Surveyor 7, the last of NASA’s robotic moon landers, comes to a smooth landing on the moon’s Tycho Crater. Packed with more scientific instrument packages than any of its predecessors, Surveyor 7 studies the amount of dust kicked up by its retro rockets during landing, and lands closer to its planned target than any of the other Surveyors. Another experiment involves a test to see if a laser beam originated from Earth can be picked up by Surveyor’s cameras.
The 76th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Robert Foulk and Arte Johnson guest star.
The 46th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Kirk and Spock gang up on a society who has taken a piece of outdated Earth literature and turned it into a blueprint for a blood-soaked society. (As heavy as that sounds, much hilarity ensues.) Vic Tayback (Alice) guest stars. 
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The 189th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Patrick Troughton plays a double role, starring as both the Doctor and as the ruthless dictator Salamander, in a story set in Earth’s future. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.
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ITV broadcasts the 16th episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Leo McKern guest stars as Number Two. (more…)
Ralph Baer files the first patent for his Television Gaming & Training Apparatus, United States patent #3,728,480. The patent is assigned to Baer’s employer, government contractor Sanders Associates, and is the first patent filed for the design of a video game. Though Baer will eventually build, and sell the design for, the first home video game, the real reward to be reaped from this patent will be licensing: every company manufacturing a video game console will have to pay Sanders and Baer for the privelege of expanding upon this basic patent, and it stands up in numerous court cases well into the 1980s as the “pioneer patent of the video game industry.”
The 36th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Joanne Linville guest stars.
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The 77th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. John Crawford and Byron Morrow guest star.
The 47th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. The Enterprise crew goes up against a psychedelic giant microbe (actually one of the most impressive effects of the original series). (more…)
The 190th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Patrick Troughton plays a double role, starring as both the Doctor and as the ruthless dictator Salamander, in a story set in Earth’s future. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.
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ITV broadcasts the 17th and final episode of The Prisoner, produced, occasionally written by, and starring Patrick McGoohan. Leo McKern guest stars as Number Two. Loaded with cryptic imagery that defies straightforward interpretation in the traditions of linear storytelling, the series finale confounds viewers to this day. In interviews given years later, McGoohan claims the outcry over this finale led to the end of his career as a writer or actor in the UK. (more…)
The 100th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Victor Lundin guest stars.
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The 78th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris.
The 191st episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. Patrick Troughton plays a double role, starring as both the Doctor and as the ruthless dictator Salamander, in a story set in Earth’s future. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.
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The 101st episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Paul Mantee guest stars.
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The 37th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. J.D. Cannon guest stars.
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The 79th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Michael Conrad guest stars.
The 48th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Though it will become best remembered for the furry horned creature that attacks Kirk, the episode is actually a surprisingly hawkish (for Star Trek) allegory to the Vietnam War written by Roddenberry himself. (more…)
The 192nd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Yeti, now in the modern-day London Underground. (more…)
The 102nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Terry Becker guest stars.
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The 38th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Phyllis Thaxter guest stars.
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Starring Charlton Heston and Roddy McDowall, 20th Century Fox’s big-screen release of Planet Of The Apes quickly becomes one of 1968’s movie success stories, and easily one of the year’s two most influential genre films. Propelled into the future aboard a spacecraft from Earth, a trio of astronauts find themselves on a world ruled by sentient apes with no love of humanity whatsoever – for humanity nearly destroyed their world. The studio almost immediately sets the wheels in motion for a sequel. 
The 49th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. Diana Muldaur, who will later become a one-season regular on Star Trek: The Next Generation in the 1980s, makes the first of two classic Trek guest appearances. (more…)
The 193rd episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This episode introduces Nicholas Courtney (who previously appeared in The Daleks’ Master Plan) as Colonel Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart, leading the British Army’s fight against the Yeti in this story; the character will appear again as the commanding officer of UNIT, appearing alongside all seven of the original series Doctors. This story sees the return of the Yeti, now in the modern-day London Underground. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.
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The 102nd episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Peter Mark Richman (Electra Woman and Dyna-Girl) guest stars.
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The 80th episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Leonard Stone guest stars.
The 50th episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. David Brian (Mr. District Attorney) and Valora Noland guest star. (more…)
The 194th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Yeti, now in the modern-day London Underground, and the introduction of Colonel (future Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart. This episode is now missing from the BBC’s archives.
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The 104th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Lawrence Montaigne guest stars.
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The 39th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Roscoe Lee Browne (Logan’s Run) and Louis Gossett Jr. (The Powers Of Matthew Star, Iron Eagle, Enemy Mine) guest star.
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The 81st episode of Irwin Allen’s science fiction series Lost In Space premieres on CBS, starring Guy Williams, June Lockhart, and Jonathan Harris. Abraham Sofaer guest stars.
The 51st episode of Gene Roddenberry’s science fiction series Star Trek premieres on NBC. The Enterprise is hijacked by aliens from another galaxy (one of whom, to Scotty’s delight, can’t hold his liquor). (more…)
The 195th episode of Doctor Who airs on the BBC. This story sees the return of the Yeti, now in the modern-day London Underground, and the introduction of Colonel (future Brigadier) Lethbridge-Stewart. Previously missing from the BBC’s archives, a copy of this episode was recovered in Nigeria in 2013.
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The 105th episode of Irwin Allen’s adventure series Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea airs on ABC, starring Richard Basehart and David Hedison. Perry Lopez guest stars.
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The 40th episode of Larry Cohen’s science fiction series The Invaders, starring Roy Thinnes and produced by Quinn Martin’s QM Productions, is broadcast on ABC. Ed Asner (Lou Grant) guest stars.
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