When you consider that the Terminator movies were some of the best Sci-Fi films of all time, any spin-off of that franchise has mighty big boots to fill.

Despite a few minor grumbles from the critics corner about Lena Headey’s more human portrayal of Sarah Connor, most people are raving about the new Terminator series.

So, in an effort to put you in touch with all the latest news and gossip about the show, here is our list of essential Sarah Connor Chronicles Websites…

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Lena Headey, who plays Sarah Connor in the new Sarah Connor Chronicles, airing on Virgin 1, recently starred in the box office hit “300″ as Queen Gorgo. She also plays a teacher in “St. Trinian’s,” a contemporary update of the popular 1950s film franchise about an all-girls school.

Headey’s upcoming films include the psychological horror movie “The Brøken,” in which she stars as a woman whose life is thrown into turmoil when she sees her exact double on the streets of London, and “Der Rote Baron.” Headey co-produced and appears in the short film “The Devil’s Wedding.” She also stars alongside Jamie Foreman and Bill Sykes in Roman Polanski’s “Oliver Twist.” Her previous credits include the horror thriller “The Cave,” the fantasy-adventure “The Brothers Grimm” and the British romantic comedy “Imagine Me & You.” Read more & comment »

The Sarah Connor Chronicles kicks off this Thursday at 10PM on Virgin 1.

But for those of you that simply can’t wait until Thursday, Virgin 1 are offering you the chance to watch the entire first episode online for a limited time only.

The series begins a year after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor (Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey) hiding from the government and preparing for a possible future war against the rise of the machines.

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To celebrate the launch of the massive US drama, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Virgin 1 are offering you the chance to ‘Terminate a Mate’!

The series begins a year after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor (Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey) hiding from the government and preparing for a possible future war against the rise of the machines.

As is you were part of the TV show, you can now set your very own terminator on your nearest and dearest just by visiting this site. Simply enter their name and email details and a specially created video of a Terminator hunting them down will be sent. It contains a bespoke voice mechanic that allows the Terminator to deliver them a message from you before they are ‘eliminated’.

I have been sending terminators to my friends all day. It doesn’t quite match up to Monk-e-Mail, but it is still a fun way to pass a Sunday afternoon!

This week sees the launch of The Sarah Connor Chronicles on Virgin 1. When the show launched in the US earlier this year, it achieved a ratings smash of over 18m viewers, giving its network Fox the strongest debut on any US network this season-to-date, beating 24’s performance in the same slot last year and trouncing the recently launched Bionic Woman on NBC by over 4 million viewers!

In fact the Sarah Connor Chronicles was the biggest drama to launch on Fox in three years, so needless to say I am expecting great things from this show.

The series begins a year after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor (Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey) hiding from the government and preparing for a possible future war against the rise of the machines.

After two years of in the same place Sarah decides that she and John need to move on, however in doing this she makes them known to FBI Agent James Ellison (Richard T. Jones) and Skynet’s army of Terminators including Cameron Phillips (Summer Glau) a reprogrammed Terminator sent to protect John. Read more & comment »