ABC premieres the first episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Virginia Leith, Skip Homeier, and Harry Townes guest star.
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The 16th episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan. William Schallert guest stars.
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The 50th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Jack Carson stars in an episode written by Serling.
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ABC airs the 17th episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Miriam Hopkins and John Hoyt star in an episode written by Joseph Stefano.
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UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 17th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.
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The fourth episode of Batman airs on ABC, a campy but popular take on the comic book hero starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Burgess Meredith guest stars as the Penguin. (This is part two of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.)
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The 19th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Richard Jaeckel, Whit Bissell and Lee Meriwether geust star.
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The 190th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Patrick Troughton plays a double role, starring as both the Doctor and as the ruthless dictator Salamander, in a story set in Earth’s future. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.
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The 15th episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. George Sewell and Gabrielle Drake guest star.
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NBC premieres the sixth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. William Windom stars in the Emmy-nominated, critically-acclaimed Serling original They’re Tearing Down Tim Riley’s Bar. This episode concludes Night Gallery’s first season.
The 333rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This is the series’ first “multi-Doctor” celebratory story, featuring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor, with appearances by William Hartnell as the first Doctor (though Hartnell’s participation in the story has been significantly reduced due to his failing health; he never appears on set with his successors, appearing only in pre-recorded film inserts). Stephen Thorne guest stars as Omega.
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The 16th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Noel Harrison (The Girl From UNCLE) guest stars.
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The third episode of The Changes airs on BBC1, adapting the novels of Peter Dickinson into a ten-part television serial starring Vicky Williams and Marc Zuber. The series was filmed in 1973, but has been held for broadcast until 1975.
The 27th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Henry Gibson, Rick Springfield, and Vaughn Armstrong guest star.
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The first Soviet-made uncrewed Progress resupply vehicle lifts off en route to the manned Salyut 6 space station. Looking more or less like a Soyuz vehicle, Progress is an automated freighter whose systems lock onto Salyut’s docking transponder, guiding the unmanned craft toward a smooth and completely automated docking (though ground controllers stand by to take manual control by remote). Since Progress is not required to return a crew to Earth, its engines and their fuel can help to boost Salyut 6 into a higher orbit when necessary. It carries over 5,000 pounds of food, clothes and other supplies, and can automatically refill the station’s air and fuel supplies. Progress vehicles become an integral part of the space program, remaining in service long enough to resupply the International Space Station in the 21st century.
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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ITV airs the 19th episode of P.J. Hammond’s science fiction series Sapphire & Steel, starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley. David Collings (Doctor Who, Blake’s 7) guest stars.
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ABC airs the 18th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp.
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Columbia Records releases the Journey album Frontiers, featuring the singles “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”, “Send Her My Love” and “Faithfully”.
ABC airs the 37th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. William Windom and Alan Fudge (Man From Atlantis) guest star.
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The 608th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Polly James guest stars.
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CBS airs the 30th episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
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The 40th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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Paramount formally announces plans to launch another Star Trek spinoff, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, in 1993, with filming to begin later in 1992. With casting yet to be finalized and the series concept still in flux, the public’s first glimpse is a year away; many trade publications still list Michelle Forbes’ TNG character, Ensign Ro, as one of DS9’s main characters. The series will be the first Star Trek entity not created by the late Gene Roddenberry; instead, TNG showrunners Rick Berman and Michael Piller have created the show’s concept, which is said to be “darker and grittier.”
In what is hailed as the biggest missing episode find in the history of fans’ attempts to recover lost segments of Doctor Who, the complete four-part story The Tomb Of The Cybermen, completely missing from the BBC’s archives, is located in near-pristine condition in the archives of a Hong Kong broadcaster. Since the tapes’ audio is the original English soundtrack and the video requires little significant clean-up or restoration, the BBC’s home video department fast-tracks Tomb for a VHS release in May 1992. As of this find, only 110 half-hour episodes of black & white Doctor Who remain missing.
The national syndication window opens for the two-hour premiere of Time Trax, co-created by Star Trek movie producer Harve Bennett, and starring Dale Midkiff. Mia Sara, Henry Darrow, and Peter Donat also star. The series, filmed entirely in Australia, is one of the premiere offerings of the Warner Bros./Chris-Craft Television joint venture PTEN (Prime Time Entertainment Network), an attempt to create an ad-hoc “fifth network” out of independent and Fox stations.
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At a ceremony at the National Air & Space Museum in Washington, NASA presents Majel Barrett Roddenberry with the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal honoring her late husband, Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, who died in 1991. Roddenberry is lauded by NASA administrator Dan Goldin for “presenting the exploration of space as an exciting frontier” in both Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation.
The 15th 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, William Shatner, and Maria del Mar star. (The series has already been cancelled at this point; Universal is burning off the remaining episodes into off-season time slots.)
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 35th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Robert Trebor guest stars.
