This Week in Doctor Who
Week 02: 10-16 Jan 2015 - USA
Data last updated 02 January 2017
Saturday 10 January
  |  | 5:00pm EST The Long Game | Adam Mitchell catches a glimpse of the wonders of travelling in the Tardis. In the future, Satellite 5 broadcasts to the entire Earth Empire. But anyone promoted to Floor 500 is never seen again, and the Doctor suspects humankind is being manipulated. Nothing escapes the eye of the sinister Editor, but just who is he working for? And does Adam have what it takes to become the Time Lord's companion? |
 |  | 5:00pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 2 |
| |  | 5:30pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 3 |
| |  | 5:45pm EST The Dark Side (Factual) | In the far future, Rose and the Doctor encounter an evil genius intent on controlling all of humanity. Executive Producer Russell Davies and others discuss how some characters are tempted by evil and the ways in which this affects their relationship with the Doctor. |
 | | 6:00pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 2 |
| |  | 6:00pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 4 |
| | | 6:30pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 3 |
| |  | 6:30pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 5 |
| | | 7:00pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 4 |
| | | 7:30pm EST The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 5 |
 |  | 9:00pm CST The Parting of the Ways | Conclusion. The Doctor and Rose's friendship is tested when Earth goes to war. |
 |  | 9:00pm CST The Power Of Three | Millions of sinister black cubes fall from the sky, and the Doctor worries about an invasion of Earth. |
 |  | 9:00pm CST Terror of the Zygons: Part Three | The Zygons begin their conquest of the world. Dr. Who: Tom Baker. Broton: John Woodnutt. Harry: Ian Marter. Angus: Angus Lennie. Benton: John Levene. Lethbridge-Stewart: Nicholas Courtney. Soldier: Peter Symonds. |
 |  | 9:30pm CST Day of the Moon (Repeated: Sun 3:15am CST) | President Nixon and Neil Armstrong help the Doctor mount a rebellion against an alien invasion. |
 |  | 10:00pm CST Silence in the Library |
 |  | 11:00pm EST Father's Day (Repeated: Mon 3:00am EST) | Rose was just a baby in 1987 when her father was killed by a car. So the Time Lord takes her back to the year in question to the spot where the accident happened. Of course, Rose cannot stand idly by and just watch her dad die alone, so she pushes him out of the way of the on-coming car. But in doing so, she upsets the balance of time and changes history. Suddenly, Earth is under threat from the Reapers, terrifying pterodactyl-like demons that swoop out of the sky to rectify time anomalies. |
 |  | 10:30pm CST School Reunion | Bat-like creatures are haunting a contemporary London school. While investigating, the Doctor runs into an old friend, Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen), who's already on the case. |
| |  | 11:45pm EST Time Trouble (Factual) (Repeated: Mon 3:45am EST) | Rose goes back in time to the late '80s to meet her father, who died when she was just a baby. There she learns the consequences of meddling with time. Special effects were created using green-screen technology and the cast reveals the fun they had shooting in an '80s setting. |
 |  | 11:00pm CST The Crimson Horror (Repeated: Sun 4:00am CST) |
| |  | 11:00pm CST Forest of the Dead |
 |  | 11:00pm CST The Impossible Planet | Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, in the orbit of a Black Hole. |
 |  | 11:11pm CST Closing Time | In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit his old friend Craig, and encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by the Cybermen are waiting. |
| |  | 11:45pm CST You've Got the Look (Factual) |
Sunday 11 January
 | | 12:00am CST Closing Time | In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit his old friend Craig, and encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by the Cybermen are waiting. |
 |  | 12:00am 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. |
Saturday 10 January
 |  | 11:15pm MST The Curse of the Black Spot | The TARDIS is marooned onboard a 17th-century pirate ship whose crew members 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. |
 |  | 11:00pm PST Warriors' Gate: Part One (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PST) |
Sunday 11 January
| |  | 1:00am CST The Wedding of River Song | As the Doctor makes his final journey to the shores of Lake Silencio in Utah, he knows only one thing can keep the universe safe - his own death. But has he reckoned without the love of a good woman? |
Saturday 10 January
Sunday 11 January
| |  | 2:00am CST The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe | It's Christmas Eve, 1938, when Madge Arwell comes to the aid of an injured Spaceman Angel as she cycles home. He promises to repay her kindness - all she has to do is make a wish. Three years later, a devastated Madge escapes war-torn London with her two children for a dilapidated house in Dorset. She is crippled with grief at the news her husband has been lost over the channel, but determined to give Lily and Cyril the best Christmas ever. The Arwells are surprised to be greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world. Here, Madge will learn how to be braver than she ever thought possible. And that wishes can come true... |
| |  | 3:00am CST Asylum of the Daleks |
| | | 4:00am CST Dinosaurs on a Spaceship |
