This Week in Doctor Who
Week 17: 25 Apr - 1 May 2015 - Horror Xtra
Saturday 25 April
| 3:35pm BST The Ribos Operation: Omnibus (Repeated: Sun 10:00am BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Tom Baker. The Doctor is dispatched on a quest by the White Guardian with a new cohort, Romana, to search for the six segments of the Key to Time. (1978) The advert breaks occur at the original episode endings. |
Monday 27 April
| 10:00am BST Silver Nemesis: Part Two (Repeated: Mon 2:40pm BST / Mon 7:50pm BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Sylvester McCoy. With various factions vying for ownership of the deadly statue that is Nemesis, hostilities begin to break out. |
| 10:35am BST Silver Nemesis: Part Three (Repeated: Mon 3:15pm BST / Mon 8:25pm BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Sylvester McCoy. The Cyber fleet is in place around Earth, and it looks like the Doctor has no choice but to surrender Nemesis to the Cybermen. |
Tuesday 28 April
| 10:00am BST The Curse of Fenric: Part One (Repeated: Tue 2:40pm BST / Tue 7:50pm BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Sylvester McCoy. Ace and the Doctor arrive at a WW2 coastal Naval base, whilst unobserved, a party of Soviet soldiers land upon the beach. |
| 10:35am BST The Curse of Fenric: Part Two (Repeated: Tue 3:15pm BST / Tue 8:25pm BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Sylvester McCoy. The Doctor tries to persuade the Soviet Captain to delay his assault, while the ULTIMA machine reveals new messages in the crypt. |
Wednesday 29 April
| 10:00am BST The Curse of Fenric: Part Three (Repeated: Wed 2:40pm BST / Wed 7:50pm BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Sylvester McCoy. There is trouble afoot as vampyric haemovores roam free and Millington is convinced that the Viking prophecy is coming true. |
| 10:35am BST The Curse of Fenric: Part Four (Repeated: Wed 3:15pm BST / Wed 8:25pm BST) | Classic British sci-fi adventure starring Sylvester McCoy. When the chains of Fenric are shattered an ancient game of war must be re-played and a poison threatens all of mankind. |
Thursday 30 April
| 10:00am BST An Unearthly Child (Repeated: Thu 2:40pm BST / Thu 7:50pm BST) | Ground-breaking first adventure of the British sci-fi hero starring William Hartnell. Two teachers meet a mysterious and cranky old man within a oddly roomy Police Box found in a junk yard. |
| 10:35am BST An Unearthly Child: The Cave of Skulls (Repeated: Thu 3:15pm BST / Thu 8:25pm BST) | Ground-breaking first adventure of the British sci-fi hero starring William Hartnell. Ian and Barbara force their way aboard the TARDIS and the Doctor whisks them off to the Stone Age. |
Friday 1 May
| 10:00am BST An Unearthly Child: The Forest of Fear (Repeated: Fri 2:40pm BST / Fri 7:50pm BST) | Series 1963, Episode 3Ground-breaking first adventure of the British sci-fi hero starring William Hartnell. The Doctor and his cohorts venture outside the TARDIS but are soon captured and face certain death. |
| 10:35am BST An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker (Repeated: Fri 3:15pm BST / Fri 8:25pm BST) | Ground-breaking first adventure of the British sci-fi hero starring William Hartnell. The Doctor and his companions must use all their guile and cunning to escape their captors. |