TODAY IN TIME
Sunday November 8th, 2026
On this day in 1975,
season 1 of Return to the Planet of the Apes
episode 10: Invasion of the Underdwellers
was first broadcast.
General Urko hatches a scheme to declare war on the Underdwellers. Bill, Jeff, and Judy must find a way to stop him.
On this day in 1986,
season 23 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 10: The Trial Of A Time Lord: Terror of the Vervoids (Part 2 of 4)
was first broadcast.
A lethal booby-trap in the Hydroponic Center awakens the genetically engineered fruit pods in storage, and passengers and crewmen alike start disappearing without trace. The Doctor (Colin Baker) investigates...
On this day in 2009,
season 2 of Natsu No Arashi! (Summer Storm)
episode 6: Jagged Heart Lullaby
was first broadcast.
The adventures of Arashi (Ryoko Shiraishi), a beautiful sixteen-year-old girl who possesses mysterious powers.
On this day in 1992,
season 1 of King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
episode 9: To Save A Squire
was first broadcast.
The wizard Merlin (Jim Byrnes) recruits a group of football players from the present day to protect Camelot and save the queen.
On this day in 2011,
11/22/63
was released.
A man travels through a time portal to 1958, intending to stop Lee Harvey Oswald from shooting John F. Kennedy. Written by Stephen King.
On this day in 1979,
season 2 of Sapphire and Steel
episode 8: The Railway Station: Part 8
was first broadcast.
Sapphire succeeds in making contact with the darkness at a great personal risk. The darkness follows through with its part of the bargain and Sapphire and Steel must uphold their part as well, even if their actions damage time itself. Written by series creator Peter (P. J.) Hammond.
Happy 32nd Birthday Chris O'Neil!
Chris O'Neil, Amiercan actor, was born on this day in 1994.
Traveled in the film The Last Mimzy (2007)
On this day in 1979,
season 1 of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
episode 8: Planet of the Amazon WomenÊ
was first broadcast.
While Buck Rogers is flying to keep the space between twoplanets clear, he is lured to the planet Zantia by a phony distress call from two beautiful women. Starring Erin Gray as Wilma Deering.
On this day in 2013,
About Time
first opened in theaters.
At the age of 21, Tim (Domhnall Gleeson) discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life.
On this day in 1985,
season 1 of The Twilight Zone (1985-1989)
episode 7: Paladin of the Lost Hour
was first broadcast.
An old man with a special watch bonds with a tormented veteran.
Happy 74th Birthday Alfre Woodard!
Alfre Woodard, American film, stage, and television actress, producer, and political activist, was born on this day in 1952.
Traveled in the films Star Trek:First Contact (1996), Scrooged (1988), and the TV movie A Wrinkle In Time (2003).
On this day in 2002,
season 3 of Samurai Jack
episode 3: Episode XXIX - Couple On A Train
was first broadcast.
Samurai Jack boards a train in the new old West and finds himself cornered by bounty hunter Ezekiel Clench (John DiMaggio) as well as a beautiful filly named Josephine.
On this day in 1957,
The Story of Mankind
first opened in theaters.
The Devil and the Spirit of Mankind (Ronald Colman) argue as to whether or not humanity is ultimately good or evil by reviewing a series of episodes of the human history.
Felix Hausdorff, German mathematician, was born on this day in 1868 (and sadly passed away in 1942.)
Author of the mathematical Hausdorff Paradox (1914), which explores countable subsets of spheres.
On this day in 1997,
season 1 of Gadget Boy's Adventures In History
episode 10: Gadget-Stein
was first broadcast.
Gadget Boy (Don Adams) battles Spydra as heads back in time to 1861, Switzerland where she intends to steal ideas from the author Mary Shelley.
On this day in 2002,
season 2 of Time Squad
episode 9a: Out with the In Crowd
was first broadcast.
The Time Squad crew decide to go on vacation rather than save Dr. Livingstone (Michael Gough) from being captured by cannibals.
On this day in 2017,
season 1 of Lifeline
episode 8: Conner Goes Red
was first broadcast.
Conner (Zack Gilford) makes the decision to finally live forward by jumping back to save Norah, even if this destroys any chance of saving Haley. But the jump back to Norah leaves two Conners on the same time line, with wide-reaching repercussions that will change all their lives.
On this day in 2000,
season 2 of Twice in a Lifetime
episode 10: Whistle Blower
was first broadcast.
Dr. David Bryant is the scientist and spokesperson for National Pesticide, a company purportedly dumping carcinogenic chemicals. He is given a second chance to learn the truth. Co-starring Al Waxman as Judge Othniel.
On this day in 1975,
season 2 of Land of the Lost (1974-1977)
episode 10: Baby Sitter
was first broadcast.
When Holly (Kathy Coleman) spends the night alone with Cha-Ka, the Zarn causes a rift between Cha-Ka and Ta.
Willis O'Brien, American motion picture special effects and stop-motion animation pioneer, died on this day in 1962 (and was born in 1886).
