The sixth 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.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 56th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Honor Blackman.
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NBC airs the sixth 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). 
The sixth episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Charles McGraw guest stars.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 82nd episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 63rd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Paul Fix guest stars.
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The 35th 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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Launched four months before, NASA/JPL’s unmanned Mariner 5 space probe reaches the planet Venus. With its cameras removed to make way for other instrumentation, Mariner 5 provides valuable data on the makeup of the Venusian atmosphere and the probable conditions on the surface, corroborating what the Soviet Union’s successful landing of Venera 4 had found: a planet whose dense atmosphere traps heat and carbon dioxide, resulting in oven-like temperatures and ground-level pressures. NASA attempts to keep Mariner 5 functioning months after its flyby of Venus for tandem measurements of solar wind with Mariner 4, which has now passed beyond Martian orbit, but contact cannot be reliably maintained with Mariner 5 long enough to conduct the experiment.
ABC broadcasts the sixth 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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ABC airs the 31st 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 fifth 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.) Jeremy Bulloch (The Empire Strikes Back, Chocky) guest stars.
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The seventh episode of Filmation’s live-action Shazam! series airs on CBS, starring Jackson Bostwick, Michael Gray and Les Tremayne.
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The seventh episode of Land Of The Lost premieres on NBC, as the Marshall children nearly fall victim to mind-altering Sleestak technology.
The 41st episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) and Erik Estrada (CHiPs) guest star.
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Electric Light Orchestra‘s seventh album, Out Of The Blue, is released, featuring the singles “Sweet Talkin’ Woman”, “Turn To Stone” and “Mr. Blue Sky”. Perhaps reflecting the now-widespread fascination with science fiction, this is the first ELO album to depict the band’s logo as a giant spaceship, a theme which is carried over into the extravagant set for the world tour that takes up ELO’s schedule for the next year.
The 18th 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. Anne Lockhart (Battlestar Galactica) guest stars.
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Epic Records releases Reality Effect, the second album by British new wave band The Tourists (featuring future Eurythmics Annie Lennix and Dave Stewart). The album features the singles “So Good To Be Back Home Again” and a cover of “I Only Want To Be With You”, which charts in the UK.
The 39th 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. Robert Davi and Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars
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The fourth 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 43rd episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. Barbara Shelley guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Hilary Shepherd (Power Rangers) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first episode featuring a new alien race devised by Gene Roddenberry, the scheming, money-hungry Ferengi.
The 662nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Briers guest stars as the Chief Caretaker.
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The 672nd 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. This episode also marks a major shift away from the comedy-oriented stories of the 1986 and 1987 seasons.
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The 22nd episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson.
Warner Bros. Records releases the second Traveling Wilburys album, paradoxically titled Volume Three, featuring the singles “She’s My Baby” and “Inside Out”.
NBC airs the 34th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Susan Anton and Marjorie Monaghan (Space Rangers) guest star.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 130th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Virgin Publishing releases the 43rd book in the Doctor Who: The New Adventures range, Head Games by Steve Lyons.
The first episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel Return Of The Jedi airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Unlike previous the previous NPR adaptations, this shortened series is produced primarily as a for-profit product for Highbridge Audio which is then licensed to NPR stations for broadcast.