Friday, October 3, 2025

On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987 & 1992)
Star Trek: Enterprise (2001)


Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 1. Episode 2.
Episode entitled: The Naked Now.
Released October 3, 1987.
Directed by Paul Lynch.
Written by D.C. Fontana, John D.F. Black, Johnny Dawkins.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Ron Jones.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Denise Crosby, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Wil Wheaton, Brooke Bundy, Benjamin Lum, Michael Rider, David Renan, Skip Stellrecht, Kenny Koch, Michael Bailous, James G. Becker, Darrell Burris, Dexter Clay, Jeffrey Deacon, Nora Leonhardt, Tim McCormack, Lorine Mendell, Richard Sarstedt.

Star Trek: The Next Generation
Season 6. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Man Of The People.
Released October 3, 1992.
Directed by Winrich Kolbe.
Written by Frank Abatemarco, Brannon Braga, René Echevarria, Naren Shankar.
Created by Gene Roddenberry.
Music by Dennis McCarthy.
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Charles/Chip Lucia, Patti Yasutake, George D. Wallace, Lucy Boryer, Susan French, Rick Scarry, Stephanie Erb, J.P. Hubbell, Majel Barrett, David Keith Anderson, Joe Baumann, Terrence Beasor, Michael Braveheart, Cameron, David Paul Christian, Tracee Cocco, John Copage, Gunnel Eriksson, Jack Gilroy, Eben Ham, Linda Harcharic, Grace Harrell, Christi Haydon, Clay Hodges, Kerry Hoyt, Mark Lentry, Ericka Bryce Poniewaz, Joyce Robinson, Nanci Rogers, Richard Sarstedt, Dee Giffin Scott.


Star Trek: Enterprise
Season 1. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: Fight or Flight.
Released October 3, 2001.
Directed by Allan Kroeker.
Written by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Phyllis Strong, Michael/Mike Sussman, Stephen Beck, André Jacquemetton, Maria Jacquemetton, André Bormanis.
Created by Rick Berman, Brannon Braga.
Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.
Opening theme song: Faith of the Heart, performed by Russell Watson.
Closing theme: Archer's Theme, by Dennis McCarthy.
Music by Jay Chattaway.
Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Jeff Ricketts, Efrain Figueroa, Jef Ayres, Brett Baker, Jane Bordeaux, Solomon Burke Jr., Mario Carter, Amy Kate Connolly, Mark Correy, Evan English, Stacy Fouche, Lindley Gardner, Jack Guzman, Bobby Pappas, Gary Weeks.

On this day in movie history - Armed Response (1986):


Armed Response

directed by Fred Olen Ray,
written by T.L. Lankford,
based on a story by Fred Olen Ray, T.L. Lankford and Paul Hertzberg,
was released in the United States on October 3, 1986.
Music by Thomas Chase and Steve Rucker.


Cast:

David Carradine, Lee Van Cleef, Mako, Lois Hamilton, Ross Hagen, Brent Huff, Laurene Landon, Dick Miller, Burr DeBenning, Michael Berryman, David Goss, Dah-ve Chodan, Conan Lee, Sam Hiona, Bob Hevelone, Patrick Culliton, Richard Lee-Sung, Suzy Stokey, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa, Kai Baker, David O'Hara, Dawn Wildsmith, Bobbie Bresee, Brad Arrington, Fox Harris, Jimmy Williams, Fred Olen Ray, Michelle Bauer, Lisa Hayward, Lauren Hertzberg, Jordan Hertzberg, Hisako Mura, Maryann Zvoleff.

On this day in movie history - Split Image (1982):


Split Image

aka Captured,
directed by Ted Kotcheff,
written by Scott Spencer, Robert Kaufman and Robert Mark Kamen,
based on a story by Scott Spencer,
was released in the United States on October 3, 1982.
Music by Bill Conti.


