This Week in Doctor Who
Week 31: 6-12 Aug 2016 - USA
Saturday 6 August
| 5:30pm EDT Dr Who: Quantum Physicist (Factual) | The overlap between quantum reality and science fiction is discussed. |
| 6:00pm EDT The Caves of Androzani: Part Three |
| 6:30pm EDT The Caves of Androzani: Part Four |
| 7:00pm EDT The Twin Dilemma: Part One |
| 7:30pm EDT The Twin Dilemma: Part Two |
| 7:00pm MDT The Masque of Mandragora: Part Four (Repeated: Sun 1:00am MDT) | Billed as episode three on the station's site, though that should have been on the previous week. |
| 9:30pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: The Face Of Evil | Confronted by a primitive tribe on a jungle
planet, the Doctor is surprised to be recognized as the evil
deity of their legends. Befriended by tribe outcast Leela, he
investigates the mysterious barrier through which they are
attacked by their enemies: the Tesh and the invisible monsters.
Has he been here before? And what is his connection to the
bizarre events plaguing the tribe now? |
| 9:00pm CDT The Impossible Planet | Part 1 of two. The TARDIS experiences trouble near a black hole, and Rose and the Doctor encounter the mysterious Ood. |
| 9:00pm CDT The Invisible Enemy: Part One | A virus infects a space station---and the Doctor (Tom Baker). Louise Jameson. Safran: Brian Grellis. Silvey: Jay Neill. Meeker: Edmund Pegge. Crewman: Anthony Rowlands. Lowe: Michael Sheard. |
| 10:00pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: Genesis of the Daleks - Part 1 of 2 |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Sontaran Experiment | The Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive on a desolate and apparently deserted Earth to discover that a group of shipwrecked astronauts from a human colony, GalSec, have been lured there by a fake distress call. One of their number, Roth, tells Sarah of an alien conducting gruesome experiments on him and his crewmates. The alien turns out to be a Sontaran, Field-Major Styre, who is compiling a report on human physical and mental capabilities as a prelude to an invasion of Earth. |
| 11:00pm EDT Pertwee Movies: Colony In Space - Part 2 of 3 |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Part 1 of 2) | Arriving in London at the end of the 19th Century, the Doctor and Leela meet a police pathologist investigating a series of murders, which leads them to an ancient Chinese god living in the sewers. |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Invisible Enemy |
| 10:30pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Sontaran Experiment | The Doctor, Sarah and Harry arrive on a desolate and apparently deserted Earth to discover that a group of shipwrecked astronauts from a human colony, GalSec, have been lured there by a fake distress call. One of their number, Roth, tells Sarah of an alien conducting gruesome experiments on him and his crewmates. The alien turns out to be a Sontaran, Field-Major Styre, who is compiling a report on human physical and mental capabilities as a prelude to an invasion of Earth. Originally scheduled on 30th July at 10:30pm as broadcast in production order, but the channel re-jigged into broadcast order instead. |
| 11:00pm CDT Last of the Time Lords |
| 11:00pm CDT Pertwee Movies: Terror Of The Autons | The Earth is in danger yet again when a Nestene energy unit is stolen and then used to turn plastic made objects into deadly Autons. To make matters worse, the being controlling the Autons is none other than the Doctor's old adversary the Master. Compiles episodes 1 through 4 from "Doctor Who" series 8. |
| 11:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Brain Of Morbius | The planet Karn is home both to a mystic Sisterhood, whose sacred flame produces an elixir of life, and to Mehendri Solon, a fanatical scientist who is using the remnants of spaceship crash victims to put together a new body for the still-living brain of the executed Time Lord criminal Morbius. |
| 11:15pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Part 2 of 2) | Arriving in London at the end of the 19th Century, the Doctor and Leela make friends with a police pathologist, Professor Litefoot, and learn that hairs taken from the clothing of a dead body found floating in the Thames seem to have originated from a very large rat. |
| 11:00pm MDT Tom Baker Movies: Destiny of the Daleks | The Doctor and a newly-regenerated Romana arrive on Skaro and discover that the Daleks are using explosive charges and a group of humanoid slave workers to mine the planet in search of their creator, Davros. A stalemate has arisen in an interplanetary war that the Daleks are waging against the robotic Movellans, and their hope is that Davros will be able to give them the edge.. |
| 11:00pm PDT Battlefield: Part Three (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT) |
| 11:30pm PDT Battlefield: Part Four (Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT) |
Sunday 7 August
