H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man: Death Cell

H.G. Wells' The Invisible ManThe 15th episode of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, based on Wells’ story, airs on ITV; this episode will air in October 1959 in the U.S. on CBS. Lisa Daniely stars.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Traitor

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 32nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. George Sanders guest stars in the first season’s finale, and the final episode to be broadcast in black & white.

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Doctor Who: The War Games, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 244th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Jane Sherwin, David Savile and Philip Madoc guest star. This is Patrick Troughton’s final story as the incumbent Doctor, the final Doctor Who story of the 1960s, and the final story made in black & white. Read more

Salyut 1: the first space station

SalyutSalyut 1, the first orbiting space station in history is launched, unmanned, by the Soviet Union. With Salyut 1, the Soviet space program intends to vault ahead of the United States in a new space discipline (namely long stays in space and the study of human endurance in a zero-G environment), having lost the moon race. The first Salyut station will orbit Earth for less than a year.

Escape Into Night: Episode 1

Escape Into NightITV premieres the first episode of Escape Into Night, adapted by Ruth Boswell from the Catherine Storr novel Marianne Dreams. Though originally shown in color, the color master tapes are lost over time, and the series survives only in black & white recordings originally made to sell to foreign markets. It is these recordings that will eventually get a DVD release in the 21st century.

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The Six Million Dollar Man: The Coward

Six Million Dollar ManThe 12th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. France Nuyen and George Takei (Star Trek) guest star.

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Star Wars: Jedi That Was, Jedi To Be

Star Wars RadioThe fifth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the science fiction blockbuster Star Wars airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill stars as Luke Skywalker, Anthony Daniels stars as C-3PO, and Bernard “Bunny” Behrens stars as Ben Kenobi. Read more

Salyut 7

Salyut 7The Soviet Union launches the last of the Salyut space stations, Salyut 7, into Earth orbit. Reflecting an ongoing significant rethink on space station construction, Salyut 7 is intended from the outset to be docked with additional modules to expand its habitable and working space. It also sets a new endurance record of its own, remaining in orbit for nearly a decade.

Robin Of Sherwood: The Power Of Albion

Robin Of SherwoodThe 16th episode of Richard Carpenter’s fanciful retelling of the Robin Hood legend, Robin Of Sherwood, airs on ITV, starring Jason Connery, Mark Ryan, Judi Trott, and Nickolas Grace. Jeremy Bulloch (The Empire Strikes Back, Chocky) guest stars.

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Crime Traveller: The Broken Crystal

Crime TravellerThe eighth and final episode of the time-travel/crime series Crime Traveller is broadcast on BBC1, created and written by Anthony Horowitz (Foyle’s War), starring Michael French (Casualty) and Chloe Annett (Red Dwarf).

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From The Earth To The Moon: Spider

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the fifth episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Dann Florek, Kieran Mulroney, and Alan Ruck (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off) guest star in an episode covering the evolution of the lunar module and the flights of Apollo 9 and 10. Read more

From The Earth To The Moon: Mare Tranquilitatis

From The Earth To The MoonPay cable channel HBO airs the sixth episode of the docudrama From The Earth To The Moon, chronicling NASA’s quest to reach the moon, and two episodes debut each Sunday of the show’s run. Bryan Cranston (Breaking Bad), Tony Goldwyn (Ghost, Scandal), and Cary Elwes (The Princess Bride) guest star in an episode covering Apollo 11 and the first lunar landing. Read more

Highlander: The Raven: Thick As Thieves

Highlander: The RavenThe 18th episode of Highlander: The Raven, starring Amanda Gracen and Paul Johannson, airs in syndication; the series is a spinoff from Highlander: The Series.

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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Strange Bedfellows

Star Trek: Deep Space NineThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 167th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode continues a tightly-serialized eight-episode run-up to the series finale. Louise Fletcher guest stars. Read more