Sci-Fi Channel airs the 66th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Danny Trejo guest stars. 
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Sci-Fi Channel airs the 66th episode of Stargate Atlantis. Danny Trejo guest stars.
Rhino Records releases the album The Rootin’ Tootin’ Luton Tapes by Split Enz, a collection of demos, alternate takes, and unreleased songs recorded during the band’s infamous lost year in the U.K. A special fan club edition adds an entire extra disc of material.
A veteran of the musical stage on both sides of the Atlantic, Doctor Who/Torchwood cast member John Barrowman‘s album Another Side is released.
The tenth episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures premieres on BBC iPlayer, the first half of a two-part storyline.
The fan-produced Star Trek production Star Trek: Intrepid releases a short vignette. The UK-based production is shot almost entirely in front of green screen with computer-generated backgrounds added in post production.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 67th episode of Stargate Atlantis.
As part of its annual Children In Need telethon, BBC1 airs a Doctor Who “mini-episode”, Time Crash, starring David Tennant and Peter Davison. This is the first guest appearance of one of the classic series Doctors in the new series, which gets both the short and the charity a great deal of publicity. Ironically, the short is directed by Graeme Harper, who also directed Davison’s final regular episode in the role in 1984 – so Davison’s final Doctor Who director remains unchanged. 
The 11th episode of The Sarah Jane Adventures premieres on BBC iPlayer, the second half of a two-part storyline concluding the show’s first season.
Verity Lambert, the original producer of Doctor Who when it launched in 1963, dies at the age of 71. When she took the reins of the still-in-development series, she was 28, the youngest BBC producer at that time, and the only female producer at the BBC at the time. Though she frequently butted heads with Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman, including commissioning the first Dalek story over his objections that the show should feature “no bug-eyed monsters,” he ultimately relented and gave her free rein. She remained with the series for a year and a half, going on to produce a string of other shows, including Adam Adamant Lives!, John Cleese’s Clockwise series, and Jonathan Creek. Following stints at the BBC, Thames Television and EMI, she founded her own production company, Cinema Verity, which at various points was again attached to Doctor Who during the abortive attempts to turn the series into a film franchise in the 1980s and early ’90s.
The direct-to-DVD movie Battlestar Galactica: Razor is released, chronicling the Battlestar Pegasus’ escape from the destruction of Caprica. Aired in edited form later on Sci-Fi Channel, the movie also includes some hints toward the plotline of the fourth season, which will premiere in 2008. Michelle Forbes stars as Admiral Cain.
BBC Home Video and Big Finish Productions release The Davros Mission audio drama, a Doctor Who audio spinoff starring Terry Molloy, as an audio-only feature on the Doctor Who Complete Davros Collection DVD box set.
Big Finish Productions releases the 102nd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Peter Davison and Nicola Bryant.
Big Finish Productions releases the sixth Doctor Who audio drama in its Companion Chronicles range (short stories performed audiobook style with one or two actors). Frazer Hines and Suzanne Procter star.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 68th episode of Stargate Atlantis.
The fifth episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction, drawing on the genre’s literary greats and hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, is broadcast. Kimberly Elise (Diary Of A Mad Black Woman) stars in a story written specifically for this series by novelist Walter Mosley (Snowfall, Star Trek: Discovery).
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The fan-made internet series Starship Farragut releases its first episode, following the crew of a sister ship of the Kirk-era Enterprise.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 69th episode of Stargate Atlantis.
The sixth and final episode of ABC’s science fiction anthology series Masters Of Science Fiction, drawing on the genre’s literary greats and hosted by Professor Stephen Hawking, is broadcast. James Cromwell (Babe, Star Trek: First Contact), Sean Astin (The Goonies, Lord Of The Rings, Stranger Things), and Sally Kellerman (M*A*S*H) star in Sam Egan’s adaptation of short story by Robert Sheckley. This episode concludes the series.
