Series Two Broadcast Update

The publicity for the new series has been increasing this weekend, with the main series trailer (in its two edited versions) running across the BBC, alongside a 15-second trailer for the Tardisodes and a 30-second Totally Doctor Who trailer, which debuted on Wednesday and Thursday respectively. The return of the series and the Tardisodes have also been heavily promoted on the BBC.co.uk homepage, and the BBC Televisionhomepage. On Saturday morning, digital television viewers could press the red button to see a CBBC Extra show on BBCi, a 12-minute looped video package promoting Totally Doctor Who, featuring interviews with show presenter Barney Harwood and with David Tennant and Billie Piper, contributions from children, and extensive clips from the first episode, New Earth.

The final shape of the television schedules for the new series now seems clear. Each episode will likely debut at 7.15pm on BBC One on Saturdays; BBC Three will repeat the episode on Sundays at 7.05pm and on Fridays at 9pm. BBC Three'sDoctor Who Confidential will follow the episode transmissions on Saturdays and Sundays, while Totally Doctor Who will be shown on BBC One each Thursday at 5pm, with CBBC's regular repeats running on Saturdays at 6.30pm and Mondays at 1pm. There is no word yet on the possible 'red-button' availability of commentaries for the BBC Three episode repeats, mooted in the latest DWM, nor any indication of any 'cut down' versions of Doctor Who Confidential.

The full running schedule for each week (presented four weeks forward from today's date) is listed on the Outpost Gallifrey news page in the left-hand column for easy reference. Items in boldface are premieres, notably each week's first airing of the new episode, the Confidential documentary and Totally Doctor Who. (Note that the weekly US premieres are also in boldface.)