House of Max is a two-parter, which, if you can’t tell, riffs on House of Wax. It was written by Chris Hayward and was first broadcast on 9 January, 1970. Maxwell Smart (Don Adams) and 99 (Barbara Feldon) find themselves heading to London (read as the studio backlot) to investigate the impossible… Jack the Ripper…
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Get Smart (1969/1970) – Is This Trip Necessary?, Ice Station Siegfried, and Moonlighting Becomes You
Is This Trip Neccessary? was written by Dale McRaven and debuted on 12 December, 1969. Is there something in the water? It seems everyone at CONTROL is suffering bad dreams, and it may be because KAOS is putting something in the water at the Dartfoot Spring Water Company. It will be up to Maxwell Smart…
Mission: Impossible (1970) – Chico, and Gitano
Ken Pettus delivers a paint-by-numbers episode with Chico, which first aired on 25 January, 1970. It features a couple of things that are hard to forget, Leonard Nimoy trotting out a truly horrible Australian accent, and Phelps (Peter Graves) recruiting from the animal division of the IMF again, this time a little trained terrier named…
Mission: Impossible (1970) – The Falcon: Part 2, and Part 3
Paul delivers the second part of his The Falcon trilogy on 11 January, 1970, and there is a lot going on as Phelps (Peter Graves) and his team work to free Nicolai (Noel Harrison) and his sister, Francesca (Diane Baker) and their imprisoned brother, from the grasp of General Sabbatini (John Vernon) and Colonel Vargas…
Mission: Impossible (1969/1970) – The Amnesiac, and The Falcon: Part 1
Robert Malcolm Young and Ken Pettus pen the teleplay for The Amnesiac from a story developed by Young. It first aired on 28 December, 1969, and features a few return guest stars, including Steve Inhat in his third and final M:I appearance, and Anthony Zerbe in his third of five appearances! Phelps (Peter Graves) IMF…
Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) and the Silurians
The Doctor (Pertwee) encounters a prehistoric terror this week, as he and UNIT plunge into this 7 episode story that was written by Malcolm Hulke and ran from 31 January to 14 March, 1970. When UNIT and the Doctor are called in to power failures at a nuclear facility, a series of underground caves…
Doctor Who (Jon Pertwee) – Spearhead from Space
The Doctor (Pertwee) is exiled to Earth, with a new face, and for the first time, on-screen, in colour! It’s a four episode story that ran from 3 January to 24 January, 1970 and was written by Robert Holmes. This story is a lot of fun, and sees the Doctor’s first encounter with the…
The Mind Reels 