Earl Green is the creator, curator, and head writer of theLogBook.com.
The 694th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Dinsdale Landen, Alfred Lynch and game show host Nicholas Parsons (in a rare dramatic role) guest star.
This is the final Doctor Who television story to use the show’s traditional format of four 25-minute episodes.
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!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store
The second episode of the rebooted-for-cable Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs on the Comedy Channel, starring Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, and Josh Weinstein. Though this was the second cable episode produced, it was aired first. 
The 33rd episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The 30th episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The week-long national syndication window opens for the 56th episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Fox Network airs the tenth episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Andreas Katsulas (Babylon 5) guest stars.
Reprise Records releases the Chicago compilation album Greatest Hits, 1982-1989, gathering the band’s most popular 1980s radio hits.
The 14th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
NBC airs the 16th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The 695th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Julian Holloway guest stars; Anthony Ainley makes his final appearance as the Master in the original series.
The first episode of the rebooted-for-cable Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs on the Comedy Channel, starring Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, and Josh Weinstein.
The 34th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Michael J. Pollard and Richard Kiel guest star in an episode co-written by comics writer Denny O’Neil.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The Soviet Union launches the third Mir space station module, Kvant-2, to rendezvous and dock with Mir under automated control. With an airlock to make spacewalks easier, and additional living space and life support, Kvant also includes bathing facilities, water storage and reclamation systems (including a system to collect, detoxify and recycle human urine), and additional scientific equipment.
The 31st episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Rick Dano and Sherman Howard guest star.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
Fox Network airs the 11th episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. Ted Raimi (Xena: Warrior Princess, seaQuest DSV) makes an early TV appearances in this episode.
Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on 1989’s fifth and final shuttle launch, delivering a classified Defense Department payload into orbit on a five-day mission. Aboard Discovery are Commander Frederick Gregory, Pilot John Blaha, and mission specialists Story Musgrave, Manley Carter, and Kathryn Thornton.
The 15th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. Frances Barber guest stars.
NBC airs the 17th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. Tyra Ferrell (Boyz n The Hood) guest stars.
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The 696th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Julian Holloway guest stars; Anthony Ainley makes his final appearance as the Master in the original series.
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!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store
The third episode of the rebooted-for-cable Mystery Science Theater 3000 airs on the Comedy Channel, starring Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, and Josh Weinstein.
The 35th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. George Maharis (Route 66) guest stars in an episode written by comics writer Cary Bates.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
Bantam Books publishes the short story anthology Tales From The New Twilight Zone by J. Michael Straczynski, a collection of prose adaptations of the writer’s scripts for the revived TV series.
The 32nd episode of the horror anthology series Freddy’s Nightmares is broadcast in syndication in North America, hosted by Robert Englund in character as Freddy Krueger. Sharon Ferrell guest stars.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The 16th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.
NBC airs the 18th episode of Donald Bellisario’s science fiction series Quantum Leap, starring Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell. John Cullum (Northern Exposure) and Paul Sand guest star.
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
The 697th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Julian Holloway guest stars; Anthony Ainley makes his final appearance as the Master in the original series. This is the final episode of the original Doctor Who series, as the BBC quietly keeps the show off the schedule without making an announcement of the series’ cancellation. Doctor Who returns – with Sylvester McCoy briefly reprising his role – as a one-off TV movie in 1996, and then goes dormant again until revived in 2005.
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!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store
The 36th episode of the syndicated series Superboy, starring Gerard Christopher and Stacy Haiduk, airs. Sherman Howard and Barry Cutler guest star.
This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
Fox Network airs the 12th episode of Kenneth Johnson’s sci-fi cop series Alien Nation, starring Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint. This episode marks the final opening credits appearances for Molly Morgan, Jeff Doucette, and Lawrence Hilton-Jacobs, whose characters are dropped as regulars at midseason.
CBS airs the 45th episode of Ron Koslow’s fantasy series Beauty and the Beast, starring Linda Hamilton, Ron Perlman, and Roy Dotrice. Armin Shimerman, Edward Albert, and Richard Roundtree (Shaft) guest star in the third season premiere.
More about Beauty and the Beast in theLogBook.com Store
Beauty & The Beast now streaming on Paramount Plus
The 17th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2.