Universes, Franchises & Characters – Page 49

Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity, Part 2

The 581st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star; for the first and only time to date in the series, the next actor to play the Doctor appears in a small guest role (Colin Baker). This episode, in keeping with the season’s 20th anniversary theme, and brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors, in a story set on the Time Lord planet of Gallifrey.

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Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity, Part 3

The 582nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star; for the first and only time to date in the series, the next actor to play the Doctor appears in a small guest role (Colin Baker). This episode brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.

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Doctor Who: Arc Of Infinity, Part 4

The 583rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Leonard Sachs and Michael Gough guest star. This episode brings back Omega, the villain of 1973’s The Three Doctors.

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Doctor Who: Snakedance, Part 1

The 584th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.

Doctor Who: Snakedance, Part 2

The 585th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.

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Doctor Who: Snakedance, Part 3

The 586th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.

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Doctor Who: Snakedance, Part 4

The 587th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Martin Clunes (Men Behaving Badly) appears in an early TV role. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, continues the story of the Mara from the previous season’s Kinda.

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Tron Solar Sailer (Intellivision)

Mattel Electronics releases the Tron Solar Sailer cartridge for the Intellivision home video game system, the third and final Intellivision game based on Tron, and the only one to require use of the Intellivoice voice module.

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead, Part 1

The 588th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, brings back both the Brigadier (intended to be schoolteacher Ian Chesterton in the earliest script drafts) and the Black Guardian. Mark Strickson joins the cast as new companion Turlough; Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.

Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead, Part 2

The 589th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story, in keeping with the 20th season’s theme of revisiting past stories, brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.

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Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead, Part 3

The 590th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.

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Doctor Who: Mawdryn Undead, Part 4

The 591st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. This story brings back both the Brigadier and the Black Guardian. Nicholas Courtney returns as the Brigadier and Valentine Dyall guest stars as the Black Guardian.

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Professor Pac-Man

Midway releases the arcade video trivia game Professor Pac-Man, a quiz game tenuously connected to the company’s string of Pac-Man sequels. Few cabinets are produced due to very low early sales, so Professor Pac-Man is a rare find.

The Empire Strikes Back: Freedom’s Winter

The first episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.

Doctor Who: Terminus, Part 1

The 592nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.

Doctor Who: Terminus, Part 2

The 593rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.

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The Empire Strikes Back: The Coming Storm

The second episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.

Doctor Who: Terminus, Part 3

The 594th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars.

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Doctor Who: Terminus, Part 4

The 595th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian; Liza Goddard (The Brothers) guest stars. This is the last story for Nyssa, played by series regular Sarah Sutton.

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The Empire Strikes Back: A Question Of Survival

The third episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.

Doctor Who: Enlightenment, Part 1

The 596th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian with Cyril Luckham reprising the role of the White Guardian. This concludes the 20th season’s “Guardian/redemption of Turlough” trilogy.

Doctor Who: Enlightenment, Part 2

The 597th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian with Cyril Luckham reprising the role of the White Guardian. This concludes the 20th season’s “Guardian/redemption of Turlough” trilogy.

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The Empire Strikes Back: Fire And Ice

The fourth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.

Doctor Who: Enlightenment, Part 3

The 598th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian with Cyril Luckham reprising the role of the White Guardian. This concludes the 20th season’s “Guardian/redemption of Turlough” trilogy.

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Doctor Who: Enlightenment, Part 4

The 599th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Valentine Dyall appears as the Black Guardian with Cyril Luckham reprising the role of the White Guardian, the last Doctor Who appearance with either actor before their deaths. This concludes the 20th season’s “Guardian/redemption of Turlough” trilogy.

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Discs Of Tron

Midway releases the arcade game Discs Of Tron in American arcades. The second coin-op game based on the movie Tron, this game was originally devised as an additional “stage” of the original Tron coin-op until designers split it off into its own game. The “environmental” cabinet, allowing players to stand inside the brightly black-lit game, becomes a legend of arcade architecture.

The Empire Strikes Back: The Millennium Falcon Pursuit

The fifth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.

Doctor Who: The King’s Demons, Part 1

The 600th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Anthony Ainley guest stars as the Master, though his role in part one is credited to a pseudonym, “James Stoker” – an anagram of “Master’s Joke”.

Doctor Who: The King’s Demons, Part 2

The 601st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Anthony Ainley guest stars as the Master, and the episode introduces a robotic companion intended to be portrayed by a real robot, Kamelion. Kamelion’s designer dies prior to production, however, leaving minimal documentation for the robot’s operation; Kamelion’s further appearances are written out of the show and the robot only makes one further appearance. This brings Doctor Who’s 20th season to a close; the 20th anniversary special, The Five Doctors, airs later in the year as a stand-alone with a budget and production schedule separate from the rest of the season’s episodes.

The Empire Strikes Back: Way Of The Jedi

The sixth episode of Brian Daley’s radio drama adaptation of the Star Wars sequel The Empire Strikes Back airs on National Public Radio stations in the U.S. Mark Hamill and Anthony Daniels reprise their movie roles.