TODAY IN TIME
Saturday April 5th, 2025
On this day in 1982,
The Flying House
premiered.
The adventures of an inventor whose time-traveling house enables him, Justin Casey (Billie Lou Watt) and his friends to encounter people/events from the Bible.
On this day in 2009,
season 1 of Natsu No Arashi! (Summer Storm)
episode 1: Playback Part 2
was first broadcast.
On a very auspicious summer day, first year middle school student Hajime Yasaka (Yko Sanpei) was making a small prank for his school's "research project."
Frances Power Cobbe, Irish writer, social reformer, anti-vivisection activist, and leading women's suffrage campaigner, died on this day in 1904 (and was born in 1822).
Author of the novel The Age of Science: A Newspaper of the 20th Century (1877)
On this day in 1969,
season 6 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 33: The Space Pirates (Part 5 of 6)
was first broadcast.
Madeleine is revealed to be working with Caven, who comes up with a way to kill the Doctor (Patrick Troughton) and his friends whilst framing them for the piracy.
On this day in 1975,
season 12 of Doctor Who (1963-1989)
episode 15: Genesis Of The Daleks (Part 5 of 6)
was first broadcast.
The Doctor (Tom Baker) is forced to give Davros full details of future Dalek victories but opposition to Davros' plans is growing among the Kaleds .
On this day in 1982,
season 1 of The Flying House
episode 1: Blast Off For The Past
was first broadcast.
When a storm disrupts a game of hide and seek, Justin Casey (Billie Lou Watt) and his friends Angela and Corky Roberts take refuge inside a house (with a built-in time machine) owned by Professor Humphrey Bumble, an inventor, and his Solar Ion Robot (SIR).
Happy 75th Birthday Toshiko Fujita!
Toshiko Fujita, Chinese actress, voice actress, singer and narrator, was born on this day in 1950.
Traveled in the TV movie Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1987) and the TV series Kiteretsu Daihyakka (1987)
On this day in 2000,
the series Time Bokan 2000: Kaitou Kiramekiman
first aired.
Taimubokan 2000 is the eighth installment in the Time Bokan series. Set in the near future, the world is shaken by a couple of young thieves named Kiramekiman, who issue warnings before they go into action.
On this day in 2000,
season 2 of Seven Days
episode 17: X-35 Needs Changing
was first broadcast.
Frank (Jonathan LaPaglia) and Olga must go to Chechnya in search of a stolen classified U.S. experiment, the X-35 - a human baby with important specifically bred genes.
On this day in 1975,
season 1 of The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
episode 10: Returning Home
was first broadcast.
Zach realizes he must go back to his time. He writes Timothy (Joey Davison) a letter. Zach goes back.
On this day in 1997,
season 1 of Crime Traveller
episode 6: Death Minister
was first broadcast.
Holly (Chloe Annett) takes Slade to task over his dependency on the machine and begs him to try and solve his latest case in the normal way.
On this day in 2002,
season 2 of Time Squad
episode 3a: A Thrilla At Atilla's
was first broadcast.
Tuddrussel, Larry (Mark Hamill), and Otto each have different accounts of their mission on turning Attila the Hun from a nebbishy coward into a bloodthirsty fighter.
On this day in 2020,
season 3 of Future Man
episode 3: Trapper's Delight
was first broadcast.
Josh (Josh Hutcherson)'s crisis of faith comes to a head as Tiger connects with her killer instincts, and Wolf struggles to lay low.
Joseph Bertrand, French mathematician, died on this day in 1900 (and was born in 1822).
Author of several paradoxes including Bertrand's Box Paradox (Three Cards Problem), and Bertrand Paradoxes in economics and probability.
On this day in 2012,
season 1 of Awake
episode 6: That's Not My Penguin
was first broadcast.
While working a hostage situation with Vega, Michael (Jason Isaacs) unexpectedly finds himself collaborating with Dr. Lee.
On this day in 1981,
season 4 of Meeting of Minds
episode 2: Margaret Sanger/Mahatma Gandhi/Adam Smith: Part 2
was first broadcast.
Series host Steve Allen continues his discussion with economist Adam Smith, birth-control advocate Margaret Sanger, and pacifist Mahatma Gandhi, who expounds on his philosophy of nonviolent civil disobedience.
On this day in 1939,
season of Alley Oop
episode :
was first broadcast.
Caveman Alley Oop was a sturdy citizen in the prehistoric kingdom of Moo. He rode his pet dinosaur Dinny, carried a stone war hammer, and wore nothing but a fur loincloth. On April 5, 1939, V. T. Hamlin introduced a new plot device: a time machine.
