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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 46: 16-22 Nov 2013 - USA

Data last updated 13 March 2017

Saturday 16 November

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
9:00pm EST
The Blood Line (TW)
(Repeated: Sun 12:00am EST)
The team travels on a final desperate mission.

Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
7:00pm PST
Resurrection of the Daleks: Split into parts 1 (7:00) and 2 (7:30)

Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
10:00pm CST
The Power Of Three
(Repeated: Sun 3:00am CST)

Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:00pm CST
The Rings of Akhaten
The Doctor (Matt Smith) takes Clara (Jenna-Louise Coleman) to the Festival of Offerings, but the Old God is waking and demands sacrifice!

Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
11:05pm CST
Hide

Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MST
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction. As The Doctor tries to save it, he finds an impossible cargo - dinosaurs. He and a ragtag gang of adventurers - a big game hunter, an Egyptian Queen and a surprised member of the Pond family - also find themselves facing someone who will stop at nothing to hold on to the cargo.

Sunday 17 November

Monday 18 November

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:30am EST
The Eighth Doctor (Factual)
(Repeated: Mon 5:30pm EST)
Celebrate the uniqueness of the Eighth Doctor, Paul McGann, who appeared in the Doctor Who TV movie in 1996 to fight a new incarnation of his oldest nemesis, the Master.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
The Companions (Factual)
(Repeated: Fri 2:00am EST)
As the Doctor's newest companion, Clara Oswald, steps into the TARDIS, take a look back at previous companions. Companions past and present talk about how the show has changed their lives.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
The First Doctor (Factual)
The First Doctor introduced viewers to an incredible show that is still popular 50 years later. Take a look at the TARDIS, meet his companions and finally confront his most famous foes, the Daleks.
Timing approximate, shown together with The Aztecs.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:45am EST
The Aztecs: Movie Version
Timing approximate, shown together with The Doctors Revisited - The First Doctor

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
The Second Doctor (Factual)
The Second Doctor brought new energy to the series. Take a look at the fearless Scottish highlander companion Jamie McCrimmon and one of the Doctor's most iconic foes, the emotionless Cyberman!

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:30pm EST
The Third Doctor (Factual)
(Repeated: Thu 3:00am EST)
Along with the introduction of color, the Third Doctor brought action, stunts and car chases to Doctor Who. Check out the Doctor's helicopters and hovercrafts, look at how the Doctor joined the British Army and get acquainted with The Master!

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
The Fourth Doctor (Factual)
Celebrate the Fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, who quickly made the part his own. With his eccentric style of dress, speech and his trademark long scarf, the Fourth Doctor became a recognizable figure.
Timing approximate, shown alongside Pyramids of Mars

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:45pm EST
Pyramids of Mars: Movie Version
(Repeated: Tue 3:45am EST)
Timing approximate, shown together with The Doctors Revisited - The Fourth Doctor

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
The Fifth Doctor (Factual)
(Repeated: Thu 4:00am EST)
Look back at the Fifth Doctor, Peter Davison, with a discussion of the return of two popular foes, the emotionless Cybermen and the ever-deceitful Master.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
The Seventh Doctor (Factual)
(Repeated: Thu 5:00am EST)
The Seventh Doctor, Sylvester McCoy, brought a new darkness to Doctor Who. Examine the Seventh Doctor's darker side, explore his surreal adventures, and meet his most scientific foe, The Rani.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:15pm EST
The TV Movie: Movie Version
Timing approximate, shown together with The Doctors Revisited - The Eighth Doctor

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
The Ninth Doctor (Factual)
The Ninth Doctor, Christopher Eccleston, was the first Doctor to appear in the 21st century. Look back on Eccleston portraying a no nonsense, hard hitting and straight talking Doctor.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:30pm EST
The Tenth Doctor (Factual)
Celebrate the Tenth Doctor, David Tennant, who played the part from 2005 to 2010 and has become one of the most popular Doctors of all time.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
9:00pm EST
Tales from the TARDIS (Factual)
Actors and producers share their memories of the world's longest-running sci-fi show. The special features exclusive interviews with principal cast members from the show's 50-year history, including actors who have played the Doctor and companions.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
10:00pm EST
The Science Of Doctor Who (Factual)
(Repeated: Tue 1:00am EST)
Britain's popular TV physicist, Professor Brian Cox explores the universe of the world's favorite Time Lord, revealing the science behind the spectacle and explaining the physics that allows Doctor Who to travel through space and time.

