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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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The CW airs the 43rd episode of Batwoman starring Javicia Leslie, Rachel Skarsten, and Meagan Tandy. Rob Nagle guest stars.
The CW airs the sixth episode of Batwoman, starring Ruby Rose and Rachel Skarsten.
The CW airs the 21st episode of Legends Of Tomorrow, starring Arthur Darvill, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz and Victor Garber. Lance Henriksen and Neal McDonough guest star.
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The 29th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin, airs on the CW.
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Cable channel Disney XD premieres the sixth episode of the series Star Wars: Rebels, a CGI animated storyline falling between the original and prequel trilogies of the Star Wars saga. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 167th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy. Chase Masterson (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
Big Finish Productions releases the audio drama box set Doctor Who: Dark Eyes, featuring the episode “X” And The Daleks, starring Paul McGann and Ruth Bradley.
Big Finish Productions releases the audio drama box set Doctor Who: Dark Eyes, featuring the episode Tangled Web, starring Paul McGann and Ruth Bradley.
Big Finish Productions releases the audio drama box set Doctor Who: Dark Eyes, featuring the episode Fugitives, starring Paul McGann and Ruth Bradley.
Big Finish Productions releases the audio drama box set Doctor Who: Dark Eyes, featuring the episode The Great War. This set marks a new direction in the ongoing adventures of the eighth Doctor, played by Paul McGann, including new cover designs featuring a new costume McGann helped design.
The 15th episode of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, premieres on cable channel Syfy. Peter Wingfield (Highlander: The Series) guest stars.
ABC premieres the second episode of a modern-day remake of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi series V, starring Elizabeth Mitchell (Lost) and Morena Baccarin (Firefly). Alan Tudyk (Firefly) and Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
Russia launches the Poisk module into orbit, where it will rendezvous with and be attached to the International Space Station. The Poisk module adds another docking port to the station (with a mechanism specific to Soyuz) as well as another airlock and an experiment platform which remains exposed to space.
The 19th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures airs CBBC, starring Elisabeth Sladen (Doctor Who).
Rhino Records releases the album The Rootin’ Tootin’ Luton Tapes by Split Enz, a collection of demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs recorded during the band’s infamous lost year in the U.K. A special fan club edition adds an entire extra disc of material.
Sci-Fi channel airs the 40th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Lucy Lawless (Xena: Warrior Princess) and Rick Worthy guest star.
ABC airs the sixth episode of Frank Spotnitz’ sci-fi/horror series Night Stalker, a re-imagining of the 1970s series Kolchak: The Night Stalker, starring Stuart Townsend (The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen). ABC cancels the series after this episode, leaving four episodes unaired (which will later appear on Sci-Fi Channel and on the DVD release); this also means that the series ends with part one of what was intended to be a two-part story.
BBC1 airs the second half of the two-night event miniseries Space Odyssey: Voyage To The Planets, written and directed by Joe Ahearne. Chronicling a fictional multiplanetary mission through Earth’s solar system by an international astronaut crew, the series also slips factual information to the audience via a “reality show” format. This show will get a later U.S. airdate on the Discovery Channel.
The first four inductees – two real and two fictional – are inducted into the Robot Hall Of Fame created by Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science.
- Unimate (1961, General Motors) – the first robotic arm used in car assembly
- HAL-9000 (1968, from 2001: a space odyssey)
- R2-D2 (1977, from Star Wars)
- Sojourner (1996, NASA) – the first successful Mars rover
The panel of judges in future years will pare down the number of nominations awarded to fictional creations. R2-D2 actor Kenny Baker and Douglas Rains, the voice actor behind HAL, are in attendance.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the second mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
UPN broadcasts the third episode of the near-future sci-fi series Level 9, starring Fabrizio Filippo (Queer As Folk, Delilah & Julis), Kate Hodge (She-Wolf Of London), and Michael Kelly (House Of Cards). Tucker Smallwood (Space: Above & Beyond) guest stars.
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UPN airs the 126th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Ron Fassler (Alien Nation) guest stars.
The 40th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Robin Sachs (Babylon 5) and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 129th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is the first time that two regular characters in a Star Trek series have gotten married (in this case, Worf and Dax).
The national syndication window opens for the sixth episode of the posthumous Gene Roddenberry science fiction series Earth: Final Conflict.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 53rd episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Guest starring Jacqueline Kim (Star Trek: Generations), this is the conclusion of a two-part story.
The 20th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Robin Sachs (Babylon 5) guest stars.
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The 79th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Richard Beymer (Twin Peaks) guest stars.
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The 72nd episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.
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Interplay releases the arcade remake Tempest X3 for the Sony Playstation, featuring Atari’s original arcade version of Tempest and colorfully updated modern versions.
The 56th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Thomas Kopache guest stars.
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Pocket Books releases the non-fiction behind-the-scenes book “The Making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine“, written and illustrated by Judith & Garfield Reeves-Stevens.
NBC airs the 79th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Renee Coleman (A League Of Their Own), Carolyn Seymour (Survivors), and Kristen Cloke (Space: Above And Beyond) guest star.
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CBS airs the 15th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Richard Eden (RoboCop: The Series) guest stars.
The Raymond Scott album Reckless Nights and Turkish Twilights, a collection of remastered archive recordings of Scott and his 1950s jazz combo, is released.
The 29th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers).
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The 84th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Adventures Of Superman cast members Noel Neill and Jack Larson guest star.
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The fifth episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Lou Ferrigno (The Incredible Hulk) guest stars.
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The seventh episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens, Geordie Johnson, and Mia Kirshner. Kim Coates (Sons Of Anarchy, Bad Blood) guest stars.
The 58th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars.
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Narada Equinox releases Ralf Illenberger‘s instrumental jazz album Circle in the U.S. (the album was released earlier in the year in Germany).
The 31st episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Patrick Swayze (Red Dawn, Dirty Dancing) guest stars in an episode co-written by Mick Garris and Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape, seaQuest DSV).
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The seventh episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Matthew Labyorteaux (Whiz Kids, Little House On The Prairie) and Milton Berle guest star.
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With its own jet engines freeing it from the need for a carrier aircraft, the Buran Analogue test vehicle – the Soviet equivalent of Space Shuttle Enterprise – makes its first approach and landing test, cutting off its jet engines at a predetermined altitude and gliding to an airstrip for a landing. The Buran Analogue will ultimately make more test flights than the Enterprise, continuing to conduct glider landings through 1988.
RSO Records, the label responsible for releasing the Star Wars movie soundtracks to date, releases the Star Wars novelty tie-in album Christmas In The Stars. Produced by Meco Menardo (of Star Wars disco cover fame), the album not only answers the age-old question of what to get a Wookiee for Christmas when he already has a comb, but is the first credited studio session work of future rock god Jon Bon Jovi (credited on the LP under his given name, Jon Bongiovi).
The 516th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Myra Frances and Geoffrey Bayldon guest star.
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The 20th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Denny Miller guest stars.
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The 42nd episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Joan Van Ark (Knots Landing) and Ted Shackelford (Space Precinct) guest star.
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The 21st episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Vincent Price (Pit And The Pendulum, Time Express), William Windom (My World And Welcome To It, Murder She Wrote), Julie Newmar (Batman), and Abe Vigoda (Barney Miller) guest star.
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