Travel back in time

1978
Project UFO Sighting 4023: The I-Man Incident

Project UFOThe 22nd episode of Harold Jack Bloom’s sci-fi series Project UFO airs on NBC, portraying fictionalized investigations into what the show claims are actual cases from the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigations. Edward Winter and Caskey Swaim star. Pamelyn Ferdyn (Space Academy) and Whit Bissell (The Time Tunnel) guest star.

This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
Wonder Woman: Gault’s Brain

Wonder WomanThe 47th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Peter Mark Richman (Electra Woman and Dyna Girl) guest stars.

More about Wonder Woman in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
Doctor Who: The Power Of Kroll, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 497th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen and John Abineri guest star.

This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store

1979
Slot Machine (Atari 2600)

Slot MachineAtari releases the Slot Machine cartridge for the Atari VCS, designed and programmed by future Pitfall! programmer David Crane. Read more (more…)

Categories 1979, Atari VCS, Video GamesTags
Project UFO Sighting 4024: The Scoutmaster Incident

Project UFOThe 23rd episode of Harold Jack Bloom’s sci-fi series Project UFO airs on NBC, portraying fictionalized investigations into what the show claims are actual cases from the U.S. Air Force’s Project Blue Book investigations. Edward Winter and Caskey Swaim star. With ratings having fallen throughout the second season, the series is cancelled, with three remaining episodes to be “burned off” during the summer months.

This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
Voyager 1: Jupiter ahead!

JupiterFrom a distance of 36 million miles, NASA/JPL’s unmanned spacecraft Voyager 1 can already see the planet Jupiter in far greater detail than the cameras aboard Pioneers 10 and 11. Over the next month, Voyager 1 records images as it closes in on its first planetary target, spotting roiling storm clouds and fluid cloud bands with unprecedented clarity; JPL assembles the images into a “movie.” Despite the size of Jupiter at the end of the sequence, Voyager 1 is still over a month away from its closest pass to the giant planet.

Doctor Who: The Power Of Kroll, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 498th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen and John Abineri guest star.

This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store

Alien Worlds: The Sunstealers, Part 1

Alien WorldsThe first episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds premieres across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Read more (more…)

Blake’s 7: Redemption

Blake's 7BBC1 premieres the 14th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7, the first episode of the series’ second season. This episode concludes a trilogy spanning the first and second seasons, involving the acquisition of a supercomputer called Orac. Resident voice artist Peter Tuddenham adds the voice of Orac to his duties (he already voices the ship’s computer, Zen). Read more (more…)

Wonder Woman: Going, Going, Gone

Wonder WomanThe 48th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Charlie Brill, Kaz Garas (Strange Report), and Mako guest star.

More about Wonder Woman in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
Doctor Who: The Power Of Kroll, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 499th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. Philip Madoc, Glyn Owen and John Abineri guest star.

This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store

Alien Worlds: The Sunstealers, Part 2

Alien WorldsThe second episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds is broadcast across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Read more (more…)

Blake’s 7: Shadow

Blake's 7BBC1 premieres the 15th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7, the first episode of the series to be written by someone other than Nation himself. Vernon Dobtcheff guest stars. Read more (more…)

The Incredible Hulk: Wildfire

The Incredible HulkThe 23rd episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Christine Belford guest stars.

This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.

Captain America

Captain AmericaThe TV movie-of-the-week Captain America airs on CBS, starring Reb Brown, Len Birman, and Heather Menzies (Logan’s Run). This is the first of two TV movies to feature the character, but ratings are not impressive enough for CBS to order a weekly series. Read more (more…)

Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor, Part 1

Doctor WhoThe 500th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. John Woodvine (Knights Of God) and Lalla Ward guest star. Valentine Dyall makes his first appearance as the Black Guardian. This is the final six-part Doctor Who story to be broadcast. Read more (more…)

Salvage 1

Salvage 1The pilot movie of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) guest stars. More of a modern-day action series than a science fiction series, the show concerns a home-grown salvage operation, complete with a privately owned rocket, that can retrieve pieces of American space hardware from the moon.

