The fifth episode of the science fiction drama series Men Into Space airs on CBS, starring William Lundigan. Gavin MacLeod (future star of The Love Boat) guest stars.
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The 41st episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs on CBS. John Carradine stars in an episode written by Charles Beaumont.
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ABC airs the seventh episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Peter Breck and Jeff Corey star in a script by Meyer Dolinsky.
UK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the sixth 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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ABC broadcasts the ninth 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 126th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.
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The 179th 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 episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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The seventh episode of Gerry Anderson’s live-action UFO series airs on ITV, starring Edward Bishop and Michael Billington. George Sewell guest stars.
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The 19th episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Sandra Dee guest stars.
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The eighth 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.) Julie Harris (Knots Landing) guest stars.
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The 34th episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 airs on British broadcaster ITV, starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Catherine Schell.
The movie-length first episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk premieres on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Of the many Marvel Comics-derived TV projects on CBS’ late ’70s schedule, The Incredible Hulk is the only one that sticks around for a lengthy run extending into the 1980s. 
CBS airs the ninth episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and James Doohan (Star Trek).
The 489th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Susan Engel and Beatrix Lehmann guest star.
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The 14th episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins, and Trish Stewart. Bert Freed (Hang ‘Em High) and Heather McAdam (Sisters) guest star in the second season premiere.
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ABC airs the ninth episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Markie Post (Night Court) and Carmen Argenziano (Stargate SG-1) guest star in the second season premiere.
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The first edition of the non-fiction-with-science-fiction-short-stories anthology “The Planets“ is published by Bantam Books, edited by Byron Preiss. Contributors include Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Harry Harrison, Ray Bradbury, Roger Zelazny, JPL scientist Dale Cruikshank, Frank Herbert, illustrator Ralph McQuarrie, and many more. Each body in the solar system is described in a factual essay, and then features in a short story.
The 31st episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 106th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. Mark Lenard guest stars as Sarek and Leonard Nimoy appears briefly as Spock. The events of this episode tie in with the movie Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.
The 35th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
The 31st episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson, David Duchovny, and Mitch Pileggi. Justina Vail (Seven Days) guest stars.
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The 56th episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and Lisa Ryder. Ellen Dubin (Lexx) guest stars.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 67th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5. Patricia Tallman joins the regular cast at the beginning of the fourth season.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 30th episode of Xena: Warrior Princess. Ted Raimi (seaQuest: DSV) guest stars.
The ninth episode of the science fiction series The Cape airs in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen 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 102nd episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Though this is DS9’s heavily-publicized tribute to the original Star Trek, the fifth season’s start date occurred well after the actual anniversary (September 8th), so the episode is saved for the all-important November ratings sweeps. Charlie Brill is the sole cast member of the original Trouble With Tribbles episode, whose footage the DS9 episode uses and alters extensively, to shoot new scenes.
Cable channel TNT premieres the 107th episode of J. Michael Straczynski’s science fiction series Babylon 5.
UPN airs the 97th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. Kate Vernon (Battlestar Galactica), Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) and Tucker Smallwood (Space: Above And Beyond) guest star.
Legendary SF writer Jerry Sohl dies at the age of 88. Aside from writing a number of seminal novels in the genre including “The Lemon Eaters”, Mr. Sohlalso wrote The Corbomite Maneuver episode of the original Star Trek series, as well as installments of Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits and Alfred Hitchcock Presents. He was also a member of the “Green Hand” collective of golden-age SF writers (including such august members as Rod Serling, George Clayton Johnson, Robert Bloch and Richard Matheson) who threw their lot in with the fans to save Star Trek from cancellation by NBC after its first season.
Maverick Records releases Don Davis‘ soundtrack from the movie The Matrix Revelations, featuring collaborations with Juno Reactor.