Remembering Elizabeth Sladen, born February 1, 1946 and passed away on April 19, 2011

Elisabeth Clara Heath-Sladen was an English actress best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in the British television series Doctor Who. She was a regular cast member from 1973 to 1976, alongside both Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker, and reprises the role many times in subsequent decades, both on Doctor Who and its spin-offs, K-9 and Company and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

She moved to London in 1970 and an appearance in the police drama Z-Cars led to her being selected for a part in Doctor Who. She stayed as a regular cast member alongside Pertwee and Baker until 1976.

She subsequently starred in other roles on both television and radio, before semi-retiring to bring up a family in the mid-1980’s.

She returned to the public eye in the 2000’s with more Doctor Who related appearances, which culminated in taking a regular lead role in The Sarah Jane Adventures. The show earned the Royal Television Society 2010 award for Best Children’s Drama.

She also made regular guest appearances on the main television series, and provided voice-over commentaries for its releases to DVD.

Sladen died of cancer on April 19, 2011. Her death made national and international news headlines, and major television stations and newspapers paid her tribute.

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The Star Trek The Next Generation episode “Violations” aired February 1, 1992

In this episode, Troi, Riker and Dr. Crusher fall into unexplained comas while the Enterprise is transporting a group of telepathic historians.

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On February 1, 2003 we lost the crew of the Space Shuttle Columbia

The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster was a fatal incident in the United States space program that occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle Columbia (OV-102) disintegrated as it reentered the atmosphere, killing all seven crew members. The disaster was the second fatal accident in the Space Shuttle program, after the 1986 breakup of Challenger soon after liftoff.

Today we remember the brave explorers David Brown, Rick Husband, Laurel Clark, Kalpana Chawla, Michael Anderson, William McCool, and Ilan Ramon.

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Today In Nerd History podcast February 1

You can now listen to the Today In Nerd History podcast for February 1.

Today In Nerd History, February 1, Space Shuttle Columbia, Star Trek The Next Generation “Violations”, Elizabeth Sladen, Bill Mumy, Paul Carr, Bibi Besch, Terry Jones, Kaitlin Hopkins and Rutina Wesley.

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Remembering David Oliver, born January 31, 1962 and passed away November 12, 1992

He began his acting career in 1982. From 1983 to 1985, Oliver played the role of Perry Hutchins on the daytime soap opera Another World.

In 1986 he played the role of Sam Gardner in the miniseries A Year in the Life. The miniseries then became a regular series in the fall of 1987 on NBC for one season.

He also starred in several stage roles including the San Diego Civic Light Opera’s productions of The Unsinkable Molly Brown and Li’l Abner.

Oliver was also one of the founding members of Young Artists United.

Shortly before his death, he had a role in the play Elegies staged at the Canon Theater in Beverly Hills.

He played the holographic young man in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode “Cost of Living”.

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Happy birthday Billy MacLellan, born January 31, 1974

William Joseph “Billy” MacLellan is a Canadian actor who portrayed Barlow in the Star Trek: Discovery episode “Vaulting Ambition”.

He is also known for his work on The Silence (2019), Maudie (2016) and The Expanse (2015).

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Happy birthday Jonathan Banks, born January 31, 1947

He played Golin Shel-la in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode “Battle Lines”.

He is perhaps best known for his Emmy-nominated role in the TV series Wiseguy from 1987 through 1990 and as Mike Ehrmantraut on AMC’s Breaking Bad and its spinoff, Better Call Saul.

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Happy birthday Amy Jackson, born January 31, 1992

Amy Jackson is an English actress and model best known for her work in Indian films.

She began her modelling career at the age of 16, and went on to win the Miss Teen World competition in 2009.

Subsequently, director A. L. Vijay cast her as the leading lady of the Tamil language period drama Madrasapattinam (2010).

Jackson continues to act in Indian films of all languages, with some of her notable roles including Ekk Deewana Tha (2012), Singh Is Bliing (2015), The Villain (2018) and 2.0 (2018).

She is also known for playing the role of Imra Ardeen / Saturn Girl on the third season of The CW’s superhero series Supergirl.

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Remembering William Bryant, born January 31, 1924 and passed away June 26, 2001

William Bryant (born William Robert Klein) was an American actor. He is one of the more recognizable television character actors of the 1960’s and 1970’s.

He appeared in films such as King Dinosaur (1955), Escape from San Quentin (1957), Experiment in Terror (1962), with Glenn Ford, How to Murder Your Wife and The Great Race with Jack Lemmon, What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? (1966), McQ (1974), Walking Tall Part II (1975).

He also played several roles in the classic western movies Heaven with a Gun (1969), Chisum (1970), Macho Callahan (1970), Wild Rovers (1971), The Deadly Trackers (1973).

Most of his career was made on television, including Hallmark Hall of Fame, Frontier, Casey Jones, Tales of the Texas Rangers, The Gray Ghost, Maverick, The Rebel, Have Gun – Will Travel, The Rifleman, Laramie, The Virginian, Rawhide, Lancer, Miami Undercover, The Blue Angels, Ripcord, Combat!, Empire, Mission: Impossible, Mannix, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Wild Wild West, Death Valley Days, Alias Smith and Jones, Banacek, McCloud, Columbo, Petrocelli, Cannon, The Rockford Files, Barnaby Jones, Code R, The Fall Guy, Shazam! and many others.

He played the role of Colonel Crook in sixteen episodes of the TV series Hondo and part of the cast in Emergency! (1972–1978) as different engine company captains; also in Branded (1965) as General Ulysses S. Grant, and in Lancer (1968) as Sheriff Gabe.

In Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (TV Series), he played Cowan in the episode “The Hand of the Goral” (1981).

In Battlestar Galactica he played Fire Leader in the episode “Fire in Space” (1978).

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Remembering Norm Prescott, born January 31, 1927 and passed away on July 2, 2005

Norm Prescott was an associate of Filmation, and as such was a producer for Star Trek: The Animated Series. For his work on this show, Prescott, along with his production partner Lou Scheimer, won a Daytime Emmy Award in the field of “Outstanding Entertainment Children’s Series.” Prescott also voiced an Orion lieutenant in the animated episode “The Pirates of Orion” and the Romulan commander in the animated episode “The Practical Joker”.

Prescott and Scheimer have produced many popular animated TV programs under the Filmation banner, including The New Adventures of Superman (1966-1970), Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids (1972-1984) and He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (1983-1985). The latter program was turned into a motion picture featuring Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Duncan McNeill and DS9 guest star Frank Langella.

Under the pseudonym of “Jeff Michael” (actually the names of Prescott’s two sons Jeff and Michael), Prescott also co-composed the music for most of Filmation’s programs, including Star Trek: The Animated Series.

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