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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 51: 20-26 Dec 2014 - USA

Data last updated 02 January 2017

Saturday 20 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00am 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 Retro TV (RTVN)
 
5:00pm EST
The Krotons: Episode One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
 
5:30pm EST
The Krotons: Episode Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
The Krotons: Episode One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
 
6:00pm EST
The Krotons: Episode Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
The Krotons: Episode Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
 
6:30pm EST
The Krotons: Episode Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
The Krotons: Episode Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
The Krotons: Episode Four

Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
9:00pm CST
The Seeds of Doom: Part Six
The Doctor joins with world ecology experts to overcome the Krynoid. Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen. Scorby: John Challis. Henderson: Ray Barron. Chase: Tony Beckley.

Show broadcasts for OETA DT2
 
9:00pm CST
Asylum of the Daleks
eries 7 begins with the Doctor being kidnapped and confined to a planetary prison that is actually an asylum.

Show broadcasts for KNCT
 
9:00pm CST
The Doctor Dances
Conclusion. With the plague spreading throughout London, the Doctor and Rose strike a deal with con man Captain Jack (John Barrowman).

Show broadcasts for Wisconsin Public Television
 
9:30pm CST
The Big Bang
(Repeated: Sun 3:30am CST)
The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS has been destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all of reality, is a little girl who still believes in stars.

Show broadcasts for UNC-TV
 
11:00pm EST
World War Three
(Repeated: Mon 3:00am EST)
Downing Street announces Earth's first Interplanetary War, but the real danger is much closer to home. While the Doctor, Rose and Harriet Jones race against time to unmask the villainous Slitheen, Rose's mum and boyfriend hold the key to salvation. Can the missiles be stopped?

Show broadcasts for KCPT (Kansas City)
 
10:00pm CST
The Fires of Pompeii

Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
11:00pm CST
Hide
(Repeated: Sun 4:00am CST)

Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
11:00pm CST
Rise of the Cybermen
The Tardis is trapped on a parallel Earth and Rose discovers that her father is still alive.

Show broadcasts for WILL
 
11:00pm CST
The Runaway Bride
The third season begins with the Doctor encountering a bride who inexplicably turns up on the TARDIS. Catherine Tate.

Show broadcasts for KCPT (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CST
Planet of the Ood

Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
11:46pm CST
Cybermen (Factual)

Sunday 21 December

Saturday 20 December

Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:25pm MST
The Big Bang
The Doctor is gone, the TARDIS destroyed, and the universe is collapsing. The only hope for all of reality is a little girl who still believes in stars.

Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:00pm PST
Meglos: Part Three
(Repeated: Sun 4:00am PST)

Sunday 21 December

Saturday 20 December

Sunday 21 December

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
2:00am CST
A Christmas Carol
A space liner carrying over 4000 passengers, including Amy and Rory on their honeymoon, is caught in a strange electrified cloud cover over a human-inhabited planet that interferes with its controls. The Doctor is summoned by Amy, but is unable to use the TARDIS to save the ship, and instead lands on the planet and discovers a spire in the centre of a large city is influencing the atmosphere. Its owner, the bitter and peevish old Kazran Sardick refuses to operate the isomorphic controls to deactivate the spire and allow the ship to land safely. The Doctor observes Kazran's fear of his father who had built the spire, and creates a scheme inspired by Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol to bring Kazran around.

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
3:00am CST
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. - See more at: http://pw.myersinfosys.com/kcpt/hour?language=en&time_zone=America%2FChicago&month=12&day=18&year=2014&time=23%3A00#sthash.4lQhKwu5.dpuf

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:30am EST
Voyage of the Damned
*** CANCELLED ***

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.
This episode was replaced by a run of The Real History of Science Fiction episodes 2-4 from 3:00am to 6:00am.
*** CANCELLED ***


Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
4:00am CST
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.

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
8:00pm EST
Silence in the Library

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
9:00pm EST
Forest of the Dead

Show broadcasts for WSIU (Carbondale, Illinois)
 
11:00pm CST
The TV Movie
The episode hasn't been confirmed as no schedule named the episode directly, but LocateTV used an image from the TVM to illustrate the timeslot (and the show has been used without a "title"!)

Monday 22 December

Show broadcasts for UNC-TV
 
3:45am EST
Why on Earth? (Factual)
The Doctor has a complex, love/hate relationship with human beings. He marvels at their good points, but will not tolerate their brutality toward aliens. Cast and crew discuss the difficult decisions the Doctor often makes to save humanity as well has how tricky it is to maneuver in full alien costume!

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Two

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CST
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.

Show broadcasts for KERA
Premiere
 
11:00pm CST
The Snowmen

Tuesday 23 December

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Four

Show broadcasts for KLRU Q
 
10:00pm CST
Night Terrors
(Repeated: Wed 2:00am CST)
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.

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CST
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.

Show broadcasts for KERA
Premiere
 
11:00pm CST
The Bells of Saint John

Wednesday 24 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
New Earth
The Doctor and Rose board the Tardis and visit mankind's new home but they find gruesome secrets in a luxury hospital.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
Tooth and Claw
The Doctor and Rose travel back to 1879, but an encounter in the Scottish Highlands with Queen Victoria and a band of warrior monks reveals a deadly trap.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
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.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
Rise of the Cybermen
Part 1. Rose discovers that her father is still alive on a parallel Earth.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
The Age of Steel
Part 2. The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace; Jackie falls under Lumic's control; the Doctor, Rose and Mickey are reduced to fugitives.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm 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?

