This Week in Doctor Who
Week 34: 23-29 Aug 2014 - USA
Data last updated 20 January 2019
Saturday 23 August
  |  | 12:00am EDT Doctor Who: Earth Conquest: The World Tour (Factual) | The special follows stars Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman on Doctor Who: The World Tour, which sees them visiting seven cities across five continents in 12 days to publicize the upcoming season. This version did not include the New York and Rio De Janeiro parts of the tour. |
| |  | 1:00am EDT 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. |
| |  | 2:00am EDT Doctor Who: The Ultimate Time Lord (Factual) | Peter Davison is on a quest to discover what makes the ultimate Time Lord. The Fifth Doctor meets the talented people who have helped create the show both past, present and future, and asks "Who is the Doctor? What will make the Twelfth Doctor unique?" |
| |  | 3:00am EDT Asylum of the Daleks | Kidnapped by his oldest foe, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission - to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter... |
| |  | 4:00am EDT Dinosaurs on a Spaceship | An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction - unless the Doctor can save it, and its impossible cargo... of dinosaurs! |
| |  | 5:00am EDT A Town Called Mercy | The Doctor gets a Stetson and a gun, and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg. |
| |  | 6:00am EDT The Power Of Three | The Doctor and the Ponds puzzle an unlikely invasion of Earth, as millions of sinister black cubes fall from the sky overnight... |
| |  | 7:00am EDT The Angels Take Manhattan | The Doctor's heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory - a race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York's statues come to life around them.... |
| |  | 8:00am EDT The Snowmen | Christmas Eve 1892 and a chilling menace threatens humankind - but with the Doctor in mourning, it takes old friends and an unorthodox young governess to get him fighting to save the world again. |
 |  | 8:00am EDT Doctor Who (the actual episode broadcast is unknown) |
| |  | 9:00am EDT The Bells of Saint John | The Doctor's search for Clara brings him to London, where Wi-Fi is everywhere. Humanity lives in a Wi-Fi soup but something dangerous is lurking in the signals, picking off minds and imprisoning them... |
| |  | 10:00am EDT The Rings of Akhaten | On the rings of the planet Akhaten, the Festival of Offerings is in full swing. Clara meets the Queen of Years but something is stirring in the pyramid, and a sacrifice will be demanded. |
| |  | 11:00am EDT Cold War | The Doctor and Clara land on a submarine in 1983 as it spirals into the ocean depths with an alien creature loose. With tempers flaring and nuclear weapons on board, the whole of humanity is at stake! |
| |  | 12:00pm EDT Hide | The Doctor and Clara travel to the haunted Caliburn House. Within its walls, a ghost hunting Professor and a psychic search for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears, but is she really a ghost? |
| |  | 1:00pm EDT Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS | The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost inside, and the Doctor has 30 minutes before his ship explodes! |
| |  | 2:00pm EDT The Crimson Horror | Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red. |
| |  | 3:00pm EDT Nightmare in Silver | Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out. And ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection. |
| |  | 4:00pm EDT The Name of the Doctor (Repeated: Sun 1:00pm EDT / Mon 3:00am EDT) | The Doctor has a secret he will take to his grave. And it is discovered. |
| |  | 5:00pm EDT The Day of The Doctor (Repeated: Sun 9:00am EDT) | The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure across space and time in this 50th Anniversary Special. |
 |  | 6:00pm EDT The Daleks: The Expedition |
| |  | 6:30pm EDT The Daleks: The Ordeal |
| |  | 6:40pm EDT The Time of the Doctor (Repeated: Sun 10:40am EDT) | The Doctor must sacrifice everything to save a town called Christmas from the Time Lord's greatest enemies. |
