ABC airs the 28th episode of the supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Sean McClory and Jan Miner guest star.
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An unmanned Saturn I rocket is launched, the first practical demonstration of the multiple-engine design which has already been earmarked for future Apollo missions to the moon. Designed by expatriate German rocket engineer Werhner von Braun, the Saturn I is the first iteration of a family of heavy-lift rockets that will include the Saturn IB and the Saturn V; in this configuration, the Saturn I is the first stage of a Saturn V with no second stage.
The 72nd episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. Lee Marvin, Strother Martin, and Lee Van Cleef star.
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British broadcaster ABC airs the 31st episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee. Honor Blackman does not appear in this episode, which instead features Jon Rollason as Dr. Martin King.
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The seventh 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 eighth episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Kim Darby (True Grit) and Michael J. Pollard guest star. 
The 36th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. It’s the only episode of the original series themed to a specific holiday (in this case, Halloween, in which it airs in close proximity), complete with a “giant” black cat, a Macbeth-esque trio of witches, and a script by Psycho novelist Robert Bloch.
NBC airs the 12th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Leslie Nielsen and Fritz Weaver guest star.
NBC airs the seventh episode of the supernatural anthology series Ghost Story, produced by 1960s horror movie mogul William Castle and starring Sebastian Cabot. Helen Hayes and Charles Aidman guest star. (This series will be retitled Circle Of Fear in 1973.)
The unmanned NASA/JPL space probe Mariner 9 concludes its mission to map the surface of Mars. After spending more than a year as the first human spacecraft to orbit another planet in the solar system, Mariner 9’s fuel supply has run out, but not before it has obtained over 7,000 images of the surface of Mars, discovering gigantic volcanoes and huge canyons in the process. The detailed photography returned by Mariner 9 is a vitally important tool for scientists and mission planners already hard at work on a potential robotic landing mission to Mars, to be launched later in the 1970s. Though inactive, Mariner 9 remains in orbit of Mars.
The sixth episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, …And Only Man Is Vile, premieres.
The 19th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on ABC. Lee Majors, Martin E. Brooks, John Houseman (The Paper Chase), and Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) guest star in the first part of another crossover event with The Six Million Dollar Man.
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The ninth episode of the British-German science fiction series Star Maidens premieres on ITV in the UK. (Not all regional ITV affiliates carry the show at a specific time; this episode guide reflects the dates for the broadcast premieres of each episode on Scottish TV.)
The 18th 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. Mako guest stars.
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The 514th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Myra Frances and Geoffrey Bayldon guest star.
The fourth episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC; this is effectively the series’ Halloween special. Bronson Pinchot (Perfect Strangers) stars.
Virgin Records releases the XTC album Skylarking.
The fifth episode of Dracula: The Series airs in syndication, 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 56th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Christine Moore guest stars.
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The 82nd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The 27th episode of the science fiction crime drama Super Force is broadcast in syndication in North America, starring Ken Olandt, Larry B. Scott, and Patrick Macnee (The Avengers). Musetta Vander guest stars.
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Narada Records releases a CD of Star Trek: The Next Generation composer Jay Chattaways’s music from the PBS documentary series Space Age. Though more percussive than his Star Trek scores, the documentary soundtrack bears strong similarities to his work on the hit science fiction series.
CBS airs the 14th episode of Barney Cohen and James Parriott’s supernatural crime series Forever Knight, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Lisa Howard (Highlander, Earth: Final Conflict) guest stars.
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NBC airs the 78th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Morgan Weisser (Space: Above And Beyond) guest stars.
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The 71st episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.
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The 77th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny. Pruitt Taylor Vince guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 88th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. This is actually the first episode produced for the fifth season, swapped out for the episode already filmed and intended to be the series finale, and features the message “Faith manages” at the end, signaling the end of Warner Bros.’ failed PTEN network venture and the end of the series’ syndicated run. The fifth season will be carried by cable network TNT in 1998.
Parlophone Records releases the John Lennon compilation album Lennon Legend: The Very Best Of John Lennon, the first career retrospective to take in music that appeared on the posthumous 1984 album Milk & Honey.
The 18th episode of Joss Whedon’s trend-setting supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on the WB network. Anthony Stewart Head, David Boreanaz, and Alyson Hannigan also star. James Marsters, Juliet Landau, and Armin Shimerman (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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