This Week in Doctor Who
Week 30: 30 Jul - 5 Aug 2016 - USA
Saturday 30 July
| 6:00pm EDT Planet of Fire: Part Three |
| 6:30pm EDT Planet of Fire: Part Four |
| 7:00pm EDT The Caves of Androzani: Part One |
| 7:30pm EDT The Caves of Androzani: Part Two |
| 7:00pm MDT The Masque of Mandragora: Part Three (Repeated: Sun 1:00am MDT) | The Doctor and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) fight to stop the evil coalition. Giuliano: Gareth Armstrong. Federico: Jon Laurimore. Rossini: Antony Carrick. High Priest: Robert James. Brother: Brian Ellis. |
| 9:30pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: The Deadly Assassin | Dr. Who returns to Gallifrey and finds himself accused of plotting to kill the President (Llewellyn Rees). Hildred: Derek Seaton. Master: Peter Pratt. Goth: Bernard Horsfall. |
| 9:00pm CDT Horror of Fang Rock: Part Four | The killer reveals himself and battles Dr. Who and Leela. Tom Baker, Louise Jameson. Reuben: Colin Douglas. Vince: John Abbott. Skinsale: Alan Rowe. Adelaide: Annette Woollett. |
| 9:00pm CDT The Idiot's Lantern | Time travelers visit London in the 1950s and uncover an alien secret amidst celebrations honoring Queen Elizabeth II. |
| 10:00pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: Revenge of the Cybermen | After the Doctor and his friends are exposed to a strange plague, Sarah becomes infected. Meanwhile, the Cybermen plan to destroy the planet of gold. Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen. Tyrum: Kevin Stoney. Billed at 68 minutes |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Ark in Space | The TARDIS arrives on an apparently deserted and deactivated space station Nerva, otherwise known as the Ark, orbiting Earth in the far future. There the Doctor, Sarah and Harry discover the last survivors of the human race held in suspended animation, Earth having been evacuated thousands of years earlier when solar flares threatened to destroy all life. |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Robots Of Death |
| 11:00pm EDT Pertwee Movies: Colony In Space - Part 1 of 3 |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Part 1 of 2) | In Victorian London, Dr. Who investigates a murder. First of two parts. Louise Jameson. Weng-Chiang: Michael Spice. Li H'sen Chang: John Bennett. Billed at 60 minutes. |
| 10:30pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Ark in Space |
| 11:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Android Invasion | The TARDIS arrives on the planet Oseidon where the alien Kraals have created an exact replica of the English village of Devesham and its nearby Space Defence Station and populated it with androids in order to rehearse for an invasion attempt. A human astronaut, Guy Crayford, has been duped into collaborating with them. |
| 11:00pm CDT The Sound of Drums |
| 11:00pm CDT Pertwee Movies: Inferno (part 3 of 3) | Things may be too late for the doomed parallel universe, but is there enough time to save the planet in the Doctor's home dimension? It's a race against time. Compiles episodes 24 and 25 from "Doctor Who" series 7. |
| 11:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Part 2 of 2) | Conclusion. Tom Baker. Leela: Louise Jameson. Weng-Chiang: Michael Spice. Li H'sen Chang: John Bennett. Jago: Christopher Benjamin. Litefoot: Trevor Baxter. Sin: Deep Roy. Billed at 60 minutes |
| 11:00pm MDT Tom Baker Movies: City of Death | The Doctor and Romana are enjoying a holiday in Paris, 1979, when they become aware of a fracture in time. During a visit to the Louvre to see da Vinci's Mona Lisa, the Doctor purloins from a stranger, Countess Scarlioni, a bracelet that is actually an alien scanner device.. |
| 11:00pm PDT Battlefield: Part One (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT) |
| 11:30pm PDT Battlefield: Part Two (Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT) |
Sunday 31 July
| 4:30am EDT Dr Who: Quantum Physicist (Factual) | Science Goes to the Movies is a new monthly series, co-hosted by Faith Salie and Dr. Heather Berlin, that looks at the science in contemporary motion pictures. Guests are drawn from different scientific disciplines, illuminating scientific truths or imaginings in films like Interstellar, Birdman, The Theory of Everything, Into the Woods, and more. The series encourages lively and informative conversation about concepts, as well as film portrayals of scientists and scientific inquiry, asking if there is real science behind a story, or if a screenwriter made something up. Is science leading dramatic imagination, or does imagination create new science? Faith Salie is a television and national public radio host, political and pop culture commentator (CBS Sunday Morning), interviewer, journalist and actor. Dr. Heather Berlin is an American neuroscientist focusing on brain-behavior relationships affecting the prevention and treatment of psychiatric disorders. The hosts review and comment on the science presented