The 13th episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC, with a script by original series writer Margaret Armen. 
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The 13th episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC, with a script by original series writer Margaret Armen.
The 11th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Astro Medics, premieres.
The 14th episode of Orson Welles’ Great Mysteries is broadcast on ITV licensee Anglia Television, starring Jack Cassidy and Rona Newton-John, with Welles providing his customary introductory and closing narration.
The 12th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Mildred Natwick (Dangerous Liaisons) guest stars.
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NASA’s Pioneer 10 space probe, launched in 1972 and boosted to unprecedented speeds by a three-stage rocket, makes its closest pass to the planet Jupiter, the first human-made vehicle to do so. Zooming past Jupiter’s equator at a distance of less than 100,000 miles, Pioneer 10’s electronics are nearly fried by the giant planet’s intense radiation. Pioneer 10 presses on toward the edge of the solar system, continuing to report back through the 1990s.
The fourth episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations. Sylvester McCoy (Doctor Who, Sense8, The Hobbit) guest stars.
The 12th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Implant People, premieres. Donnelly Rhodes guest stars.
The 13th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Harry Guardino (Dirty Harry) guest stars.
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The fifth episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations.
The 14th episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC, with a script by sci-fi novelist Larry Niven adapting one of his own short stories into the Star Trek universe.
The 13th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Return Of Oro, premieres. Walter Koenig guest stars.
The 356th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces the Sontarans, created by writer Robert Holmes, as well as a new companion named Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen. This is the opening episode of Doctor Who’s 11th season. 
The 14th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Ray Walston (My Favorite Martian) guest stars.
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The sixth episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations.
Cosmonauts Pyotr Klimuk and Valentin Lebedev lift off aboard Soyuz 13, the second proving flight of the redesigned Soyuz spacecraft. Their eight-day-long stay in Earth orbit is a Soviet space program rarity: a flight devoted solely to scientific observations with no military objectives. Many of the science experiments were originally intended to be conducted on board the Salyut 1 space station. Much like the Skylab 4 crew, which is in orbit at the same time, the Soyuz 13 crew is able to observe Comet Kohoutek.
The 14th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Farthing’s Comet, premieres.
The 357th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces the Sontarans, created by writer Robert Holmes, as well as a new companion named Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen.
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The seventh episode of the British comedy series Robert’s Robots airs on ITV licensee Thames Television, starring John Clive (A Clockwork Orange, Yellow Submarine) as eccentric inventor Robert Sommerby and Nigel Pegram as one of his robot creations. This concludes the series’ first season; a second season will air in late 1974.
The 15th episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, The Beehive, premieres.
The 358th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces the Sontarans, created by writer Robert Holmes, as well as a new companion named Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen.
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The final episode of the short-lived Canadian-made science fiction series The Starlost, Space Precinct, premieres.
The 359th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story introduces the Sontarans, created by writer Robert Holmes, as well as a new companion named Sarah Jane Smith, played by Elisabeth Sladen.
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The 16th episode of the animated Star Trek series premieres on NBC. The episode is written by Stephen Kandel, the writer who created the popular Trek character Harry Mudd.
The 360th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. In an attempt to preserve the surprise of the dinosaurs’ appearance at the end of this episode, the on-screen title is simply Invasion – a decision which later sees the color videotape of the episode erased when the BBC orders the deletion of the 1969 Patrick Troughton Doctor Who story The Invasion.
The 15th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) James Daly (Planet Of The Apes) guest stars.
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The first weekly episode of The Six Million Dollar Man premieres on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson, kicking off the popular show’s first season as an ongoing series.
The 361st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Jarvis (Titanic) guest stars.
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The 16th episode of the horror anthology series The Evil Touch airs on Australia’s Nine Network, hosted by Anthony Quayle (Strange Report). (The series will later appear in the U.S. and elsewhere in first-run syndication.) Noel Harrison (The Girl From UNCLE) guest stars.
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ABC premieres the made-for-TV movie The Questor Tapes, starring Robert Foxworth, Mike Farrell, John Vernon and Majel Barrett. Created and co-written by Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, The Questor Tapes is a promising series pilot, though no series based on it is ordered. (Years later, many observers will notice that Roddenberry transfers Questor’s personality and even some of his backstory to a new Star Trek character named Data.)
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