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Birthdays
| Barry Morse 1918, actor, Fitzgerald Fortune - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "A Piano in the House", 1962), Phobos - The Outer Limits (1 episode, "Controlled Experiment", 1964), Keith - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Life Seekers", 1968), Shaliff - The Starlost (1 episode, "The Goddess Calabra", 1973), Professor Victor Bergman - Journey Through the Black Sun (1976) (TV), Professor Victor Bergman - Alien Attack (1976) (TV), Prof. Victor Bergman - Space: 1999 (24 episodes, 1975-1976), Prof. Victor Bergman - Destination Moonbase-Alpha (1978) (TV), Dr. John Caball - The Shape of Things to Come (1979), Peter Hathaway - The Martian Chronicles (3 episodes, 1980), Prof. Victor Bergman - Cosmic Princess (1982) (TV), Frank - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Dream Me a Life", 1988), Mr. Foxe - The Ray Bradbury Theater (1 episode, "Touched With Fire", 1990), Prof. Kittridge - TekWar (1994) (TV), Todd Brubaker - Space Island One (1 episode, "Nemesis", 1998). |
| Scott McLeod 1960, comic book artist, McCloud created the light-hearted science fiction/superhero comic book series Zot! in 1984. He also did 12 issues writing DC Comics' Superman Adventures, and the three-issue limited series Superman: Strength. |
| Lionel Jefferies 1926, actor, Blake - The Quatermass Xperiment (1955), Ames - Tarzan the Magnificent (1960), Joseph Cavor - First Men in the Moon (1964), Sir Charles Dillworthy - Rocket to the Moon (1967), Grandpa Potts - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), Father Borscht - Lexx (1 episode, "Walpurgis Night", 2001). |
| Charles Vess 1951, fantasy artist, comic book artist, has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales. In 1976 he moved to New York City and became a freelance illustrator. He contributed illustrations to publications including Heavy Metal, Klutz Press, and National Lampoon. One notable publication from this early period was The Horns of Elfland. By the late 1980s Vess had found a niche in the world of fantasy comic art with publications such as The Raven Banner: A Tale of Asgard written by Alan Zelenetz and published by Marvel Comics in 1985, The Book of Night, published by Dark Horse Comics in 1987, and The Warriors Three Saga, Marvel Fanfare #34-37, 1987-88. His success was also mainstream, however, as evidenced by his illustration of Spider-Man: Spirits of the Earth (a 1990 graphic novel from Marvel), and a ten issue run (#129-139) as cover artist of The Swamp Thing by DC Comics in 1993. In 1991 he illustrated the official comic-book adaptation of Steven Spielberg’s Hook. In 1989 Vess began one of his best-known collaborations to date, with writer Neil Gaiman. He illustrated "The Land of Summer's Twilight", one of the four episodes in the original The Books of Magic mini-series, and also worked on three issues of Gaiman’s critically acclaimed Sandman series. Between 1997 and 1998 the collaboration between Vess and Gaiman continued in the four-part series Stardust, a prose novella to which Vess contributed 175 paintings. |
| Garry Walberg 1921, actor, Reporter #3 - The Twilight Zone (1 episode, "Where Is Everybody?", 1959), Hansen - Star Trek (1 episode, "Balance of Terror", 1966), Detective Reagan - The Invaders (1 episode, "The Condemned", 1967), First SID Man - Land of the Giants (1 episode, "Seven Little Indians", 1969), Detective - The Immortal (1969) (TV), Technician - The Andromeda Strain (1971), Army General - King Kong (1976), Commissioner Dolan - The Spirit (1987) (TV). |
| Jessica Gaona 1989, actress, Maquis Child - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1 episode, "For the Uniform", 1997), Young B'Elanna Torres - Star Trek: Voyager (1 episode, "Lineage", 2001). |
Events
| 1968, Deleted scene for TOS: "Elaan of Troyius" is filmed. In it, Kirk, McCoy and Uhura are first amazed to see Spock tuning a Vulcan lyre, and then impressed to learn that Spock placed second in the all-Vulcan musical competition – Sarek took first prize. Hearing Spock play the lyre, both Uhura and Kirk were struck with an idea for preparing the Dohlman for the impending nuptials. The course in etiquette was cut short when the Dohlman knifed her teacher, Ambassador Petri, and Kirk was anxious to successfully complete the mission as the Federation High Commissioner was to attend the wedding. In that regard, Kirk asked Spock to play a love song – Spock referred to it as a mating song – that would be piped into the Dohlman's quarters as Kirk resumed the lessons left off by Petri. The results were less than salutary. The scene continues in Uhura's cabin (which she surrendered to the Dohlman), and Kirk watches in disgust as the Dohlman eats in the manner of Henry VIII. From this point forward, the scene as filmed is shown in the final print, with the exception of the Dohlman's agitated query about "that sickening sound" filtering into the room. Naturally, the music Spock was playing is not part of the soundtrack. |
| 1996, Star Trek:DS9, "Body Parts" airs. |
| 1998, Star Trek:DS9, "The Sound of Her Voice" airs. |
| 1998, Babylon 5 Episode 104 - "And All My Dreams, Torn Asunder" first aired |
| 2006, Dr. Who, "The Satan Pit" airs. |
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