Doctor Who news

Series one in the USA:
Fridays, 9pm EST on the SciFi Channel
Current episode:
5.World War III

Previous episodes:
4.Aliens of London
3.The Unquiet Dead
2.The End of the World
1.Rose

Series Two in the UK:
Saturdays, at 7:15pm GMT on BBC1
1. New Earth will premiere on April 15th.

The BBC has confirmed that the second episode of series 2, Tooth and Claw will also air in the 7:15 time slot (just in case the live football match that proceeds it runs over).

U.S. ratings: from Outpost Gallifrey: Aliens of London had a 1.20 household rating with an average viewing audience of 1.5 million viewers. This is down from last week's episode, which had 1.55 rating. Over all the series has lost 21% in household viewers and 16% in audience average since the broadcast of Rose. 0.65 million views tuned into the rebroadcast of the Unquiet Dead at 8pm last week.

Other things of note:
SFX magazine has a joint interview with David Tennant and Billie Piper. I thought it was interesting what they thought about working with Elisabeth Sladen. Tennant said that it's interesting how the episode works-if you know about Sarah Jane Smith, you watch the episode from the viewpoint of the Doctor. If you are new to Doctor Who, you watch from the viewpoint of Rose. He said that it was also relected in their own experience, because he grew up watching SJS, and Billie didn't know who she was. (Ok, I am a bit biased here-since Sarah Jane Smith is my favorite companion-the is much more in the interview, so check it out!) Have I mentioned that I can't wait for this epiosde?!? ;) LOL.

Canada will be airing the second series of Doctor Who sometime this fall. Also, Canada's CBC network announced that it will become a co-production partner on the spin-off series Torchwood. They have already done this for the main show, and will continue for a third series.

This Sunday is Doctor Who night on BBC3. It kicks off at 7 with a brand new, hour long edition of Doctor Who Confidential, followed by the Christmas Invaision and to finish off the night, a special repeat of the 2003 documentary the Story of Doctor Who written for the 40th anniversary. Oooh! Those lucky Britons! :)

That's all for now-until next week!