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Big Finish Productions releases a bonus Doctor Who audio drama starring Peter Davison and Sarah Sutton. (This title was initially exclusive to Big Finish’s subscription program, as an incentive for those whose subscriptions included The Girl Who Never Was.)
Andrew Mark Sewell’s B7 Media releases the audio drama Blake’s 7: Rebel, written by Ben Aaronovitch (Doctor Who) and starring Derek Riddell (Bodies, Happy Valley), Colin Salmon (Krypton, Arrow), and Carrie Dobro (Crusade, Hypernauts). This is a complete re-imagining and reboot of Terry Nation’s series for audio; an edited version will later get an airing on BBC Radio.
The Star Trek fan production Of Gods And Men releases its first webisode to the internet. Directed by Tim Russ (Star Trek: Voyager’s Tuvok) and with a script by several writers associated with 1990s TV Star Trek, it also boasts appearances by Star Trek cast members Nichelle Nichols, Walter Koenig, Cirroc Lofton, Garrett Wang, and Russ himself, among others.
The 740th episode of Doctor Who (the 42nd since the series’ revival) airs on BBC1. This Christmas-themed episode guest stars pop star Kylie Minogue and Russell Tovey (Being Human), with a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it cameo by Bernard Cribbins in his first appearance as Wilfred Mott (later revealed to be Donna Noble’s grandfather). At over 70 minutes, this is the longest Doctor Who special since the revival of the series.
Andrew Mark Sewell’s B7 Media releases its second Blake’s 7 audio drama, Traitor, written by Marc Platt (Doctor Who) and starring Derek Riddell (Bodies, Happy Valley), Colin Salmon (Krypton, Arrow), and Carrie Dobro (Crusade, Hypernauts). Rula Lenska guest stars. This is a complete re-imagining and reboot of Terry Nation’s series for audio; an edited version will later get an airing on BBC Radio.
Big Finish Productions releases the 103rd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.
Big Finish Productions releases the seventh Doctor Who audio drama in its Companion Chronicles range (short stories performed audiobook style with one or two actors). Nicholas Courtney and Toby Longwirth star.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 70th episode of Stargate Atlantis.
Andrew Mark Sewell’s B7 Media releases its third Blake’s 7 audio drama, Liberator, written by James Swallow and starring Derek Riddell (Bodies, Happy Valley), Colin Salmon (Krypton, Arrow), and Carrie Dobro (Crusade, Hypernauts). This is a complete re-imagining and reboot of Terry Nation’s series for audio; an edited version will later get an airing on BBC Radio.
NASA’s Voyager 2 probe, having recently celebrated its 30th anniversary in deep space, sends back observations and instrument readings that lead scientists to a surprising conclusion: the “bubble” of the sun’s solar wind and magnetic influence isn’t spherical or even egg-shaped. Voyager 2′s readings, including the fact that it crossed what should’ve been the boundary of the sun’s outermost influence several times, have revealed that the solar system’s outermost boundary is in flux. Scientists theorize that the “dent” in that bubble is caused by the interstellar magnetic field of the Milky Way galaxy itself. Voyager 2 is now over 10 billion kilometers from the sun – or, to put that in perspective, 80 times further away from the sun than Earth is.
Astronomers put the red planet on red alert after predicting 1-in-75 odds for an asteroid to collide with Mars on or near January 30th. The asteroid, discovered in November 2007, is on a trajectory that poses no threat to Earth but has better-than-usual odds of packing quite a wallop for Mars. The impact, if it does happen, could take place on the equator, near the Opportunity rover’s stomping (or, perhaps, roving) grounds, though NASA says it would pose no risk to Opportunity. A crater as large as Arizona’s Meteor Crater could be carved out of the Martian surface by any direct hit that does happen. Scientists prepare to watch the event with keen interest, as this event would be potentially cataclysmic if Earth was in danger, but provides a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for observation on Mars.
Sci-Fi Channel airs the 71st episode of Stargate Atlantis.