Slot Machine
Atari releases the Slot Machine cartridge for the Atari VCS, designed and programmed by future Pitfall! programmer David Crane.
Atari releases the Slot Machine cartridge for the Atari VCS, designed and programmed by future Pitfall! programmer David Crane.
The 23rd episode of Harold Jack Bloom’s sci-fi series Project UFO airs on NBC, portraying fictionalized investigations into what the show claims are actual cases from the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigations. Edward Winter and Caskey Swaim star. With ratings having fallen throughout the second season, the series is cancelled, with three remaining episodes to be “burned off” during the summer months.
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The 498th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen and John Abineri guest star.
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From a distance of 36 million miles, NASA/JPL’s unmanned spacecraft Voyager 1 can already see the planet Jupiter in far greater detail than the cameras aboard Pioneers 10 and 11. Over the next month, Voyager 1 records images as it closes in on its first planetary target, spotting roiling storm clouds and fluid cloud bands with unprecedented clarity; JPL assembles the images into a “movie.” Despite the size of Jupiter at the end of the sequence, Voyager 1 is still over a month away from its closest pass to the giant planet.
The first episode of Lee Hansen’s syndicated science fiction/space opera radio series Alien Worlds airs on several American radio stations. The series stars Linda Gary, Bruce Phillip Miller, Corey Burton and Roger Dressler.
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BBC1 premieres the 14th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7, the first episode of the series’ second season. This episode concludes a trilogy spanning the first and second seasons, involving the acquisition of a supercomputer called Orac. Resident voice artist Peter Tuddenham adds the voice of Orac to his duties (he already voices the ship’s computer, Zen).
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The 48th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Charlie Brill, Kaz Garas (Strange Report), and Mako guest star.
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The 499th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen and John Abineri guest star.
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The second episode of Lee Hansen’s syndicated science fiction/space opera radio series Alien Worlds airs on American radio stations. The series stars Linda Gary, Bruce Phillip Miller, Corey Burton and Roger Dressler.
The 13th episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This episode is the first part of a two-part story; Patrick Macnee (The Avengers) guest stars.
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BBC1 premieres the 15th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7, the first episode of the series to be written by someone other than Nation himself. Vernon Dobtcheff guest stars.
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The TV movie-of-the-week Captain America airs on CBS, starring Reb Brown, Len Birman, and Heather Menzies (Logan’s Run). This is the first of two TV movies to feature the character, but ratings are not impressive enough for CBS to order a weekly series.
The 500th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. John Woodvine (Knights Of God) and Lalla Ward guest star. Valentine Dyall makes his first appearance as the Black Guardian. This is the final six-part Doctor Who story to be broadcast.
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The pilot movie of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) guest stars. More of a modern-day action series than a science fiction series, the show concerns a home-grown salvage operation, complete with a privately owned rocket, that can retrieve pieces of American space hardware from the moon.
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The third episode of Lee Hansen’s syndicated science fiction/space opera radio series Alien Worlds airs on American radio stations. Francis Bay guest stars.
The 14th episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This episode is the second part of a two-part story; Patrick Macnee (The Avengers) guest stars.
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BBC1 premieres the 16th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. John Bennett and Scott Fredericks guest star; Brian Croucher takes over the role of Travis (though the obvious difference goes completely unnoticed by the other characters).
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The 49th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Rene Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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The 501st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. John Woodvine (Knights Of God) and Lalla Ward guest star. Valentine Dyall makes his first appearance as the Black Guardian. This is the final six-part Doctor Who story to be broadcast.
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The fourth episode of Lee Hansen’s syndicated science fiction/space opera radio series Alien Worlds airs on American radio stations. Francis Bay guest stars.
With a newly-awarded NASA contract in hand, Rockwell International begins the process of converting Space Shuttle Structural Test Article 099 into the Orbiter Vehicle 099, later to be christened Space Shuttle Challenger. A process originally envisioned for the test vehicle Enterprise, it is deemed more cost-effective and faster to upgrade STA-099 into OV-099. The first order of business is the construction of a new crew module, since the corresponding section of STA-099 was never actually intended to house human beings.
The second episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) and Richard Eastham (Wonder Woman) guest star.
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BBC1 premieres the 17th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. William Squire guest stars.
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After several years of referring to the various Space Shuttle orbiters both under construction and in planning by numbers, NASA bestows names upon the anticipated fleet of four orbiters. OV-102, which is still expected to fly “late this year”, is named Columbia, while OV-099, undergoing conversion from a test article to flight-worthy vehicle, is named Challenger. Orbiters 103 and 104 will be named, respectively, Discovery and Atlantis; all four names are drawn from historical seafaring exploration vessels. (NASA has also used some of the names before: Columbia was the name of the moon-orbiting command module in the Apollo 11 mission, while Apollo 17’s lunar lander was named Challenger.)
The 50th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) guest stars. The soundtrack features the Blaster Beam, an instrument that will gain popularity toward the end of this year when used in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.
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The 502nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. John Woodvine (Knights Of God) and Lalla Ward guest star. Valentine Dyall makes his first appearance as the Black Guardian. This is the final six-part Doctor Who story to be broadcast.
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The fifth episode of Lee Hansen’s syndicated science fiction/space opera radio series Alien Worlds airs on American radio stations. Phil Diskin guest stars.
Berkley books publishes the novelization Battlestar Galactica 2: The Cylon Death Machine by Glen A. Larson and Robert Thurston. Cashing in on the series’ popularity at its height, the book adapts the two-part television episode The Gun On Ice Planet Zero.
The third episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) and Mako (Conan The Barbarian) guest star.
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