Sci-Fi Trivia: March 31st.

Events on this day: March 31^st.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1943 – Christopher Walken, actor who has made appearances in Brainstorm, Communion, and The Stepford Wives.

Born on this day in 1946 – Ian McDonald, science fiction author.

Born on this day in 1958 – Tony Cox, actor he has appeared in W.E.I.R.D. World, Invaders from Mars, Spaced Invaders, Ewoks: The Battle for Endor, Spaceballs, The Ewok Adventure, Star Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi, Jekyll and Hyde… Together Again, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, and Dr. Heckyl and Mr. Hype.

Born on this day in 1971 – Ewan McGregor, actor who played Obi Wan Kenobi in Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace, Star Wars: Episode II – Attack of the Clones, and Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith.

Doctor Who Trivia: march 31st.

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On this day in 1973 we saw the final appearance of Roger Delgado as the Master in the story Frontier in Space. He was to die on 18th June in an accident while filming in Turkey.

On this day in 2007 we saw the first appearance of the Judoon in the episode Smith and Jones.

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 30th.

Events on this day: March 30^th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1918 – Joseph Allen Jr, Lights Out actor. Shown here with Judith Barrett, it was one of only two photographs I could find of him. The son of veteran stage actor Joseph Allen, Joseph Allen Jr. appeared with the South Shore Players of Long Island, NY, prior to entering films in 1937 under the name of Allen Brook. He was Joseph Allen Jr. from 1939 on, usually playing "the Other Man." Allen later appeared regularly on television.

Born on this day in 1930 – John Astin, actor who made appearances in Starship II: Rendezvous with Ramses, Homeboys from Outer Space, Attack of the Killer Tomatoes, Killer Tomatoes Strike Back!, They Came from Outer Space, The Return of the Killer Tomatoes!, Otherworld, and The Twilight Zone. He is probably best known for his role as Gomez in The Adams Family.

Born on this day in 1976 – Matt Doran, actor who has appeared in Star Wars II: The Attack of the Clones, Farscape, and The Matrix.

  

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Doctor Who Trivia: March 30th.

Doctor Who Trivia:

On this day in 2014 – Kate O’Mara, actress, died aged 74 she has appeared in Doctor Who, Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time, and The Horror of Frankenstein. In Doctor Who she played the Rani in the 1985 story The Mark of the Rani and in Time and the Rani. In 1993, O'Mara reprised the Rani for the charity special Dimensions in Time, and in 2000 she played the role again for the audio production, The Rani Reaps the Whirlwind.

On this day in 1985 the Daleks were seen to hover above the ground for the first time in Revelation of the Daleks.

On this day in 2005 it was announced that a second series has been commissioned and that Christopher Eccleston would be leaving the title role.

Tolkien Trivia: March 30th.

Tolkien Trivia:

On 30 March 1953 the Tolkiens moved to 76 Sandfield Road, Oxford.

On 30 March 1968 The documentary Tolkien in Oxford was broadcast on BBC TV.

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 29th.

Events on this day: March 29^th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1902 – Onslow Stevens, actor who appeared in Them!

and The Creeper.

Born on this day in 1913 – Niall MacGinnis, actor who appeared in Island of Terror.

Born on this day in 1935 – Frederick Treves, actor who appeared in Doctor Who, Doomwatch, The Andromeda Breakthrough, and A for Andromeda. He played Lieutenant Brotadac in the Doctor Who story Meglos.

Born on this day in 1955 – Marina Sirtis, actress who has made appearances in Star Trek: TNG series & movies, Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: Voyager, InAlienable, Stargate SG-1 , Earth: Final Conflict, and The Outer Limits.

She is probably best known for playing Counselor Deanna Troi on Star Trek: The Next Generation. She later played the role in four Star Trek films, as well as episodes of Star Trek: Voyager and the series finale of Star Trek: Enterprise.

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 28th.

Events on this day: March 28th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1912 – Arthur Bertram Chandler, science fiction author.

Born on this day in 1960 – Chris Barrie, actor Red Dwarf's Arnold J Rimmer.

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Doctor Who Trivia: March 28th.

Born on this day in 1948 – Matthew Corbett, Doctor Who actor. He played Jones in the Doctor Who story The Dæmons.

Born on this day in 1961 – Orla Brady, actor who has appeared in Doctor Who, Fringe, and The Deep. She played Tasha Lem in the Doctor Who television story The Time of the Doctor.

On this day in 1987 Patrick Troughton died at the age of 67 while attending the Magnum Opus II science fiction convention in Columbus Georgia, USA. He suffered a heart attack at 7:25 just after ordering breakfast. He died instantly. Troughton was cremated in the US and his ashes were returned to the UK where his wife scattered them benaeth a newly planted tree in his favourite Bushy Park, Teddington, London.

Tolkien Trivia: March 28th.

Tolkien Trivia:

On 28 March 1972 Tolkien received the CBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Cthulhu Myhtos Trivia: March 28th.

Cthulhu Mythos Trivia:

March 28 The Peaslee Expedition leaves Miskatonic for Australia. ("The Shadow Out of Time," Lovecraft)

https://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Cthulhu_Mythos_Timelin

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 27th.

