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The national syndication window opens for the two-hour premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Encounter At Farpoint. Written by Trek creator Gene Roddenberry and original series story editor D.C. Fontana, this episode introduces the fan favorite nemesis Q, as played by John de Lancie. Though it’s not tied to any network, some of the stations carrying TNG in syndication – including major-market stations – air TNG in prime-time in place of their usual network programming. 
The 659th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The 24th season also opens the era of the seventh Doctor, played by Sylvester McCoy. Kate O’Mara guest stars as the Rani.
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The 15th episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson. Chris Barrie (Red Dwarf) guest stars.
CBS airs the second episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Delroy Lindo guest stars.
The ninth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) Charles Rocket (Saturday Night Live) and Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the second episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Colin Fox (Psi Factor: Chronicles Of The Paranormal) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the second episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This episode becomes an immediate lightning rod of criticism since it almost duplicates a popular episode of the original Star Trek (and even points this out in the course of its story). Data also shows Lt. Yar that he is fully functional.
The 660th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Briers guest stars as the Chief Caretaker.
The 16th episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson.
CBS airs the third episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Louis Giambalvo guest stars.
The tenth episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard and Jenette Goldstein (Aliens) guest star.
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the fifth episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK. Nigel Stock and Don Henderson (Star Wars) guest star.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the third episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Denis Forest (War Of The Worlds: The Series) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the third episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the only episode of any of the Star Trek spinoffs whose soundtrack was composed by a veteran of the original series’ music department (in this case, composer Fred Steiner).
The 661st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Briers guest stars as the Chief Caretaker.
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The 17th episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson.
CBS airs the fourth episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Merritt Butrick (Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan), Jeffrey Combs (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and (in her first TV appearance) Mayim Bialik (Blossom, The Big Bang Theory) guest star.
The 11th episode of the American-made Max Headroom series premieres on ABC, starring Matt Frewer and Amanda Pays. (This is the the American-made drama series, not the music video/talk show series featuring the same character.) W. Morgan Sheppard, Concetta Tomei, Bill Maher and Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest star. After this episode airs, ABC pulls the show from its prime time schedule for six months.
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the sixth episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. Hilary Shepherd (Power Rangers) guest stars.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fourth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation. This is the first episode featuring a new alien race devised by Gene Roddenberry, the scheming, money-hungry Ferengi.
The 662nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Briers guest stars as the Chief Caretaker.
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The 18th episode of Black Adder airs on BBC1, starring Rowan Atkinson.
Reeltime Pictures releases the first professionally-produced Doctor Who fan production direct to VHS, War Time, starring John Levene as Sgt. Benton of UNIT and Michael Wisher. By not directly referencing the Doctor, the production is able to separately license the character of Benton and thus legally sell the video.
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the seventh episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of Friday the 13th: The Series, starring John D. LeMay, Wendy Robie and Chris Wiggins. R.G. Armstrong guest stars as Uncle Lewis Ventredi.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the fifth episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Where No One Has Gone Before. This is the first episode featuring the Traveler, as well as Wesley Crusher’s ascension to acting ensign.
The 663rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Richard Briers guest stars as the Chief Caretaker.
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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CBS airs the fifth episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Eric Pierpoint (Alien Nation) and Aubrey Morris (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) guest star.
UK regional broadcaster TVS airs the eighth episode of Richard Cooper’s alternate-history series Knights Of God, portraying a struggle between oppressive government and rugged resistance fighters in a post-civil-war UK.