This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.
Hear about it on the Sci-Fi 5 podcast

Categories Television
Alien Worlds: The Starsmith Project, Part 1

Alien WorldsThe third episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds is broadcast across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Read more (more…)

Blake’s 7: Weapon

Blake's 7BBC1 premieres the 16th episode of Terry Nation’s science fiction series Blake’s 7. John Bennett and Scott Fredericks guest star; Brian Croucher takes over the role of Travis (though the obvious difference goes completely unnoticed by the other characters). Read more (more…)

The Incredible Hulk: A Solitary Place

The Incredible HulkThe 24th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Kathryn Leigh Scott (Dark Shadows) guest stars.

This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.

Wonder Woman: Spaced Out

Wonder WomanThe 49th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Rene Auberjonois (Benson, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) guest stars.

More about Wonder Woman in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 501st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. John Woodvine (Knights Of God) and Lalla Ward guest star. Valentine Dyall makes his first appearance as the Black Guardian. This is the final six-part Doctor Who story to be broadcast.

This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store

STA-099 to OV-099

ChallengerWith a newly-awarded NASA contract in hand, Rockwell International begins the process of converting Space Shuttle Structural Test Article 099 into the Orbiter Vehicle 099, later to be christened Space Shuttle Challenger. A process originally envisioned for the test vehicle Enterprise, it is deemed more cost-effective and faster to upgrade STA-099 into OV-099. The first order of business is the construction of a new crew module, since the corresponding section of STA-099 was never actually intended to house human beings.

Alien Worlds: The Starsmith Project, Part 2

Alien WorldsThe fourth episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds is broadcast across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Francis Bay guest stars. Read more (more…)

Salvage 1: Dark Island

Salvage 1The second episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) and Richard Eastham (Wonder Woman) guest star.

This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
The Incredible Hulk: Like A Brother

The Incredible HulkThe 25th episode of the live-action series based on Marvel’s comic The Incredible Hulk airs on CBS, starring Bill Bixby, Jack Colvin, and Lou Ferrigno. Tony Burton (Rocky) and Ernie Hudson (Ghostbusters) guest star.

This series is not yet fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could help change that.

Christening the fleet

Space ShuttleAfter several years of referring to the various Space Shuttle orbiters both under construction and in planning by numbers, NASA bestows names upon the anticipated fleet of four orbiters. OV-102, which is still expected to fly “late this year”, is named Columbia, while OV-099, undergoing conversion from a test article to flight-worthy vehicle, is named Challenger. Orbiters 103 and 104 will be named, respectively, Discovery and Atlantis; all four names are drawn from historical seafaring exploration vessels. (NASA has also used some of the names before: Columbia was the name of the moon-orbiting command module in the Apollo 11 mission, while Apollo 17’s lunar lander was named Challenger.)

Wonder Woman: The Starships Are Coming

Wonder WomanThe 50th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Tim O’Connor (Buck Rogers In The 25th Century) guest stars. The soundtrack features the Blaster Beam, an instrument that will gain popularity toward the end of this year when used in Star Trek: The Motion Picture.

More about Wonder Woman in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
This series is not fully chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television
Doctor Who: The Armageddon Factor, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 502nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, continuing the Key To Time storyline. John Woodvine (Knights Of God) and Lalla Ward guest star. Valentine Dyall makes his first appearance as the Black Guardian. This is the final six-part Doctor Who story to be broadcast.

This timeline entry leads to an entry covering this entire Doctor Who serial; there are plans to write new episodic entries in the future. You can support this effort!
Order Earl Green’s book VWORP!1 from theLogBook.com Store

Alien Worlds: Night Riders Of Kalimar, Part 1

Alien WorldsThe fifth episode of Watermark Radio’s syndicated sci-fi radio drama Alien Worlds is broadcast across the U.S., created by Lee Hensen and starring Roger Dressler, Linda Gary, and Corey Burton (Star Wars: The Clone Wars). Read more (more…)

Salvage 1: Shangri-La Lil

Salvage 1The third episode of the series Salvage 1 airs on ABC, starring Andy Griffith, Joel Higgins (Silver Spoons), and Trish Stewart. Richard Jaeckel (Spenser For Hire) and Mako (Conan The Barbarian) guest star.

This series is not yet chronicled in the LogBook. You could join theLogBook team and write this guide or support the webmaster’s efforts to expand the site.

Categories Television