THIS WEEK IN DOCTOR WHO - Fri, 10 Sep 1999

By Benjamin F. Elliott

As mentioned in the last column, BCB Cable Radio / Real Audio http://www.bcb.yorks.com/ is airing The Who Review, a monthly show devoted to Doctor Who. In the column, I listed the old broadcast time - 1st Monday of the month at 1PM British Time (12PM GMT, 8AM EDT, 5AM PDT). However, BCB had moved its broadcast to the 1st Tuesday of the month (same airing times). Worse, when people clicked on the real audio feed on Tuesday, they got error messages. BCB Radio's real audio server crashed, and 'The Who Review' was among the shows that aired while it was down.

So, BCB has announced a rerun broadcast for their show. It will rerun at 12:45PM British Time (11:45AM GMT) Friday. This column goes out around Noon British Time, so I expect this notice will be too late for most people to tune the station in, but you never know. Also, BCB is going to offer transcripts of this broadcast to people who are unable to hear it. To get a transcript, you need to contact Tim Moon, the show's presenter, at timbo@bcb.yorks.com . The next installment should air Tuesday, 5 October.

UK Gold is going to resume airing the Black & White Doctor Who installments in October. They will begin at 12:30AM late Fridays (5 minutes later than they were airing before they were pulled). The first Black & White story show will be The Web Planet, picking up where they left off in August.

Additions and corrections are welcome. And now, the schedules:

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CABLE RADIO / REAL AUDIO:

BCB http://www.bcb.yorks.com/
Fri 12:45PM BST (7:45AM EDT, 4:45AM PDT) The Who Review September 1999 edition (rerun)
Scheduled: an interview with Big Finish about the Doctor Who audios, and a review of Doctor Who and The Curse Of Fatal Death.

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TELEVISION:

The UK:

BBC1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/
Wed 7PM BST 'TV's Greatest Hits' - final episode
This special will include a feature on the Daleks, and may have K9 as a live guest.
» this aired the following week instead.

CHANNEL 4 http://www.channel4.co.uk/
Sat 9-11:05PM BST 'The 100 Greatest TV Moments' special on the best of TV in the UK. Will probably feature Doctor Who moments.

UK Gold http://www.sceneone.co.uk/s1/tv/listings
Sun 9:15-11:10AM BST The Horns of Nimon movie
The conclusion of the televised Season 17. In an impossible coincidence of bad timing, the Doctor takes apart the TARDIS console in deep space to do a major overhaul just as a black hole forms nearby. Still, the Doctor shouldn't feel too bad. A ship full of sacrifices to a bull crash into the same black hole. And that's just a tiny portion of the first half hour.

UK Gold Classics http://www.sceneone.co.uk/s1/tv/listings
Sun 6-7:55PM BST The Horns of Nimon movie
Time shifted repeat of the UK Gold broadcast.

EUROPE / AFRICA:

BBC Prime http://www.bbcprime.com/
Late Fri 1AM CET (Not Africa) The Armageddon Factor ep 1 of 6
Sat 9:30AM and 6PM CET/CAT The Armageddon Factor ep 2 of 6
Twin planets fight a devastating war for a forgotten reason. When the Doctor, Romana, and K9 arrive in search of the 6th segment of the Key To Time, dark forces see a golden opportunity for conquest. Meanwhile, K9 gets listed as scrap metal.

AUSTRALIA:

UKTV http://www.varos.com/drwho/uktv/ and http://www.uktv.com.au/
Sat 1PM, Sun 2 and 8AM AEST Logopolis all 4 eps
Mon - Wed 11:30PM AEST The Caves of Androzani eps 2 - 4 of 4
Thu + Fri 11:30PM AEST The Trial Of A Time Lord: The Ultimate Foe eps 13 - 14 of 14
The Who-Files continue, and it's less than 2 weeks until UKTV viewers' top 10 stories begin to air. Over the weekend, Tom Baker finishes his run as the 4th Doctor in one final battle against the Master to stop the universe from destruction. For the first part of the weekday stories, the 5thDoctor's goals are somewhat smaller. Just find an antidote for Peri and get out alive while all the other sides are fighting over natural resources. As the week ends, a surprise guest interrupts the 6th Doctor's trial with new evidence that could save the Doctor's lives. Tony Selby returns as Sabalom Glitz.

