The fourth episode of H.G. Wells’ The Invisible Man, based on Wells’ story, airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. on CBS. Lisa Daniely and Deborah Watling (Doctor Who) star.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 54th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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NBC airs the fourth episode of the military drama The Lieutenant, created and produced by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and starring Gary Lockwood (2001: a space odyssey) and Robert Vaughn (The Man From UNCLE). Greg Morris (Mission: Impossible) and Rip Torn (Men In Black) guest star in an episode directed by Richard Donner. 
British broadcaster ABC airs the 80th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Caroline Blakiston (Return Of The Jedi) and Wanda Ventham (UFO) guest star.
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The 43rd episode of Batman airs on ABC. Shelley Winters guest stars as Ma Parker.
The 33rd episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Wally Cox, best known as the voice of Underdog, guest stars.
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ABC broadcasts the fourth episode of the Filmation animated series Fantastic Voyage, based on the 1966 movie of the same name. Marvin Miller, Ted Knight, and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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The 218th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Bernard Horsfall guest stars.
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ABC airs the 29th 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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ITV airs the third episode of the mystery/spy-fi series Strange Report in the U.K., starring Anthony Quayle, Kaz Garas, and Anneke Wills (Doctor Who). (The series is an international co-production and airs in the United States on NBC.)
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The fifth episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring Jackson Bostwick, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne. Ron Soble guest stars.
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The fifth episode of Land Of The Lost premieres on NBC. This episode is written by SF novelist Norman Spinrad.
The 39th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Sonny Bono (The Sonny & Cher Show) guest stars.
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A California judge sides with 20th Century Fox and Kenner Toys in a million-dollar lawsuit against Hong Kong-based toymaker Arco Industries. At issue in the suit is Arco’s “Spacewar” line of action figures, clearly meant to barely resemble such Star Wars characters as Darth Vader, C-3PO and stormtroopers without actually securing the licensing to do so. Kenner contends that the knock-off toys have been eating into its profits, and Arco is far from the only company to suddenly release generic space figures with designs and sculpts that are suspiciously close to elements of the Star Wars universe.
MCA Records releases Stu Phillips‘ soundtrack from the TV and theatrical premiere of Battlestar Galactica on LP. (This album will be reissued on CD in 1993, and the contents of it will appear on numerous compilations of music from this show for years to come; a re-recording of this album with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra will also follow in the ’90s.)
The fourth episode of the animated science fiction series Battle Of The Planets, The Space Serpent, airs nationwide in syndication. The series is a translation and English dub of the anime series Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman.
The 16th episode of Harold Jack Bloom’s sci-fi series Project UFO airs on NBC, portraying fictionalized investigations into what the show claims are actual cases from the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigations. Edward Winter and Caskey Swaim star. Rudolph Mantooth (Emergency!) guest stars.
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A&M Records releases the The Police’s second album, Reggatta de Blanc, featuring the single “Message In A Bottle”.
The 25th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S.
The 38th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. June Allyson guest stars.
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The second episode of Carl Sagan’s groundbreaking science documentary series Cosmos premieres on PBS. A popular history of science and scientific theory vs. tradition and superstition, segueing into Sagan’s field of expertise (astrophysics), Cosmos is a major milestone in American documentary filmmaking and the popularization of science and the scientific method (and makes an instant celebrity out of Sagan).
BBC1 premieres the 41st episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7, concluding the opening two-episode story of Avon and crew securing a new ship and base for themselves.
Space Shuttle Challenger lifts off on an eight-day mission, the first shuttle mission with a seven-person crew, which also happens to be the first American shuttle crew with two women on board. A satellite to study radiation around the Earth is deployed, along with an experiment to study the feasibility of refueling empty satellites to extend their service life. Challenger’s crew for this flight consists of Commander Robert Crippen, Pilot Jon McBride, mission specialists Kathryn Sullivan, Sally Ride, David Leestma and payload specialists Marc Garneau and Paul Scully-Power.
ABC broadcasts the fifth episode of the animated Star Wars spinoff series Droids, featuring the voice of Anthony Daniels as C-3PO.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the second episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Colin Fox (Psi Factor: Chronicles Of The Paranormal) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the second episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode becomes an immediate lightning rod of criticism since it almost duplicates a popular episode of the original Star Trek (and even points this out in the course of its story). Data also shows Lt. Yar that he is fully functional.
The 660th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Briers guest stars as the Chief Caretaker.
The 670th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard, Simon Williams and Terry Molloy guest star in the opening story of the 25th season. The Daleks make their first appearance since 1985, and this is the final original series story to feature them.
The 20th episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson.
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