Day: May 23, 1952

Tales Of Tomorrow: World Of Water

Tales Of TomorrowThe 34th episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series, Tales Of Tomorrow, airs on ABC, with each episode’s opening titles proclaiming that the series is produced “in cooperation with the Science-Fiction League of America”, a collective of sci-fi writers including Isaac Asimov and Theodore Sturgeon among its members. This episode stars Victor Jory and Nita Talbot.

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The Twilight Zone: The Bard

The Twilight ZoneThe 120th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Jack Weston, John McGiver, and Burt Reynolds star in the fourth season finale, written by Serling.

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Doctor Who: Inferno, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 274th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.

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Star Trek III: The Search For Spock (soundtrack)

The Search For SpockAtlantic Records releases James Horner‘s soundtrack from Star Trek III: The Search For Spock, including an instrumental “pop version” of the movie’s main theme. (The same album will be given a compact disc release at a later date by GNP Crescendo Records.) Read more

Star Trek: The Next Generation: All Good Things…

Star Trek: The Next GenerationThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 176th and final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Guest stars for the two-hour sendoff include John de Lancie, Denise Crosby and Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5). The heavily-hyped episode goes on to win a Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation. Read more

GOES-9 goes up

GOES-9NOAA’s GOES-9 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral into a geosynchronous orbit now designated GOES-EAST to monitor weather patterns over the United States; its predecessor, GOES-8, remains in orbit in the GOES-WEST position. GOES-9’s hardware configuration is identical to that of GOES-8, and both suffer minor glitches which will be corrected prior to launch in the GOES-10 satellite. GOES-9 will remain in the GOES-EAST orbit until it is retired from active weather-watching duty in 1998 due to those hardware problems, though it will be pressed back into served and leased to Japan to replace one of that country’s weather satellites between 2003 and 2005. GOES-9 will finally be retired in 2007.

Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish Music

Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish MusicEMI Records releases Common Ground: The Voices of Modern Irish Music, an all-star album of Irish-themed music largely (but not exclusively) performed by Irish artists. Read more

Buffy The Vampire Slayer: Restless

Buffy The Vampire SlayerThe 78th episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. James Marsters, Anthony Stewart Head, and Alyson Hannigan also star. Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars in the fourth season finale.

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Star Trek: Voyager: Endgame

Star Trek: VoyagerUPN airs the 170th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. This two-hour episode is the conclusion of the seventh season and the end of the series. Dwight Schultz (The A-Team) and Richard Herd (V) guest star, with Alice Krige reprising the role of the Borg Queen for the first time since 1996’s Star Trek: First Contact. Read more

Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy: Episode 22

Hitchhiker's Guide To The GalaxyThe 22nd episode of the radio science fiction comedy series The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy is broadcast on BBC Radio, concluding Dirk Maggs’ adaptation of Douglas Adams’ novel So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish. Astronomer Sir Patrick Moore appears as himself. Read more

Lost: Through The Looking Glass

LostABC airs the 69th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost, ending the show’s third season. Mira Furlan (Babylon 5), Andrew Divoff, and Nestor Carbonell guest star in a season finale that turns the series’ long-established format on its ear by introducing flash-forwards to a time when the characters have already escaped the island. Read more

Doctor Who: The Lost Stories: The Song Of Megaptera

Doctor Who UnboundBig Finish Productions releases the seventh Doctor Who: The Lost Stories audio drama, a limited series of audio versions of scripts that were intended for, but never produced by, Doctor Who on television. Colin Baker and Nicola Bryant star in a story originally intended for the Peter Davison era of Doctor Who. Read more

Twilight Zone: The Blue Scorpion

The Twilight ZoneThe ninth episode of Jordan Peele’s revival of Rod Serling’s science fiction anthology series The Twilight Zone streams on CBS All Access. Chris O’Dowd stars in an episode written by Glen Morgan (The X-Files).

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