 |  | 8:00pm EST Aliens of London (Repeated: Sun 11:00pm EST / Mon 5:00pm EST) | Part one of two. The Doctor takes Rose back to London - but their trip coincides with another, more dramatic alien arrival as a spaceship plunges into the Thames. In the ensuing panic, the authorities quarantine the capital from the rest of the world - and even Rose's own home is no refuge from the sinister Slitheen. Time-travelling adventures, starring Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper |
| |  | 9:00pm EST World War Three (Repeated: Mon 12:00am EST / Mon 6:00pm EST) | Part two of two. The Doctor, Rose and Harriet find themselves trapped inside 10 Downing Street, unable to thwart the Slitheen. The aliens deceive the United Nations into thinking they are about to suffer an attack from space unless they retaliate soon. As their evil objective is finally revealed, the fate of the world rests in Mickey's hands. Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper star |
 | | 10:00pm CST Day of the Moon | President Nixon and Neil Armstrong help the Doctor mount a rebellion against an alien invasion. |
Monday 12 January
 |  | 10:00am EST Love & Monsters | A man named Elton is plunged into a world of living nightmares when he becomes obsessed with the Doctor, Rose and their mysterious blue box. |
| |  | 11:00am EST Fear Her | The Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics in 2012; a mother hides her daughter's unearthly powers. |
 |  | 8:00pm EST The Seeds of Doom: Part Five |
| | | 8:00pm EST The Seeds of Doom: Part Five |
| |  | 8:30pm EST The Seeds of Doom: Part Six |
| | | 8:30pm EST The Seeds of Doom: Part Six |
| |  | 11:00pm CST A Town Called Mercy |
Tuesday 13 January
| |  | 10:00am EST Army of Ghosts | The human race rejoices as ghosts of loved ones return home; an invasion force threatens modern day Earth. |
| |  | 11:00am EST Doomsday | Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth; terror emerges from beneath Torchwood Tower; the Doctor faces a dilemma. |
| |  | 8:00pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part One |
| | | 8:00pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part One |
| |  | 8:30pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part Two |
| | | 8:30pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part Two |
 | | 10:00pm CST Closing Time (Repeated: Wed 2:00am CST) | In the last few days of his life, the Doctor pays a farewell visit his old friend Craig, and encounters a mystery. People are going missing, a silver rat scuttles in the shadows of a department store, and somewhere close by the Cybermen are waiting. |
| | | 11:00pm CST The Power Of Three |
Wednesday 14 January
| |  | 10:00am 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? |
| |  | 11:00am EST Smith and Jones | The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger. |
| |  | 8:00pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part Three |
| | | 8:00pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part Three |
| |  | 8:30pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part Four |
| | | 8:30pm EST The Masque of Mandragora: Part Four |
| |  | 9:00pm CST Nightmare in Silver (Repeated: Thu 3:30am CST / Fri 8:00am CST) |
| |  | 11:00pm CST The Angels Take Manhattan |
Thursday 15 January
| |  | 10:00am EST The Shakespeare Code | Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha. |
| |  | 11:00am EST Gridlock | The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth in the future where the streets are ruled by sinister pharmacists. |
| | | 12:00pm EST Father's Day | Rose was just a baby in 1987 when her father was killed by a car. So the Time Lord takes her back to the year in question to the spot where the accident happened. Of course, Rose cannot stand idly by and just watch her dad die alone, so she pushes him out of the way of the on-coming car. But in doing so, she upsets the balance of time and changes history. Suddenly, Earth is under threat from the Reapers, terrifying pterodactyl-like demons that swoop out of the sky to rectify time anomalies. |
| | | 12:45pm EST Time Trouble (Factual) | Rose goes back in time to the late '80s to meet her father, who died when she was just a baby. There she learns the consequences of meddling with time. Special effects were created using green-screen technology and the cast reveals the fun they had shooting in an '80s setting. |
| |  | 8:00pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part One |
| | | 8:00pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part One |
| |  | 8:30pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part Two |
| | | 8:30pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part Two |
| | | 10:00pm CST The Wedding of River Song | As the Doctor makes his final journey to the shores of Lake Silencio in Utah, he knows only one thing can keep the universe safe - his own death. But has he reckoned without the love of a good woman? |
| |  | 11:00pm CST The Snowmen |
Friday 16 January
| |  | 10:00am EST Daleks in Manhattan | Part 1. The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York, where people are disappearing from the streets. |
| |  | 11:00am EST Evolution of the Daleks | Part 2. The Doctor forms a deadly alliance to save humanity. |
| |  | 8:00pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part Three |
| | | 8:00pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part Three |
| |  | 8:30pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part Four |
| | | 8:30pm EST The Hand Of Fear: Part Four |
 | | 10:30pm CST The Angels Take Manhattan | The Doctor bids farewell to Amy and Rory; statues in New York come to life. |
| |  | 11:00pm CST The Bells of Saint John |