Doctor Who: Aliens Of London
The 702nd episode of Doctor Who (the fourth since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Annette Badland and Naoko Mori (Torchwood) guest star. This is the first half of the new series’ first two-part story.
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Galactica: Kobol’s Last Gleaming, Pt. 2
Sci-Fi channel airs 13th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. This episode and its shocking cliffhanger ending bring the critically acclaimed first season to a close, with a few media outlets claiming that the new Galactica is one of the best television series in history.
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Doctor Who: The Unquiet Dead
The 701st episode of Doctor Who (the third since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. Simon Callow guest stars as Charles Dickens; future Torchwood star Eve Myles also guest stars.
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Doctor Who: The End Of The World
Just a week after the series’ revival, the 700th episode of Doctor Who airs on BBC1. Zoe Wanamaker and Yasmin Bannerman guest star.
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Doctor Who: Rose
After considerable fanfare and build-up, Doctor Who returns to BBC1 with its 699th episode. Rose opens the first season of the revived show and introduced the ninth Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his companion Rose (Billie Piper), along with a host of supporting characters who reappear throughout the first two seasons. Thanks to a carefully managed publicity campaign, the new Doctor Who is a genuine hit with viewers and discussions of a Christmas special and a second season begin almost immediately at the BBC.
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Stargate Atlantis: The Siege, Part II
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 19th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Clayton Landey and Robert Davi guest star. This episode brings the first season to a close, continuing the “summer season / winter season” pattern already established by Stargate SG-1.
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Battlestar Galactica: Colonial Day
Sci-Fi channel airs 11th episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Richard Hatch, Alex Zahara (Jeremiah) and Kate Vernon guest star.
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Stargate Atlantis: The Siege, Part I
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 18th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Christopher Heyerdahl (Sanctuary) guest stars.
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Stargate Atlantis: The Gift
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 17th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Claire Rankin guest stars.
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Doctor Who returns… a bit too early
Weeks before its intended premiere date, the first episode of the revived Doctor Who arrives early, via a rough edit leaked to internet filesharing services. Eventually traced to a real preview copy in the hands of a Canadian broadcaster, the episode is missing the new version of the theme music, but is otherwise mostly complete. The BBC tracks down the source of the leak, all while realizing that fandom is now capable of acquiring more than just advance episode titles and photos early.
Stargate Atlantis: Letters From Pegasus
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 16th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Amanda Tapping (Stargate SG-1) guest stars as Colonel Samantha Carter.
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Stargate Atlantis: The Brotherhood
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 15th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Robert Davi guest stars.
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Stargate Atlantis: Before I Sleep
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 14th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Gildart Jackson guest stars.
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Star Trek: Enterprise cancelled
Citing declining ratings, UPN and Paramount announce that Star Trek: Enterprise‘s current season – its fourth – will be its last. The last episode will be shot in March. At 97 episodes (the network’s press release says 98, as Paramount typically counts the two-hour series premiere in 2001 as two shows), Enterprise is the shortest Star Trek spinoff since the original Star Trek was cancelled after three seasons in the 1960s. David Stapf, President of Paramount Network Television, says in a statement, “All of us at Paramount warmly bid goodbye to Enterprise, and we all look forward to a new chapter of this enduring franchise in the future,” though the cancellation marks the first time since 1987 that there is been no new Star Trek in production for TV; at least one spinoff has been in production continuously for 18 years, resulting in 619 episodes (seven of them two-hour TV movies) and four spinoff-based feature films. Another movie, the eleventh in the franchise’s history, is reportedly moved to the back burner by Paramount.
Battlestar Galactica: Bastille Day
Sci-Fi channel airs third episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Richard Hatch, who played Apollo in the original series, makes his first appearance as political agitator Tom Zarek (and plays most of his scenes against Jamie Bamber, the new series’ Apollo). Brent Stait (Andromeda) also guest stars.
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Stargate Atlantis: The Eye
Sci-Fi Channel airs the tenth episode of Stargate Atlantis. Robert Davi guest stars in the second half of a two-part story.
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Battlestar Galactica: 33
British satellite channel Sky One premieres the first episode of Ronald D. Moore’s re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica, months ahead of the first season premiere in North America on the Sci-Fi Channel. The remainder of the season airs first in the UK due to Sky One’s financial contribution to the production of the series (without which it’s unlikely that Sci-Fi Channel alone would’ve continued production).
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Star Trek Phase II: In Harm’s Way
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: Phase II releases its second full-length episode, In Harm’s Way. William Windom, Malachi Throne and BarBara Luna guest star.