5pm
LIVING Charmed “It’s a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, Part II”
SCI FI The Lost World “Nectar”
SKY TWO Star Trek: Enterprise “In a Mirror, Darkly”
UKTV DRAMA Doctor Who “Robot” – episode four
FIVE US Mission: Impossible “A Game of Chess” – thrilling episode title
5.30pm
ZONE HORROR The Visitor
6pm
SKY ONE Futurama “Bender Should Not Be Allowed on TV”
SCI FI Mysterious Ways “Wonderful”
SKY TWO Stargate SG-1 “The Changeling”
6.30pm
ZONE HORROR The Collector
7pm
BBC3 Doctor Who “Daleks in Manhattan” – read the SFX review of this episode
ITV2 Smallville “Slumber”
ITV4 Andromeda “Delenda Est”
LIVING Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman “Pilot, Part I” – kicking off the first season, which actually isn’t too bad (considering the drivel the show would later descend into), and features the better (more geeky) Jimmy Olsen (actor Michael Landes was replaced by Justin Whalin in season two) and Tracy Scoggins (later to join Babylon 5) as a bitchy society columnist.
SCI FI Quantum Leap “Right Hand of God”
SKY TWO Stargate SG-1 “Memento”
7.30pm
ZONE HORROR The Twilight Zone
8pm
SCI FI Medium “Pilot” – if you haven’t been watching this excellent series, here’s your chance to acquaint yourself with it right from the beginning. Ghost Whisperer viewers can use this to wean themselves off their habit
TROUBLE Charmed “Repo Manor”
VIRGIN 1 Star Trek: Deep Space Nine “Shakaar”
9pm
SCI FI Medium “Four Dreams, Part I” – the season three premier
VIRGIN 1 Star Trek: Enterprise “Oasis”
10pm
SCI FI Medium “Four Dreams, Part II”
VIRGIN 1 Blade: The Series “Pilot” – half-decent opening episode to a middling series, in which the eponymous character rarely gets to play more than a supporting role in his own show. The evil vampires are much more fun to watch, anyway. Fans of German rock music will love it
Midnight
LIVING The X-Files “Lazarus”
1am
LIVING Charmed “It’s a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World, Part II”