ITV airs the ninth episode of P.J. Hammond’s science fiction series Sapphire & Steel, starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley.
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ITV airs the tenth episode of P.J. Hammond’s science fiction series Sapphire & Steel, starring David McCallum and Joanna Lumley. ITV is hit by a strike of its technicians’ union after this episode airs, shutting down the entire network well into the fall. The first four episodes of the series’ second storyline are repeated beginning in October, leading up to the series resuming new episodes.
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A&M Records releases the self-titled solo album by Lenny Zakatek, a frequent Alan Parsons Project vocalist. 
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Cinematronics gives arcade players the chance to fall on their swords – or their opponent’s sword – in the first-ever head-to-head fighting video game, Warrior. Combining the company’s “Vectorbeam” vector graphics with a brilliantly colorful backdrop illuminated by blacklight, Warrior is a feast for the eyes and becomes an arcade cult classic. (more…)
The Alan Parsons Project releases its fourth album, 
Some ten years after the real thing put men on the moon, Atari invites arcade space pilots to try their own luck at the controls of the Lunar Lander. A tricky, brainy game based on real physics, requiring players to cancel out unwanted motion in two axes without running out of fuel, the results are perhaps a little too real: quite a few vector-graphic Eagles fail to land in one piece, and quite a few disgruntled pilots don’t come back to try again. (more…)
With NASA anticipating ramping up its launch schedule to more than one shuttle flight per month to meet demand for the vehicle’s unique satellite deployment and retrieval capabilities, construction begins on the third orbiter intended for spaceflight, Space Shuttle Discovery. Construction and checking of the third shuttle takes almost exactly four years, with Discovery’s first liftoff about a year later.
The 57th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. This episode is directed by John Newland (One Step Beyond).
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The unmanned space probe Pioneer 11 makes its closest approach to the planet Saturn, the first man-made object to visit the ringed planet. Scientists pay careful attention to Pioneer’s transmissions as it passes between Saturn’s clouds and its rings, watching for signs of damage (or worse) resulting from collision with the tiny particles that are predicted to exist there; Pioneer 11 slides past Saturn at a distance of only 12,800 miles from the planet’s cloudtops. This is Pioneer 11’s last planetary stop.
The 506th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The Daleks return for the first time in four years, along with Davros; Lalla Ward takes over the role of Romana, while David Brierly takes over as the voice of K-9. The 17th season of Doctor Who begins with this episode. (more…)
An English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, titled Star Blazers, makes its syndication debut in the United States. The series’ first season chronicles a last-ditch mission to save Earth by retrieving alien technology from another planet within one year. In the English-speaking world, the series is “stripped” for daily broadcast (referring to airing the show almost like a daily comic strip, rather than any removal of show content). 
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The second episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The 58th episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Jared Martin (The Fantastic Journey, War Of The Worlds), Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), Ike Eisenmann (The Fantastic Journey, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan), and Craig Littler (Jason Of Star Command) guest star.
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The third episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The fourth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The fifth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The 507th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The Daleks return for the first time in four years, along with Davros; Lalla Ward takes over the role of Romana, while David Brierly takes over as the voice of K-9.
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The sixth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The 59th and final episode of Wonder Woman airs on CBS starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. Jared Martin (The Fantastic Journey, War Of The Worlds), Marc Alaimo (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine), and Ike Eisenmann (The Fantastic Journey, Star Trek II: The Wrath Of Khan) guest star in the series finale.
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The seventh episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The eighth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The ninth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The tenth episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
CBS airs the 17th episode of the Space Academy spinoff series Jason Of Star Command, starring Craig Littler, Sid Haig, and Tamara Dobson (Cleopatra Jones). This episode opens the series’ second season, now in a longer, half-hour format with new cast members. (more…)
Arcade game maker Midway introduces the coin-op video game 
The 508th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. The Daleks return for the first time in four years, along with Davros; Lalla Ward takes over the role of Romana, while David Brierly takes over as the voice of K-9.
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The 11th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The 12th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The 13th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
NASA launches the third and final High Energy Astronomy Observatory satellite into Earth orbit, where it begins studying gamma ray sources and the nature of cosmic rays. There is also an experiment package designed to detect heavy atomic nuclei. HEAO-3 will remain in service through May 1981, and it will re-enter Earth’s atmosphere in December of that year.
The 14th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
NBC airs the two-hour pilot movie of Buck Rogers In The 25th Century, a ’70s update of the classic sci-fi pulp hero by Glen A. Larson of Battlestar Galactica fame. Gil Gerard, Erin Gray and Tim O’Connor star in the heavily promoted new series, whose pilot is also shown as a theatrical movie both in America and abroad. (more…)
Atari introduces the Atari 400 and Atari 800 home computers, one of the company’s first major product lines to show the imprint of Warner Communications. With only 8K of RAM (expandable to 16K), the Atari 400 (shown here) is intended to be more of a game machine, while the 48K Atari 800, with an actual keyboard, is intended to make inroads into the increasingly crowded home computer market. The same basic architecture, with significant modifications, will form the core of Atari’s next-generation video game console, the Atari 5200, which will be released in 1982. (more…)
The 15th episode of Star Blazers, an English rewrite and dub of the 1974 anime series Space Battleship Yamato, premieres in syndication across the U.S. (more…)
The 36th 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. Mackenzie Phillips and Gary Graham (Alien Nation) guest star in the third season premiere.
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