The 59th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Gene Lockheart, Cyril Delevanti, and Rhodes Reason.
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The 68th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Larry Gates and Jack Albertson star in an episode written by Serling.
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The 27th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC, opening the show’s second season. Honor Blackman joins the cast as Cathy Gale.
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The third episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
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The 42nd episode of Batman airs on ABC. Victor Buono guest stars as the Minstrel; Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) also guest stars.
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The 14th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. This episode is missing from the BBC archives.
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The fourth episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Bruce Hyde guest stars as Lt. Kevin Riley.
The 32nd episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Captain Kirk continues his winning streak of logically talking sentient computers into self-destructing, impressing Mr. Spock to no end. Scotty becomes the latest senior Enterprise officer to die in the line of duty, and by the end of the episode becomes the latest senior officer to miraculously come back to life.
ABC airs the second episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall.
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NBC airs the ninth episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Jonathan Harris (Lost In Space), Adam West (Batman), Jeanette Nolan, and James Farentino guest star.
ITV airs the 24th episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. Oscar Quitak (Brazil) guest stars. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
NBC airs the fourth episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. James Franciscus and Meg Foster guest star. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
The second episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Lazarus From The Mist, premieres.
NBC airs the fourth episode of The Invisible Man, starring David McCallum (The Man From UNCLE, Colditz), Melinda Fee, and Craig Stevens. Barbara Anderson (Ironside, Mission: Impossible) guest stars.
The 16th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Martin E. Brooks (The Six Million Dollar Man) and Norman Fell (Three’s Company, The Ropers) guest star.
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The fifth episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. Terence Alexander guest stars.
The Soviet Union launches the redesigned Salyut 6 space station, which will remain in service for five years. With six years of experience in building and operating space stations, Soviet space engineers embark on a rethink of station construction, opting for a more modular approach with Salyut 6: the new station has docking ports fore and aft, with additional station modules and automated resupply vehicles already on the drawing board. The dual docking ports also allow for multiple Soyuz capsules to be berthed at Salyut 6, making larger crews possible.
The 37th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Lance LeGault guest stars.
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The 510th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Co-written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) and producer Graham Williams under a pseudonym, this time-twisting story guest stars Julian Glover, Catherine Schell (Space: 1999) and Tom Chadbon, and features extensive location filming in Paris, a first for the series.
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A&M Records releases Zenyatta Mondatta, the third album by The Police, featuring the singles “Don’t Stand So Close To Me” and “De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da”.
The first episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. The name of the show is licensed from the publisher of Hugo Gernsback’s science fiction literary magazine, which has been in publication since the 1920s. Many of the episodes come from story sketches by Spielberg, assigned to other writers; this is one of only two to be directed by Spielberg as well. Lukas Haas and Roberts Blossom guest star.
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The 26th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Jon Cryer (Supergirl) guest stars.
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The second episode of ALF airs on NBC, centering around Paul Fusco’s puppet creation of a furry, wisecracking alien marooned on Earth. Larry Hankin (Friends, Home Alone) guest stars.
The 13th episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television, beginning the series’ third season under the title Chocky’s Challenge.
The first Space Shuttle launch in over two years since the Challenger accident, Discovery lifts off on a flight to test improved safety systems and procedures. The shuttle’s major payload is the second TDRS (Tracking & Data Relay Satellite) launched by NASA (an identical satellite was lost in the Challenger explosion in 1986), as well as numerous smaller experiments. Problems with Discovery’s environmental system cause the crew cabin to be warmer than usual. Discovery’s crew for this flight consists of Commander Fred Hauck, Pilot Richard Covey, and mission specialists John Lounge, George Nelson, and David Hilmers.
The first episode of Dracula: The Series premieres in syndication in the United States, based very loosely on Bram Stoker’s literary vampire lore, starring Bernard Behrens (NPR’s Star Wars radio series), Geordie Johnson (Largo Winch, Copper), and Mia Kirshner (The L Word, Star Trek: Discovery, Defiance). The series’ half-hour episodes were filmed in Luxembourg.
NBC airs the 76th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Brooke Shields guest stars.
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CBS airs the 11th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Rachel Luttrell (Stargate Atlantis) guest stars.
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Peter Gabriel releases the solo album Us through his own RealWorld label, including the singles “Digging In The Dirt” and “Steam”. The album reflects Gabriel’s past experiences with primal scream therapy.
The 51st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Nicholas Lea, William B. Davis, Walter Gotell, and John Neville guest star.
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