Adam Adamant Lives!: The League Of Uncharitable Ladies

Adam Adamant Lives!The 13th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. This episode is one of the earliest directing credits for Ridley Scott (Alien).

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Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Star TrekThe third episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) and Gary Lockwood (The Lieutenant, 2001) guest star. This is the second pilot, and shows numerous noticeable differences in casting and costumes, but NBC and Desilu Studios elect to air it anyway, giving the production team time to complete more new episodes. Read more

Surveyor 2 doesn’t land on the moon

SurveyorThree days after lifting off from Earth, NASA’s Surveyor 2 robotic probe is en route to the moon when all contact is lost. Thanks to an engine failure, Surveyor 2 is left tumbling out of control, and does eventually reach the moon, slamming into the lunar dust of Copernicus Crater at a leisurely speed of 6,000 miles per hour – perfect for traversing the distance between Earth and moon in a hurry, but not so good for landing intact.

Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 129th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 130th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 27th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley. This is the second season premiere.

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It’s About Time: Tailor Made Hero

It's About TimeThe fourth episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Day The World Ended

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 61st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Skip Homeier guest stars.

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ESSA-3

ESSAThe recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration (previously the U.S. Weather Bureau) launches, with the help of NASA, weather satellite ESSA-3, the third in a constellation of Earth-observing weather satellites. The timing of the launch is fortunate, as ESSA-3 takes up its station in orbit mere days before the unexpected shutdown of ESSA-1’s camera system. ESSA-3’s own camera system begins to fail in less than a year, and it is deactivated near the end of 1968 due to continued system failures.

Thunderbirds: Path Of Destruction

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 28th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.

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