Doctor Who: Dimensions In Time

Doctor WhoThe Doctor Who adventure Dimensions In Time airs in two parts as part of the BBC’s Red Nose Day telethon, introduced by Noel Edmonds and featuring all five living Doctors and many of the surviving companions. Bizarrely, this story is also a crossover with the BBC’s primetime soap EastEnders, so many of that show’s cast appear as well, and it’s the closest the BBC gets to celebrating Doctor Who’s 30th anniversary. Read more

Highlander: Epitaph For Tommy

HighlanderThe week-long national syndication window opens for the 32nd episode of the fantasy series Highlander, starring Adrian Paul (War Of The Worlds), Stan Kirsch, Jim Byrne, and Philip Akin.

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STS-61: new eyes for Hubble

Space ShuttleNASA launches Space Shuttle Endeavour on a ten-day mission to retrieve and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, which was launched in 1990 with flawed optics. With the $2,000,000,000 telescope held steady in the cargo bay, Endeavour astronauts conduct repairs during spacewalks totaling over 35 hours of the mission, before releasing Hubble back into orbit with new eyes. Aboard Endeavour for her history-making fifth flight are Commander Richard Covey, Pilot Kenneth Bowersox, Payload Commander Story Musgrave, and mission specialists Kathryn Thornton, Claude Nicollier, Jeffrey Hoffman and Tom Akers.

Young Indiana Jones Chronicles: Prague, August 1917

Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesThe 28th episode of George Lucas’ historical adventure series The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles airs on ABC, starring Sean Patrick Flanery. Tim McInnerny (Blackadder), Nickolas Grace (Robin Of Sherwood), and Bernard Bresslaw (Doctor Who) guest star in the final episode to air on ABC. Lucasfilm will produce four feature-length TV movies for The Family Channel from 1994 through 1996.

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The X-Files: Fire

The X-FilesThe 12th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Amanda Pays (Max Headroom, The Flash). This episode features one of the earliest TV appearances of actor Mark Sheppard (Firefly, Supernatural).

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The Tomorrow People: The Culex Experiment – Part 1

The Tomorrow PeopleThe sixth episode of Roger Price’s rebooted science fiction series The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV in the U.K. (and will appear later on Nickelodeon in North America), starring Kristian Schmid and Christian Tessier. Naomie Harris (Spyfall), Jean Marsh (Doctor Who), and Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) guest star in the second season premiere.

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The X-Files: Beyond The Sea

The X-FilesThe 13th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Brad Dourif and Don S. Davis (Twin Peaks, Stargate SG-1).

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Soyuz TM-18

Soyuz TM-18Russian spacecraft Soyuz TM-18 lifts off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on a mission to the Russian space station Mir. Aboard the Soyuz are cosmonauts Viktor Afanasyev, Yuri Usachov, and Dr. Valeri Polyakov, a medical doctor who will study the effects of long-duration spaceflight on the crew (including himself). Following a scary close call with the previous crew’s wayward Soyuz, the TM-18 crew settles in for a 182-day stay, with Afanasyev and Usachov returning to Earth; Polyakov remains aboard Mir, where he will eventually set the human space endurance record with a 420-day stay in orbit.

Lois & Clark: Witness

Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of SupermanThe 13th episode of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures Of Superman airs on ABC, starring Dean Cain and Teri Hatcher. Tracy Scoggins, Richard Belzer, Charlie Dell (Jason Of Star Command), Claudette Nevins (Electra Woman and Dyna Girl), and Elliott Gould guest star.

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Star Trek: Cacophony – A Captain Sulu Adventure

Star Trek: CacophonySimon & Schuster releases the audio drama Star Trek: Cacophony – A Captain Sulu Adventure, starring George Takei (Star Trek) and Simon Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy), on cassette and CD. This is a rare foray into full-cast audio drama as opposed to the publisher’s usual standard audiobooks. Read more

The Tomorrow People: The Culex Experiment – Part 2

The Tomorrow PeopleThe seventh episode of Roger Price’s rebooted science fiction series The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV in the U.K. (and will appear later on Nickelodeon in North America), starring Kristian Schmid and Christian Tessier. Naomie Harris (Spyfall), Jean Marsh (Doctor Who), and Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) guest star.

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Hubble’s corrective lens

Hubble Space TelescopeFollowing the Space Shuttle repair mission to the Hubble Space Telescope, the orbiting telescope’s new Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 shows incredible improvement in image resolution. By determining the exact deformation of the telescope’s main mirror, the new camera is created almost like corrective glasses: it’s designed to compensate for that deformation at all times. The resulting improvement in image quality is remarkable, enabling Hubble to spot volcanic activity on Io, a moon of Jupiter whose volcanoes have only been visible from space probes making a close flyby. Hubble’s improved vision also arrives just in time to witness an unprecedented event: a cometary collision with Jupiter later in 1994.

A close call at Mir

Soyuz TM-17The departing crew of Soyuz TM-17, cosmonauts Vasili Tsibliyev and Aleksandr Serebrov, board their capsule and vacate the Russian Mir space station, as planned. Ordered to take photos of the new docking assembly that will someday allow American space shuttles to visit Mir, Tsibliyev brings the Soyuz back to a close distance from the station, but complains of sluggish controls – just before Soyuz collides with the station, bouncing off of its outer hull twice. Mir’s newly arrived crew prepares to evacuate in their own Soyuz, but no critical damage is found to either the station or to Soyuz TM-17, which is allowed to return home. Tsibliyev’s luck aboard Mir will only get worse during his troubled second tour of duty on the station later in the 1990s.

The Tomorrow People: The Culex Experiment – Part 3

The Tomorrow PeopleThe eighth episode of Roger Price’s rebooted science fiction series The Tomorrow People is broadcast on ITV in the U.K. (and will appear later on Nickelodeon in North America), starring Kristian Schmid and Christian Tessier. Naomie Harris (Spyfall), Jean Marsh (Doctor Who), and Connie Booth (Fawlty Towers) guest star.

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The X-Files: Gender Bender

The X-FilesThe 14th episode of Chris Carter’s modern-day science fiction series The X-Files airs on Fox, starring Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny, and guest starring Peter Stebbings (Jeremiah). This episode is notable for being the first X-Files episode directed by Rob Bowman (Star Trek: The Next Generation), who will become a major influence on the series, as well as the first series appearance of actor Nicholas Lea, though it’s the only time he doesn’t play Alex Krycek.

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