Lost In Time

TV  Is this all having the smell of something going horribly wrong? This bit of Outpost Gallifrey says it all really:
"Will Doctor Who soon move to a new time slot... or is its lead in, "Strictly Dance Fever," going to be shifted? That's the big question, as the BBC's National Lottery website states that "Julian Clary is hosting The National Lottery Come and Have a Go on BBC ONE, April the 23rd, from 7.20pm." As our correspondent Dominic May wrote, either "Strictly Dance Fever" is considered a flop and Doctor Who moves to an earlier time slot... or perhaps Doctor Who moves to a slot after the lottery show. (Perhaps "Casualty" moves to Sundays?) Either way, it would also impact the transmission of "Doctor Who Confidential." As soon as we know for sure about the time switch, we'll let you know."
Why knock about with a series like this when it has a good recognisable timeslot? Will it go earlier or later? If it goes later, it'll find itself at 8 o'clock which is too late for the target audience frankly. But if it goes earlier, what happens to Norton? That's unless the people at the Lottery website have got things horribly wrong...

Update! The National Lottery website has been changed to report 7:45pm for the start of their show. So you can move along now. Nothing to see here. That said -- isn't it odd how the 'we' can become so nervous when the 'not we' make errors with timings on websites like this?

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