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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 09: 5-11 Mar 2016 - USA

Data last updated 02 January 2017

Saturday 5 March

Show broadcasts for WGVU Michigan
 
4:00pm EST
Mummy On The Orient Express

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
The Leisure Hive: Part One

Owing to a transmission error the first 15 minutes of the episode was instead replaced by "acorn.tv". Retro reported: "We have a new software program for creating the playlists and the team is still learning how to use it. There was an issue which was corrected about 15 minutes into the first episode of Doctor Who.  This happened on most of our affiliates, the ones using the national schedule."


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
The Leisure Hive: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
The Leisure Hive: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
The Leisure Hive: Part Four

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm EST
Doctor's Notes: Heaven Sent / Hell Bent

Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor faces the Time Lords in a struggle that will take him to the end of time itself.


Show broadcasts for WXXI
 
11:00pm EST
Dark Water

Show broadcasts for West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 
11:30pm EST
Terror of the Autons: Compilation

Sunday 6 March

Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
12:00am EST
Rose

Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor, and her life will never be the same again. Soon, she realizes that her mum, her boyfriend, and the whole of Planet Earth are in danger. The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue police box...

Saturday 5 March

Show broadcasts for KLRU
 
11:30pm CST
The Caretaker

When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill School, the Doctor goes undercover. Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity.

Sunday 6 March

Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
12:44am EST
Bringing Back the Doctor (Factual)

The cast and crew of Doctor Who recount the thrill of developing a new series, from casting Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor to the decision to film almost 70 percent of the show on location. The program's priority was to keep key parts of the previous series, like the TARDIS, while introducing more modern elements.


Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
12:58am EST
The End Of The World

The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time to the year Five Billion. The sun is about to expand and swallow the Earth. But among the alien races gathering to watch on Platform One, a murderer is at work. Who is controlling the mysterious and deadly spiders?


Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
1:43am EST
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Factual)

Rose and the Doctor travel billions of years into the future to witness the end of the earth along with an assortment of aliens. Behind the scenes, special effects and different alien costumes were developed and created, including the last human in existence ? no more than a bit of stretched skin!

Saturday 5 March

Sunday 6 March

Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
2:00am EST
The Unquiet Dead

The Doctor takes Rose back through time to 1869. In Victorian Cardiff, the dead are walking, and creatures made of gas are on the loose. The time-travellers team up with Charles Dickens to investigate Mr. Sneed, the local undertaker, and his psychic maid Gwyneth. Can they halt the plans of the ethereal Gelth?

Saturday 5 March

Sunday 6 March

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:30am EST
Voyage of the Damned

Kylie Minogue joins Doctor Who to play Astrid, a waitress on a doomed spaceship that eerily resembles the Titanic. When a meteor hits, Astrid and The Doctor must protect the survivors from and prevent the whole ship from crashing to Earth.


Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
2:45am EST
TARDIS Tales (Factual)

The TARDIS takes the Doctor and Rose to 19th century Cardiff where they encounter Charles Dickens and the menacing Gelph. The crew comments on this period episode and the impressive special effects it entailed.


Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
3:00am EST
Aliens of London

The Doctor takes Rose home - a year later than planned. But all attention is on another alien spaceship which crash-lands in the Thames. London is closed off and the whole world is on Red Alert. While the Doctor investigates the alien survivor, Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven. Who are the Slitheen?


Show broadcasts for UNC-EX
 
3:45am EST
I Get A Side-Kick Out Of You (Factual)

Rose is the ideal companion for the Doctor ? she's gutsy, brave and funny. And in turn the Doctor offers Rose more than she can get from her mundane life with his time-traveling adventures. Executive producer Russell Davies reveals why it was important to make the Rose character different from the Doctor's previous companions.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EST
The Impossible Planet

Part 1. Rose is trapped in the orbit of a black hole; something ancient beneath the planet's surface begins to awaken.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
The Satan Pit

Part 2. As Rose battles the murderous Ood, the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core as the Pit beckons.


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
11:00am EST
Blink

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
12:00pm EST
Utopia

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
The Web Planet: Escape to Danger

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
The Web Planet: Crater of Needles

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
The Web Planet: Invasion

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
The Web Planet: The Centre

Monday 7 March

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
12:00am EST
Time Warrior: Part 1 of 2
(Repeated: Tue 4:00am EST)
Doctor Who and new companion Sarah are trapped in the Middle Ages.

Time previously advertised as the more usual 11pm.

Sunday 6 March

Monday 7 March

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
A Christmas Carol
*** CANCELLED ***

Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs?


All episodes that were due on this week have been dropped from the schedules, with Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares UK taking up the 10am slot and Star Trek The Next Generation the 11am slot!

The original scheule was:

Mon 10am A Christmas Carol
Mon 11am The Impossible Astronaut
Tue 10am Day of the Moon
Tue 11am The Curse of the Black Spot
Wed 10am The Doctor's Wife
Wed 11am The Rebel Flesh
Thu 10am The Almost People
Thu 11am A Good Man Goes To War

Also, the following weekend episodes were also replaced by James Bond films Casino Royale, The Spy Who Loved Me and Octopussy:
Sat 6pm The End of Time
Sat 9pm The Husbands of River Song
Sat 10:15pm The Day of The Doctor


*** CANCELLED ***


Show broadcasts for WGVU Life Michigan
 
8:00pm EST
Mummy On The Orient Express

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EST
State of Decay: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EST
State of Decay: Part Four

Tuesday 8 March

Show broadcasts for KLRU Q
 
10:00pm CST
The Caretaker
(Repeated: Wed 2:00am CST)

When terrifying events threaten Coal Hill School, the Doctor goes undercover. Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EST
Warriors' Gate: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EST
Warriors' Gate: Part Two

Wednesday 9 March

Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
7:00pm CST
The Deadly Assassin: Part One

Dr. Who returns to Gallifrey and finds himself accused of plotting to kill the President. President: Llewellyn Rees. Hilred: Derek Seaton. Master: Peter Pratt.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
7:35pm CST
The Deadly Assassin: Part Two

The Doctor stands trial for his life. Tom Baker. President: Llewellyn Rees. Goth: Bernard Horsfall. Hilred: Derek Seaton. Runcible: Hugh Walters. Time Lord: John Dawson.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
8:10pm CST
The Deadly Assassin: Part Three

To establish his innocence, Dr. Who searches for the mastermind of the plot. Goth: Bernard Horsfall. Spandrell: George Pravda. Engin: Erik Chitty. Master: Peter Pratt.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
8:35pm CST
The Deadly Assassin: Part Four

The Doctor battles the Master and his plan to destroy Gallifrey. Dr. Who: Tom Baker. Master: Peter Pratt. Goth: Bernard Horsfall. Engin: Erik Chitty. Spandrell: George Pravda.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EST
Warriors' Gate: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EST
Warriors' Gate: Part Four

Thursday 10 March

Friday 11 March