| |  | 7:00pm EDT The Daleks: The Rescue |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Edge of Destruction |
 |  | 8:00pm EDT Doctor Who: Live Pre-Show (Factual) (Repeated: Sun 12:00am EDT / Sun 3:00am EDT) | Comedian and Doctor Who superfan Chris Hardwick hosts this preshow to celebrate the premiere of Doctor Who Season 8. Featuring Mark Gatiss and an array of studio guests with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. Originally scheduled for 7:30pm as a half-hour show. |
| |  | 8:15pm EDT Deep Breath (Repeated: Sun 12:15am EDT / Sun 3:15am EDT) | Clara is alone in Victorian London with a man she doesn't know, a dinosaur in the Thames, and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions. The Doctor has changed. It's time you knew him. Originally scheduled for 8:00pm, duration unknown but assumed to be two hours. |
 |  | 9:00pm CDT The End of Time: Part Two | A public television favorite, Doctor Who follows the Doctor and his companion as they side-step danger while exploring time and space. |
 |  | 9:00pm CDT The Pandorica Opens | The Doctor receives a warning from his allies that the Pandorica, which allegedly holds the most fearsome being in the universe, is about to open. The intervening weeks between this broadcast and The Lodger on 2 Aug 2014 were filled with music events, with Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages on the 9th, and 50s & 60s Party Songs on the 16th. |
 |  | 9:00pm CDT Pyramids of Mars: Part One | A professor summons the power of an ancient god. Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen. Marcus: Bernard Archard. Ahmed: Vik Tablian. Namin: Peter Mayock. Collins: Michael Bilton. Dr. Warlock: Peter Copley. The gap in the schedule since Planet of Evil: Part Four on 2 Aug 2014 saw a number of music-related programming instead: 50s & 60s Rock Rewind on the 9th; Jimmy Van Heusen: Swingin' With Frank & Bing on the 16th. |
| | | 11:00pm EDT Doctor Who: After Who Live (Factual) (Repeated: Sun 6:00am EDT) | Comedian and Doctor Who superfan Chris Hardwick hosts this live aftershow to celebrate the premiere of Doctor Who Season 8. Featuring Mark Gatiss and an array of studio guests with exclusive behind-the-scenes footage. |
 |  | 10:00pm CDT The Age of Steel | The story continues... Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace. While Jackie falls under Lumic's control, the Doctor, Rose and Mickey are reduced to fugitives in a world of terror. A last, desperate attack on the Cyberfactory is their only chance - but will they all survive? |
 | | 10:00pm CDT The Bells of Saint John | The Doctor battles the Spoonheads after discovering something sinister is lurking in the Wi-Fi. There were a few weeks gap since The Angels Take Manhattan on 2 Aug 2014, which saw music programmes on the schedule instead: All My Friends: Celebrating the Songs & Voice of Gregg Allman and Ed Sullivan's Top Performers 1966-1969 on the 9th; The Bee Gees: One Night Only and Elvis: Aloha from Hawaii on the 16th. |
 |  | 11:00pm CDT School Reunion | The Doctor investigates a contemporary London school that is being haunted by bat-like creatures |
| |  | 11:00pm CDT The Idiot's Lantern | It is 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain huddle round their television and radio sets to witness the great event. But behind the celebrations there are rumors of monsters on the streets, and the tormented Mr. Magpie is hiding a strange and alien secret. |
Sunday 24 August
 |  | 12:00am EDT Deep Breath (Repeated: Mon 7:00pm EDT / Mon 9:30pm EDT) | A celebration of the twelfth Doctor featuring the season premiere PLUS an exclusive prequel scene and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of Deep Breath! Attention all Whovians, the most patient fans in the world, Fathom Events and BBC Worldwide are thrilled to celebrate new beginnings with a special limited midnight showings of Doctor Who Season Premiere: Deep Breath in select cinemas Season 8 launches with a new Doctor, Peter Capaldi (In the Loop, World War Z), at the helm of the TARDIS as he’s joined by companion, Clara (Jenna Coleman, Captain America: The First Avenger) in what promises to be the most amazing Doctor Who adventure yet. Clara is alone in Victorian London with a man she doesn’t know, a dinosaur in the Thames, and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions. The Doctor has changed. It’s time you knew him. This electrifying event will also feature bonus content exclusive to cinemas including an exciting prequel before the feature presentation and “behind the scenes” after. Shown in selected theaters across the United States. |
