The 73rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bill Williams and Bonita Granville.
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ABC airs the 39th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. David Opatoshu and Olan Soule guest star.
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The 82nd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Joseph Wiseman stars in an episode written by Serling.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 42nd episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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The first episode of Batman airs on ABC, a campy but popular take on the comic book hero starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Frank Gorshin guest stars as the Riddler. (Setting the pattern for the first two years of the series, this is part one of a two-part story, with a full story unfolding over a half-hour of prime time on Monday and Tuesday of each week.) 
The 16th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) guest stars.
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The 17th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. William Campbell guest stars.
The 46th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Kirk and Spock gang up on a society who has taken a piece of outdated Earth literature and turned it into a blueprint for a blood-soaked society. (As heavy as that sounds, much hilarity ensues.) Vic Tayback (Alice) guest stars.
ABC airs the 14th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Warren Stevens guest stars.
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NBC airs the 22nd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Sondra Locke, Harry Morgan, Norman Lloyd, and Randy Quaid guest star.
NBC airs the 16th episode of the supernatural anthology series Circle Of Fear (previously known as Ghost Story). Kim Darby and Martin Sheen star.
The 16th episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC. The episode is written by Stephen Kandel, the writer who created the popular Trek character Harry Mudd.
The 360th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. In an attempt to preserve the surprise of the dinosaurs’ appearance at the end of this episode, the on-screen title is simply Invasion – a decision which later sees the color videotape of the episode erased when the BBC orders the deletion of the 1969 Patrick Troughton Doctor Who story The Invasion.
The 26th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Granville Van Dusen (Jonny Quest, Port Charles) guest stars.
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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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Mushroom Records releases the first Split Enz album of the 1980s, True Colours. Produced by future Prince protege David Tickle, the album gives the band a new sound and includes what will become its signature worldwide hit, “I Got You” (written by Neil Finn, who now alternates songwriting and lead vocal duties with his older brother, Enz co-founder Tim Finn). The album is released with eight different color variations, and is the first laser-etched LP. The album also suddenly draws the attention of American labels, resulting in A&M signing up to issue the band’s future output in North America.
The 525th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Graham Crowden guest stars. Due to the cancellation of the six-part season finale Shada, this episode becomes the closing chapter of season 17. Both producer Graham Williams and script editor Douglas Adams leave the series, which will return in the fall with a radically new look and feel.
The second episode of the TV adaptation of Douglas Adams’ science fiction comedy The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy airs on BBC2; Sandra Dickinson and Mark Wing-Davey join the cast.
The 557th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, ending a trilogy of stories themed around the Doctor’s regeneration and the reintroduction of the Master. Anthony Ainley guest stars as the Master.
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The 583rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star. This episode brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.
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Having taken heavy losses and criticism from both the public and the computing press for launching an underpowered machine into the burgeoning personal computer market, Mattel Electronics hurriedly sells off its interest in the Aquarius Computer, handing all rights in the machine back to its UK-based originator, Radofin Electronics. The age of Aquarius has lasted less than a year, but has cost Mattel Electronics dearly.
The 605th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story opens the 21st season, and marks the first appearance of the Silurians and Sea Devils since 1972 (and the first joint appearance of both); this is also the last Silurian story of the original series. Ingrid Pitt and Ian McCulloch guest star.
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The 630th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, premiering the 22nd season of the series. Maurice Colbourne, Brian Glover and Faith Brown guest star in a story tying into both the first Cybermen story (1966’s The Tenth Planet) and the public’s fascination with the close approach, in 1985, of Halley’s Comet.
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Space Shuttle Columbia lifts off on a six-day satellite deployment mission, and is also the first spaceflight to include a sitting member of the US Congress among its crew. The SATCOM KU-I satellite is launched, but another payload designed to observe Halley’s Comet (which is rapidly approaching its closest approach to Earth) malfunctions and collects no data. Columbia’s crew for this mission consists of Commander Robert Gibson, Pilot Charles Bolden, mission specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz, Steven Hawley, George Nelson, and payload specialists Robert Cenker and Congressman Bill Nelson.
This is the final successful shuttle flight until 1988.
The 14th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Charlie Sheen and Ray Mancini guest star.
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The 37th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC.
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The 65th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Christine Moore guest stars.
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The tenth episode of She-Wolf Of London is broadcast in syndication in North America, a co-production between Universal Studios and British broadcaster HTV, and starring Kate Hodge and Neil Dickson.
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NBC airs the 86th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
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The fourth episode of the sci-fi crime series TekWar, based on William Shatner’s novel series, airs as part of the Universal Action Pack syndication package. Greg Evigan, Eugene Clark, William Shatner, and Torri Higginson star.