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The 585th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.
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Columbia Records releases the Journey album Frontiers, featuring the singles “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)”, “Send Her My Love” and “Faithfully”. 
ABC airs the 37th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. William Windom and Alan Fudge (Man From Atlantis) guest star.
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The 13th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Nicholas Pryor (Port Charles) guest stars in an episode that reformats the show slightly.
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The 586th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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The 587th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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ABC airs the 38th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. William Zabka (The Karate Kid, Cobra Kai) guest stars in his first TV appearance.
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The 14th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Joel Brooks (My Sister Sam) guest stars.
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Mattel Electronics releases the Tron Solar Sailer cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, the third and final Intellivision game based on Tron, and the only one to require use of the Intellivoice voice module.
The 588th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, brings back both the Brigadier (intended to be schoolteacher Ian Chesterton in the earliest script drafts) and the Black Guardian. Mark Strickson joins the cast as new companion Turlough; Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
The 589th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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ABC airs the 39th episode of Stephen J. Cannell’s superhero comedy series The Greatest American Hero, starring William Katt, Connie Sellecca, and Robert Culp. Soon-Teck Oh and Mako guest star. The series is pulled from ABC’s prime time schedule after this episode, leaving the final five episodes unaired until the series is syndicated later. The unaired episodes included guest appearances by Judson Scott (The Phoenix, Star Trek II), Rick Dees, and, in one of his earliest TV appearances, future Full House star Bog Saget.
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Atari releases the arcade video game Black Widow, a twin-joystick vector graphics game.
Williams Electronics releases the arcade video game Sinistar, designed by Noah Falstein and John Newcomer, and coded by a team including R.J. Mical, Sam Dicker, Ken Graham, and Richard Witt. With digitized pre-recorded speech from a professional voice actor lending the titular Sinistar a booming, terrifying voice, the game (and its difficulty) soon become legendary.
The 590th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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The 591st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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Midway releases the arcade video trivia game Professor Pac-Man, a quiz game tenuously connected to the company’s string of Pac-Man sequels. Few cabinets are produced due to very low early sales, so Professor Pac-Man is a rare find.
The 15th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Richard Herd (V, T.J. Hooker) guest stars.
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The first episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.
Sega releases the arcade game Congo Bongo in American arcades. Using the same graphical approach as Zaxxon, Congo Bongo is a 3-D take on the oddly familiar theme of a man climbing a structure to capture an ape.
The 592nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.
The 593rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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The 16th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Scott Hylands (Night Heat, V) guest stars.
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The second episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.
NBC airs the 14th episode of James D. Parriott’s time travel series Voyagers!, starring Jon-Erik Hexum and Meeno Peluce. Ike Eisenmann (The Fantastic Journey, Escape From Witch Mountain) guest stars as young Buffalo Bill.
The 594th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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The 595th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars. This is the last story for Nyssa, played by series regular Sarah Sutton.
This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
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The 17th episode of the science fiction series The Powers Of Matthew Star airs on NBC, starring Peter Barton and Louis Gossett Jr. Dennis Lipscomb (WarGames, Cop Rock) guest stars.
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CBS premieres the first episode of the fantasy/comedy series Wizards and Warriors, starring Jeff Conaway (Grease, Babylon 5), Walter Olkewicz, Duncan Regehr, and Julia Duffy (Newhart). Tim Dunigan (Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future) guest stars.
The third episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.