Cast:

Michael O'Keefe, Karen Allen, Peter Fonda, James Woods, Elizabeth Ashley, Brian Dennehy, Ronnie Scribner, Pamela Ludwig, John Dukakis, Lee Montgomery, Michael Sacks, Deborah Rush, Peter Horton, Ken Farmer, Cliff Stephens, Brian Henson, David Wysocki, Kenneth Barry, Robert A. Cowan, Herbert Kirkpatrick, Chris McCarty, Lee Ritchey, Lynette Walden, Robert Hibbard, Scott Campbell, Melanie Strange, Dave Tanner, Tom Rayhall, Jeanne Evans, Irma P. Hall, Bill Engvall, Peter Hans Sprague, John Carroll, Haley McLane, Kelly Wimberly, James Healy Jr., Charles Assiff, Tad Black, Julie Elizabeth Knell, Michael Minton, Tom Romero, David Sawyer, Mark-Brian Sonna, Ben Stephenson.

On this day in television history - Space 1999 (1976):


Space 1999

Season 2. Episode 10.
Episode entitled: The Taybor.
Released October 3, 1976.
Directed by Bob Brooks.
Written by Thom Keyes.
Series created by Gerry Anderson and Sylvia Anderson.
Music by Derek Wadsworth.

Cast:

Martin Landau, Barbara Bain, Catherine Schell, Tony Anholt, Willoughby Goddard, Jeffery Kissoon, John Hug, Yasuko Nagazumi, Laraine Humphrys, Rita Webb, Mel Taylor, Glenda Allen, Sarah Bullen, Jenny Clare, Micky Clarke, Chai Lee, Vicki Michelle.

On this day in television history - M Squad (1958):


M Squad

Season 2. Episode 3.
Episode entitled: The Missing Claimant.
Released October 3, 1958.
Directed by Allen H. Miner.
Written by Jack Laird and Wilton Schiller.
Music by Alexander Courage.


Cast:

Lee Marvin, Paul Newlan, Joan Vohs, Harry Lauter, Theodore Newton, Rebecca Welles, Sydney Smith, Dick Wilson, Robert Busch.

On this day in movie history - Street of Chance (1942):


Street of Chance

directed by Jack Hively,
written by Garrett Fort,
based on the novel The Black Curtain by Cornell Woolrich,
was released in the United States on October 3, 1942.
Music by David Buttolph.


Cast:

Burgess Meredith, Claire Trevor, Louise Platt, Sheldon Leonard, Frieda Inescort, Jerome Cowan, Adeline De Walt Reynolds, Arthur Loft, Clancy Cooper, Paul Phillips, Keith Richards, Ann Doran, Cliff Clark, Edwin Maxwell, Kenneth Chryst, Kernan Cripps, Ralph Dunn, Ruth Gillette, Gladden James, Milton Kibbee, Helen MacKellar, James C. Morton, Reed Porter, Harry Tyler, Dorothy Vernon, Bess Wade, George Watts, Gloria Williams, Sonny Boy Williams.

On this day in movie history - The Temptress (movie & novel):


The Temptress

directed by Fred Niblo, Mauritz Stiller,
written by Dorothy Farnum, Marian Ainslee,
based on the novel La Tierra de Todos by Vicente Blasco Ibáñez,
released in the United States on October 3, 1926.
Music by Michael Picton, Ernst Luz.
Cast: Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Marc McDermott, Lionel Barrymore, Armand Kaliz, Roy D'Arcy, Robert Anderson, Francis McDonald, Hector V. Sarno, Virginia Brown Faire, Sam Appel, Helen Brent, Steve Clemente, Roy Coulson, Louise Emmons, Inez Gomez, Gale Gordon, Bob Kortman, Ethan Laidlaw, Annabelle Magnus, Chris-Pin Martin, Louis Mercier, Alys Murrell, Constantine Romanoff, Charles Stevens, Mauritz Stiller.

Recommended reading:


The Temptress: La Tierra de Todos

By Vicente Blasco Ibáñez.

Published by Zinc Read.
First published 1922.
Paperback.
ISBN-10: 9362346877
ISBN-13: 978-9362346872

Description:

"The Temptress" is a novel set in the early 20th century, dealing with themes of social conflict, personal ambition, and moral dilemmas. The story focuses on the character of a woman who is central to the plot’s exploration of human desires and societal pressures. The narrative examines the effects of personal ambitions and temptations on individuals and their relationships. It delves into issues of social inequality, the impact of wealth and power, and the moral consequences of one's actions.