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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 31: 6-12 Aug 2016 - USA

Data last updated 14 March 2017

Saturday 6 August

Show broadcasts for WFWA
 
5:30pm EDT
Dr Who: Quantum Physicist (Factual)

The overlap between quantum reality and science fiction is discussed.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
The Caves of Androzani: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
The Caves of Androzani: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Twin Dilemma: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Twin Dilemma: Part Two

Show broadcasts for KRWG
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WFWA
 
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?

Show broadcasts for KNCT
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WXXI
 
10:00pm EDT
Tom Baker Movies: Genesis of the Daleks - Part 1 of 2

Tom Baker, Elisabeth Sladen. Davros: Michael Wisher. Harry: Ian Marter


Listed as the conclusion?


Show broadcasts for WILL
 
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.


Show broadcasts for West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 
11:00pm EDT
Pertwee Movies: Colony In Space - Part 2 of 3

Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
10:00pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Invisible Enemy

Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KCPT (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CDT
Last of the Time Lords

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


Show broadcasts for KERA
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
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..


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

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

Sunday 7 August

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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 ...


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
The Dæmons: Episode Four

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

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Curse of Peladon: Episode One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Curse of Peladon: Episode Two

Monday 8 August

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Fear Her

The Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics in 2012; a mother hides her daughter's unearthly powers.


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

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Dominators: Episode 5

Tuesday 9 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
Army of Ghosts

The human race rejoices as ghosts of loved ones return home; an invasion force threatens modern day Earth.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Miscellaneous PBS Channels
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WTTW Prime Chicago
 
9:00pm CDT
The Caretaker

The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 1

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 2

Wednesday 10 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Smith and Jones

The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 3

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 4

Thursday 11 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
The Shakespeare Code

Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Gridlock

The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth in the future where the streets are ruled by sinister pharmacists.


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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 ...


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
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...


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
10:00pm EDT
Forest of the Dead
(Repeated: Fri 1:00am EDT)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 5

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode One

Friday 12 August

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am EDT
Rise of the Cybermen

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


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 BBC America
 
12:00pm EDT
Blink

When people start to disappear, a young woman finds cryptic messages bleeding through from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EDT
Midnight

The Doctor is trapped, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight, as a knocking on the wall begins.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EDT
The Christmas Invasion

Online schedule listed The Runaway Bride.


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
5:00pm EDT
Midnight

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:40pm EDT
The Next Doctor

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode Three