ABC premieres the 18th episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. James Frain (Tron Legacy, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars. 
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Entertainment industry newspaper Daily Variety reports that J.J. Abrams, creator of Lost and Alias, and director/producer of Paramount’s heavily-promoted Mission: Impossible III, has signed a deal to produce and direct the eleventh Star Trek film, which has suddenly moved from “off the schedule” (following the cooling of the studio’s attitude toward the Trek franchise in the wake of the Star Trek: Enterprise cancellation) to a 2008 release date. Fellow Lost producers Bryan Burk and Damon Lindelof are also signed on as producers of the still-untitled movie, which is said to focus on the first mission for a young James T. Kirk and Spock. Mission: Impossible III (and former Xena/Hercules) writers Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman are on board as scriptwriters.
The 714th episode of Doctor Who (the 16th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Pauline Collins and Derek Riddell guest star. (more…)
BBC Home Video and 2|entertain release Blake’s 7: The Complete Series Four on DVD. (This title is a UK release only.) (more…)
ABC premieres the 19th episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. James Frain (Tron Legacy, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars. (more…)
The 715th episode of Doctor Who (the 17th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Elisabeth Sladen reprises her classic series role of Sarah Jane Smith, the first non-enemy character from the original series to appear in the current series. John Leeson guest stars as the voice of K-9; Anthony Stewart Head (Buffy: The Vampire Slayer) also appears. 
Big Finish Productions releases the 81st Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the ninth and final Sarah Jane Smith audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Elisabeth Sladen, reprising her TV role. Stephen Greif (Blake’s 7) guest stars. (more…)
ABC airs the 44th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost. Michael Emerson guest stars. (more…)
ABC premieres the 20th episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. James Frain (Tron Legacy, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars. (more…)
The 716th episode of Doctor Who (the 18th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Sophia Myles guest stars. (more…)
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ABC premieres the 21st episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. James Frain (Tron Legacy, Star Trek: Discovery) guest stars. (more…)
Soundtrack specialty label Intrada releases a 2-CD limited edition set of soundtrack music from the 1980s anthology series Amazing Stories, featuring music by John Williams, Danny Elfman, James Horner, Bruce Broughton, and other composers. This is the first volume of three collections of music from Amazing Stories. (more…)
The 717th episode of Doctor Who (the 19th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Roger Lloyd Pack and Don Warrington guest star. The Cybermen become the second classic series enemy to appear in the modern series. (more…)
Epic Records releases Rupert Gregson-Williams‘ soundtrack from the movie Over The Hedge, featuring songs by Ben Folds. (more…)
ABC airs the 46th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost. Malcolm David Kelley guest stars as Walt. (more…)
ABC premieres the 22nd and final episode of Shaun Cassidy’s sci-fi/horror series Invasion, starring William Fichtner (Contact), Eddie Cibrian, and Lisa Sheridan. ABC cancels the series, ending it on a cliffhanger that was intended to lean into a second season. (more…)
The 718th episode of Doctor Who (the 20th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Roger Lloyd Pack and Shaun Dingwall guest star. This is the second part of the story begun in Rise Of The Cybermen. (more…)
NOAA’s GOES-13 Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is launched from Cape Canaveral into geosynchronous orbit to monitor weather patterns over the United States. It will be held in reserve until 2010, when it will be moved to the GOES-EAST position to replace GOES-12, which is suffering chronic attitude control thruster glitches. GOES-13 is yet another evolutionary step up in the GOES satellite hardware, but it will suffer its own share of hardware issues, including a series of inexplicable faults which will cause brief losses of weather coverage, and a later fault which disables infrared imaging capability. Some of these hardware failures will be attributed to micrometeoroid collisions.
ABC airs the 47th episode of the J.J. Abrams-produced series Lost, bringing the second season to a cryptic close. Malcolm David Kelley, Michael Emerson, Clancy Brown, and Alan Dale (Angel, Torchwood) guest star. (more…)
The 719th episode of Doctor Who (the 21st since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the autobiography of Blake’s 7 actor Paul Darrow, You’re Him, Aren’t You? (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 82nd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Sylvester McCoy and Sophie Aldred. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the ninth Gallifrey audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Lalla Ward and Louise Jameson. This story closes Gallifrey’s second “season”. (more…)
The 720th episode of Doctor Who (the 22nd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Danny Webb, Shaun Parks and Will Thorp guest star; this is the first part of a two-part story, and is the first appearance of the Ood. (more…)
The 721st episode of Doctor Who (the 23rd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Danny Webb, Shaun Parks and Will Thorp guest star; this is the conclusion of a two-part story. (more…)
The 722nd episode of Doctor Who (the 24th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Peter Kay and Marc Warren guest star, and you can’t beat a bit of ELO. (more…)
La-La Land Records releases Bear McCreary’s soundtrack from the second season of Sci-Fi Channel’s Battlestar Galactica reboot. The second season soundtrack CD continues to show off the series’ impressive musical palette – ranging from Middle Eastern influences to hard rock – as well as new interpretations of the main theme from the 1970s iteration of Galactica. (more…)
Five new robots, both fictional and real, are inducted into Carnegie Mellon University’s Robot Hall Of Fame. With C-3PO actor Anthony Daniels presenting the awards, the quintet of new inductees consists of:
- Maria (1927, from Metropolis)
- Gort (1951, from The Day The Earth Stood Still)
- SCARA (1978, Yamanashi University – industrial small-component assembly robot)
- AIBO (1999, Sony – consumer grade robot dog with artificial intelligence)
- David (2001, from A.I.: Artificial Intelligence)
The 723rd episode of Doctor Who (the 25th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. (more…)
Lakeshore Records releases Philip Glass’ soundtrack from the documentary Roving Mars. (more…)
Big Finish Productions releases the 83rd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher. (more…)
The 724th episode of Doctor Who (the 26th since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Tracy-Ann Oberman and Freema Agyeman guest star. This is the first part of the two-part season finale, and introduces the modern-day Torchwood Institute. (more…)
NASA launches Space Shuttle Discovery for the first time in nearly a year for a second “Return to Flight” mission to the International Space Station, testing more safety procedures and new materials developed since the July 2005 flight (which still required repairs to be conducted in orbit). Aboard Discovery are Commander Steven Lindsey, Pilot Mark Kelly, and mission specialists Stephanie Wilson, Michael Fossum, Piers Sellers, Thomas Reiter and Lisa Nowak. Reiter remains aboard the station, bumping its crew up to three people for the first time since 2003.