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1977
Doctor Who: The Sun Makers, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 468th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Keating (Blake’s 7) guest stars.

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Come Back, Mrs. Noah

Come Back, Mrs. NoahThe pilot episode of the science fiction sitcom Come Back, Mrs. Noah, created by the writing duo behind the perennial favorite Are You Being Served? and starring Mollie Sugden, is aired by the BBC. The remaining five episodes are to be aired in 1978. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

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Space Academy: Johnny Sunseed

Space AcademyThe 15th and final episode of Filmation’s Saturday morning science fiction series Space Academy airs on CBS, as Commander Gampu’s brother arrives on a mission to shut down the Academy. With Star Wars mania in full swing, Filmation decides to keep the Space Academy sets and costumes around, but reformat the show with new characters, actors and plotlines to cash in on the current sci-fi craze. Read more (more…)

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The Bionic Woman: Over The Hill Spy

The Bionic WomanThe 47th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Richard Erdman (Tora! Tora! Tora!, Community) guest stars.

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Doctor Who: The Sun Makers, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 469th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Michael Keating (Blake’s 7) guest stars.

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Six Million Dollar Man: The Cheshire Project

Six Million Dollar ManThe 90th episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Suzanne Somers (Three’s Company) guest stars.

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Logan’s Run: The Judas Goat

Logan's RunCBS airs the ninth episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Lance Le Gault and Morgan Woodward guest star. Read more (more…)

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Wonder Woman: The Deadly Toys

Wonder WomanThe 25th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Frank Gorshin (Batman) guest stars.

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1978
Six Million Dollar Man: Walk A Deadly Wing

Six Million Dollar ManThe 91st episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson. Eric Braeden (Escape From The Planet Of The Apes) guest stars.

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The Next Step Beyond: Tsunami

The Next Step BeyondThe week-long syndication window opens for the first episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond. John Newland resumes his hosting and directing duties from the original series; Laraine Stephens (Matt Helm) guest stars. Though syndicated genre programming will become commonplace in the late 1980s, this is a rare example of a genre show produced for first-run syndication in the late 1970s.

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Surround (Atari 2600)

SurroundAtari releases Surround as a cartridge for the Atari 2600. Surround is “inspired” by the many 1970s arcade games which later, in turn, inspired the “light cycles” sequences in Tron. Read more (more…)

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Blake’s 7: The Way Back

Blake's 7Terry Nation, the television writer who created Doctor Who’s greatest foes, the Daleks, graces the world with another science fiction creation on the BBC, Blake’s 7. Set centuries in the future, the show depicts a government so corrupt that the audience is left with a band of terrorists, guerilla fighters and deeply flawed human beings with whom to sympathize (and luckily, they have the cathedralesque Liberator, the fastest ship in the galaxy, on their side too). The show’s only drawback? Delivering post-Star Wars sci-fi action on the budget it inherited from the cop show that previously held that Monday night timeslot. Read more Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

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Wonder Woman: Light-Fingered Lady

Wonder WomanThe 26th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Christopher Stone, Bubba Smith, and Greg Morris (Mission: Impossible) guest star.

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The Bionic Woman: All For One

The Bionic WomanThe 48th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Roger Perry (Harrigan And Son, Arrest And Trial) guest stars.

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Six Million Dollar Man: Just A Matter Of Time

Six Million Dollar ManThe 92nd episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson.

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The Next Step Beyond: The Return Of Cary De Witt

The Next Step BeyondThe week-long syndication window opens for the second episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.

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Blake’s 7: Space Fall

Blake's 7BBC1 premieres the second episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. Leslie Schofield guest stars; this is the first episode featuring Paul Darrow as Avon. Read more (more…)

Soyuz 27

Soyuz 27The Soviet Union launches Soyuz 27 on a mission to the Salyut 6 space station – the first instance of three vehicles being docked together in space. Cosmonauts Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Oleg Makarov spend six days with the crew of Soyuz 26 board the station, although Dzhanibekov and Makarov swap capsules with the station crew, leaving the newer vehicle at the station for their eventual return. The crew of Soyuz 27 is in space for less than a week, but their spacecraft remains in orbit, connected to Salyut, for over two months.

Close Encounters of the Third Kind (soundtrack)

Close Encounters Of The Third KindArista Records releases, just weeks after the movie’s premiere, John Williams’ soundtrack from Close Encounters Of The Third Kind. Sales are brisk, bolstered in no small part by the fact that Williams’ music is on the year’s second major science fiction blockbuster. Read more (more…)

The Bionic Woman: The Pyramid

The Bionic WomanThe 49th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Christopher Stone guest stars.

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Doctor Who: Underworld, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 471st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1.

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The Next Step Beyond: Possession

The Next Step BeyondThe week-long syndication window opens for the third episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland.

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Logan’s Run: Carousel

Logan's RunCBS airs the 11th and final episode of the TV adaptation of Logan’s Run. Morgan Woodward guest stars. CBS cancels the series, leaving three episodes (Night Visitors, Turnabout and Stargate) unaired. Read more (more…)

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Wonder Woman: Screaming Javelins

Wonder WomanThe 27th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Henry Gibson, Rick Springfield, and Vaughn Armstrong guest star.

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Progress 1

ProgressThe first Soviet-made uncrewed Progress resupply vehicle lifts off en route to the manned Salyut 6 space station. Looking more or less like a Soyuz vehicle, Progress is an automated freighter whose systems lock onto Salyut’s docking transponder, guiding the unmanned craft toward a smooth and completely automated docking (though ground controllers stand by to take manual control by remote). Since Progress is not required to return a crew to Earth, its engines and their fuel can help to boost Salyut 6 into a higher orbit when necessary. It carries over 5,000 pounds of food, clothes and other supplies, and can automatically refill the station’s air and fuel supplies. Progress vehicles become an integral part of the space program, remaining in service long enough to resupply the International Space Station in the 21st century.

The Bionic Woman: The Antidote

The Bionic WomanThe 50th episode of The Bionic Woman, starring Lindsay Wagner and Richard Anderson, airs on NBC. Christopher Stone guest stars.

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Doctor Who: Underworld, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 472nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1.

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Six Million Dollar Man: Return Of Death Probe Part 1

Six Million Dollar ManThe 93rd episode of The Six Million Dollar Man is broadcast on ABC, starring Lee Majors and Richard Anderson.

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The Next Step Beyond: The Love Connection

The Next Step BeyondThe week-long syndication window opens for the fourth episode of The Next Step Beyond, a revival of the 1950s/60s supernatural anthology series One Step Beyond, hosted and directed by John Newland. Michael Bell (better known for animation voice acting on G.I. Joe and Transformers) guest stars.

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International Ultraviolet Explorer

International Ultraviolet ExplorerA joint project between NASA and the European Space Agency, the International Ultraviolet Explorer is launched atop a Delta rocket from Cape Canaveral. The precursor of later space-based telescopes such as the Hubble Space Telescope, IUE produces no photographic images, instead concentrating on detecting ultraviolet emissions from distant objects. IUE adds significantly to the growing body of space science, and is the first satellite to give astronomers the chance to immediately aim its detectors at targets that yield unexpected results, allowing it to respond swiftly to such rapidly developing phenomena as Supernova 1987A. Designed to stay operational for three years, IUE will remain online for almost two decades.