Sci-Fi Channel Update

The US-based Sci-Fi Channel has made a sudden change to its schedule for the premiere date of the new series on March 17: not one but twoepisodes will screen that night. Now scheduled at 9pm on Friday, March 17 isRose (episode 1) with The End of the World (episode 2) scheduled at 10pm the same night. Both episodes then repeat that night at 11pm and midnight, respectively, as well as at 11pm and midnight on Sunday, March 19. A rebroadcast of "The End of the World" also airs at 8pm on Friday, March 24, with the debut of episode 3, The Unquiet Dead at 9pm in the show's usual slot; "The Unquiet Dead" is repeated at midnight the same night as well as at midnight on Sunday, March 26. Finally, Aliens of London(episode 4) airs on Friday, March 31 at 9pm with a repeat at midnight (and, presumably, on Sunday, April 2, but no schedule is yet available for April).

Additionally, the Sci-Fi Channel has launched its new Doctor Who mini-sitefeaturing a brief "about" section with basic facts about the series; a "characters" section with biographies of the Doctor, Rose, Captain Jack, Mickey and Jackie (and the actors who play them) as well as the TARDIS; an episode guide to the first series; a photo gallery; and the channel's bulletin board about the series (which, not too surprisingly, contains an overwhelming number of Outpost Gallifrey Forum posters!) More will obviously be added if the show does well and continues to a second year.