CANADA / UNITED STATES:

SPACE: The Imagination Station http://www.hwcn.org/~an933/spacedw.htm
and http://www.spacecast.com/
Sat - Sun 7:30AM EDT The Tomb of the Cybermen eps 3 - 4 of 4
Mon - Fri 7:30AM EDT The Dominators eps 1 - 5 of 5
The 2nd Doctor has taken control at SPACE. Over the weekend, the Cybermen awaken from their tombs with dreams of galactic conquest dancing in their heads. For the rest of the week, the Doctor goes on vacation to the peaceful planet of Dulkis. So do the Dominators, broad shouldered bullies who want a new energy source and slaves for their empire. Note: this story features Quarks nearly 25 years before Star Trek had Quark's.

MPBC Maine 10, 10, 12, 13, 26 http://www.mpbc.org/
Sat 11:30PM EDT (12:30AM ADT) The Robots of Death ep 4 of 4
Taran Capel convinces the robots to give up their pretense of servitude and kill everyone. Fortunately for the humans, one of the robots is not what it appears to be.

NHPTV New Hampshire 11, 49, 52 http://nhptv.org/
Sun 3PM EDT Frontier In Space eps 2+3 of 6
The Humans believe that the Draconians are attacking their ships. The Draconians think that the Humans are attacking their ships. And both sides blame the Doctor. Has the Doctor finally found beings stupider than Ogrons? Apparently yes.

WQED / WQEX 13, 16 Pittsburgh, PA http://www.wqed.org/
http://www.tvquest.com/ zip 15201
Viewer favorites night pre-empts Doctor Who. The Seeds of Doom will have to wait one more week to be concluded.

WYBE 35 Philadelphia, PA http://www.wybe.org/
Sat 11PM EDT The Deadly Assassin eps 2+3 of 4
The 4th Doctor is convicted of murdering the President of Gallifrey and is sentenced to die. To escape the sentence, the Doctor runs for President (make sure no politicians see that episode - we wouldn't want them to get any ideas). The end of episode 3 was highly controversial, and is believed to be the reason why the show changed producers shortly afterwards. This ending almost joined the 109 missing episodes shortly afterwards due to an accident.

MPT Maryland 22, 28, 31, 36, 62, 67 http://www.mpt.org/
Late Sat 12:30AM EDT The Sontaran Experiment movie
The 4th Doctor investigates Earth to see if it is once again suitable for human inhabitation. He discovers that it is already inhabited.

WUSF 16 Tampa, FL http://www.wusftv.usf.edu/gateway.htm
Sat 11:30PM EDT Frontios ep 1 of 4
The TARDIS is forced to crash land at a forbidden point in the future. The last humans are struggling to establish themselves, and the Doctor is not allowed to help them.

WCET 48 Cincinnati, OH http://www.wcet.org/
Sat 11:30PM EDT The Mutants eps 2+3 of 6
Ky kidnaps Jo, and the Doctor matches wits with the malicious Marshall of Solos. Meanwhile the guards and Solonians look around dazed, positive that WCET aired this story not all that long ago and that they should actually be miners and flower children in Wales fighting maggots. Said Jo Grant: "Ky's a nice guy, but he's no Clifford Jones."

WYIN 56 Gary, IN (Chicago, IL) http://www.wyin.org/
Sat 10PM CDT Planet of Evil ep 1 of 4
The 4th Doctor overshoots London by about 35,000 years. Now, at the boundary between matter and anti-matter, he investigates a series of gruesome murders.

