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The 55th episode of the science fiction comedy Red Dwarf airs on BBC 2. This is the conclusion of a three-part story commissioned by UK comedy channel Dave. The story receives sharp criticism for completely breaking down the “fourth wall”, and for borrowing heavily from the movie Blade Runner. Despite the fan criticism, Dave begins putting together financing to a full season of six episodes, which won’t appear until 2012. 
Film Score Monthly releases a limited edition CD of Jerry Goldsmith‘s soundtrack from 1983’s Twilight Zone: The Movie, presenting the complete score (including songs) for the first time.
8-Bit Weapon releases the EP Electric High.
The pilot movie of the Battlestar Galactica spinoff series Caprica, a non-space-based tale of the creation of the Cylons over half a century before the events seen in Galactica, is released direct-to-DVD. Starring Eric Stoltz, Esai Morales and Alessandra Toressani, Caprica actually began its development as a non-Galactica-related pitch about the dawn of a society’s disastrous over-reliance on technology. The pilot will be broadcast nearly a year on Syfy, though its initial means of release reflects an end-of-decade spike in direct-to-DVD genre movies that includes two one-off Stargate SG-1 DVDs. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 120th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy.
The tenth episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Aisha Hinds (Invasion, Under The Dome) guest stars.
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Big Finish Productions releases the 18th episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
The fan-produced Star Trek production Star Trek: Intrepid releases its second episode. The UK-based production is shot almost entirely in front of green screen with computer-generated backgrounds added in post production.
NASA’s Spirit Mars rover becomes stuck in an area of soft, dusty soil in which its wheels can no longer gain traction. Efforts to simulate the problem on Earth begin, as well as studies to see if Spirit can free itself, but attempts to wiggle or rotate the rover’s wheels on Mars produce no results (and eventually wear out the independent motor of another of its wheels). The attempts to free Spirit from its Martian sandtrap continue through early 2010.
The 11th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Aisha Hinds (Invasion, Under The Dome) and Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Rogue One) guest star.
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Varese Sarabande releases Harry Gregson-Williams‘ soundtrack from the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine.
Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack from the movie Star Trek is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
Paramount Pictures releases J.J. Abrams’ film Star Trek, starring Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana, and Karl Urban. A reboot of the classic TV era of Star Trek, this movie is explicitly stated to be the beginning of an alternate timeline (referred to later as the “Kelvin Universe”) separate from the “prime timeline” seen in all prior movie and TV iterations of the franchise. With a marketing blitz clearing the way for its premiere, this turns out to be the most financially successful film in the Star Trek franchise.
The 12th episode of Joss Whedon’s futuristic “spy-fi” series Dollhouse airs on Fox, starring Eliza Dushku. Mark Sheppard (Supernatural, Battlestar Galactica) and Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Rogue One) guest star in the first season finale. A further episode, Epitaph One, is produced as a potential series finale, but upon renewal of Dollhouse, that episode does not air on broadcast TV, instead going direct to DVD via the box set release of this season.
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Space Shuttle Atlantis lifts off on the 126th shtutle flight, the final servicing mission to the Hubble Space Telescope (and the only post-Columbia flight not to visit the International Space Station). The repairs and upgrades conducted during a series of spacewalks will extend Hubble’s operation life through at least 2014. Aboard Atlantis for her 30th flight are Commander Scott Altman, Pilot Greg Johnson, and mission specialists John Grunsfeld, Michael Massimino, Andrew Feustel, Michael Good and Megan McArthur. This mission was nearly cancelled in light of post-Columbia flight rules requiring all shuttle flights to visit the space station.
Michael Giacchino’s soundtrack to the fourth season of Lost is released on Varese Sarabande Records.
The European Space Agency launches a single Ariane 5 rocket to deliver a pair of unmanned space telescopes to the L2 LaGrange point trailing Earth. The super-cooled Herschel Space Observatory will search for objects at the far-infrared end of the spectrum, while the Planck Space Observatory will scan the microwave spectrum. Though both telescopes are sent to the same general region of space, they are entirely separate spacecraft which will operate independently of one another.
La-La Land Records releases Elmer Bernstein’s soundtrack from the 1980 disaster movie parody Airplane!.
The 20th full-time crew of the International Space Station lifts off from Russia’s Baikonur Cosmodrome aboard Soyuz TMA-14. Roman Romanenko, Frank De Winne and Robert Thirsk take up residence on the ISS for 188 days, becoming half the ISS’ first six-person crew. All three crew members return about the same Soyuz capsule in December 2009.
Big Finish Productions releases the 121st Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy.
Big Finish Productions releases the 19th episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the Battlestar Galactica spinoff pilot Caprica.
Japan’s unmanned Kaguya spacecraft, also known as SELENE, is intentionally crashed into the surface of Earth’s moon, which it has been orbiting and studying for nearly two years (twice its intended one-year operational lifetime). Having completed its observations and studies (as well as transmitting back to Earth high-definition camera views of the moon from orbit), Kaguya impacts near the crater Gill.
Sire Records releases Regina Spektor‘s fifth album, Far.
NOAA’s GOES-14 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral into geosynchronous orbit to monitor weather patterns over the United States. It will be held in reserve until August 2012, when it will be activated to begin monitoring Tropical Storm Isaac as it closes in on the Gulf Coast, and it will redirected to monitor Hurricane Sandy’s approach and landfall on the east coast of the United States. In 2013 it will be moved to a position near the GOES-EAST geostationary position to cover the Atlantic Ocean and the east coast during one of GOES-13’s many technical outages. It remains in orbit on standby.
Big Finish Productions releases the 20th episode of the new Eighth Doctor Who audio dramas, starring Paul McGann and Sheridan Smith.
Big Finish Productions releases the 122nd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy.
BBC Radio 4 broadcasts a made-for-radio Torchwood audio play, starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles, Gareth David-Lloyd, and Tom Price.
BBC Radio 4 broadcasts a made-for-radio Torchwood audio play, starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles, and Gareth David-Lloyd.
BBC Radio 4 broadcasts a made-for-radio Torchwood audio play, starring John Barrowman, Eve Myles, and Gareth David-Lloyd.