Tuesday 19 November

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
Rose: Movie Version
Rose Tyler meets the Doctor, who helps her understand that Earth is in danger.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
The End Of The World
The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage to a time when the sun is about to swallow Earth and a murderer is at work.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
The Unquiet Dead
Author Charles Dickens joins the Doctor and Rose in 1869 Victorian Cardiff to battle the ethereal Gelth.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
Aliens of London
Part 1. The Doctor takes Rose home, but the world goes on alert when an alien spacecraft crashes in the Thames.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
World War Three
Part 2. The world edges toward mankind's first interplanetary war, as the Doctor and Rose try to escape from Downing Street.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EST
Dalek
A billionaire collector possesses the remains of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest enemy, the Daleks.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EST
The Long Game
In the future, Adam discovers that traveling with a Time Lord is far from easy.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
Father's Day
Rose travels back in time to meet her long-dead father, but the Tyler family finds itself fighting the monstrous Reapers.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
The Empty Child
Part 1. An unearthly child haunts the bomb sites of London.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EST
The Doctor Dances
Part 2. The child's plague spreads through wartime London, and a zombie army is on the march; the Doctor and Rose form an alliance with an intergalactic con-man.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EST
Boom Town
The Doctor encounters an enemy from his past when the crew decides to take a holiday; an alien plot is behind the construction of a nuclear power plant in Cardiff.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
Bad Wolf
Part 1. The Doctor, Rose and Capt. Jack have to fight for their lives, but the Doctor soon realizes that Armageddon is fast approaching.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm EST
The Parting of the Ways
Part 2. Rose and the Doctor's friendship is put to the test, as Earth plunges into an epic war with the human race being slaughtered.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00pm EST
The Christmas Invasion
Can Rose trust a man with a new face? As the newly regenerated Doctor drifts in and out of consciousness, Christmas becomes a time of terror on planet Earth when the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the sinister alien Sycorax.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00pm EST
The Runaway Bride
No sooner has the Doctor said a tear-stained farewell to Rose Tyler than he finds himself face-to-face with a woman dressed in a fluffy white wedding frock. Who is she? Who is she supposed to be marrying? And how did she get on board the TARDIS?

Wednesday 20 November

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00am EST
Blink
When people start to disappear, a young woman finds cryptic messages bleeding through from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00am 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 BBC America
 
2:00am EST
Partners in Crime
Donna is determined to find the Doctor, even if it means braving Miss Foster and her hordes of Adipose.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00am EST
The Fires of Pompeii
The Doctor and Donna visit Pompeii in AD 79, on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EST
Planet of the Ood
The Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world, but the Ood-Sphere reveals some terrible truths about the human race.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
The Sontaran Stratagem
Part 1. Sontaran warriors set their sights on the Earth and its inhabitants.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
The Poison Sky
Part 2. As poison gas suffocates the Earth's population, the Doctor and UNIT team members work to eliminate the threat.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
The Doctor's Daughter
The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
The Unicorn and the Wasp
Agatha Christie's 10-day disappearance in 1926 may have been the result of amnesia, a nervous breakdown, or a giant alien wasp.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
Silence in the Library
Part 1. The Doctor and Donna must uncover the truth behind the Nodes and the Data Ghost to uncover the library's secret.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
Forest of the Dead
Part 2 . As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
Midnight
The Doctor is trapped, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight, as a knocking on the wall begins.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EST
Turn Left
Donna gets help from a mysterious blond woman.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EST
The Stolen Earth
Part 1. Earth's greatest heroes assemble to fight the New Dalek Empire, but a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
Journey's End
Part 2. As Davros and the Daleks threaten the entire universe, the Doctor's companions join forces. However, the prophecy declares that one of them will die.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
The Next Doctor
(Repeated: Wed 11:00pm EST)
When the Doctor investigates a spate of mysterious deaths, he's surprised to meet another Doctor. The two must combine forces to defeat a human ally to the Cybermen. But are two Doctors enough to stop the rise of the CyberKing?

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EST
Planet of the Dead
(Repeated: Thu 12:00am EST)
The mysterious Lady Christina de Souza joins the Doctor on a bus trip which takes a very unexpected detour into danger.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EST
The Waters of Mars
(Repeated: Thu 1:00am EST)
Mars, 2059. Bowie Base one. Last recorded message: don't drink the water. don't even touch it. not one drop... Confused? All will be revealed in The Waters of Mars, starring Lindsay Duncan as the Doctor's cleverest and most strong-minded companion yet.

Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
7:00pm CST
The Angels Take Manhattan

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
The End of Time: Movie Version
Part 1 & 2. It's the Tenth Doctor's final journey - but his nemesis, The Master, has been reborn. A terrible shadow falls across the Universe as great danger approaches, and the Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle out of control.