KTCA 2 St. Paul, MN http://www.ktca.org/
Sat 11:30PM CDT Terror of the Zygons ep 1 of 4
In Scotland, oil rigs are disappearing without an explanation. The Brigadier is stymied, so he's recalled the Doctor. I'm stymied, so I'm not going to bother finishing this blurb. My apologies to a good story.

IPTV Iowa 11, 12, 21, 24, 27, 32, 32, 36 http://www.sffn.com/ and http://www.iptv.org/
Fri 11:05PM CDT Carnival Of Monsters eps 2+3 of 4
The Doctor and Jo try to escape the Scope so they can confront the idiots running the machine. Meanwhile, a race of blind, hungry monsters find themselves attracted to the Doctor's scent.

PPTV North Dakota 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 13, 19 http://www.pptv.org/
Fri 10:30PM CDT (9:30PM MDT) The Seeds of Doom ep 4 of 6
The nicer thug is infected by the Krynoid pod. Is it too late to save him? Is it more dangerous for him to live, than for him to die?

KBDI / K32EO 12, 32 Denver / Colorado Springs, CO
http://www.tvquest.com/ zip 80205
Fri 11PM MDT Revenge of the Cybermen eps 3+4 of 4
Sat 10PM MDT Terror of the Zygons eps 1+2 of 4
On Friday, the Cybermen strike a blow of revenge on Voga, the infamous planet of gold. On Saturday, the Loch Ness Monster turns out to be real and eating oil rigs for a yet to be determined reason. Meanwhile, humans are being replaced and copied.

KNME 5 Albuquerque, NM http://www.knmetv.org/
Sat 11PM MDT The Sun Makers movie
KNME is airing them in production order again. Image of the Fendahl airs next week. The 4thDoctor and Leela land on Pluto in the far future. Humanity has been moved there and taxed into destitution. Our heroes must convince them to take their lives back. Many of the sets (and Michael Keating wound up appearing in episodes of the 1st season of Blake's 7

KRWG 22 Las Cruces, NM (El Paso, TX) http://www.nmsu.edu~krwgtv/
Sat 10:30PM MDT The Deadly Assassin movie
The Doctor returns alone to Gallifrey, where his attempt to keep the President from being assassinated goes disastrously wrong. An old enemy returns.

KSPS 7 Spokane, WA http://www.ksps.org/
http://www.tvquest.com/ zip 99223
Sat 10:30PM PDT (11:30PM MDT) The King's Demons movie
The TARDIS lands in AD 1215, where King John welcomes the crew as demons. First appearance of 'Kamelion'.

KBTC / KCKA 28, 15 Tacoma / Centralia, WA
http://www.tvquest.com/ zip 98405
Sat 7PM PDT The Curse of Peladon eps 3+4 of 4
One of the alien delegates tries to kill the Doctor to keep him from defeating the conspiracy that's keeping Peladon out of the Federation.

KTEH 54 San Jose, CA http://www.kteh.org/
Sat 11PM PDT The Androids of Tara all 4 eps (Sun)
Everyone but the TARDIS gets a chance to flex their acting muscles in this fun story. Take a basic plot - evil uncle tries to keep rightful ruler from becoming king. Add androids and a backwards attitude towards technology. Give it a pinch of good dialogue and great casting. Stir for 4 episodes until done.

BBC America http://www.bbcamerica.com/
Sat 5PM, Sun 8AM EDT The Pyramids Of Mars movie, pt 1 of 2
A secret in an Egyptian tomb threatens England in 1911.

CENTRAL / SOUTH AMERICA:
HBO Plus http://www.hbo-ole.com/plus.htm
Fri 4:45PM ADT (2:45PM CDT) DOCTOR WHO the 1996 Movie
Late Tue 1:15AM ADT (11:15PM CDT) DOCTOR WHO the 1996 Movie
HBO Plus (formerly HBO-OLE 2) gives viewers more chances to enjoy the most recent regular Doctor Who story. English with Spanish subtitles.

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That's it for this week. Until next week, take care.