The newly-formed NASA reveals a bold plan: Project Mercury will be an extensive program to create a vehicle capable of safely sending men into Earth orbit and returning them in one piece. The rigorous selection process to find the country’s first space pilots – astronauts – begins, focusing on combat pilots and especially test pilots with experience in flying unproven experimental aircraft (the Mercury spacecraft will definitely qualify for this description).
The second episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan. This episode is written by future novelist James Clavell (Shogun).
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The 38th episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Joseph Ruskin and Olan Soule star in an episode written by Serling.
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ABC airs the fourth episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Donald Pleasance and Priscilla Morrill star in a script by Jerome Ross.
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the second episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.
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The fifth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Carroll O’Connor, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.
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ABC broadcasts the fifth episode of the Filmation animated series Journey To The Center Of The Earth, very loosely based on the 1959 movie of the same name. Ted Knight, Pat Harrington Jr., and Jane Webb lead the voice cast.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 122nd episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 175th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the first of two Troughton-era stories featuring the robotic Yeti. Jack Watling (the father of series regular Deborah Watling) guest stars. This is the only intact episode remaining of this story.
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ITV airs the 11th episode of Ace Of Wands, starring Michael McKenzie, Tony Selby and Judy Loe. This episode, like the rest of the series’ first two seasons, is now missing from the archives.
The fourth episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. Drewe Henley (Star Wars) guest stars.
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The 16th episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. June Allyson guest stars.
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The fourth 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.) Leslie Nielsen (Airplane!) guest stars as an airline pilot, but that’s not important right now.
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The fifth episode of the BBC’s short-lived science fiction series Moonbase 3 premieres. George Pravda guest stars.
NBC airs the third episode of Gemini Man, starring Ben Murphy, Katherine Crawford, and William Sylvester (2001: a space odyssey). Nancy Malone (Naked City, Capricorn One) guest stars.
The 17th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner.
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CBS airs the fifth episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
The 485th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. This is the first Doctor Who script written by Douglas Adams (Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy). Bruce Purchase guest stars.
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The 43rd episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, airs in syndication across the U.S.
Pinball maker D. Gottlieb & Co., via its Mylstar video game division, graces arcades with the qute qreatures of Q*Bert. Though it rakes in quarters abundantly, Q*Bert’s easily recognizable characters briefly prove to be a licensing gold mine, resulting in toys, clothing, children’s books, and even a Saturday morning cartoon. The game is fast-tracked to numerous home video game systems.
The 28th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard guest stars as Lex Luthor in the second season premiere, which also features a new actor in the lead role.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 102nd episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Michelle Forbes guest stars as Ensign Ro. This episode introduces the Bajorans, continuing the setup for Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
The 31st episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This episode, guest starring Jenny Agutter (Logan’s Run), is the beginning of the sixth season.
The 28th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Tony Todd (Candyman, Star Trek: The Next Generation) guest stars.
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The 52nd episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 63rd episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Robert Englund (V, A Nightmare On Elm Street) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 26th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess.
The fifth episode of the science fiction series The Cape premieres in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen (L.A. Law) and Adam Baldwin, and focusing on a fictionalized version of NASA’s shuttle program.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 98th episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. This is heavily promoted as the series’ 100th episode (again following Paramount’s policy of counting two-hour episodes as two separate episodes).
BBC Music releases a CD reissue of the 1968 album BBC Radiophonic Music, featuring original works by the BBC Radiophonic Workshop, primarily consisting of themes and jingles for use on radio and television.