covered in brown woodgrain and called “The Brown Box.” Utilizing logic circuits and spot generators rather than a computer chip, the Brown Box is capable of playing video ping pong and other simple games. This is the prototype of the first mass-marketed home video game system. Sanders begins courting prospective licensees, including RCA, Zenith, General Electric, Motorola and Magnavox; companies already manufacturing television sets will be the corporate entites most likely to show an interest. RCA declines, but one of its executives, having seen the Brown Box demonstrated, later defects to Magnavox, which eventually licenses the Brown Box technology from Sanders. The result will be the Magnavox Odyssey, the first-ever home video game console.
Journey To The Center Of The Earth: Return Of Gulliver
ABC broadcasts the 14th episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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