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The Evil Touch: Wings Of Death

The Evil TouchThe 26th and final 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.) Kim Hunter (Planet Of The Apes) guest stars.

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Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds

Mars invades Earth again thanks to producer Jeff Wayne, who gathers an unlikely assemblage of prodigious talent around him to create a new musical version of H.G. Wells’ The War Of The Worlds. Featuring Richard Burton, Justin Hayward (of Moody Blues fame), Chris Thompson (Manfred Mann) and others, the double-album becomes an instant classic – a science fiction rock opera.

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Television

Starstruck

StarstruckCBS airs Starstruck, a pilot for a series that the network ultimately turned down. Beeson Carroll and Lynne Lipton (Thundercats) star in a story that straddles the line between sci-fi and family-hour western. Roy Brocksmith guest stars, and sci-fi publishing icon Forrest J. Ackerman is a background extra.

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Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Star TrekCo-written and directed by William Shatner (whose contract allows him to direct a Star Trek movie since his co-star Leonard Nimoy has done so), Star Trek V: The Final Frontier premieres in theaters to decidedly mixed reviews. This is the first movie featuring the original cast to debut during the run of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and its shaky box office performance ends Harve Bennett’s run as the creative force behind the Star Trek movies.

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Mann & Machine: Torch Song

Mann & MachineThe fifth episode of the science fiction police series Mann & Machine, co-created by Dick Wolf and Robert de Laurentiis, is broadcast on NBC, starring David Andrews and Yancy Butler. Melora Hardin guest stars. (The series has already been cancelled at this point; NBC is burning off the remaining episodes in off-season time slots.)

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The Outer Limits: The Conversation

The Outer LimitsPremium cable channel Showtime airs the 12th episode of The Outer Limits, a revival of Leslie Stevens’ 1960s science fiction anthology series. John Savage (Fringe), Rebecca de Mornay (Risky Business, Jessica Jones), and William B. Davis (The X-Files) guest star.

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Doctor Who: Blink

Doctor WhoThe 736th episode of Doctor Who (the 38th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Though it is this season’s “Doctor lite” story – featuring minimal appearances from David Tennant and Freema Agyeman – Blink proves to be hugely popular, thanks in no small part to the most popular enemy that the new series has produced to date, the Weeping Angels, making their first appearance here. Blink goes on to win a Hugo Award.

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Deaths Matters of Life & Death

Adam West, actor, dies

Adam West as BatmanActor Adam West, forever known to millions as the star of TV’s Batman in the 1960s, dies at the age of 88 after a short bout with leukemia. After years of paying his dues with guest starring roles, bit parts and commercial appearances, West beat out actors such as Lyle Waggoner for the role of Batman, but after three seasons on TV and a movie produced by the makers of the TV series, Batman had run its course, and West found himself battling typecasting, accepting work in subpar projects and returning to the role of Batman both as voice work (for the Super Friends animated series) and live action (the lamentable 1979 Legends Of The Superheroes specials). Voice work became a mainstay of West’s career, and he landed a long-running recurring role on Seth MacFarlane’s Family Guy animated series.