Directed, co-wrote, and traveled in the film short The Ghost of Slumber Mountain (1918)
On this day in 2000,
season 3 of Seven Days
episode 5: Olga's Excellent Vacation
was first broadcast.
Olga and Parker (Jonathan LaPaglia) get romantically involved when he backsteps to save her life after she encounters terrorists blowing up an oil line in the wilderness area where she's vacationing.
On this day in 1999,
season 1 of Walking With Dinosaurs
episode 6: Death of a Dynasty
was first broadcast.
Montana, USA- 65,5 million years B.C. and the last days of the dinosaurs' hegemony over the world.
On this day in 2002,
season 1 of That Was Then
episode 7: Episode #7
was first broadcast.
Travis (James Bulliard) wishes for a second chance to make everything right; a bolt of lightning hits his house and sends him back to 1988.
On this day in 2012,
season 1 of Bravest Warriors
episode 1: Time Slime
was first broadcast.
The Bravest Warriors must save Glendale, or be forever stuck in a time loop. Written and directed by Breehn Burns.
On this day in 2000,
season 4 of South Park
episode 11: 4th Grade
was first broadcast.
The boys deal with a strict new teacher and experiment with time travel. Created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.
On this day in 1997,
The Little Girl Who Conquered Time
first opened in theaters.
A high-school girl acquires the ability to time travel. Narrated by Tomoyo Harada.
Carl Sagan, American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, science popularizer, and science communicator in astronomy and other natural sciences, was born on this day in 1934 (and sadly passed away in 1996.)
Author of the novel Contact (1985), and the TV series Cosmos episode "Journeys In Space And Time" (1980), and the TV series Horizon episode "The Time Lords" (1996)
On this day in 2012,
Bravest Warriors
premiered.
Four teenage heroes-for-hire warp through the universe to save adorable aliens and their worlds using the power of their emotions.
On this day in 1967,
season 1 of The Second Hundred Years
episode 9: Remember The Maine
was first broadcast.
Luke (Monte Markham) tries to join the Navy. To stop him they send his grandson Ken for the physical.
On this day in 1997,
season 2 of Mirror, Mirror II
episode 9: The Guests From Hell
was first broadcast.
Constance is mistaken for a ghost and the children hatch a plan to rid themselves of the obnoxious Rickenbackers, but things backfire. Starring Antonia Prebble as Mandy.
On this day in 1977,
season 1 of Man from Atlantis
episode 10: Shoot-Out at Land's End
was first broadcast.
While investigating an underwater volcano, Mark (Patrick Duffy) is stricken with sudden pain in the shoulder. This is not the first time he's felt pain for no reason, and his instincts lead him to a deserted beach and, inexplicably, to a frontier town of the old west called Land's End.
On this day in 2014,
season 8 of Doctor Who (2005- )
episode 12: Death In Heaven (Part 2)
was first broadcast.
Season 8 Ends with the Doctor taking on a new role as Cybermen invade the streets of London, and old friends unite against old enemies. Featuring Nick Frost.
Norman Lloyd, American actor, producer and director, was born on this day in 1914 (and sadly passed away in 2021.)
Executive produced the TV series Journey To The Unknown (1968-1969), and traveled in the TV series Seven Days (1998-2001)
On this day in 1975,
season 13 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 11: Pyramids Of Mars (Part 3 of 4)
was first broadcast.
The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah try to destroy Sutekh's rocket but the Osiran's mental powers prove too great for them.
On this day in 2009,
season 1 of Jin
episode 5: Dai go wa
was first broadcast.
Jin Hyuk (Takao Osawa) catches Cholera while he was treating his patients. Meanwhile, Yoo Hong Pil uses Kim Byung Il to try to set up a trap for Jin Hyuk.
On this day in 1998,
season 3 of The New Adventures of Robin Hood
episode 8: A Date With Destiny
was first broadcast.
During an attack by Prince John's men on the village of Kingsgrove, Olwyn's acolyte Rowena accidentally sends Robin (John Bradley) fifteen years back into the past, where he inadvertantly alters the course of history.
On this day in 1980,
Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
premiered.
The Fonz (Henry Winkler), Richie Cunningham and Ralph Malph from Happy Days, along with an anthropomorphic dog, Mr. Cool, and a girl from the future, Cupcake, travel through history in a time machine, trying, as narrator Wolfman Jack put it, "...to get back to 1957 Milwaukee".
On this day in 1998,
A Knight in Camelot
premiered.
A computer malfunction causes a science researcher (Whoopi Goldberg) to be sent back in time with her laptop, which she uses to amaze the court.
On this day in 1980,
season 1 of Fonz and the Happy Days Gang
episode 1: King for a Day
was first broadcast.
The Fonz (Henry Winkler) and the gang end up in the year 1,000,000 B.C., a tribe of cave people select Ralph as their king for a day.
On this day in 1998,
season 10 of The Simpsons
episode 5: When You Dish Upon A Star
was first broadcast.