in the story lines of current film and TV offerings. Salie brings a fun, educated and informed layperson's overview, while Berlin offers more in-depth analysis. Special guests join our hosts for a lively and informative conversation about pop culture and science. Science Goes to the Movies guest include Dr. Neil deGrasses Tyson (Astrophysicist), Ira Flatow (Science Journalist, Host of "Science Friday"), Dr. Rosario Gennaro (Cryptologist, Director, Center of Algorithms and Interactive Scientific Software (CAISS), Dr. Christof Koch (Neuroscientist, President and Chief Scientific Officer of the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle), Gerard Ilaria (LCSW, Weill Cornell Medical College, Director of Operations, Headstrong Project), Derek Coy (Afghan Army Vet), Dr. Emily Rice (Astropysicist, Hayen Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History), Dr. Helen Fisher (Biological Anthropologist). |
| 12:00pm EDT Human Nature |
| 1:00pm EDT The Family of Blood |
| 2:00pm EDT Blink |
| 3:00pm EDT Utopia |
| 4:00pm EDT The Sound of Drums |
| 5:00pm EDT Last of the Time Lords |
| 6:00pm EDT Colony In Space: Episode Six |
| 6:30pm EDT The Dæmons: Episode One |
| 7:00pm EDT The Dæmons: Episode Two |
| 7:30pm EDT The Dæmons: Episode Three |
Monday 1 August
| 12:00am EDT Pertwee Movies: Inferno (Part 2 of 3) (Repeated: Tue 3:30am EDT) | A project to penetrate the Earth's crust has unintended consequences. |
| 9:00am EDT New Earth | The Doctor and Rose board the Tardis and visit mankind's new home but they find gruesome secrets in a luxury hospital. |
| 10:00am EDT 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. |
| 11:00pm EDT The Gunfighters: Don't Shoot the Pianist |
| 11:30pm EDT The Gunfighters: Johnny Ringo |
Tuesday 2 August
| 9:00am EDT School Reunion | The Doctor investigates a haunted London school and runs into an old friend. |
| 10:00am 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. |
| 9:00pm CDT Time Heist (Repeated: Wed 3:30am CDT / Wed 9:00am CDT) | The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse. |
| 11:00pm EDT The Gunfighters: The O.K. Corral |
| 11:30pm EDT The War Machines: Episode 1 |
Wednesday 3 August
| 9:00am EDT Rise of the Cybermen | Part 1. Rose discovers that her father is still alive on a parallel Earth. |
| 10:00am EDT 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. |
| 11:00pm EDT The War Machines: Episode 2 |
| 11:30pm EDT The War Machines: Episode 3 |
Thursday 4 August
| 9:00am EDT 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. |
| 10:00am EDT 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. |
| 8:00pm EDT Partners in Crime (Repeated: Thu 11:00pm EDT) | With a new weight-loss pill tested in London by Adipose Industries, the Doctor goes to investigate the sinister truth behind the product, only to find out that his former companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate) is investigating as well. Together, they attempt to stop businesswoman Miss Foster (Sarah Lancashire) from killing thousands of people in London during the birth of the Adipose, short white ... |
| 9:00pm EDT The Fires of Pompeii (Repeated: Fri 12:00am EDT) | The Doctor and Donna land in Pompeii during the 79AD eruption of Mount Vesuvius. The Doctor's activities in Pompeii are impeded by the rock-like Pyrovile and their allies, the Sybilline Sisterhood, who are using the volcano to convert the humans to Pyroviles. The Doctor is faced with a moral dilemma: whether to rescue himself and all of Pompeii from the situation and leave the Pyroviles to have th... |
| 10:00pm EDT Planet of the Ood (Repeated: Fri 1:00am EDT) | The Doctor and Donna arrive on the Ood-Sphere in the year 4126. They arrive at a factory where the Ood are prepared for sale to anyone willing to pay the price. When they find a group of unprocessed Ood, they become horrified at the alterations performed and resolve to free the Ood. |
| 11:00pm EDT The War Machines: Episode 4 |
| 11:30pm EDT The Dominators: Episode 1 |
Friday 5 August
| 4:00pm EDT The Sontaran Stratagem | The Doctor gets a call from previous traveling companion, now medical officer at UNIT, Martha Jones (Freema Agyeman) with a request that he return to Earth immediately. She requests the Doctor's help in investigating ATMOS (Atmospheric Omission System) and why 52 people around the world all died simultaneously. The Doctor learns that the Sontarans are planning to take over the Earth. They take Mar... |
| 5:00pm EDT The Poison Sky | Continuing from the end of "The Sontaran Stratagem", the Sontarans launch the attack with their poison gas slowly encircling the Earth. The Doctor—impeded by a Sontaran-controlled clone of Martha—aids UNIT in repelling the Sontarans in the ATMOS factory while Donna infiltrates the Sontarans' warship. He decides to try and burn the poison gas that now encircles the Earth and with the help of th... |
| 11:00pm EDT The Dominators: Episode 2 |
| 11:30pm EDT The Dominators: Episode 3 |