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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 30: 30 Jul - 5 Aug 2016 - USA

Data last updated 14 March 2017

Saturday 30 July

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
Planet of Fire: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
Planet of Fire: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Caves of Androzani: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Caves of Androzani: Part Two

Show broadcasts for KRWG
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WFWA
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KNCT
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WXXI
 
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


Show broadcasts for WILL
 
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.

Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
10:00pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Robots Of Death

Show broadcasts for West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 
11:00pm EDT
Pertwee Movies: Colony In Space - Part 1 of 3

Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
10:30pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Ark in Space

Show broadcasts for KERA
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KCPT (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CDT
The Sound of Drums

Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
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


Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
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..


Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:00pm PDT
Battlefield: Part One
(Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT)

Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:30pm PDT
Battlefield: Part Two
(Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT)

Sunday 31 July

Show broadcasts for WGVU Michigan
 
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).


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
12:00pm EDT
Human Nature

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
1:00pm EDT
The Family of Blood

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
2:00pm EDT
Blink

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
3:00pm EDT
Utopia

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
4:00pm EDT
The Sound of Drums

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
5:00pm EDT
Last of the Time Lords

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
Colony In Space: Episode Six

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
The Dæmons: Episode One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Dæmons: Episode Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Dæmons: Episode Three

Monday 1 August

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Gunfighters: Don't Shoot the Pianist

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Gunfighters: Johnny Ringo

Tuesday 2 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
School Reunion

The Doctor investigates a haunted London school and runs into an old friend.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
9:00pm CDT
Time Heist

The Doctor turns bank robber when he is given a task he cannot refuse.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Gunfighters: The O.K. Corral

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The War Machines: Episode 1

Wednesday 3 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
Rise of the Cybermen

Part 1. Rose discovers that her father is still alive on a parallel Earth.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The War Machines: Episode 2

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The War Machines: Episode 3

Thursday 4 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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 ...


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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...


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The War Machines: Episode 4

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Dominators: Episode 1

Friday 5 August

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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...


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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...


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Dominators: Episode 2

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Dominators: Episode 3