A "Back to the Future" parody in which Bart (Nancy Cartwright) keeps Marge from marrying Homer.
Alex Trebek, Canadian-American television personality, died on this day in 2020 (and was born in 1940).
Traveled in the TV series Witness To Yesterday episode "Mark Twain", and in the Disney Epcot film, Ellen's Energy Adventure" (1996)
On this day in 1989,
season 26 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 10: The Curse Of Fenric (Part 3 of 4)
was first broadcast.
The Doctor (Sylvester McCoy)and his friends come under attack from the Haemavores, allowing Millington to retrieve the flask containing Fenric's essence.
Johann Karl Friedrich Zollner, German astrophysicist, was born on this day in 1834 (and sadly passed away in 1882.)
Discovered the Zollner Illusion (1860)
On this day in 1989,
season 2 of Quantum Leap
episode 6: Good Morning, Peoria
was first broadcast.
Sam (Scott Bakula) is a radio DJ and has to help bring Rock and Roll to Peoria.
On this day in 1997,
season 2 of Mirror, Mirror II
episode 10: The Artist
was first broadcast.
In 1997 the children visit an art gallery, and see a painting by Lewis Bast, the same Lewis from 1867. Starring Antonia Prebble as Mandy.
On this day in 2003,
season 2 of Starhunter
episode 13: Stitch In Time
was first broadcast.
While transporting a prisoner named Ritson, the Tulip crew encounters a strange gravity anomaly as they pass the asteroid Ida. Starring Clive Robertson.
On this day in 2014,
Errand
first opened in theaters.
Journey of a superhuman to get back life on earth, including a time leap.
On this day in 1975,
season 1 of Wacky And Packy
episode 9: The Bad News Cruise
was first broadcast.
A cartoon segment of Uncle Croc's Block about a caveman and his pet woolly mammoth (both voiced by Allan Melvin) who get transported to modern times.
On this day in 1974,
season 1 of Planet of the Apes
episode 9: The Horse Race
was first broadcast.
Virdon (Ron Harper) agrees to race a chimpanzee Prefect's horse against Urkos best horse, in exchange for a condemned boy's freedom.
Happy 44th Birthday Lauren Oliver!
Lauren Oliver, Writer, was born on this day in 1982.
Author of the novel "Before I Fall" (2010)
Happy 58th Birthday Bruno Gunn!
Bruno Gunn, American actor, was born on this day in 1968.
Traveled in the film short The 30 Second Mobius Time Machine (2008)
Happy 42nd Birthday Steven Webb!
Steven Webb, English actor, was born on this day in 1984.
Traveled as William Constant in the TV series The Magician's House (1999)
On this day in 1980,
season 18 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 11: The E-Space Trilogy: Full Circle (Part 3 of 4)
was first broadcast.
Infection from a spider bite causes Romana's personality to change. Meanwhile the Doctor (Tom Baker), after discovering that the spaceship society is in a perpetual state of repair and upgrade, has morality issues with the ship's leading scientist.
On this day in 1997,
season 2 of Early Edition
episode 7: Redfellas
was first broadcast.
Gary (Kyle Chandler) must reunite a father and daughter who were torn apart in Russia many years ago.
Happy 66th Birthday Ahmed Fahmy!
Ahmed Fahmy, Egyptian actr amd satirical writer, was born on this day in 1960.
Traveled in the film Samir wa Shahir wa Bahir (2011)
On this day in 1986,
season 1 of Lazer Tag Academy
episode 9: Sir Tom of Jaren
was first broadcast.
Continuing adventures of Jamie Jaren (Noelle Harding), a thirteen year old Lazer Tag champion from 3010 who journeys back in time to stop the evil Draxon Drear.
On this day in 2005,
season 1 of Adventurers: Masters of Time
episode 23: A Light In the Darkness
was first broadcast.
Fire (Tara Sands) and the Adventurers arrive in Paris in the year 1844 where they meet a young blind girl called Simone and her teacher Louis Braille.
On this day in 1975,
season 1 of The Lost Saucer
episode 10: Return to the Valley of the Chickaphants
was first broadcast.
The Dorse brings a Chickaphant egg aboard the ship, and when it hatches, the crew is faced with a baby Elephicken. Co-created by Sid Krofft.
On this day in 2002,
season 2 of Time Squad
episode 9b: Child's Play
was first broadcast.
William Shakespeare is now doing kids' plays, and finds inspiration in creating a new play from the Time Squad crew. Featuring Rob Paulsen as Buck.
On this day in 2006,
season 10 of South Park
episode 13: Go God Go XII
was first broadcast.
Cartman is stuck in the future, in the middle of an international civil war between rival Atheist factions. And he STILL can't play Nintendo Wii. Created by Matt Stone and Trey Parker.



























































