Month: February 1974

The Evil Touch: Kadaitcha Country

The Evil TouchThe 20th 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.) Leif Erickson (The High Chaparral) guest stars.

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Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries: The Furnished Room

Orson Welles' Great MysteriesThe 26th and final episode of Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is broadcast on Anglia Television, starring Clarence Williams III (The Mod Squad) and Irene Worth. Unusually, Orson Welles narrates throughout, rather than introducing and delivering a coda for the story as usual.

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Doctor Who: Death To The Daleks Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 366th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. John Abineri guest stars. This story is the third Doctor’s third and final clash with the Daleks.

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Six Million Dollar Man: Little Orphan Airplane

Six Million Dollar ManThe fifth episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Greg Morris (Mission Impossible) guest stars.

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Doctor Who: Invasion Of The Dinosaurs pt. 6

Doctor WhoThe 365th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Jarvis (Titanic) guest stars. In theory – though there have already been episodes erased from the BBC archives as early as the late ’60s – this is the point at which there is one 25-minute episode of Doctor Who for every day of the year.

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Titan IIIe

Titan IIIeIn advance of the Viking and Voyager interplanetary missions, which will need more powerful boosters to heft heavier spacecraft into deep space, NASA conducts a test launch of the Titan IIIe/Centaur launch stack, an experimental combination of the venerable Titan rocket and a liquid-fueled Centaur upper stage. Previous Centaur upper stages were attached to wider Atlas rockets, so the unusual bulb-shaped payload shroud of the Centaur is of concern when placed atop the Titan, which has a more narrow diameter; if successful, however, this configuration could launch payloads three times larger than an Atlas/Centaur combination. The test flight, originally scheduled for January 24th, actually fails – a loose part causes the Centaur stage to fizzle rather than fire – and the rocket is destroyed in mid-air. However, with worries about the large Centaur payload atop the narrow Titan rocket laid to rest, NASA approves the Titan IIIe/Centaur for flight, beginning with the launch of a joint American/German science satellite, HELIOS-1, later in 1974.

The Evil Touch: The Fans

The Evil TouchThe 19th 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.) Vic Morrow (Combat!, Twilight Zone: The Movie) guest stars.

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Six Million Dollar Man: Day Of The Robot

Six Million Dollar ManThe fourth episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. John Saxon and Lloyd Bochner guest star.

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The Enterprise’s new home?

Star TrekAn agreement is struck between Paramount Pictures’ television division and the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum (currently the Smithsonian Air Museum, which is planning the grand opening of its space-related exhibits for the bicentennial year of 1976) concerning the 18-foot, 275-pound filming model of the Starship Enterprise from Star Trek. Since Paramount foresees no use for the gigantic “miniature”, the studio agrees to donate the model to the Smithsonian as an exhibit – provided the Smithsonian foots the $500 bill for shipping. The model was originally built by Howard Anderson Co. in 1964 for the first Star Trek pilot, The Cage, at a cost running into tens of thousands of dollars. The Smithsonian plans to restore and display the model in its Space and Life exhibit, though years later the Enterprise will be “demoted” to a display near the museum’s gift shop.

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Mariner 10 visits Venus

Venus by Mariner 10The unmanned Mariner 10 space probe swings past the planet Venus at a distance of less than 4,000 miles, its cameras capturing a completely opaque sphere whose clouds reveal no surface. But when viewed through ultraviolet filters, Venus suddenly reveals an immense amount of atmospheric detail. Mariner 10’s UV views of Venus are the best images available until the dual Pioneer Venus mission of the late 1970s; meanwhile, Mariner 10 speeds past the planet en route to Mercury.

The Tomorrow People: The Blue And The Green, Part 1

The Tomorrow PeopleThe 14th episode of The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV, starting the series’ second season. Elizabeth Adare joins the regular cast as new Tomorrow People recruit Elizabeth.

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The Evil Touch: The Trial

The Evil TouchThe 18th 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.) Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) guest stars.

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