On this day in 2008,
season 4 of Doctor Who (2005- )
episode 1: Partners In Crime
was first broadcast.
The Doctor goes to investigate the sinister truth behind the mysterious weight-loss pill, only to find out that his old friend Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) is investigating as well.
On this day in 2014,
A Little Bit Behind
first opened in theaters.
A make-shift Time Machine sends one man hurtling back through time - 3 seconds back in time.
Happy 84th Birthday Michael Moriarty!
Michael Moriarty, American-Canadian stage and screen actor and jazz musician, was born on this day in 1941.
Traveled in the TV series the Twilight Zone episode "20/20 Vision" (1988), and the TV series Mentors episode "Citizen Cates" (2002)
Happy 99th Birthday Roger Corman!
Roger Corman, American independent film producer, director and actor, was born on this day in 1926.
Directed the films The Undead (1957) and Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
On this day in 1960,
season 2 of One Step Beyond
episode 28: I Saw You Tomorrow
was first broadcast.
As he arrives at a large mansion, a man (John Hudson) suddenly has a vision of a woman being murdered.
On this day in 1996,
season 2 of The Outer Limits (1995-2002)
episode 11: The Refuge
was first broadcast.
A man (James Wilder) walking through a snow storm loses consciousness and awakens in the Refuge, only to find the entire world is covered in ice.
Happy 70th Birthday Akira Toriyama!
Akira Toriyama, Japanese Manga artist, game artist, artist, writer, character designer, art director, was born on this day in 1955.
Creator of the Dragon Ball manga series
Thomas Hobbes Of Malmesbury, English philosopher, was born on this day in 1588 (and sadly passed away in 1679.)
One of the founders of modern political philosophy
On this day in 1994,
season 6 of Mike & Angelo
episode 7: Blast From The Past
was first broadcast.
Childhood sweetheart Jerry Finklestein looks up Rita, who casts her mind back and remembers him as the demi-god of the school sandpit. Co-created by Lee Pressman.
On this day in 1976,
season 1 of The Lost Islands
episode 10: Skullduggery
was first broadcast.
Following the Prime Minister's men, Tony and David discover a hidden storage cave containing their ship's sails... and gunpowder, perfect for blasting a gap in the reef that is keeping them from sailing out of the lagoon.
On this day in 2013,
season 1 of Nine: Nine Time Travels
episode 8: Episode #1.8
was first broadcast.
Some secrets are better left in the past, but Sun Woo (Lee Jin-wook)'s stubbornness to find out the truth becomes the end of him.
Karel Zeman, Czechoslovakian film director, artist, production designer and animator, died on this day in 1989 (and was born in 1910).
Directed the film Journey to the Beginning of Time (1955)
On this day in 1970,
season 1 of Catweazle
episode 8: The Power Of Adamcos
was first broadcast.
Catweazle (Geoffrey Bayldon) loses his sacred witchknife ''adamcos'' which is accidentally found by Mr Bennet while walking in the woods.
On this day in 2002,
season 2 of Samurai Jack
episode 6: Episode XIX - Jack Remembers the Past
was first broadcast.
On his journey, Jack (Phil LaMarr) happens upon his the place he once called home and begins to recall his childhood there.
On this day in 2002,
season 2 of Time Squad
episode 3b: Cabin Fever!
was first broadcast.
A mission to get jazz player Louis Armstrong back to playing music instead of drilling to the center of the Earth. Featuring Rob Paulsen as Buck.
Happy 53rd Birthday Junko Takeuchi!
Junko Takeuchi, Japanese actress and voice actres, was born on this day in 1972.
Traveled in the film Naruto Shippuden: The Lost Tower (2010
Charlton Heston, American actor and political activist, died on this day in 2008 (and was born in 1923).
Traveled in the films Planet of the Apes (1968) and Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
On this day in 2011,
Battle Girls - Time Paradox
premiered.
Yoshino Hide (Rina Hidaka), known as Hideyoshi to her friends, is a typical middle-school student intends to travel to the 16th century to alter history -- until she's thrown into another world.
On this day in 1982,
The Flying House
premiered.
The adventures of an inventor whose time-traveling house enables him, Justin Casey (Billie Lou Watt) and his friends to encounter people/events from the Bible.
On this day in 2009,
season 1 of Natsu No Arashi! (Summer Storm)
episode 1: Playback Part 2
was first broadcast.
On a very auspicious summer day, first year middle school student Hajime Yasaka (Yko Sanpei) was making a small prank for his school's "research project."
