Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the second mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts. 
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the second mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
The first four inductees – two real and two fictional – are inducted into the Robot Hall Of Fame created by Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science.
The panel of judges in future years will pare down the number of nominations awarded to fictional creations. R2-D2 actor Kenny Baker and Douglas Rains, the voice actor behind HAL, are in attendance.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the third mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the fourth mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
The 60th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
A new animated Doctor Who adventure, Scream Of The Shalka, premieres on BBCi, the BBC’s web site, starring Richard E. Grant as the ninth Doctor, Sophie Okonedo, and Sir Derek Jacobi. Written by popular Doctor Who novelist Paul Cornell, this story is heavily promoted well in advance with the announcement that Richard E. Grant is the official ninth incarnation of the Doctor; BBCi is unaware of the behind-the-scenes negotiations elsewhere in the BBC with Russell T. Davies. (The BBC’s unexpected announcement of Doctor Who’s imminent return as a live action series invalidates Shalka before its premiere.)
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the fifth mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the sixth mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
Former Alan Parsons Project songwriter and vocalist Eric Woolfson releases the concept album Eric Woolfson’s Poe: More Tales Of Mystery & Imagination.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the seventh mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the eighth mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the ninth mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts.
The 61st episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
Bridging the gap between Star Wars Episode II and Episode III, Cartoon Network premieres the tenth mini-episode of Genndy Tartakovsky’s The Clone Wars animated shorts. This concludes the 2003 run of The Clone Wars; the series resumes in spring 2004.
Big Finish Productions releases the 50th Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy, and Paul McGann. This story, which unites many past stars of TV Doctor Who in unusual roles, celebrates 40 years of Doctor Who.
Big Finish Productions releases the 51st Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Colin Baker and Katy Manning.
Big Finish Productiions publishes the hardcover non-fiction book Doctor Who: The New Audio Adventures – The Inside Story by Benjamin Cook, a history of the series of licensed Doctor Who audio plays and audio spinoffs that the company has been producing since 1999; the book is timed to coincide with the 40th anniversary of Doctor Who.
The 62nd episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
Dark Horse Comics publishes the second trade paperback collection of its Star Wars: Clone Wars comics, Victories and Sacrifices.
Sci-Fi channel airs the first part of the miniseries re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. A reboot rather than a sequel to the late ’70s series, this more hard-edged version of the story plays fast and loose with many of the character outlines and is influenced heavily by the post-9/11-attacks western mindset. Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell star, with the script written by Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). Hotly anticipated due to over a year’s worth of speculation about the far-reaching changes to the show’s story outline, the miniseries is an instant hit.
Sci-Fi channel airs the second part of the miniseries re-imagining of Battlestar Galactica. Edward James Olmos and Mary McDonnell star, with the script written by Ronald D. Moore (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine). The miniseries wins instant critical acclaim for its writers and cast, and many critics hail the new Galactica as the best Sci-Fi Channel original series to date. However, it takes some time for a full series order to happen, and will eventually involve an infusion of money from British satellite channel Sky One to be approved at all; this results in the first season airing first in the UK, and not until 2005 in North America.
Big Finish Productions releases the 52nd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann and India Fisher.
Big Finish Productions releases the one-off audio drama Doctor Who: Shada, which premiered on the BBCi website as an audio series with limited Flash animation. Paul McGann, Lalla Ward, John Leeson, and Andrew Sachs (Fawlty Towers) star.
The 143nd episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge.
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Big Finish Productions releases the 53rd Doctor Who audio drama in its main monthly range, starring Paul McGann, India Fisher, and Conrad Westmaas.
The 63nd episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN.
The BBC announces that a private collector has returned part two of the mostly-missing twelve-part Doctor Who story, The Daleks’ Master Plan, to its archives. Last seen in late 1965, the episode has been in the possession of the former chief engineer of the competing Yorkshire Television network ever since the early ’70s – when he snatched it from the BBC archives (where he was a trainee at the time) rather than destroying it as ordered. The 25-minute episode, subtitled Day Of Armageddon, is handed over to the Doctor Who Restoration Team, which oversees the preservation and restoration of past episodes for DVD release.
The internet-based fan film Star Trek: New Voyages (later Phase II) releases its first full-length episode, Come What May. Shot with homemade sets, costumes and props in upstate New York, the attention-getting project is greeted with enthusiasm by fans and with consternation by CBS/Paramount, which still has a Star Trek series (Enterprise) on television. The New Voyages group, led by James Cawley, is permitted to continue as long as no profit is made from its use of the Star Trek name, setting a precedent for future fan productions. As the group’s productions improve, it eventually disowns this pilot episode as one of its “official” adventures.
The 144th episode of Stargate SG-1 airs on the Sci-Fi Channel, starring Richard Dean Anderson, Amanda Tapping, Michael Shanks, and Christopher Judge.
More about Stargate SG-1 in the LogBook and theLogBook.com Store
The 64th episode of the prequel spinoff Star Trek: Enterprise airs on UPN. Jeffrey Combs guest stars.