STS-120

Space ShuttleSpace Shuttle Discovery lifts off on the 120th shuttle flight, a 15-day mission to deliver a new module to the International Space Station. The module in question is the Harmony node, which adds space for further modules to be added by future shuttle missions. Aboard Discovery for her 34th mission are Commander Pamela Melroy, Pilot George Zamka, mission specialists Douglas Wheelock, Scott Parazynski, Stephanie Wilson and Paolo Nespoli, and ISS Expedition 16 crewmember Daniel Tani, who remains on the station. Among the items stowed away aboard the shuttle are the screen-used lightsaber prop wielded by Luke Skywalker in Return Of The Jedi.

Battlestar Galactica: Season 3 (soundtrack)

La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the third season of Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica reboot. The third season soundtrack CD includes the fan-requested Galactica version of Bob Dylan’s “All Along The Watchtower”, which has become integral to the storyline. Read more

Dollhouse: Belonging

DollhouseThe 16th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Keith Carradine (Madam Secretary) guest stars in an episode directed by Jonathan Frakes. With ratings for the series faltering, Fox pulls Dollhouse from the schedule just before the November ratings sweeps; by the time new episodes resume in December, the series has been cancelled, but the remaining episodes will be “burned off” in December and January.

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Dollhouse now streaming on Amazon Prime

Soyuz TMA-06M

Soyuz TMA-06MPart of the 33rd full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-06M. Oleg Novitskiy, Evgeny Tarelkin and Kevin Ford take up residence on the ISS for 143 days, becoming part of the Expedition 33/34 crews. All three return to Earth in March 2013 aboard the same vehicle.

Doctor Who: The Light At The End

Doctor WhoBig Finish Productions releases the Doctor Who audio drama The Light At The End, celebrating 50 years of Doctor Who and featuring all of the surviving classic series Doctors and many of their companions. Read more

Arrow: Broken Dolls

ArrowThe 26th episode of Arrow, a modern-day reboot of DC Comics’ Green Arrow superhero starring Stephen Amell, airs on the CW. Michael Eklund (Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, Wynonna Earp) guest stars.

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Paul Weitz, astronaut, dies

Paul J. WeitzFormer NASA astronaut Paul J. Weitz dies at the age of 85 after battling cancer. Originally assigned to an Apollo lunar mission that was cancelled, Weitz’s first spaceflight was as the pilot of the first manned mission to the Skylab space station, which had suffered critical damage during launch. Weitz and crewmates Pete Conrad and Joe Kerwin had to undertake risky spacewalks to salvage the station, and stayed in orbit for 28 days, an endurance record in 1973. Weitz returned to orbit as the commander of Space Shuttle Challenger‘s first flight in 1983, and remained at NASA until 1994.

Doctor Who: The Power Of The Doctor

Doctor WhoThe 873rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1 (the 174th episode since the series’ revival), starring Jodie Whittaker, Mandip Gill, and John Bishop. Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, Paul McGann, Janet Fielding, and Sophie Aldred guest star. This the third of three specials to air in 2022 in lieu of a full season, timed to coincide with the celebration of 100 years of the British Broadcasting Corporation. It is also the end of Jodie Whittaker’s tenure as the Doctor, and the end of executive producer Chris Chibnall’s sometimes controversial tenure as showrunner. Read more

June Lockhart, actress, dies

June LockhartActress June Lockhart, best known to genre fans for playing Dr. Maureen Robinson, mother figure of the Robinson family on Lost In Space, dies of natural causes at the age of 100. Prior to her three-season stint on Lost In Space, Ms. Lockhart was already a household name from an even longer run in a maternal role on Lassie. Big screen appearances included She-Wolf Of London, Strange Invaders, Troll, C.H.U.D. II, and a small part in the 1998 reboot Lost In Space. TV appearances included Science Fiction Theatre, Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea, Darkroom, Whiz Kids, Amazing Stories, Babylon 5, and even a voice role on the The Ren & Stimpy Show.