Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs releases the Firesign Theatre album Dear Friends, a compilation of highlights of the radio comedy troupe’s stream-of-consciousness improvised radio shows of the same name originally broadcast in 1970 and ’71. 
Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs releases the Firesign Theatre album Dear Friends, a compilation of highlights of the radio comedy troupe’s stream-of-consciousness improvised radio shows of the same name originally broadcast in 1970 and ’71.
The 304th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Nicholas Courtney and Aubrey Woods guest star in the first episode of the ninth season, and the first appearance of the Daleks since filming in color began.
Italian broadcaster RAI premieres the first episode of A come Andromeda, starring Luigi Vannucchi and Nicoletta Rizzi. This is an Italian remake of the BBC’s 1961 sci-fi series A For Andromeda, written by Fred Hoyle and John Elliot; the Italian adaptation is written by Claudio Cassinelli. Unlike the BBC’s original series, all episodes of A come Andromeda exist on videotape.
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President Richard Nixon announces that, after three years of studies, design concepts, and deliberations, he has given NASA the go-ahead to develop a reusable space vehicle, the Space Shuttle, which can perform multiple mission profiles, land safely and launch again, with the eventual goal of launching a shuttle almost every week of the year. The contract to build the shuttle is awarded to Apollo command/service module contractor North American Aviation, which is later to complete a merger with Rockwell International, which assumes the task of building the shuttles. The first launch date is projected to take place at some point in the mid-to-late 1970s. 
NBC airs the 21st episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Pernell Roberts, Werner Klemperer, and Susan Oliver (Star Trek) guest star.
The 305th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Nicholas Courtney and Aubrey Woods guest star.
Italian broadcaster RAI airs the second episode of A come Andromeda, starring Luigi Vannucchi and Nicoletta Rizzi. This is an Italian remake of the BBC’s 1961 sci-fi series A For Andromeda; unlike the BBC’s original series, all episodes of A come Andromeda exist on videotape.
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NBC airs the 22nd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Sondra Locke, Harry Morgan, Norman Lloyd, and Randy Quaid guest star.
The 306th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Nicholas Courtney and Aubrey Woods guest star.
The first episode of The Sixth Sense premieres on ABC, starring Gary Collins and Catherine Farrar. Belinda Montgomery (Man From Atlantis) guest stars.
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Italian broadcaster RAI airs the third episode of A come Andromeda, starring Luigi Vannucchi and Nicoletta Rizzi. This is an Italian remake of the BBC’s 1961 sci-fi series A For Andromeda.
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NBC airs the 23rd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Richard Kiley and Jill Ireland guest star.
A three-day event called Star Trek Lives! gets underway at the Statler Hilton in New York City, organized by a group of fans including Joan Winston and future Star Trek Compendium author Allan Asherman. A gathering of fans in the low hundreds is expected, but instead a crowd of thousands turn up to hear presentations by guest speakers such as Gene and Majel Roddenberry, Isaac Asimov, former Desilu executive Oscar Katz, and Star Trek writer and script editor D.C. Fontana, as well as presentations by guests representing NASA. (Roddenberry will later claim that NBC executives were present as well, though he claims they declined to identify themselves to fans since there was a fair amount of anti-NBC sentiment expressed in the wake of Star Trek’s cancellation.) Though science fiction conventions have been held prior to this event, this is the first dedicated Star Trek convention, and indeed the first such gathering devoted to a single property.
The 307th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Nicholas Courtney and Aubrey Woods guest star.
The second episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Leif Erickson guest stars.
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Italian broadcaster RAI airs the fourth episode of A come Andromeda, starring Luigi Vannucchi and Nicoletta Rizzi. This is an Italian remake of the BBC’s 1961 sci-fi series A For Andromeda.
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NBC airs the 24rd episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Bill Bixby (The Magician, The Incredible Hulk), Steve Forrest, Carol Lynley, and Albert Salmi guest star.
The 308th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Troughton guest stars. This marks the first appearance of the Ice Warriors in color.
The third episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. John Saxon guest stars.
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Italian broadcaster RAI airs the fifth and final episode of A come Andromeda, starring Luigi Vannucchi and Nicoletta Rizzi. This is an Italian remake of the BBC’s 1961 sci-fi series A For Andromeda.
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The 309th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Troughton guest stars. This marks the first appearance of the Ice Warriors in color.
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The fourth episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Carol Lynley and Larry Linville (M*A*S*H) guest star.
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NBC airs the 25th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Jack Albertson, Geraldine Page, and Bobby Darin guest star.
The 310th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Troughton guest stars. This marks the first appearance of the Ice Warriors in color.
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The fifth episode of The Sixth Sense airs on ABC, starring Gary Collins. Joseph Campanella guest stars.
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The Soviet Union launches unmanned space probe Luna 20 toward the moon, another robotic lunar lander with the capability of gathering a lunar soil sample and returning it to Earth. Over 50 grams of lunar material, including rocky material from the mountainous region near Luna 20’s landing site, are returned to Earth in a shielded re-entry capsule. The lander continues to operate for three days after the sample container is launched back to Earth.
NBC airs the 26th episode of Rod Serling’s Night Gallery, an anthology series of original short plays and short story adaptations hosted by Serling himself. Joel Grey, Lois Nettleton, and John Saxon guest star; a 20-year-old Mark Hamill (Star Wars) makes one of his earliest on-screen appearances.
The 311th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. David Troughton guest stars. This marks the first appearance of the Ice Warriors in color.
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NBC premieres the TV movie/series pilot PROBE, created by Leslie Stevens (The Outer Limits), starring Hugh O’Brian (The Life & Legend Of Wyatt Earp) and Burgess Meredith (Batman, The Twilight Zone), and guest starring Sir John Gielgud. The movie does well with audiences and gets a series pickup, though due to a conflict with a PBS series of the same name, it will be retitled “Search” when it returns on NBC’s fall 1972 TV schedule.
Toho releases the 11th Godzilla movie, Godzilla vs. The Smog Monster.