Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 1
The 127th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story opens the series’ fourth season. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Time Tunnel: Rendezvous With Yesterday
The first episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel premieres on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert as two members of a top secret government time travel project who travel back in time to the sinking of the Titanic. Michael Rennie guest stars.
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The Green Hornet: The Silent Gun
ABC premieres the first episode of The Green Hornet, an update of the 1930s radio character from the production company behind Batman. Van Williams and Bruce Lee star; Lloyd Bochner guest stars.
Adam Adamant Lives!: Death By Appointment Only
The 11th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Star Trek: The Man Trap
With over two years of development behind it, Gene Roddenberry’s Star Trek finally premieres on NBC with The Man Trap, the completed episode that the network feels most strongly represents the series concept and will connect with a 1960s audience accustomed to police shows and westerns. (It also helps NBC – and its corporate parent, General Electric, who has a stake in the television manufacturing industry – showcase its new season in color.)
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Batman: Walk The Straight And Narrow
The 36th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Art Carney guest stars as the Archer.
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Batman: Shoot A Crooked Arrow
The 35th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Art Carney guest stars as the Archer, and Dick Clark makes an unannounced cameo appearance, in the premiere of the show’s second season.
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Doctor Who v2.0
The BBC announces, for the first time in the show’s history, that Doctor Who will have a new Doctor, in the form of actor Patrick Troughton. There are hints that the new Doctor will have a “new personality” and be “tougher,” though this concept is not elaborated upon any further. (Indeed, the BBC remains tight-lipped on how two actors with such different appearances could play the same part.) Studio taping of the swan song story for the first Doctor, William Hartnell, begins mere days later.
Adam Adamant Lives!: The Doomsday Plan
The tenth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: The Last Sacrifice
The eighth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: Sing A Song Of Murder
The ninth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: To Set A Deadly Fashion
The seventh episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Colin Jeavons guest stars.
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The Doctor’s fate revealed
The BBC informs the press that major changes are afoot for the popular science fiction series Doctor Who – namely, that the last remaining original cast member, William Hartnell, will be leaving the show, and that producers are already searching for a new actor to take on the role (though, in reality, they have already hired Hartnell’s replacement and are scrambling to reformat the series to allow for the unprecedented swap of its main star). When contacted by British newspapers for a reaction, Hartnell confirms the news.
Adam Adamant Lives!: The Terribly Happy Embalmers
The sixth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. John Le Mesurier guest stars.
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The changing face of Doctor Who
With the series’ two most recent producers reporting that actor William Hartnell has become nearly impossible to work with, the first steps are taken to regenerate Doctor Who by hiring a new actor to play the part: Patrick Troughton. In closed-door meetings at the BBC, producer Innes Lloyd and BBC Head of Drama Sydney Newman (who also happens to be Doctor Who’s creator) offer Hartnell the chance to leave, and – having already taken the liberty of contacting him to gauge his interest in the part – contract actor Patrick Troughton to replace Hartnell as the Doctor. Hartnell, suffering from arteriosclerosis, accepts the escape hatch and agrees to leave the series. Lloyd and Newman begin brainstorming ideas to explain the radical change in the Doctor’s look, agreeing that the time has finally come to firmly establish that the Doctor is not human at all. Lloyd envisions a tough “pirate captain” persona for the new Doctor, a notion ultimately rejected by Newman, who instead proposes that the character be played as a “cosmic hobo,” an idea which Troughton likes much better. None of this activity is revealed to the press or the public for some time.
Adam Adamant Lives!: Allah Is Not Always With You
The fifth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. John Hollis (The Empire Strikes Back) guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The War Machines, Part 4
The 126th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. TARDIS traveler Dodo remains in modern day London at the end of the story, which also concludes the series’ third season.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: The Sweet Smell Of Disaster
The fourth episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. Adrienne Corri guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The War Machines, Part 3
The 125th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the first complete story to take place in modern day England since An Unearthly Child.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: More Deadly Than The Sword
The third episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Doctor Who: The War Machines, Part 2
The 124th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the first complete story to take place in modern day England since An Unearthly Child.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: Death Has A Thousand Faces
The second episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Doctor Who: The War Machines, Part 1
The 123rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Michael Craze and Anneke Wills are introduces as the Doctor’s new companions, Ben and Polly.
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Adam Adamant Lives!: A Vintage Year For Scoundrels
The first episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! premieres on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.
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Doctor Who: The Savages, Part 4
The 122nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Frederick Jaegar guest stars. This marks the final appearance of Peter Purves as TARDIS traveler Steven, who stays behind to help guide an alien civilization. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Doctor Who: The Savages, Part 3
The 121st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Frederick Jaegar guest stars. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Doctor Who: The Savages, Part 2
The 120th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Frederick Jaegar guest stars. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Doctor Who: The Savages, Part 1
The 119th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Frederick Jaegar guest stars. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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Doctor Who: The O.K. Corral
The 118th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part four of the story now collectively known as The Gunfighters. This is the final episode of the original series with an episode title independent of the story’s overall umbrella title; all future episodes will simply be “part one,” “part two,” etc. of their respective stories.
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Doctor Who: Johnny Ringo
The 117th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part three of the story now collectively known as The Gunfighters.
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