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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 50: 12-18 Dec 2015 - USA

Data last updated 02 January 2017

Saturday 12 December

Show broadcasts for UNC-MX
 
4:00pm EST
The Christmas Invasion
In this special, Rose (Billie Piper) drops in on her mother and boyfriend in the TARDIS - accompanied by a complete stranger, the new Doctor Who (David Tennant). Disoriented and weak from the regeneration process, the new Doctor slips in and out of consciousness as Rose desperately tries to revive him. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Harriet Jones has just been informed that a British space probe, on its way to Mars for a Christmas Day landing, has gone missing. It has been kidnapped by a monstrous race known as the Sycorax, who are set on taking over the world. Only the Doctor can stop their terrifying advance.

Show broadcasts for UNC-MX
 
5:00pm EST
Pertwee Movies: Time Monster - Part 2 Of 3
(Repeated: Fri 12:00pm EST)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
The Invasion of Time: Part Five

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
The Invasion of Time: Part Six

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
The Ribos Operation: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
The Ribos Operation: Part Two

Show broadcasts for KRWG
 
7:00pm MST
Terror of the Zygons: Part One
(Repeated: Sun 1:00am MST)

Pre-empted in previous weeks by pledge programming, with Classical Rewind 2 (28th Nov) and Songbook Standards: As Time Goes By (5th Dec)


Show broadcasts for OETA DT2
 
9:00pm CST
Deep Breath

Season 8 begins with Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. In the opener, the Doctor and Clara are in Victorian London where a dinosaur is on the loose and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions take place.


Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
11:05pm CST
Dark Water

In the mysterious 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 organization known only as 3W – but, as the Doctor and Clara discover, you might wish it was.


Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MST
Into the Dalek

A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship and only the Doctor can help but he needs Clara by his side. Confronted with a decision that could change the Daleks forever, he must examine his conscience.


Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:00pm PST
Vengeance on Varos: Part Three (4 part version)
(Repeated: Sun 4:00am PST)

Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:30pm PST
Vengeance on Varos: Part Four (4 part version)
(Repeated: Sun 4:30am PST)

Sunday 13 December

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
11:00am EST
World War Three

Continuing the story from Episode 4. Downing Street announces mankind’s first Interplanetary War, but the real danger is much closer to home. When 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 EBRU
 
12:00pm EST
Dalek

Beneath the Salt Plains of Utah, the billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor’s oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free. It’s a fight to the death, with Rose caught in the middle.


Show broadcasts for KUAC
 
10:00pm AKST
Robot Of Sherwood
(Repeated: Mon 4:00am AKST)

The Doctor joins forces with Robin Hood when robots threaten Sherwood Forest. Together, they work to end the evil reign of the Sheriff of Nottingham.

Monday 14 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
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...


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
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....


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:00pm EST
The Android Invasion: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:30pm EST
The Android Invasion: Part Four

Tuesday 15 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
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...


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:00pm EST
The Brain of Morbius: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:30pm EST
The Brain of Morbius: Part Two

Show broadcasts for WGVU Michigan
 
11:00pm EST
Dark Water

The Doctor is faced with an impossible decision, as plans are drawn in the mysterious world of the Nethersphere.


Pre-empted for a couple of weeks, including Great Performances: "Andrea Bocelli: Cinema" (1st), John Denver: Country Boy (8th).

Wednesday 16 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
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!


Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
9:00pm CST
In The Forest Of The Night

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:00pm EST
The Brain of Morbius: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:30pm EST
The Brain of Morbius: Part Four

Thursday 17 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
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?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
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!


Show broadcasts for UNC-MX
 
12:00pm EST
The Runaway Bride

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
8:00pm EST
Father's Day

Rose was just a baby in 1987 when her father, Pete Tyler, 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 thr...


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
9:00pm EST
The Empty Child

The Doctor and Rose travel back to London in 1941, at the height of the Blitz. A mysterious cylinder is being guarded by the Army, while homeless children (living on the bombsites) are being terrorised by an unearthly child. Rose meets the dashing Captain Jack Harkness – has she found a hero even better than the Doctor?


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:00pm EST
The Seeds of Doom: Part One

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
10:00pm EST
The Doctor Dances

The Child’s plague is spreading throughout the wartime London, and its zombie army is on the march. The Doctor and Rose form an alliance with intergalactic con-man Captain Jack, but find themselves trapped in the abandoned hospital. The answer lies at the bombsite, but time is running out…


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:30pm EST
The Seeds of Doom: Part Two

Show broadcasts for KLRU
 
10:00pm CST
Dark Water

In the mysterious 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 organization known only as 3W – but, as the Doctor and Clara discover, you might wish it was.


The episode was pre-empted during the first part of December with A Salute to Downton Abbey (3rd Dec) and Rick Steves Special (10 Dec).


Show broadcasts for KUAC
 
7:00pm AKST
Listen
(Repeated: Fri 1:00am AKST)

Friday 18 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
The Crimson Horror

Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
Nightmare in Silver

Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out. And ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:00pm EST
The Seeds of Doom: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
10:30pm EST
The Seeds of Doom: Part Four

Show broadcasts for OETA
 
10:30pm CST
Into the Dalek

A Dalek fleet surrounds a lone rebel ship, and the Doctor is the only one who can help.


Show broadcasts for KMOS Missouri
 
11:30pm CST
The Edge of Destruction