Saturday 23 August
| |  | 11:45pm CDT Friends Reunited (Factual) |
Sunday 24 August
 |  | 12:00am CDT The Impossible Astronaut | 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 in saving a terrified little girl from a mysterious Space Man. |
Saturday 23 August
Sunday 24 August
| |  | 1:00am CDT Day of the Moon | The Doctor is locked up in Area 51. 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 dating back to the very beginnings of human civilisation. |
Saturday 23 August
Sunday 24 August
| |  | 2:00am CDT The Curse of the Black Spot | The TARDIS is marooned onboard a seventeenth-century pirate-ship whose crew are being lured to their death by a beautiful Siren. When the Captain's son is taken, the implacable pirate must place his life in the Doctor's hands and with him, take an extraordinary leap of faith. |
| |  | 3:00am CDT The Doctor's Wife | The Doctor follows a Time Lord distress signal to a mysterious asteroid in a Bubble Universe - could there really be another living Time Lord out there? But the asteroid hides a secret which could threaten the existence not only of the TARDIS crew, but of the TARDIS itself. |
| |  | 4:00am CDT The Rebel Flesh | A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a factory on earth where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid. A second wave hits and the 'Gangers' separate. Can the Doctor prevent an all out civil war between the humans and the 'almost people' before the factory explodes? |
| |  | 7:00am EDT An Adventure In Space And Time (Misc) | A special one-off drama re-telling of the creation of the long-running television series "Doctor Who" in 1963. |
| | | 8:00am EDT Doctor Who (the actual episode broadcast is unknown) |
| |  | 12:00pm EDT 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. |
| |  | 2:00pm EDT The Empty Child (Repeated: Mon 4:00am EDT) | Part 1. An unearthly child haunts the bomb sites of London. |
| |  | 3:00pm EDT Doomsday (Repeated: Mon 5:00am EDT) | Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth; terror emerges from beneath Torchwood Tower; the Doctor faces a dilemma. |
| | | 4:00pm EDT The Doctor's Wife | By following a Time Lord distress signal, the Doctor puts Amy, Rory and his beloved TARDIS in grave danger. |
| |  | 5:00pm EDT 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. |
| |  | 6:00pm EDT The Girl in the Fireplace | Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack by sinister clockwork killers and her only hope of salvation lies with the Doctor. |
| |  | 7:00pm EDT Blink | When people start to disappear, a young woman finds cryptic messages bleeding through from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor. |
| |  | 8:00pm EDT Vincent and the Doctor | Amy battles an alien in France with Vincent Van Gogh. |
 | | 11:00pm CDT The Angels Take Manhattan (Repeated: Tue 11:00pm CDT) | The Doctor bids farewell to Amy and Rory. |
Monday 25 August
| |  | 8:00am EDT Rose | Rose Tyler meets the Doctor, who helps her understand that Earth is in danger. |
| |  | 9:00am EDT 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. |
| |  | 10:00am EDT Combat (TW) | Savage aliens are being kidnapped from Cardiff and Torchwood wants to know why. Owen is sent undercover to find out who is behind it and soon befriends the charismatic Mark Lynch. Beneath normal city life, Owen discovers a shocking subculture. |
| |  | 8:00pm EDT The Romans: The Slave Traders |
| |  | 8:30pm EDT The Romans: All Roads Lead to Rome |
| |  | 11:00pm CDT The Almost People | A solar tsunami sends the TARDIS hurtling towards a factory on earth where human doppelgangers are used to mine dangerous acid. A second wave hits and the 'Gangers' separate. Can the Doctor prevent an all out civil war between the humans and the 'almost people' before the factory explodes? |
