The seventh episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. A simian sidekick saves the day when a routine repair mission goes wrong. 
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The seventh episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. A simian sidekick saves the day when a routine repair mission goes wrong.
The 461st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Sheard (The Empire Strikes Back) and Frederick Jaeger guest star; John Leeson joins the cast as the voice of K-9.
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ITV airs the sixth and final episode of Raven, starring Phil Daniels (Quadrophenia) and Shirley Cheriton (EastEnders).
The fourth episode of the science fiction series Man From Atlantis airs on NBC, starring Patrick Duffy and Belinda J. Montgomery. Basketball superstar Kareem Abdul-Jabbar guest stars.
Astronauts Fred Haise and Gordon Fullerton bring Space Shuttle Enterprise back to the ground safely for its fifth free-flight landing test, the second to land with the shuttle’s engines exposed and the first to land on an actual paved runway at Edwards Air Force Base. The crew successfully compensates for a “bouncing” problem experienced on previous shuttle test landings, proving that Enterprise’s sister ships should be able to land safely after returning from orbit. Following this test, Enterprise is slated to undergo a major refit to finish it out into a spaceworthy orbiter, but NASA ultimately decides the process is too expensive. This is the final free-flight of Space Shuttle Enterprise.
The 20th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Juliet Mills (Nanny and the Professor), David Hedison (Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea), and John Colicos (Star Trek, Battlestar Galactica) guest star.
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The 42nd episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Dan O’Herlihy (Colditz, Whiz Kids) and Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest star.
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The eighth episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. Just in time for Halloween, the Academy is haunted by a spirit from a doomed planet.
The 47th episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 airs on British broadcaster ITV, starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Catherine Schell.
The 462nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Wanda Ventham, Denis Lill and Scott Fredericks guest star.
The 86th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Robert Loggia and Rick Springfield guest star.
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CBS airs the sixth episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Kim Cattrall guest stars.
The fifth episode of the science fiction series Man From Atlantis airs on NBC, starring Patrick Duffy and Belinda J. Montgomery. Victor Buono (Batman) and Gary Owens (Space Ghost) guest star.
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. 
The ninth episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. One of the cadets discovers that his science experiment has potentially deadly side effects.
The 43rd episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Motorcycle stunt-riding legend Evel Knievel guest stars as himself.
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The 463rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Wanda Ventham, Denis Lill and Scott Fredericks guest star.
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The 87th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) guest stars.
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CBS airs the seventh episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Soon-Teck Oh guest stars in an episode co-written by Harlan Ellison.
The sixth episode of the science fiction series Man From Atlantis airs on NBC, starring Patrick Duffy and Belinda J. Montgomery. Pernell Roberts (Gunsmoke) guest stars in a western-themed episode.
The 21st episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Celeste Holm guest stars.
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The tenth episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS. Commander Gampu begins to worry that, what with being 300 years old, he may be losing his touch as the leader of Space Academy.
The 44th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Michael Callan (Cat Ballou, The Magnificent Seven) guest stars.
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The 48th and final episode of Gerry Anderson’s space adventure series Space: 1999 airs on British broadcaster ITV, starring Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, and Catherine Schell. Patrick Troughton (Doctor Who) guest stars in the series finale. The show’s run, and very tentative plans for either a third season or a spinoff led by Catherine Schell as Maya, have already ended thanks to a combination of cast members’ demands for raises and creative control, the slowly unraveling marriage of producers Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, and ITC head Lord Lew Grade’s desire to redirect the funds for the series toward a pet film project, Raise The Titanic.
The 464th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Wanda Ventham, Denis Lill and Scott Fredericks guest star.
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The 88th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Jack Colvin (The Incredible Hulk) guest stars.
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CBS airs the eighth episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Jared Martin (The Fantastic Journey, War Of The Worlds) and William Wellman Jr. guest star.
Columbia Pictures releases the Steven-Spielberg-written-and-directed science fiction film Close Encounters Of The Third Kind in American theaters, starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr, Melinda Dillon, and François Truffaut. A movie about contact with alien life set in modern-day America, Close Encounters (often abbreviated to CE3K) it a genuine hit in its own right, cementing Spielberg’s future connection to the genre and proving that the sudden surge of interest in science fiction was not attributable only to Star Wars.
NASA and its contractors mull over a report outlining an ambitious (and, considering the continuous delays to the first launch of the Space Shuttle program, overly optimistic) plan to reactivate and occupy the Apollo-era space station Skylab for use by shuttle crews. The plan involves outfitting the ailing station with new solar power panels and equipment, and performing repairs to make it habitable for future astronauts. Despite the best-laid plans, however, the shuttle’s first launch comes after Skylab tumbles back through Earth’s atmosphere.
The 22nd episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Roddy McDowall (Planet Of The Apes, The Fantastic Journey) guest stars.
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