On this day in the Star Trek universe:

Star Trek: Voyager (1997)

Star Trek: Enterprise (2004)

Star Trek: Discovery (2017 & 2020)

Star Trek: Voyager

Season 4. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Scientific Method.

Released October 29, 1997.

Directed by David Livingston.

Created by Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor.

Written by Lisa Klink, Sherry Klein, Harry 'Doc' Kloor, Bryan Fuller.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jay Chattaway.

Cast: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Biggs-Dawson, Robert Duncan McNeill, Ethan Phillips, Robert Picardo, Tim Russ, Garrett Wang, Jeri Ryan, Rosemary Forsyth, Annette Helde, John Austin, John Copage, Damaris Cordelia, Debbie David, Tarik Ergin, Heather Ferguson, Sylvester Foster, Alicia Lewis, Brita Nowak, Ansuya Rathor, Keith Rayve, Joey Sakata, Richard Sarstedt, Hallie Singleton, Pablo Soriano.

Star Trek: Enterprise

Season 4. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Borderland.

Released October 29, 2004.

Directed by David Livingston.

Written by Ken LaZebnik.

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 Kevin Kiner, Dennis McCarthy.

Cast: Scott Bakula, John Billingsley, Jolene Blalock, Dominic Keating, Anthony Montgomery, Linda Park, Connor Trinneer, Alec Newman, Abby Brammell, Joel West, Paul Wight, Dave Power, J.G. Hertzler, Dayo Ade, Brent Spiner, Gary Kasper, Bobbi Sue Luther, Thom Khoury Williams, Alexandrea Ortiz, Troy Brenna, Fernando Chien, Mark Correy, Vince Deadrick Jr., Vince Deadrick Sr., Kevin Derr, Glen Hambly, Seth Hendrix, Yoshio Iizuka, Andrew Macbeth, David Mattey, Tom McComas, Derek Mears, Dorenda Moore, Tom Morga, Jack Nolan, Laura Renault, Ron Sarchian, Scott L. Schwartz, Tim Sitarz, Paul Sklar, Pablo Soriano, Monika Spruch, Dan Walters, Scott Workman, Nina Xining Zuo.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad.

Released October 29, 2017.

Directed by David M. Barrett.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Aron Eli Coleite, Jesse Alexander, Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Kirsten Beyer, Sean Cochran.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Shazad Latif, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, Jason Isaacs, Wilson Cruz, Katherine Barrell, Peter MacNeill, Rainn Wilson, Milton Barnes, Emily Coutts, Jason Deline, Hamza Fouad, Julianne Grossman, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Sara Mitich, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Izaak Smith, George Alevizos, Julie St-Louis, Nick Stojanovic, Ronald Tang.

Star Trek: Discovery

Season 3. Episode 3.

Episode entitled: People of Earth.

Released October 29, 2020.

Directed by Jonathan Frakes.

Created by Bryan Fuller, Alex Kurtzman.

Written by Bo Yeon Kim, Erika Lippoldt, Sean Cochran, Anthony Maranville, Chris Silvestri, Brandon Schultz.

Based on Star Trek, created by Gene Roddenberry.

Music by Jeff Russo.

Cast: Sonequa Martin-Green, Doug Jones, Anthony Rapp, Mary Wiseman, David Ajala, Michelle Yeoh, Blu del Barrio, Christopher Heyerdahl, Adil Hussain, Phumzile Sitole, Kenneth Welsh, Emily Coutts, Patrick Kwok-Choon, Oyin Oladejo, Ronnie Rowe, Sara Mitich, Fode Bangoura, Shawn Campbell, Riley Gilchrist, Xavier Lopez, Fabio Tassone, David Benjamin Tomlinson, Avaah Blackwell, Ronald Tang.

On this day in television history - Fallen Angels (1995):

Fallen Angels

Season 2. Episode 4.

Episode entitled: Good Housekeeping.

Released October 29, 1995.

Directed by Michael Lehmann.

Written by Bruno Fischer.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the short story by Scott McGehee, David Siegel.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast: Dana Delany, Benicio Del Toro, Marcia Gay Harden, William Petersen, Adam Baldwin, James Flynn, Matt O'Toole, Zack Phifer, Johanna Went.

Fallen Angels

Season 2. Episode 5.

Episode entitled: Fly Paper.

Released October 29, 1995.

Directed by Tim Hunter.

Written by Donald E. Westlake.

Created by William Horberg.

Based on the short story by Dashiell Hammett.

Theme music by Peter Bernstein.

Cast: Christopher Lloyd, Laura San Giacomo, Peter Berg, Michael Rooker, Arnold Vosloo, Jack Thibeau, Kristin Minter, Darren McGavin, James Rekart, Johanna Went, Miguel Ferrer, Harry Northup.

On this day in television history - Johnny Staccato (1959):

Johnny Staccato

Season 1. Episode 7.

Episode entitled: Evil.

Released October 29, 1959.

Directed by John Cassavetes.

Written by Richard Carr.

Music by Elmer Bernstein.

Cast:

John Cassavetes, Alexander Scourby, Lloyd Corrigan, Elizabeth Patterson, Robert Carricart, Elisha Cook Jr., Charles Thompson, Harry Whisner, Helen Dietrich, Al Bain, John Barton, Arline Bletcher, Danny Borzage, Lovyss Bradley, Gene Coogan, Helen Gereghty, Chester Hayes, Kenner G. Kemp, Walter Lawrence, Carl M. Leviness, Lillian O'Malley, 'Snub' Pollard, Harry Raven, Edwin Rochelle, Bert Spencer, Chalky Williams.