Tuesday 26 August
| |  | 8:00am EDT The Unquiet Dead | Author Charles Dickens joins the Doctor and Rose in 1869 Victorian Cardiff to battle the ethereal Gelth. |
| |  | 9:00am EDT Aliens of London | Part 1. The Doctor takes Rose home, but the world goes on alert when an alien spacecraft crashes in the Thames. |
| |  | 10:00am EDT Captain Jack Harkness (TW) | While investigating reports of ghostly music, Jack and Toshiko find themselves stranded in a packed dance hall in 1941. As Gwen, Owen and Ianto work to rescue their colleagues, Jack and Toshiko meet a young American leader by the named Captain Jack. |
| |  | 8:00pm EDT The Romans: Conspiracy |
| |  | 8:30pm EDT The Romans: Inferno |
| |  | 11:00pm CDT A Good Man Goes to War | The Doctor needs an army by his side. As he calls in all his debts across the cosmos, his enemies use his closest friends to trap him. Today will mark the Battle of Demons Run. Both sides will make their sacrifices - and River Song has something to tell the Doctor... |
Wednesday 27 August
| |  | 8:00am EDT 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. |
| |  | 9:00am EDT Dalek | A billionaire collector possesses the remains of the Doctor's oldest and deadliest enemy, the Daleks. |
| |  | 10:00am EDT End of Days (TW) | The rift has been opened, and time is splintering all over the world. As events spiral out of control, the Torchwood team members are faced with fragments of their pasts û and terrifying visions of their futures. Can Captain Jack save the world? |
| |  | 8:00pm EDT The Web Planet |
| |  | 8:30pm EDT The Web Planet: The Zarbi |
| |  | 11:00pm CDT Let's Kill Hitler | In the desperate search for Melody Pond, the TARDIS crash lands in 1930's Berlin, bringing the Doctor face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler. The Doctor must teach his adversaries that time travel has responsibilities - and in so doing, learns a harsh lesson in the cruelest warfare of all. |
Thursday 28 August
| |  | 8:00am EDT The Long Game | In the future, Adam discovers that traveling with a Time Lord is far from easy. |
| |  | 9:00am EDT Father's Day | Rose travels back in time to meet her long-dead father, but the Tyler family finds itself fighting the monstrous Reapers. |
| |  | 10:00am EDT Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang (TW) | Captain Jack Harkness returns but won't reveal where he's been. An old, mysterious acquaintance arrives through the rift with a plea for help to save lives in Cardiff, but his sinister ulterior motives spell danger for the Torchwood team. |
| |  | 8:00pm EDT The Web Planet: Escape to Danger |
| |  | 8:30pm EDT The Web Planet: Crater of Needles |
 |  | 10:00pm CDT The Lodger |
| |  | 11:00pm CDT Night Terrors | The Doctor receives a distress call from the scariest place in the Universe. A child's bedroom. Terrified of the monsters in his cupboard, George's pleas for help break through the barriers of all time and space. But allaying his fears won't be easy, even for the Doctor. Because George's monsters are real. |
Friday 29 August
| |  | 8:00am EDT 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. |
| |  | 9:00am EDT 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. |
| |  | 10:00am EDT Sleeper (TW) | When a couple are burglarized in their home the wife fights back, kills the burglars, and has no memory of the incident. The Torchwood team uncovers her powers and determines that she's not human. She's part of an alien force threatening society. |
| |  | 8:00pm EDT The Web Planet: Invasion |
| |  | 8:30pm EDT The Web Planet: The Centre |
| |  | 11:00pm CDT The Girl Who Waited | Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague - a plague that will kill the Doctor in a day. The Doctor can use the TARDIS to smash through time and break in, but then Rory is on his own. Can he rescue Amy before she is killed by kindness? |
 |  | 11:00pm CDT The Big Bang | Rory maintains a vigil for Amy while the Doctor is trapped in the Pandorica, and the key to restoring the universe may lie with a little girl who still believes in stars in the 5th-season finale. |