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1966
Lost In Space: The Lost Civilization

Lost In SpaceThe 27th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Royal Dano guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Dancing Floor

Doctor WhoThe 113th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part three of the story now collectively known as The Celestial Toymaker. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Lost In Space: A Change Of Space

Lost In SpaceThe 28th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.

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Batman: The Bookworm Turns

BatmanThe 29th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey) guest stars as the Bookworm.

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Batman: While Gotham City Burns

BatmanThe 30th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey) guest stars as the Bookworm.

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Doctor Who: The Final Test

Doctor WhoThe 114th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part four of the story now collectively known as The Celestial Toymaker. This is the only episode of this story not missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Lost In Space: Follow The Leader

Lost In SpaceThe 29th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. This episode wraps up the first season, and is the final episode of Lost In Space to be broadcast in black & white.

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Doctor Who: A Holiday For The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 115th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part one of the story now collectively known as The Gunfighters.

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Batman: Batman Makes The Scenes

BatmanThe 34th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Burgess Meredith guest stars as the Penguin in the final episode of the show’s wildly successful first season.

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Doctor Who: Don’t Shoot The Pianist

Doctor WhoThe 116th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part two of the story now collectively known as The Gunfighters.

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Doctor Who: Johnny Ringo

Doctor WhoThe 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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Nimbus 2

NimbusNASA launches the Nimbus 2 satellite, designed to observe weather patterns from orbit and test new weather and climate detection technologies. Nimbus 2’s only means of data storage fails within weeks, and that system’s only backup fails later in the year. Nimbus 2 is shut down in 1969 when the system it uses to maintain orientation to Earth’s horizon also fails.

Doctor Who: The O.K. Corral

Doctor WhoThe 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: The Savages, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 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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Surveyor 1 lands on the moon

SurveyorNASA’s first attempt to soft-land an unmanned space probe on another body in the solar system ends with a perfect landing: Surveyor 1 snaps photos from the moon’s surface, takes measurements of the local environment, and provides valuable engineering data about the surface that will prove helpful in constructing the much heavier Apollo lunar modules that will – it is hoped – take astronauts to the moon by the end of the decade.

Gemini 9

Gemini 9Gemini 9 lifts off on a three-day mission to complete the still unfulfilled docking objectives of the Gemini program. The flight has already seen significant problems, not the least of which is the death of the originally-assigned crew, Elliott See and Charles Bassett, in an accident involving T-38 training jets. The backup crew, Thomas Stafford and Gene Cernan, fly Gemini 9 instead, but find that their rendezvous/docking target is still trapped in the aerodynamic shroud that protected it during launch (the shroud would normally have been jettisoned). Furthermore, a spacewalk has been written into the mission plan, requiring Cernan to leave Gemini and go to the rear of the vehicle to unstow and test a “jetpack” (an early prototype of the Manned Maneuvering Unit that will finally see use in the space shuttle program in the 1980s). The spacewalk becomes a two-hour ordeal which leaves Cernan exhausted, thanks to the lack of handholds on the exterior of the Gemini capsule. The flight ends after three days in space.

Doctor Who: The Savages, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 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 3

Doctor WhoThe 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 4

Doctor WhoThe 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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Adam Adamant Lives!: A Vintage Year For Scoundrels

Adam Adamant Lives!The first episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! premieres on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.

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