Ten Acre Films publishes the non-fiction book The Long Game: 1996-2003 – The Inside Story of How the BBC Brought Back Doctor Who by Paul Hayes. The book covers the BBC’s numerous attempts to revive Doctor Who between the one-off 1996 TV movie and the series’ return in 2005.
Writer Bob Baker, a former Doctor Who script writer who, with his frequent 1970s writing partner Dave Martin, created the character of K-9, dies at the age of 82. Born in Bristol, Baker forged a fruitful writing partnership with Martin, with their first Doctor Who story, The Claws Of Axos, transmitted by the BBC in 1971. They continued to be frequent contributors to that series throughout the 1970s, while simultaneously creating children’s fantasy series closer to home at HTV, including Sky and King Of The Castle. A 1977 Doctor Who script, The Invisible Enemy, introduced the enduring character of robot dog K-9, who would continue to appear regularly through 1981, even meriting a pilot for a spinoff series, K-9 & Company, that same year, and eventually making guest appearances in the 21st century revival of Doctor Who and its spinoff, The Sarah Jane Adventures. Baker and Martin stopped working together in the late ’70s, with Baker pursuing one solo Doctor Who writing assignment (1979’s Nightmare Of Eden) before co-creating another HTV fantasy series, Into The Labyrinth, which ran for three seasons starting in 1981. In 2009, after years of pitching the idea, a K-9 spinoff produced in Australia launched, produced by Baker (who also wrote or co-wrote two scripts). Baker was still trying to attract co-production interest in a second season of K-9, or possible a movie spinoff, toward the end of his life. Baker gained wider recognition as co-creator of the Wallace & Gromit animated shorts and movies (as well as their spinoff, Shaun the Sheep), which won both Oscar and BAFTA awards.
The CW airs the 42nd episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
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The CW airs the 101st episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the third episode of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy, created by Dan & Kevin Hageman.
Actor Dean Stockwell, known to many genre fans as Al from the time-travel series Quantum Leap, dies at the age of 85. Beginning his career on the Broadway stage at the age of six, Stockwell quickly made his way to Hollywood, appearing alongside the likes of Errol Flynn, Frank Sinatra, Katherine Hepburn, and Roddy McDowall, among many others. In the early 1980s, while he was contemplating a career change, an appearing in the film Paris, Texas revitalized Stockwell’s profile as an actor, leading to roles in Dune, Blue Velvet, and Married To The Mob, which earned Stockwell an Oscar nomination. Immediately after that, he was cast as Al in Quantum Leap, a show in which he co-starred opposite Scott Bakula for five seasons, racking up nominations for Emmy Awards for four of those years. Later genre TV work included a recurring role on Syfy‘s revival of Battlestar Galactica.
theLogBook.com releases the 30th episode of the Retrogram podcast, hosted by Earl Green, covering the following shows from the week of October 14th, 1973:
- Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries: Unseen Alibi
This episode was previously released in late 2020 to the site’s Patreon supporters.
The CW airs the 43rd episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy. Rob Nagle guest stars.
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The CW airs the 102nd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the fourth episode of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy, created by Dan & Kevin Hageman.
The CW airs the 151st episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Brandon Routh (Legends Of Tomorrow) and Tony Curran (Defiance, Doctor Who) guest star in the eight season premiere.
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The CW airs the 44th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
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The CW airs the 103rd episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the fifth episode of the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy, created by Dan & Kevin Hageman. Though originally intended to run concurrently with Star Trek: Discovery’s fourth season, the series goes on hiatus after this episode in order to allow post-production to catch up, with many elements of production having reverted to remote work due to a surge of a new variant of COVID-19. It is the first time since May 1999 that two Star Trek series have aired new episodes in the same week.
Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the 43rd episode of Star Trek: Discovery, opening the series’ fourth season. Chelah Horsdal (The Man In The High Castle) guest stars.
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The CW airs the 152nd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Cress Williams (Black Lightning), Kandyse McClure (Jeremiah, Battlestar Galactica), and Tony Curran (Defiance, Doctor Who) guest star.
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Streaming service Disney Plus premieres the first episode of Hawkeye, created for TV by Jonathan Igla and starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series follows the exploits of the non-super-powered title character after the events of Avengers: Endgame.
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Streaming service Disney Plus releases the second episode of Hawkeye, created for TV by Jonathan Igla and starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld.
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The CW airs the 45th episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy.
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The CW airs the 104th episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Caity Lotz, Jes Macallan, Tala Ashe, and Olivia Swann.
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Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the 44th episode of Star Trek: Discovery. Chelah Horsdal (The Man In The High Castle) guest stars.
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The CW airs the 153rd episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin. Cress Williams (Black Lightning), Javicia Leslie (Batwoman), and Tony Curran (Defiance, Doctor Who) guest star.
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Streaming service Disney Plus releases the third episode of Hawkeye, created for TV by Jonathan Igla and starring Jeremy Renner and Hailee Steinfeld.
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Disney Music digitally releases the soundtrack from the VR gam Star Wars: Tales From The Galaxy’s Edge, featuring music by Bear McCreary (Battlestar Galactica, The Walking Dead), Joseph Trapanese (Tron Legacy, Tron Uprising), and Danny Piccione.
Anderson Entertainment publishes the Space: 1999 Moonbase Alpha Technical Operations Manual, a glossy, large-format coffee table book detailing the technical specifications of Space: 1999’s settings, vehicles, weapons, uniforms, and more.