Lost In Space: Junkyard In Space

Lost In SpaceThe 83rd episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Marcel Hillaire guest stars in the final episode of the series. Lost In Space will be revived in movie form three decades later, and the series will be reimagined for the 21st century by Netflix.

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Doctor Who: The Web Of Fear, Part 6

Doctor WhoThe 197th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Yeti, now in the modern-day London Underground, and the introduction of Colonel (future Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.

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The Invaders: The Life Seekers and The Pursued

The InvadersThe 41st and 42nd episodes of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Diana Muldaur (Star Trek: The Next Generation), Barry Morse (Space: 1999), Suzanne Pleshette (The Bob Newhart Show), Dana Elcar (MacGyver), and Barry Williams (The Brady Bunch) guest star.

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Star Trek: Bread And Circuses

Star TrekThe 54th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Long before contest-style “reality TV” exists, Roddenberry predicts it with unsettling accuracy, even if he’s a little bit off on the details. Ian Wolfe guest stars. Read more

Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 199th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Death Clock

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 109th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Chris Robinson guest stars.

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The Invaders: Inquisition

The InvadersThe 43rd episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Peter Mark Richman, Susan Oliver, and John Milford guest star in the final episode of the series.

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Yuri Gagarin, first man in space, dies

Yuri Gagarin aboard Vostok 1Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first human space traveler, dies along with a flight instructor in a MiG jet fighter crash. Considered too valuable a publicity asset to risk in another spaceflight, Gagarin had been barred from any further space missions. Several investigations into the fatal crash are conducted, with none of them reaching any definitive conclusions, though unfavorable flying weather and a sudden dive (possibly also a result of the weather) are commonly cited factors. Gagarin’s ashes are buried in the wall of the Kremlin.

Star Trek: Assignment: Earth

Star TrekThe 55th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC, guest starring Robert Lansing and Teri Garr. An oddball episode concerning itself heavily with its time-traveling guest star, Assignment: Earth is actually a sneaky “pilot” for a potential Star Trek spinoff – and Gene Roddenberry’s hedge against unemployment, as he has every reason to believe, at the end of Star Trek’s second season, that his series is about to be cancelled. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 200th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: No Way Back

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 110th and final episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Barry Atwater guest stars.

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2001: a space odyssey

HAL 9000The product of a four-year collaboration between visionary SF writer Arthur C. Clarke and director Stanley Kubrick, MGM’s 2001: a space odyssey premieres, delighting fans of hard SF and bewildering audiences and critics. It is released alongside Clarke’s novel of the same story, which both clarifies some of the more inscrutible story points (such as the reason for the behavior of HAL, the ship’s computer) and confuses others (the book depicts a mission to Saturn; the movie depicts a mission to Jupiter). Many critics and science fiction writers regard the movie as an instant classic of the genre, one which continues to be hugely influential in the years and decades to come. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 201st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Luna 14

Luna 14The Soviet Union launches unmanned space probe Luna 14 toward the moon, where it takes up a lunar orbit and returns scientific data on cosmic rays and gravitational variances. This is the last orbital mission of the Luna series; future Luna vehicles will be landers or landers with rovers, some with sample return capability.

Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep, Part 5

Doctor WhoThe 202nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: Fury From The Deep, Part 6

Doctor WhoThe 203rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the departure of Deborah Watling as the Doctor’s companion, Victoria Waterfield. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: The Wheel In Space, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 205th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen and the introduction of Wendy Padbury as the Doctor’s new companion, Zoe. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: The Wheel In Space, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 206th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen and the introduction of Wendy Padbury as the Doctor’s new companion, Zoe. This is one of two episodes remaining intact from this story.

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Doctor Who: The Wheel In Space, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 207th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen and the introduction of Wendy Padbury as the Doctor’s new companion, Zoe. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: The Wheel In Space, Part 5

Doctor WhoThe 208th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen and the introduction of Wendy Padbury as the Doctor’s new companion, Zoe. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Doctor Who: The Wheel In Space, Part 6

Doctor WhoThe 209th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Cybermen and the introduction of Wendy Padbury as the Doctor’s new companion, Zoe. This episode concludes the series’ fifth season, but it leads directly into an unusual “in-universe” rerun of The Evil The Daleks for the following severn weeks. This is one of two episodes remaining intact from this story.

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Vega 4: Mission Of Vega 4

Vega 4The Australian Broadcasting Corporation premieres the first episode of the science fiction series Vega 4, starring John Fassen (a veteran of ABC’s first genre series, The Stranger). This series is a follow-up to the 1966 series The Interpretaris.

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Vega 4: The Forbidden Planet

Vega 4The Australian Broadcasting Corporation airs the second episode of the science fiction series Vega 4, starring John Fassen (a veteran of ABC’s first genre series, The Stranger). This series is a follow-up to the 1966 series The Interpretaris.

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