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The Avengers: Dragonsfield

The AvengersThe 26th episode of Sydney Newman’s spy series The Avengers, starring Ian Hendry and Patrick Macnee, airs on UK broadcaster ABC. This episode is now missing from the archives, but will be recreated in audio form in the 21st century by Big Finish Productions. This, the last episode of the show’s first season, is the last to include Hendry in the cast.

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The Outer Limits: The Zanti Misfits

The Outer LimitsABC airs the 14th episode of Leslie Stevens’ anthology series The Outer Limits. Michael Tolan and Olive Deering star in what is generally regarded as one of the series’ most memorable episodes.

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Thunderbirds: The Mighty Atom

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 14th 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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Doctor Who Television

Doctor Who: The Three Doctors, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 330th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This is the series’ first “multi-Doctor” celebratory story, featuring Patrick Troughton as the second Doctor, with appearances by William Hartnell as the first Doctor (though Hartnell’s participation in the story has been significantly reduced due to his failing health; he never appears on set with his successors, appearing only in pre-recorded film inserts). Stephen Thorne guest stars as Omega. Oddly, given the timing of this episode’s broadcast, the “tenth anniversary story” begins airing closer to the ninth anniversary of Doctor Who’s premiere than its tenth.

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The Cape: The Accusation

TimecopThe 13th episode of The Cape airs in syndication in North America, starring Corbin Bernsen and Adam Baldwin, presenting a fictionalized version of NASA’s shuttle program.

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Cassini / Huygens Uncrewed Spaceflight

Cassini swings by Jupiter

JupiterNASA’s Cassini space probe successfully completes a slingshot maneuver past Jupiter, a necessary milestone on the unmanned robot’s long journey to Saturn. While in the neighborhood, Cassini conducts tandem studies of Jupiter with the still-operational Galileo probe, which – despite numerous major malfunctions – has still survived three years longer in Jovian space than it was expected to. As large as Jupiter is, Cassini will still be lending its electronic eyes and ears to studies of the largest planet well into January. Cassini will reach Saturn’s neighborhood in 2004.

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Deaths Matters of Life & Death Music Television

Neil Innes, songwriter, dies

Neil InnesSongwriter and occasional actor Neil Innes, best known for his association with Monty Python, The Rutles, and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, dies unexpectedly at the age of 75. The Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band’s hit “I’m The Urban Spaceman” brought him into the orbit of the Beatles, and he contributed a background track to their 1967 film Magical Mystery Tour. His participation in a later parody of the Beatles, the Rutles, led to TV specials and well-received albums, which counted among their fans and participants the former members of the Beatles themselves. Innes contributed material to the shortened final season of Monty Python’s Flying Circus, which made him one of only two members outside of the Python troupe to write material for the show (the other was future Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy creator Douglas Adams); his work with the Pythons continued into their feature films in the 1970s and early ’80s; he was also a cast member in the Pythons’ live performances during this period.