The 642nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1, marking the series’ return to the air (and to a 25-minute episode format) and reflecting its tenuous existence by depicting the Doctor being put on trial by his fellow Time Lords. Lynda Bellingham (All Creatures Great & Small) guest stars as the Inquisitor, with Michael Jayston as the Valeyard and David Selby (Dark Shadows) as Sabalon Glitz. The first four parts of the 14-part story are the final complete storyline written by former script editor Robert Holmes, who dies during production. 
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Four days after a party at Paramount Pictures to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the original Star Trek, the studio sends Trek creator Gene Roddenberry a memo detailing its plans to restart Star Trek on television with a new cast. The studio is aware that a new Trek series has an even chance of succeeding or failing, and challenges Roddenberry to come up with a better idea than the studio’s in-house concept of putting the movie Enterprise in the hands of a team of Starfleet cadets (a concept Roddenberry greatly dislikes). Roddenberry pitches a different concept back to the studio, involving the crew of a starship Enterprise set further in the future than Captain Kirk’s era. With the pitch approved and a new contract in hand, Roddenberry begins recruiting fellow behind-the-scenes veterans of the original series to refine his ideas.
The 643rd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham (All Creatures Great & Small) guest stars as the Inquisitor, with Michael Jayston as the Valeyard and David Selby (Dark Shadows) as Sabalon Glitz. The first four parts of the 14-part story are the final complete storyline written by former script editor Robert Holmes, who dies during production.
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The 644th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham (All Creatures Great & Small) guest stars as the Inquisitor, with Michael Jayston as the Valeyard and David Selby (Dark Shadows) as Sabalon Glitz. The first four parts of the 14-part story are the final complete storyline written by former script editor Robert Holmes, who dies during production.
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The 25th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Danny DeVito (Taxi) and Rhea Perlman (Cheers) guest star in the second season premiere, directed by DeVito.
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The first episode of ALF airs on NBC, centering around Paul Fusco’s puppet creation of a furry, wisecracking alien marooned on Earth. Francis X. McCarthy (NYPD Blue, The Practice, Altered States) guest stars. (more…)
CBS airs the 25th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Jeff Yagher and Shelley Duvall star in an episode comprised of two short stories, George R.R. Martin’s The Once And Future King and A Saucer Of Loneliness, adapted by David Gerrold from Theodore Sturgeon’s short story. This episode opens the series’ second season.
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The 645th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham (All Creatures Great & Small) guest stars as the Inquisitor, with Michael Jayston as the Valeyard and David Selby (Dark Shadows) as Sabalon Glitz. The first four parts of the 14-part story are the final complete storyline written by former script editor Robert Holmes, who dies during production.
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The 26th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Jon Cryer (Supergirl) guest stars.
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The 13th episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television, beginning the series’ third season under the title Chocky’s Challenge. (more…)
The second episode of ALF airs on NBC, centering around Paul Fusco’s puppet creation of a furry, wisecracking alien marooned on Earth. Larry Hankin (Friends, Home Alone) guest stars. (more…)
CBS airs the 26th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) and Lukas Haas star in an episode comprised of two short stories, J. Michael Straczynski’s What Are Friends For? and Aqua Vita.
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The 646th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star. (more…)
The 27th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. M. Emmet Walsh (Blade Runner) guest stars in an episode written by Richard Christian Matheson.
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The 14th episode of Chocky airs on Thames Television. (more…)
The third episode of ALF airs on NBC, centering around Paul Fusco’s puppet creation of a furry, wisecracking alien marooned on Earth. (more…)
Paramount’s television division makes an announcement that sparks geek wars for years to come: Star Trek is coming back to television, but with a new cast and set in a different century, as Star Trek: The Next Generation. With Gene Roddenberry at the wheel once more, the new show – which will circumvent the network system completely by being sold directly to stations in syndication – will be set further in the future than the original series, with a new Enterprise and a budget of over one million dollars per episode. Paramount has decided on the risky syndication route after overtures to the three major networks provoke little enthusiasm; the new Fox network is more interested, but is unwilling to risk money on an order of more than a dozen episodes.
CBS airs the 27th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Glynnis O’Connor and Lisa Eilbacher star in an episode comprised of two short stories, Rockne S. O’Bannon’s The Storyteller and Nightsong.
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The 647th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star.
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The 28th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC.
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CBS airs the 28th episode of a revival of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone. Terry Farrell (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and George Wendt (Cheers) star in an episode comprised of three short stories, The After Hours (a remake of a classic Twilight Zone episode), Lost And Found, and The World Next Door.
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The 648th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star.
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The 29th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Charles Durning and Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager) guest star.
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The 649th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston, Nabil Shaban and Brian Blessed guest star. Nicola Bryant makes her last appearance as the Doctor’s companion, Peri.
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The week-long national syndication window opens for the 52nd episode of George A. Romero’s Tales From The Darkside anthology series. Craig Wasson (A Nightmare On Elm Street 3) guest stars. (more…)
Virgin Records releases the XTC album Skylarking. (more…)
ABC premieres the sixth episode of Starman, a series based upon and continuing the story of John Carpenter’s 1984 movie of the same name. Robert Hays, C.B. Barnes, and Michael Kavanaugh star. (more…)
ABC premieres the 26th episode of Star Wars: Ewoks, an animated series based upon George Lucas’ furry primitive (and very marketable) characters from the 1983 film Return Of The Jedi. (more…)
ABC premieres the eighth episode of The Real Ghostbusters, an animated series based upon the hit 1984 movie and featuring the voices of Arsenio Hall, Maurice LeMarche, and Lorenzo Music. This episode, timed to coincide with Halloween, is written by J. Michael Straczynski. (more…)
Polarware (formerly Penguin Software) releases a remake of the adventure game Oo-Topos for the Apple II home computer. (more…)
The 650th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie. (more…)
The 30th episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Hayley Mills and Dick Miller guest star in an episode written by Mick Garris and directed by Joe Dante (Gremlins).
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The 651st episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.
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The 31st episode of Steven Spielberg’s anthology series Amazing Stories airs on NBC. Patrick Swayze (Red Dawn, Dirty Dancing) guest stars in an episode co-written by Mick Garris and Rockne S. O’Bannon (Farscape, seaQuest DSV).
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The 652nd episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Lynda Bellingham, Michael Jayston and Honor Blackman guest star; Bonnie Langford debuts as new TARDIS traveler Melanie.
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