On this day in movie history - Nocturne (1946):

Nocturne

directed by Edwin L. Marin,

written by Jonathan Latimer,

based on a story by Roland Brown and Frank Fenton,

was released in the United States on October 29, 1946.
Music by Leigh Harline.

Cast:

George Raft, Lynn Bari, Virginia Huston, Joseph Pevney, Myrna Dell, Edward Ashley, Walter Sande, Mabel Paige, Bern Hoffman, Queenie Smith, Virginia Keiley, Mack Gray, Lilian Bond, Rudy Robles, Greta Granstedt, Carol Forman, William Challee.

Born on this day – Bob Ross:

Bob Ross

Painter

Art instructor

TV host

October 29, 1942 – July 4, 1995

Credits:

Books:

Best of the Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Bob Ross' New Joy of Painting: A Collection of His Favorites (1993); Bob Ross: My First Book of Colors (2020); Bob Ross: My First Book of Nature (2022); Bob Ross: My First Book of Numbers (2023); Bob Ross: The Joy of Painting (2017); Discover The Joy Of Painting With Bob Ross (1998); Experience The Joy of Painting Volume X (2023); Experience the Joy of Painting With Bob Ross (1984); Happy Little Accidents (2017); Karla: or the Weightliftress (2022); Life Lessons from Bob Ross (2020); Lusty Little Things (2018); More Joy of Painting with Bob Ross (1995); Muddled Meanderings in an Outhouse (1972); My Journey Through Country Music (2022); Solitary confinement: Poems (1977); The Bob Ross Coloring Book (2017); The Joy of Painting Volumes 1–30 (1984 –1995); The Official Bob Ross Coloring Book: The Colors of the Four Seasons (2019).

Television:

39 Ways to Calm Down (2020); A Hot Lead (2017); About Mine (2019); Bellator Fighting Championships (2012); Bill Nye the Science Guy (1994); Bob Ross: A Special Tribute (1995); Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021); Bob Ross: The Happy Painter (2011); CBS News Sunday Morning with Jane Pauley (2020–2021); Cinemassacre Video (2020); De wereld draait door (2007); Deeply Artificial Trees (2017); Firebringer (2016); Kulturzeit (2020); Live with Kelly and Mark (1991); Nerdrotic (2021); Physics Girl (2015); Sam and Colby: The Paranormal (2022); Sendung ohne Namen (2012); The Adventures of Elmer & Friends (1995); The Best of the Joy of Painting (1991); The Comments Section (2022); The Drunken Peasants (2016); The Joy of Painting (1983–1994); Virtual Peep Show Flat (2019); WatchMojo (2021).

Born on this day – Peter Watkins:

Peter Watkins

Filmmaker

Documentarian

Writer

Film theorist

October 29, 1935 – October 31, 2025

Credits:

70'ernes folk (1975); A Discussion with Peter Watkins (1977); Aftenlandet (1977); Culloden (1964); Du côté de chez Fred (1988); Edvard Munch (1974); Ex-S (1996); Fällan (1975); Fritänkaren (1994); How the BBC Began (2022); It Happened Here (1964); La Commune (Paris, 1871) (2000); Le Fossoyeur de Films (2024); NET Playhouse (1967); Peter Watkins Reflects on 'The War Game' and the Media (1983); Privilege (1967); Punishment Park (1971); Reflets de Cannes (1967); Resan (1987); The Controllers (1963); The Debridement of Rome (2012); The Diary of an Unknown Soldier (1959); The Field of Red (1958); The Forgotten Faces (1961); The Gladiators (1969); The Media Project (1991); The Movies (1967); The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins (2001); The War Game (1966); The Web (1956); Tomorrow and the Day Before (2004); Ung bølge i England (1967).

Born on this day – William Harrison:

William Harrison

Writer

October 29, 1933 – October 22, 2013

Credits:

In a Wild Sanctuary (1975); Rollerball (1975); Savannah Blue (1981); Burton and Speke (1982); Three Hunters (1989); The Blood Latitudes (2000); Black August (2012); Roller Ball Murder (1975); The Buddha in Malibu (1998); Texas Heat (2005); The Mutations of Rollerball (2010); Best SF: 1974 (aka The Year's Best Science Fiction 8) (1975); Roller Ball Murder [short story] (1973).

Movies and television:

A Shining Season (1979); Fighting Mad (1976); Mountains of the Moon (1990); Return to the Arena: The Making of 'Rollerball' (2000); Rollerball (1975 / 2002); The Blue and the Gray (1982); Welcome to Paradox (1998).

Recommended reading:

Roller Ball Murder and Other Stories

by William Harrison.

ISBN-10: 0860078655

ISBN-13: 978-0860078654

Published 1975.

Anthology of short stories.

Contents:

Preface; The Warrior (1971); The Hermit (1968); Down the Blue Hole (1973); Eating It (1970); The Pinball Machines (1968); Roller Ball Murder (1973); The Blurb King (1971); A Cook’s Tale (1966); The Arsons of Desire (1972); The Good Ship Erasmus (1971); Under the House (1972); Nirvana, Götterdämmerung, and the Shot Put (1972); Weatherman: A Theological Narrative (1973).

Description:

Rollerball Murder – the deadly game of the twenty-first century. At a signal forty players run, skate and bike for their lives around a high banked, hardwood track, dodging the careening 25-pound oval balls which scatter and maim and over 300 miles an hour.

No rules, no rest periods, no substitutes. It’s play up or die. Just two hours of brute speed and crowd-pleasing carnage viewed simultaneously the world over on multivision …

Rollerball Murder is one of thirteen tightly written, provocative and, ultimately, unforgettable stories of the past, present and the horrifying future.