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The Flash: Legends Of Today
Published On: December 1, 2015

The FlashThe 31st episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW. Neal McDonough (Boomtown), Stephen Amell (Arrow), and John Barrowman (Torchwood, Doctor Who) guest star in part of a crossover event designed to launch another DC Comics TV adaptation, Legends Of Tomorrow.

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Space Battleship Yamato
Published On: December 1, 2010

Space Battleship YamatoYears in the making, the live-action adaptation of the classic anime series Space Battleship Yamato premieres in Japan, starring Takuya Kimura, Meisa Kuroki and Tsutomu Yamazaki. The movie takes some liberties with the basics of the Yamato storyline laid out in the early 1970s, but is surprisingly true to the look established in the animated series.

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Innerspace soundtrack
Published On: December 1, 2009

SoundtracksLa-La Land Records releases Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the 1987 science fiction comedy Innerspace.

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Battlestar Galactica: Unfinished Business
Published On: December 1, 2006

Battlestar GalacticaSci-Fi Channel airs the 42nd episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica.

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Voyager: Pathfinder
Published On: December 1, 1999

Star Trek: VoyagerUPN airs the 129th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team), Marina Sirtis (Star Trek: TNG) and Richard Herd (V) guest star.

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The X-Files: Terma
Published On: December 1, 1996

The X-FilesThe 82nd episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Nicholas Lea and William B. Davis guest star.

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The X-Files: 731
Published On: December 1, 1995

The X-FilesThe 59th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Stephen McHattie guest stars.

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Star Trek: Generations soundtrack
Published On: December 1, 1994

Alien NationGNP Crescendo releases a CD of Dennis McCarthy’s music from the movie Star Trek: Generations. In addition to music from the movie, the CD includes a selection of sound effects from both the film and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Alien Invaders – Plus!
Published On: December 1, 1980

Alien Invaders - Plus!The Odyssey2 video game console’s answer to Space Invaders, Alien Invaders – Plus!, hits stores. Though patterned after the familiar layout of the arcade game, the Odyssey edition offers some interesting variations, especially once the player runs out of protective shields.

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Doctor Who: Nightmare Of Eden, Part 2
Published On: December 1, 1979

Doctor WhoThe 519th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Daker and Peter Craze guest star in a strangely-timed (just before Christmas?) anti-drug story.

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Star Trek: The Literary Picture
Published On: December 1, 1979

cover artPocket Books releases the movie novelization “Star Trek: The Motion Picture“, written by Gene Roddenberry. This is Roddenberry’s only piece of Star Trek prose fiction.

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Star Maidens: The Enemy
Published On: December 1, 1976

Star MaidensThe 13th and final episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK.

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The Bionic Woman: The Vega Influence
Published On: December 1, 1976

The Bionic WomanThe 23rd episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Don Marshall (Land Of The Giants) guest stars.

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Datsun 280 ZZZAP!
Published On: December 1, 1976

Datsun 280 ZZZAP!Midway introduces its own first-person car racing arcade game, Datsun 280 ZZZAP! (with permission from Datsun for the product placement, a video game first).

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The Invisible Man: Pin Money
Published On: December 1, 1975

The Invisible ManNBC airs the ninth episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens.

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The Starlost: The Astro Medics
Published On: December 1, 1973

The StarlostThe 11th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Astro Medics, premieres.

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Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries: For Sale – Silence
Published On: December 1, 1973

Orson Welles' Great MysteriesThe 14th episode of Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is broadcast on ITV licensee Anglia Television, starring Jack Cassidy and Rona Newton-John, with Welles providing his customary introductory and closing narration.

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Electric Light Orchestra
Published On: December 1, 1971

ELOElectric Light Orchestra‘s self-titled debut album is released in the UK, though it proves to be the last released collaboration between founders (and former Move members) Roy Wood and Jeff Lynne; Wood leaves the band after an unpromising live debut. The album is released in the US in March 1972, where a phone call to clarify the album’s title results in a misunderstood written note that leads to the American release going out under the unintentional title No Answer.

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Mariner 9 at Phobos
Published On: December 1, 1971

PhobosNASA’s Mariner 9 Mars orbiter becomes the first spacecraft to provide relatively close-up images of Mars’ innermost, larger moon, Phobos, from over 3,500 miles away. The irregular shape and heavily cratered surface of Phobos point up its likely origins as an asteroid that long ago came close enough to Mars to be captured into an orbit. Phobos (and its still unseen-at-close-range smaller sibling, Deimos) will be imaged at much closer range later in the 1970s by the Viking orbiters.
The Move: Looking On
Published On: December 1, 1970

Escape From The Planet Of The ApesFly Records releases the third album by Birmingham rock group The Move, Looking On. The group sports an elegant, elaborate new sound on this outing, having recruited budding songwriter/performer Jeff Lynne from another local band, the Idle Race. Lynne’s interaction with Move frontman Roy Wood will lead to the formation, a year later, of the Electric Light Orchestra.

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Star Trek: Friday’s Child
Published On: December 1, 1967

Star TrekThe 40th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Julie Newmar takes a break from the Batcave to guest star in an episode focusing on the prime directive (and Kirk’s typical willingness to break with that most sacred of Federation laws).

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Lost In Space: The Raft
Published On: December 1, 1965

Lost In SpaceThe 12th 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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The Thousand Foot Radio Telescope
Published On: December 1, 1958

AreciboAfter months of lobbying the U.S. Air Force and the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) for help in funding a large-aperture radar/radio telescope dish for studies of Earth’s ionosphere and the space that lies beyond, Cornell University’s Bill Gordon publishes a report in the journal of the School of Electrical Engineering. Gordon’s report, setting out the basic parameters for the project, includes a reflector dish diameter of one thousand feet – a daunting prospect from a structural engineering perspective. Sites in Texas and upstate New York are considered before a natural limestone “bowl” south of the city of Arecibo, Puerto Rico emerges as a promising candidate site.
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