The fifth and last of the original cycle of time-bending sequels, Battle For The Planet Of The Apes is released in theaters. Facing diminishing returns, and a desire on the part of 20th Century Fox to exploit the Apes franchise on the small screen, the series comes to a suitably post-apocalyptic end. 
The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 29 on a mission to berth at space station Salyut 6 for a period of around four months. Cosmonauts Vladimir Kovalyonok and Aleksandr Ivanchenkov are aboard, and they eventually set a new space endurance record, remaining in orbit for 139 days. Numerous material science experiments are carried out, as well as a spacewalk to retrieve samples of various materials left exposed to space outside the station. The crew is also assigned to take on a more rigorous exercise program. They will return to Earth in November after swapping vehicles with the crew of Soyuz 31.
The third episode of the short-lived TVNZ series Under The Mountain premieres on New Zealand’s state-run television network. The single-season children’s fantasy show is adapted by Ken Catran from Maurice Gee’s book of the same name.
The first episode of The Black Adder airs on the BBC, starring Rowan Atkinson. Peter Cook guest stars.
The landing module of the Vega 2 unmanned space probe successfully lands on Venus, gathering and analyzing soil samples and transmitting its findings back to Earth before the heat and atmospheric pressure destroy it within an hour. The terrain it lands on is found to be composed of rock resembling the surface of Earth’s moon. The Vega 2 “mothership” continues past Venus, en route to a rendezvous with Halley’s Comet.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 125th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode closes the series’ fifth season and is the first half of a cliffhanger resolved in the sixth season. Whoopi Goldberg and Jerry Hardin (The X-Files) guest star.
GNP Crescendo releases a CD of Dennis McCarthy’s from Emissary, the two-hour pilot episode of the syndicated science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. The album includes both of the tracks included on the Theme From Star Trek: Deep Space Nine CD single released at the same time.
EMO Records releases The Move reissue Great Move!: The Best of the Move, combining the band’s entire final album with contemporary singles and B-sides.
The 14th episode of RoboCop: The Series airs in syndication, starring Richard Eden, Yvette Nipar, Blu Mankuma, and Andrea Roth.
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Virgin Publishing releases the 39th book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Original Sin by Andy Lane. This book will be introduces two new companions original to the novels, Adjudicators Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej.
The second episode of Return To Jupiter airs on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Co-produced by ABC and Japanese network NHK, this children’s sci-fi series stars Sonia Todd (Home And Away) and David Wenham (The Lord Of The Rings trilogy).
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 50th episode of the science fiction series Sliders, starring Jerry O’Connell, Cleavant Derricks, and Kari Wuhrer. Stephen Macht guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 148th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This episode concludes the sixth season of Deep Space Nine, and is the final appearance of series regular Terry Farrell as Jadzia Dax (Jadzia is killed, but the Dax symbiont lives to inhabit another body in the seventh season).
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 136th episode of The Outer Limits.
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Sci-Fi Channel premieres the 51st episode of Farscape.
Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins is released, starring Christian Bale. Michael Caine, and Liam Neeson.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 59th episode of Stargate Atlantis.
The Star Trek fan production Of Gods And Men releases its third and final webisode to the internet. Directed by Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager’s Tuvok) and with a script by several writers associated with 1990s TV Star Trek, it also boasts appearances by Star Trek cast members Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Cirroc Lofton, Garrett Wang, and Russ himself, among others.
Longtime special effects and makeup wizard Stan Winston, a four-time Oscar winner with a resume loaded with some of the most influential genre films in movie history, dies at the age of 62 after struggling for seven years with multiple myeloma. His four Oscar wins – two for Terminator 2, one for Jurassic Park, and one for Aliens – are just the tip of the iceberg; his makeup and effects skills also earned him Oscar nominations for such films as Edward Scissorhands, Batman Returns, and AI. Other movie credits included The Wiz, Predator, Friday The 13th Part III, The Thing, Interview With The Vampire and – most recently – Iron Man. His early career was spent in TV, with work on Roots, Amazing Stories and even creating the costumes for Chewbacca’s family in the Star Wars Holiday Special. In 1994, with James Cameron and Scott Ross, he co-founded visual effects house Digital Domain, which grew into a serious competitor in the effects business with its contributions to movies like Titanic, X-Men, Fight Club, The Fifth Element, Speed Racer, Star Trek: Nemesis, and the Lord Of The Rings and Pirates Of The Caribbean series.
Warner Bros. Records releases the DEVO album Something For Everybody, the band’s first new album in 20 years.
Alan Parsons releases the digital single All Our Yesterdays, with an instrumental B-side, “Alpha Centauri”; the two songs come from the sessions carried out for his recent instructional DVD release, The Art And Science Of Sound Recording.
Part of the 24th full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-19. Fyodor Yurchikhin, Shannon Walker and Douglas Wheelock take up residence on the ISS for 163 days, becoming part of the Expedition 24/25 crews. All three return to Earth in November 2010 aboard the same vehicle.
The CW airs the 145th episode of The Flash, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ superhero starring Grant Gustin.
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The CW airs the tenth episode of Superman & Lois, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, and Alex Garfin.
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Streaming service Disney+ releases the fifth episode of the Star Wars live-action series Obi-Wan Kenobi, starring Ewan McGregor and Hayden Christensen in events occurring at the midway point between the franchise’s prequel and original film trilogies. Moses Ingram and Indira Varma (Torchwood, Game Of Thrones) also star.
Streaming service Paramount Plus releases the 11th episode of the Star Trek prequel series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, created by Akiva Goldsman, Alex Kurtzman, and Jenny Lumet. Carol Kane (Taxi) joins the cast in the second season premiere.
The 884th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 185th episode since the series’ revival), starring Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson. Jemma Redgrave and Bonnie Langford guest star in part one of the season finale.
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