New series start date

[Fitz Kreiner]

Taken from OG. looks like we were all right!

The new issue of Doctor Who Magazine, reaching subscribers today, has confirmed rumors that Series Two will debut on Saturday, April 15 at 7:00pm. Widely rumored as the target date by fans and even the press as early as last November, this is the first official confirmation anywhere of the date of transmission of the first new episode, "New Earth".

[The Doc]

OUTSTANDING! Now the question becomes, when will it air in the USA (not to mention Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and all the other countries that air Who)?

[Slagathor]

Hopefully, it won't take the full year that Season 1 took. It would be really cool if they just tacked series 2 on right after series 1 of SciFi, but I suppose that's too much to hope for.

[The Doc]

They may pair it up with Battlestar Galactica in October. Maybe Torchwood next Spring and season 3 in Fall 2007? Okay, THAT may be too much to hope for.

[Claire Voyant]

thedoc said:

They may pair it up with Battlestar Galactica in October. Maybe Torchwood next Spring and season 3 in Fall 2007? Okay, THAT may be too much to hope for.

Honestly, I think they'll continue to run the Stargates with BSG, since they run the same number of episodes. With only13 episodes per year, Doctor Who isn't a scheduling match.

[Slagathor]

claire said:

thedoc said:

They may pair it up with Battlestar Galactica in October. Maybe Torchwood next Spring and season 3 in Fall 2007? Okay, THAT may be too much to hope for.

Honestly, I think they'll continue to run the Stargates with BSG, since they run the same number of episodes. With only13 episodes per year, Doctor Who isn't a scheduling match.

I agree. Therefore the BBC must produce more episiodes per year. ;D

Seriously, another reason I agree is I think they take pride in their "SciFi Original" night, (although they did mistakenly call Doctor Who a SciFi Original).

[The Doc]

claire said:

thedoc said:

They may pair it up with Battlestar Galactica in October. Maybe Torchwood next Spring and season 3 in Fall 2007? Okay, THAT may be too much to hope for.

Honestly, I think they'll continue to run the Stargates with BSG, since they run the same number of episodes. With only13 episodes per year, Doctor Who isn't a scheduling match.

SciFi has confirmed that the first half seasons of the two Stargates will run from July through September and finish the second half seasons from January through March. SciFi also has confirmed they are delaying Battlestar Galactica until October and running October through December and then finishing it with the two Stargates from January to March.

So, this is a change in the SciFi lineup, which makes you speculate what they might do to add to the Stargate lineup in the summer or add with Battlestar Galactica in the fall.

[The Doc]

slag said:

Seriously, another reason I agree is I think they take pride in their "SciFi Original" night, (although they did mistakenly call Doctor Who a SciFi Original).

Actually, this is no mistake. It is a SciFi original in that it is the original airing of Doctor Who in the United States; and, SciFi is the one airing it. Although, I admit that it is a confusing term and possibly misleading.