Thursday 21 November

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:30am EST
The Sixth Doctor (Factual)
Celebrate the Sixth Doctor, Colin Baker, examine his adventures and discuss his famous foes, including the universe's most slippery business man, Sil.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
The Eleventh Hour
The newly regenerated Doctor and Amy Pond must save the world in less than 20 minutes from galactic policemen known as the Atraxi.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
The Beast Below
The Doctor and Amy travel to Britain of the future, where people live in a giant spaceship; Amy comes across the terrifying Smilers.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
Victory of the Daleks
The Doctor and Amy meet Winston Churchill during a trip back to World War II, where they also encounter the Daleks.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
The Time of Angels
Part 1. The Doctor hunts the last of the Weeping Angels through the Maze of the Dead; the mysterious River Song is back in the Doctor's life, but he doesn't know if he can trust her.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
Flesh and Stone
Part 2. The Doctor and his friends are forced to escape through the forest vault after they are surrounded by the Weeping Angels.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EST
The Vampires of Venice
The Doctor suspects something isn't quite right with the daughters of the family that protects the streets of Venice.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EST
Amy's Choice
The Doctor returns to Amy on the night before her first child is born.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
The Hungry Earth
Part 1. Scientists discover something isn't right beneath Earth's crust while drilling.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
Cold Blood
Part 2. Scientists discover something isn't right beneath Earth's crust while drilling.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EST
Vincent and the Doctor
Amy battles an alien in France with Vincent Van Gogh.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EST
The Lodger
The Doctor investigates a mysterious staircase in a building where people can go up, but never down.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
The Pandorica Opens
Part 1. A message on a cliff; a puzzle box that opens from the inside; the fates draw closer for the TARDIS.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm EST
The Big Bang
Part 2. The fates draw close around the TARDIS.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00pm EST
A Christmas Carol
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?

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00pm EST
The Impossible Astronaut
Part 1. The Doctor, Amy and Rory receive a secret summons that leads them to the Oval Office in 1969. Enlisting the help of a former FBI agent and the irrepressible River Song, the Doctor promises to assist the President.

Friday 22 November

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00am EST
Day of the Moon
Part 2. The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down by the FBI. But, with the help of President Nixon and Neil Armstrong, the Doctor is able to mount a rebellion against an alien invasion.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00am EST
The Curse of the Black Spot
The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew is being attacked by a mysterious and beautiful sea creature. Becalmed and beset by cabin fever, the pirates have numerous superstitious explanations for the Siren's appearance.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00am EST
The Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who (Factual)
When the Doctor's around, tomorrow is yesterday, yesterday is tomorrow and 18th century France is in your fireplace. Confused yet? Watch the Timey-Wimey of Doctor Who. You've already seen it in the future.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EST
The Science of Doctor Who (Factual)
Explore the real life science behind the biggest concepts and most iconic ideas in the incredible Doctor Who universe.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
The Destinations of Doctor Who (Factual)
Leave the beach towel at home and take a trip to the end of the earth - literally. From the Starship UK to one very haunted hotel, you won't find the destinations of Doctor Who in any guidebook.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
Doctor Who in the U.S. (Factual)
With all the universe to explore, what keeps bringing the Doctor back to America? Look behind-the-scenes at U.S. episodes and hear from current and past characters, including current Doctor Matt Smith.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
The Doctor's Wife
By following a Time Lord distress signal, the Doctor puts Amy, Rory and his beloved TARDIS in grave danger.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
The Rebel Flesh
Part 1. A solar tsunami liberates doppelgangers from their human 'originals' in a futuristic factory. Can the Doctor prevent all out civil war?

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
The Almost People
Part 2. The Doctor must convince terrified factory-workers to work with their doppelgangers to overcome a monster of their own making.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
A Good Man Goes to War
The Doctor assembles an army to face the Battle of Demons Run - and River Song has something to tell him.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
Let's Kill Hitler
The TARDIS crash lands in 1930's Berlin, bringing the Doctor face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EST
Night Terrors
Every child is scared of monsters, but George's terrified pleas for help reach the Doctor. Because George's monsters are real.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EST
The Girl Who Waited
Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague. Can Rory save her before she is killed by kindness?

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
The God Complex
The TARDIS lands in a hotel where every visitor's room contains their deepest, darkest fears. What lies in wait in the Doctor's room?

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
Closing Time
The Doctor's final days are upon him - but when he drops in on an old friend, the Cybermen are waiting.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EST
The Wedding of River Song
By the shores of Lake Silencio, in Utah, all of time and space hang in the balance - because this is the day the Doctor dies.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EST
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
Evacuated to a house in Dorset from war-torn London, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, are greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Doctor Who Explained (Factual)
Doctor Who: Explained explores the mysterious and two-hearted alien who is the Doctor with exclusive interviews with cast members from the show's 50-year history.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
9:00pm EST
An Adventure In Space And Time (Misc)
(Repeated: Fri 11:00pm EST)
A special one-off drama re-telling of the creation of the long-running television series "Doctor Who" in 1963.