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1961
Twilight Zone: Mr. Dingle, The Strong

The Twilight ZoneThe 55th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Burgess Meredith and Don Rickles star in an episode written by Serling.

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The Avnegers: Ashes Of Roses

The AvengersThe ninth episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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Pathfinders To Venus: S.O.S. From Venus

Pathfinders To VenusBritish broadcaster ABC premieres the first episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.

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One Step Beyond: Justice

One Step BeyondABC airs the 84th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.

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Twilight Zone: Static

The Twilight ZoneThe 56th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Dean Jagger stars.

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Pathfinders To Venus: Into The Poison Cloud

Pathfinders To VenusBritish broadcaster ABC airs the second episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.

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One Step Beyond: The Face

One Step BeyondABC airs the 85th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Roger Delgado (Doctor Who) guest stars.

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The Avengers: Hunt The Man Down

The AvengersThe tenth episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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Pathfinders To Venus: The Living Planet

Pathfinders To VenusBritish broadcaster ABC airs the third episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.

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One Step Beyond: The Room Upstairs

One Step BeyondABC airs the 86th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Lois Maxwell (the James Bond films’ original Miss Moneypenny) guest stars.

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Sagan: let’s terraform Venus

Carl SaganIn the journal Science, Carl Sagan proposes an audacious scheme to alter the chemistry of the atmosphere of Venus, making it habitable for humans. His plan involves depositing algae colonies into the planet’s clouds to begin converting the planet’s carbon dioxide into breathable oxygen, and the idea is years ahead of its time (and will later prove to be impractical when more direct studies are made of the Venusian atmosphere).

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Twilight Zone: The Prime Mover

The Twilight ZoneThe 57th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Dane Clark and Buddy Ebsen (The Beverly Hillbillies) star.

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Pathfinders To Venus: The Creature

Pathfinders To VenusBritish broadcaster ABC airs the fourth episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.

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‘Way Out: William And Mary

'Way OutCBS premieres the first episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Fritz Weaver and Barnard Hughes (Tron, Mr. Merlin) star in an episode adapted by Dahl from his own short story. Marc Daniels (Star Trek) directs. The series is a mid-season replacement rushed into production by CBS to take over the time slot of a Jackie Gleason game show/talk show that had met with unexpectedly low ratings; the network also considers it a worthy companion piece to The Twilight Zone. This is also Roald Dahl’s first experience (but not his last) translating his work to the screen.

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Twilight Zone: Long Distance Call

The Twilight ZoneThe 58th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Philip Abbott and Bill Mumy (Lost In Space, Babylon 5) star.

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The Avengers: Please Don’t Feed The Animals

The AvengersThe 11th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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Pathfinders To Venus: The Venus People

Pathfinders To VenusBritish broadcaster ABC airs the fifth episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century.

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One Step Beyond: Signal Received

One Step BeyondABC airs the 87th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Mark Eden (Doctor Who: Marco Polo) guest stars.

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‘Way Out: The Down Car

'Way OutCBS broadcasts the second episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Marc Daniels (Star Trek) directs an episode starring Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian).

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Twilight Zone: A Hundred Yards Over The Rim

The Twilight ZoneThe 59th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Cliff Robertson and John Crawford star in an episode written by Serling.

This is the last episode of The Twilight Zone to be broadcast before humans have actually gone to space.

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Pathfinders To Venus: The City

Pathfinders To VenusBritish broadcaster ABC airs the sixth episode of Pathfinders To Venus, a follow-up series to Pathfinders In Mars, produced by future Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman. George Colouris and Gerald Flood (City Beneath The Sea) star; the script is written by Malcolm Hulke (Doctor Who) and Eric Paice (Star Maidens). Though the original master tape of this episode was later wiped for reuse, film recordings of all eight episodes will be recovered and released on DVD in the 21st century. This is a rare instance of an episode of the Pathfinders saga not directed by Guy Verney; Reginald Collin (The Edward Woodward Hour, Callan) directs.

This is the last episode of the Pathfinders series to be broadcast before humans have actually gone to space.

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One Step Beyond: The Confession

One Step BeyondABC airs the 88th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Donald Pleasance and Adrienne Corri guest star.

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Vostok 1: the first human in space

Vostok 1The Soviet Union scores another technological victory, launching cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1 into a single orbit of Earth lasting a little over 100 minutes. After that orbit, Gagarin’s Vostok return capsule carries him safely through the atmosphere; he then triggers an ejection seat which punches him out of the capsule, at which point he parachutes to the ground.

‘Way Out: The Sisters

'Way OutCBS broadcasts the third episode of the anthology series ‘Way Out, hosted by author Roald Dahl. Lois Smith (True Blood, Twister) stars.

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The Avengers: Dance With Death

The AvengersThe 12th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. Caroline Blakiston (Return Of The Jedi) guest stars in an episode now missing from the archives, but it will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions.

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