Events on this day: March

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1907 – Mary Treen, actress who appeared in I Married a Monster from Outer Space.

Born on this day in 1914 – Richard Denning, actor who has appeared in Target Earth, Creature With the Atom Brain, Day the World Ended, The Black Scorpion, and Creature from the Black Lagoon.

Born on this day in 1923– Lorenzo Semple Jr., Flash Gordon(1980) and TV's Bat

man writer.

Born on this day in 1937 – Sylvia Anderson, writer - Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons from Mars, Space:1999, UFO, Joe 90, Stingray, and Fireball XL5.

Born on this day in 1935 – Julian Glover, actor who has appeared in Alien Uprising, Doctor Who, Blakes 7, Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back, Space: 1999, Five Million Years to Earth, and Out of this World.

On this day in 2012 – Warren Stevens, actor, died aged 92 he has appeared in Forbidden Planet, The Time Tunnel, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Star Trek, Cyborg 2087, The Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, On the Threshold of Space, and Men in Space.

In Star Trek he appeared as the Kelvan named Rojan in the second season episode "By Any Other Name".

Tolkien Trivia: March 27th.

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27-29 March 1939 Tolkien was in London for three days code and cipher training. He was at that time a professor at Oxford and was one of the hand picked individuals who the Government Code and Cypher School hoped might be suitable to in the organization in the event of war.

He is reported to have been "keen" to take part in such work but he was not selected.

The GCHQ website says that the reason for this is not known but the GCHQ puzzle book states that at the time the service was looking for mathematicians rather than linguists.

Cthulhu Mythos Trivia: March 27th.

Cthulhu Mythos Trivia:

March 27 Edith Brendall disappears in Bonn; eight days later, her body is discovered in the Rhine. ("Darkness, My Name Is," Bertin)

Source: https://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Cthulhu_Mythos_Timeline

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 26th.

Events on this day: March 26^th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day in 1850 – Edward Bellamy, science fiction writer, probably most famous for his utopian novel Looking Backwards. The novel is set in what when it was published the distant future year 2000!

Born on this day in 1919 – Ed Hinton, actor, he made appearances in Lost Continent, Red Planet Mars, Space Patrol, Captain Midnight, and Adventures of Superman.

Born on this day in 1919 – Strother Martin, actor who appeared in The Invaders, Lost in Space, Twilight Zone, The Magnetic Monster, and Worlds without End)

Born on this day 1931 – Leonard Nimoy, actor, best known for his role in Star Trek as Mr Spock he also made apperances in Star Trek, Fringe, Transformers: Dark of the Moon, Brave New World, The Lost World, The Outer Limits, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Twilight Zone, Them!, and Zombies of the Stratosphere.

Doctor Who Trivia: March 26th.

Doctor Who Trivia:

On this day in 2005 The first episode of Doctor Who for nine years was broadcast. It attracts an audience of 10.8 million viewers.

This day also saw the return of the The Auton’s last seen in 1971 in The Terror of the Autons.

Cthulhu Mythos Trivia: March 26th.

Cthulhu Mythos Trivia:

March 26 The Ponape Figurine disappears from the Sanbourne Institute, soon before it would have been placed on public display. ("The Horror in the Gallery," Carter)

Source: https://www.yog-sothoth.com/wiki/index.php/Cthulhu_Mythos_Timeline

Sci-FI trivia: March 26th.

Events on this day: March 25^th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

Born on this day 1916 – Jean Rogers, actress who appeared in Flash Gordon, and Flash Gordon’s Trip to Mars as Dale Arden.

Born on this day in 1920 Patrick Troughton, the Second Doctor, 1966 to 1969.

Born on this day in 1922 – Bruno VeSota, actor who has appeared in The Wasp Woman, Attack of the Giant Leeches, Creature of the Walking Dead, Invasion of the Star Creatures, and War of the Satellites.

Born on this day in 1950 – Robert O’Reilly, actor who has appeared in Star Trek: Enterprise, Star Trek: DS9, Max Headroom, Otherworld, Manimal, Voyagers!, and The Incredible Hulk.

He portrayed Klingon Chancellor Gowron on Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.

On this day in 1953 – It Came from Outer Space, directed by Jack Arnold premiered. It was the first 3-D film released by Universal.

On this day in 1956 – Worlds Without End is released.

Born on this day in 2184 – USS Enterprise crewman Pavel Andreivich Chekov, in Leningrad, USSR.

Sci-Fi Trivia: March 24th.

Events on this day: March 24^th.

This is a small selection of science fiction and horror related events that have happened on this day over the years.

On this day in 1905 – author Jules Verne died aged 77.

Born on this day in 1920 – Gene Nelson, actor/director who has been involved in Star Trek, Men Into Space, The Atomic Man, The Invisible Man TV series, Starlift, and Salvage 1.

In Star Trek: The Original Series Nelson directed "The Gamesters of Triskelion",

Born on this day in 1930 – The Blob(1958) actor Steve McQueen.

And in the Horror genre:

On this day in 1939 - The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939) was released theatrically.

On this day in 1974 - The Rocky Horror Show premieres at the Roxy.