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The 261st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Fulton MacKay, Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) and Peter Miles guest star. This is the first story to feature the Silurians.
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ABC airs the 48th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall.
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BBC1 airs the third episode of Doomwatch. This episode, written by former Doctor Who script editor Dennis Spooner, no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
The 262nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Fulton MacKay, Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) and Peter Miles guest star. This is the first story to feature the Silurians.
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ABC airs the 49th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall.
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BBC1 airs the fourth episode of the science fiction series Doomwatch, created by former Doctor Who writers Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis and written by future Survivors producer Terence Dudley. 
The 263rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) and Peter Miles guest star. This is the first story to feature the Silurians.
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ABC airs the 50th episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Bruce Dern (Silent Running) and Yvonne Craig (Batman, Star Trek) guest star.
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BBC1 airs the fifth episode of the science fiction series Doomwatch, created by former Doctor Who writers Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis. Davis writes this episode, but in a very rare occurrence, goes uncredited on screen.
The 264th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Paul Darrow (Blake’s 7) and Peter Miles guest star. This is the first story to feature the Silurians.
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BBC1 airs the sixth episode of the science fiction series Doomwatch, created by former Doctor Who writers Kit Pedler and Gerry Davis.
The 265th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
ABC airs the 51st and final episode of Irwin Allen’s sci-fi series Land Of The Giants, starring Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Deanna Lund, and Don Marshall. Albert Salmi guest stars.
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The 266th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
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The 267th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
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NASA launches the Nimbus 4 satellite, designed to observe weather patterns from orbit and test new weather and climate detection technologies. Nimbus 4 is among the first satellites to test what will become known as global positioning system technology, capable of pinpointing ground-based targets with special equipment. The satellite begins to experience intermittent attitude control problems in 1971, but remains in at least partial service through 1980.
The 268th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
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The third planned lunar landing mission, Apollo 13, lifts off. Astronauts Jim Lovell and Fred Haise are scheduled to walk in the Fra Mauro region of the moon. Command module pilot Ken Mattingly falls victim to a medical condition, leaving NASA to make a rare substitution, rotating the backup crew’s command module pilot, Jack Swigert, to the prime crew prior to launch.
Halfway between Earth and the moon, a fuel cell rupture in the Apollo 13 service module causes a massive explosion. The crew has to activate the landing module, Aquarius, to use it as a “lifeboat”; the oxygen and power reserves of the command module, Odyssey, have been compromised by the explosion and must be preserved for re-entry. The crew endures extreme cold and must ration consumables to survive. Fortunately, there’s enough fuel in Aquarius’ descent stage to put the combined vehicle on a free-return trajectory, looping it around the far side of the moon for an immediate return to Earth.
This mission is dramatized in both the We Interrupt This Mission episode of HBO’s 1998 series From The Earth To The Moon, as well as the 1995 movie Apollo 13.
BBC1 airs the ninth episode of Doomwatch. This episode, guest starring Richard Hurndall (Doctor Who: The Five Doctors), no longer exists in the BBC’s archives.
Having become the stuff of round-the-clock news coverage (though few media outlets bothered to cover any aspects of the mission before the emergency took place), the reactivated Apollo 13 command module Odyssey successfully reenters Earth’s atmosphere and returns its crew safely. (The lunar module, Aquarius, has been discarded in Earth orbit, where it eventually disintegrates, upon reentry; rather than landing on the moon, its fuel and air reserves have served the much more important function of keeping the crew alive.)
The 269th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
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The 270th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
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The 271st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. John Abineri and Ronald Allen guest star.
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The 272nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.
The first episode of the children’s sci-fi series Phoenix Five premieres on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, starring Mike Dorsey, Damien Parker, and Patsy Trench (Science Report: Alternative 3), with Redmond Phillips as recurring villain Zodian.
The 273rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.
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The 274th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.
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The first sequel to the original film, Beneath The Planet Of The Apes is released in theaters. Despite Charlton Heston’s surprisingly small amount of (still pricey) screen time and a downbeat ending that would seem to work against any further sequels, the hotly-anticipated follow-up earns enough at the box office to convince 20th Century Fox to keep the Apes franchise going.
The 275th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Most of the regular and recurring cast members double as “fascist alternate universe” versions of themselves; Olaf Pooley and Christopher Benjamin guest star.
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