| 12:00pm EDT The Doctor's Daughter (Repeated: Fri 4:00pm EDT) | The TARDIS, as seen before, seems to display a mind of its own and whisks the Doctor, Donna, and the Time Lord's former companion Martha Jones to the planet Messaline, in the midst of a savage war between humans and the fish-like Hath. Martha is abducted by the Hath shortly after the time travellers arrive. Rescuing Martha becomes the Doctor and Donna's main priority, as well as attempting to put ... |
| 6:00pm EDT The Dæmons: Episode Four |
| 6:30pm EDT The Dæmons: Episode Five |
| 7:00pm EDT The Curse of Peladon: Episode One |
| 7:30pm EDT The Curse of Peladon: Episode Two |
Monday 8 August
| 12:00am EDT Pertwee Movies: Inferno (Part 3 of 3) (Repeated: Tue 3:30am EDT) | A project to penetrate the Earth's crust has unintended consequences. |
| 9:00am EDT 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. |
| 10:00am EDT Fear Her | The Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics in 2012; a mother hides her daughter's unearthly powers. |
| 11:00pm EDT The Dominators: Episode 4 |
| 11:30pm EDT The Dominators: Episode 5 |
Tuesday 9 August
| 9:00am EDT Army of Ghosts | The human race rejoices as ghosts of loved ones return home; an invasion force threatens modern day Earth. |
| 10:00am EDT Doomsday (Repeated: Fri 11:00am EDT) | Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth; terror emerges from beneath Torchwood Tower; the Doctor faces a dilemma. |
| 8:30pm EDT PBS 39Explore: Science Goes to the Movies: Dr. Who: Quantum Physicist (Factual) | The overlap between quantum reality and science fiction is discussed. |
| 9:00pm CDT The Caretaker (Repeated: Wed 3:30am CDT / Wed 9:00am CDT) | The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity. |
| 11:00pm EDT The Mind Robber: Episode 1 |
| 11:30pm EDT The Mind Robber: Episode 2 |
Wednesday 10 August
| 9:00am EDT The Runaway Bride (Repeated: Fri 5:00pm EDT) | 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? |
| 10:00am EDT Smith and Jones | The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger. |
| 11:00pm EDT The Mind Robber: Episode 3 |
| 11:30pm EDT The Mind Robber: Episode 4 |
Thursday 11 August
| 9:00am EDT The Shakespeare Code | Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha. |
| 10:00am EDT Gridlock | The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth in the future where the streets are ruled by sinister pharmacists. |
| 8:00pm EDT The Unicorn and the Wasp (Repeated: Thu 11:00pm EDT) | The Doctor and Donna travel to December 1926 and meet the renowned murder mystery writer Agatha Christie (Fenella Woolgar), who is attending a party at Lady Eddison's (Felicity Kendal) country manor. They investigate a jewel robbery perpetrated by the "Unicorn" (Robina Redmond, portrayed by Felicity Jones) and a spree of murders committed by an extraterrestrial wasp (Reverend Golightly, portrayed ... |
| 9:00pm EDT Silence in the Library (Repeated: Fri 12:00am EDT) | The Doctor and Donna land in the 51st century to visit the greatest library in the universe, encompassing an entire planet, but are baffled when they find it deserted. To the best he can determine, the library has been closed for 100 years, so the arrival of a team of archaeologists led by River Song (Alex Kingston) comes as something of a surprise. They discover the Vashta Nerada, carnivorous cre... |
| 10:00pm EDT Forest of the Dead (Repeated: Fri 1:00am EDT) |
| 11:00pm EDT The Mind Robber: Episode 5 |
| 11:30pm EDT The Krotons: Episode One |
Friday 12 August
| 6:00am 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. |
| 7:00am EDT Rise of the Cybermen | Part 1. Rose discovers that her father is still alive on a parallel Earth. |
| 8:00am 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. |
| 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. |
| 12:00pm EDT Blink | When people start to disappear, a young woman finds cryptic messages bleeding through from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor. |
| 1:00pm EDT Midnight | The Doctor is trapped, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight, as a knocking on the wall begins. |
| 2:00pm EDT The Stolen Earth | Part 1. Earth's greatest heroes assemble to fight the New Dalek Empire, but a fearsome old enemy waits in the shadows. |
| 3:00pm EDT Journey's End | Part 2. As Davros and the Daleks threaten the entire universe, the Doctor's companions join forces. However, the prophecy declares that one of them will die. |
| 4:00pm EDT The Christmas Invasion | Online schedule listed The Runaway Bride. |
| 5:00pm EDT Midnight |
| 6:00pm EDT 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. |
| 7:40pm EDT The Next Doctor |
| 9:00pm EDT The End of Time: Parts 1 & 2 | It's the Tenth Doctor's final journey - but his nemesis, The Master, has been reborn. A terrible shadow falls across the Universe as great danger approaches, and the Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle out of control. |
| 11:00pm EDT The Krotons: Episode Two |
| 11:30pm EDT The Krotons: Episode Three |