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1966
Lost In Space: Blast Off Into Space

Lost In SpaceThe 30th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. This is the beginning of Lost In Space’s second season, and is the first episode of the series to be broadcast in color. Strother Martin guest stars.

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Adam Adamant Lives!: Beauty Is An Ugly Word

Adam Adamant Lives!The 12th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.

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The Green Hornet: Give ‘Em Enough Rope

The Green HornetABC airs the second episode of The Green Hornet, an update of the 1930s radio character from the production company behind Batman. Van Williams and Bruce Lee star. Read More (more…)

Time Tunnel: One Way To The Moon

The Time TunnelThe second episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Warren Stevens, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star. Read more (more…)

Mission: Impossible

Mission: ImpossibleCBS airs the first episode of Bruce Geller’s “spy-fi” series Mission: Impossible, starring Steven Hill, Barbara Bain (Space: 1999), Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, and Martin Landau (Space: 1999, Ed Wood). Together with NBC’s recent pickup and premiere of Star Trek, Mission: Impossible becomes a mainstay of CBS’ prime-time schedule, and marks a major turnaround in the fortunes of Lucille Ball’s Desilu Studios. Read more (more…)

Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 2

Doctor WhoThe 128th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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It’s About Time: The Copper Caper

It's About TimeThe second episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Monster From The Inferno

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 59th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Arthur Hill guest stars in the third season premiere.

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Lost In Space: Wild Adventure

Lost In SpaceThe 31st 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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Adam Adamant Lives!: The League Of Uncharitable Ladies

Adam Adamant Lives!The 13th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. This episode is one of the earliest directing credits for Ridley Scott (Alien).

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Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before

Star TrekThe third episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek airs on NBC. Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) and Gary Lockwood (The Lieutenant, 2001) guest star. This is the second pilot, and shows numerous noticeable differences in casting and costumes, but NBC and Desilu Studios elect to air it anyway, giving the production team time to complete more new episodes. Read more (more…)

Surveyor 2 doesn’t land on the moon

SurveyorThree days after lifting off from Earth, NASA’s Surveyor 2 robotic probe is en route to the moon when all contact is lost. Thanks to an engine failure, Surveyor 2 is left tumbling out of control, and does eventually reach the moon, slamming into the lunar dust of Copernicus Crater at a leisurely speed of 6,000 miles per hour – perfect for traversing the distance between Earth and moon in a hurry, but not so good for landing intact.

Time Tunnel: End Of The World

The Time TunnelThe third episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Paul Fix, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.

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Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 3

Doctor WhoThe 129th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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It’s About Time: The Initiation

It's About TimeThe third episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: Werewolf

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 60th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Charles Aidman guest stars.

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Batman: The Spell Of Tut

BatmanThe 41st episode of Batman airs on ABC. Victor Buono guest stars as the Minstrel; Van Williams and Bruce Lee reprise their Green Hornet characters in a cameo appearance. Read more (more…)

Lost In Space: The Ghost Planet

Lost In SpaceThe 32nd 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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Adam Adamant Lives!: Ticket To Terror

Adam Adamant Lives!The 14th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer. This episode is missing from the BBC archives.

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Batman: Tut’s Case Is Shut

BatmanThe 42nd episode of Batman airs on ABC. Victor Buono guest stars as the Minstrel; Sid Haig (Jason Of Star Command) also guest stars. Read more (more…)

The Green Hornet: Crime Wave

The Green HornetABC airs the fourth episode of The Green Hornet, an update of the 1930s radio character from the production company behind Batman. Van Williams and Bruce Lee star. Read More (more…)

Time Tunnel: The Day The Sky Fell In

The Time TunnelThe fourth episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series The Time Tunnel airs on ABC, starring James Darren and Robert Colbert. Linden Chiles, Whit Bissell, and Lee Meriwether geust star.

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Doctor Who: The Smugglers, Part 4

Doctor WhoThe 130th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.

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Thunderbirds: Atlantic Inferno

ThunderbirdsUK broadcaster ATV Midlands airs the 27th 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. This is the second season premiere.

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It’s About Time: Tailor Made Hero

It's About TimeThe fourth episode of the time travel sitcom It’s About Time, created by Sherwood Schwarz (I Dream Of Jeannie) and starring Frank Aletter, Jack Mullaney, and Imogene Coca, is broadcast on CBS.

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Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea: The Day The World Ended

Voyage To The Bottom Of The SeaThe 61st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Skip Homeier guest stars.

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ESSA-3

ESSAThe recently-rechristened Environmental Sciences Service Administration (previously the U.S. Weather Bureau) launches, with the help of NASA, weather satellite ESSA-3, the third in a constellation of Earth-observing weather satellites. The timing of the launch is fortunate, as ESSA-3 takes up its station in orbit mere days before the unexpected shutdown of ESSA-1’s camera system. ESSA-3’s own camera system begins to fail in less than a year, and it is deactivated near the end of 1968 due to continued system failures.

Lost In Space: Forbidden World

Lost In SpaceThe 33rd episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Wally Cox, best known as the voice of Underdog, guest stars.

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Adam Adamant Lives!: The Village Of Evil

Adam Adamant Lives!The 15th episode of the spy-fi series Adam Adamant Lives! airs on BBC1, starring Gerald Harper and Juliet Harmer.

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