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm 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
 
4:40pm EST
The Next Doctor
(Repeated: Thu 1:00am 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
A Christmas Carol
(Repeated: Wed 11:40pm EST)
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
 
7:20pm EST
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
(Repeated: Thu 2:20am EST)
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 Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Five

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Five

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Six

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Genesis of the Daleks: Part Six

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:40pm EST
The Snowmen
(Repeated: Thu 3:40am EST)
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.

Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
9:00pm CST
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00pm EST
The Day of The Doctor
The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure across space and time in this 50th Anniversary Special.

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CST
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?

Show broadcasts for KERA
Premiere
 
11:00pm CST
The Rings of Akhaten

Thursday 25 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
Doctor Who: Earth Conquest: The World Tour (Factual)
*** CANCELLED ***

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.
Cancelled as Deep Breath moved to this timeslot to accomodate a longer 105 mins (originally 90 mins) and also a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).
*** CANCELLED ***


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
Deep Breath
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 8:30am at 90 minutes.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:45am EST
Into the Dalek
A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and only the Doctor can help them now...
Originally scheduled at 10:00am, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:45am EST
Robot Of Sherwood
When Robots threaten Sherwood forest, the Doctor must join forces with Robin Hood to stop the evil reign of the Sheriff of Nottingham.
Originally scheduled at 11:00am, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:45am EST
Listen
When ghosts of past and future crowd into their lives, the Doctor and Clara are thrown into an adventure that takes them to the very end of the universe.
Originally scheduled at midday, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:45pm EST
Time Heist
The Doctor turns bank robber when he attempts to break into the most dangerous bank in the Cosmos.
Originally scheduled at 1:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:45pm EST
The Caretaker
The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - and worse, any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet.
Originally scheduled at 2:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:45pm EST
Kill The Moon
The Doctor and Clara crash land on the Moon to find a world of horror: a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma.
Originally scheduled at 3:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:45pm EST
Mummy On The Orient Express
The Doctor and Clara are on the most beautiful train in history but a deadly creature is stalking the passengers. The Doctor must race against the clock to defeat the terrifying Mummy.
Originally scheduled at 4:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:45pm EST
Flatline
Separated from the Doctor, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls are no protection? With people to save and the Doctor trapped, Clara comes up against an enemy that exists beyond human perception.
Originally scheduled at 5:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:45pm EST
In The Forest Of The Night
One morning in every city and town in the world, the human race wakes up to face the most surprising invasion yet. Everywhere, in every land, a forest has grown overnight and taken back the Earth.
Originally scheduled at 6:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:45pm EST
Dark Water
In the world of the Nethersphere, plans have been drawn. Missy is about to come face to face with the Doctor, and an impossible choice is looming. "Death is not an end" promises the sinister 3W but, as the Doctor and Clara discover, you might wish it was.
Originally scheduled at 7:00pm, shifted to incorporate a longer 105 minute Deep Breath (originally 90 mins) and a longer 75 minute Death In Heaven (originally an hour).

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
7:00pm EST
The Christmas Invasion

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:45pm EST
Death in Heaven
With Cybermen on the streets of London, old friends unite against old enemies and the Doctor takes to the air in a startling new role. Can the mighty UNIT contain Missy? As the Doctor faces his greatest challenge, sacrifices must be made.
Originally scheduled at 60 mins from 8:00pm.

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part One

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
8:00pm EST
The Runaway Bride

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Two

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
9:00pm EST
Last Christmas

The Twelfth Doctor makes his debut in BBC America's time-honored Doctor Who Christmas special. Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and guest star Nick Frost strap in for a dangerous sleigh ride through space and time in the Steven Moffat helmed special.


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
9:00pm EST
Voyage of the Damned

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:25pm EST
The Time of the Doctor
(Repeated: Fri 1:10am EST)
The Doctor must sacrifice everything to save a town called Christmas from the Time Lord's greatest enemies.

Show broadcasts for KLRU
 
10:00pm CST
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?

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CST
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?

Show broadcasts for KERA
Premiere
 
11:00pm CST
Cold War

Friday 26 December

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 BBC America
 
8:00am EST
Fear Her
The Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics in 2012; a mother hides her daughter's unearthly powers.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
Army of Ghosts
The human race rejoices as ghosts of loved ones return home; an invasion force threatens modern day Earth.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
Doomsday
Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth; terror emerges from beneath Torchwood Tower; the Doctor faces a dilemma.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
Smith and Jones
The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
The Shakespeare Code
Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
Gridlock
The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth in the future where the streets are ruled by sinister pharmacists.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EST
Daleks in Manhattan
Part 1. The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York, where people are disappearing from the streets.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EST
Evolution of the Daleks
Part 2. The Doctor forms a deadly alliance to save humanity.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
The Lazarus Experiment
Turning back the clock has consequences.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
42
As a spaceship hurtles towards the sun, the Doctor and Martha have just 42 minutes to save the day.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EST
Human Nature
Part 1. The Doctor finds an unusual hiding place.

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EST
The Family of Blood
Part 2. Smith and Jones are under siege.

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Three

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm 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 Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:00pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV (RTVN)
Premiere
 
8:30pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Four

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm 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
 
10:00pm 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
 
11:00pm EST
Midnight
The Doctor is trapped, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight, as a knocking on the wall begins.

Show broadcasts for OETA
 
10:30pm CST
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
An unmanned spaceship carrying dinosaurs hurtles out of control, but the Doctor tries to save it and its prehistoric cargo.

Show broadcasts for KCPT2 (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CST
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...

Show broadcasts for KERA
Premiere
 
11:00pm CST
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