The 31st episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Virginia Bruce and Richard Eyer.
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The 138th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC, continuing the first adventure of the second Doctor. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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ITV broadcasts the ninth episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Peter Wyngarde (Department S, Jason King, Flash Gordon) guest stars as Number Two. 
The 94th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Damian O’Flynn guest stars.
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The ninth episode of the animated science fiction series Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman airs on Japanese broadcaster Fuji TV. This series will later be heavily edited – primarily for violence – and dubbed into English as Battle Of The Planets.
The third episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations.
The 12th episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. An old flame of Commander Gampu has to save his space cadets, much to his chagrin.
The 45th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Peter Mark Richman guest stars.
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The 466th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Keating (Blake’s 7) guest stars.
The tenth episode of Glen A. Larson’s science fiction series Battlestar Galactica airs on ABC. This is the first part of a two-part story; Lloyd Brigdes guest stars.
The tenth episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Tricia O’Neil (Star Trek: The Next Generation) and Don Stroid (The New Mike Hammer) guest star in an episode written by former Star Trek cast member Walter Koenig.
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The ninth episode of the Hammer Studios-produced horror anthology series Hammer House Of Mystery And Suspense airs on ITV; the series will be shown later in the U.S. under the title Fox Mystery Theatre. Cristina Raines (Centennial), Marius Goring, Tony Anholt (Space: 1999), and Zienia Merton (Space: 1999) guest star.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on a seven-day mission of crucial importance to plans for a future space station. In addition to launching three satellites (Mexico’s MORELOS-B, RCA’s SATCOM KU-2 and AUSSAT-2 for Australia), two spacewalks in excess of five hours each are conducted, each one testing a different method of erecting large truss structures in space. Atlantis’ crew for this mission consists of Commander Brewster Shaw, Pilot Bryan O’Connor, mission specialists Mary Cleave, Sherwood Spring, Jerry Ross and payload specialists Rodolfo Neri Vela and Charles Walker.
Directed by Leonard Nimoy, who also has a hand in development of the story, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home premieres in theaters. Directly following up on events in the prior two movies, Star Trek IV closes out a trilogy, and by bringing the action to 20th century Earth, complete with fish-out-of-water comedy, becomes a solid hit with an embedded ecological message. The movie’s success caps off a year-long celebration of Star Trek’s 20th anniversary
The 45th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone airs in syndication. Peter Scolari (Bosom Buddies, Newhart) stars.
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CBS airs the 11th episode of the animated series Superman, starring the voices of Beau Weaver and Ginny McSwain, and comprised of two stories: Wildsharkk and To Play Or Not To Play. Ron Masak (Laserblast) guest stars.
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The eighth episode of the syndicated Alexander and Ilya Salkind-produced Superboy series, starring John Haymes Newton and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
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The Soviet Union launches Soyuz TM-7 to space station Mir, ferrying cosmonauts Alexander Volkov and Sergei Krikalev, and French spationaut Jean-Loup Chrétien to the station. Volkov and Krikalev will remain aboard Mir for 151 days, while Chrétien will remain for a shorter 24-day mission. Chrétien had visited the Salyut 7 space station on his previous spaceflight; his next flight, in 1997, will visit Mir again, this time by way of Space Shuttle Atlantis. Unusually, the return of this Mir crew will leave the station unoccupied for almost half a year.
The Soviet Union launches the third Mir space station module, Kvant-2, to rendezvous and dock with Mir under automated control. With an airlock to make spacewalks easier, and additional living space and life support, Kvant also includes bathing facilities, water storage and reclamation systems (including a system to collect, detoxify and recycle human urine), and additional scientific equipment.
The Doctor Who adventure Dimensions In Time airs in two parts as part of the BBC’s Red Nose Day telethon, introduced by Noel Edmonds and featuring all five living Doctors and many of the surviving companions. Bizarrely, this story is also a crossover with the BBC’s primetime soap EastEnders, so many of that show’s cast appear as well, and it’s the closest the BBC gets to celebrating Doctor Who’s 30th anniversary.
The 33rd episode of the supernatural crime series Forever Knight airs in syndication, starring Geraint Wyn-Davies, Catherine Disher, Nigel Bennett, and John Kapelos. Lisa Langlois guest stars.
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The 52nd episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher.
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Namco releases the arcade compilation Namco Museum Volume 5 for the Sony Playstation, including the ’80s arcade games Pac-Mania, Baraduke, and others. (The same title was released to the Japanese market earlier in the year, with the same lineup of games.)
UPN airs the 78th episode of Star Trek: Voyager. John Rhys-Davies (Sliders) guest stars.
The 165th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and Robert Patrick. David Barry Gray (William Tell) guest stars.
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The 97th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s Earth: Final Conflict, airs in syndication, starring Jayne Heitmeyer, Von Flores, Melinda Deines, Guylaine St. Onge, and Alan Van Sprang. Derek McGrath (My Secret Identity) guest stars.
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Jerry Goldsmith’s soundtrack from the movie Star Trek: Nemesis is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
The 131st episode of Joss Whedon’s supernatural series Buffy The Vampire Slayer, starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, airs on UPN. James Marsters and Alyson Hannigan also star.
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The 62nd episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
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