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1966
Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Phantom Strikes

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 49th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Alfred Ryder guest stars.

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The Avengers: The Girl From AUNTIE

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 95th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Bernard Cribbins guest stars.

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Batman: Fine Feathered Finks

BatmanThe third episode of Batman airs on ABC, a campy but popular take on the comic book hero starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Burgess Meredith guest stars as the Penguin. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Lost In Space: The Keeper, Part II

Lost In SpaceThe 17th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Michael Rennie (The Day The Earth Stood Still) guest stars.

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Thunderbirds: The Man From MI.5

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 17th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.

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Batman: The Penguin’s A Jinx

BatmanThe fourth episode of Batman airs on ABC, a campy but popular take on the comic book hero starring Adam West and Burt Ward. Burgess Meredith guest stars as the Penguin. (This is part two of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Doctor Who: The Abandoned Planet

Doctor WhoThe 101st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part 11 of the mammoth 12-part story now collectively known as The Daleks’ Master Plan. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Sky’s On Fire

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 50th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. David J. Stewart guest stars.

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The Avengers: The Thirteenth Hole

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 96th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Peter Jones (The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy) guest stars.

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Batman: The Joker Is Wild

BatmanThe fifth episode of Batman airs on ABC. Cesar Romero guest stars as the Joker. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Lost In Space: The Sky Pirate

Lost In SpaceThe 18th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Albert Salmi (Petrocelli) guest stars.

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Thunderbirds: Cry Wolf

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 18th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.

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Batman: Batman Is Riled

BatmanThe sixth episode of Batman airs on ABC. Cesar Romero guest stars as the Joker. (This is part two of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Doctor Who: The Destruction Of Time

Doctor WhoThe 102nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the 12th and final episode of the mammoth 12-part story now collectively known as The Daleks’ Master Plan, and marks the Daleks’ final appearance in the first Doctor’s era. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Graveyard Of Fear

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 51st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Robert Loggia guest stars.

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The Avengers: Quick Quick Slow Death

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 97th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

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Batman: Instant Freeze

BatmanThe seventh episode of Batman airs on ABC. George Sanders guest stars as Mr. Freeze. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Lost In Space: Ghost In Space

Lost In SpaceThe 19th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.

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Luna 9: first soft landing on another world

Luna 9The Soviet Union lands a palpable hit in the space race, claiming the first intact soft-landing of a man-made probe on another body in the solar system. Luna 9, a 200-pound sphere whose weighted base rolls to the correct orientation before opening petals exposing its camera and other instruments, proves that the lunar surface is dense enough to hold up heavy objects (previous scientific speculation has presented the possibility of a heavy lander sinking into a quicksand-like lunar surface).

Thunderbirds: Danger At Ocean Deep

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 19th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.

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Batman: Rats Like Cheese

BatmanThe eighth episode of Batman airs on ABC. George Sanders guest stars as Mr. Freeze. (This is part two of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

ESSA-1: Operational TIROS

ESSAThe recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration (previously the U.S. Weather Bureau) launches, with the help of NASA, the first “Operational TIROS” weather satellite, ESSA-1. Based on the architecture of the later TIROS satellites, this is intended to be the first fully-operational, long-life weather satellite, in the tradition of many of the long-lived TIROS weather satellites. But eight months into its operational lifetime, ESSA-1’s on board camera system fails, rendering it blind – it becomes useless as a weather satellite and is kept online for engineering experiments until spring 1967.

Doctor Who: War Of God

Doctor WhoThe 103rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is the first part of the story now collectively known as The Massacre. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives. Read more (more…)

Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Shape Of Doom

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 52nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Kevin Hagen guest stars.

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The Avengers: The Danger Makes

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 98th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg.

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Batman: Zelda The Great

BatmanThe ninth episode of Batman airs on ABC. Anne Baxter guest stars as Zelda the Great. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Lost In Space: War Of The Robots

Lost In SpaceThe 20th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Robby the Robot, originally created for the 1956 movie Forbidden Planet, is the “guest star” of this fan favorite episode.

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Thunderbirds: Move – And You’re Dead

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 20th episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.

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Batman: A Death Worse Than Fate

BatmanThe tenth episode of Batman airs on ABC. Anne Baxter guest stars as Zelda the Great. (This is part two of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Doctor Who: The Sea Beggar

Doctor WhoThe 104th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This is part two of the story now collectively known as The Massacre. This episode is missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Dead Man’s Doubloons

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 53rd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Albert Salmi guest stars.

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The Avengers: A Touch Of Brimstone

The AvengersBritish broadcaster ABC airs the 99th episode of the spy-fi series The Avengers, starring Patrick Macnee and Diana Rigg. Peter Wyngarde (Department S, Flash Gordon) and Carol Cleveland (Monty Python’s Flying Circus) guest star.

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Batman: A Riddle A Day Keeps The Riddler Away

BatmanThe 11th episode of Batman airs on ABC. Frank Gorshin guest stars as The Riddler. (This is part one of a two-part story; each week’s story unfolds in two half-hour episodes on Monday and Tuesday.) Read more (more…)

Lost In Space: The Magic Mirror

Lost In SpaceThe 21st episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Michael J. Pollard guest stars.

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Thunderbirds: The Duchess Assignment

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 21st episode of Gerry Anderson’s Supermarionation science fiction series Thunderbirds, featuring the voices of Shane Rimmer, David Graham, Sylvia Anderson, Ray Barrett, and Peter Dyneley.

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