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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 36: 10-16 Sep 2016 - USA

Data last updated 14 March 2017

Saturday 10 September

Show broadcasts for Miscellaneous PBS Channels
 
11:30am PDT
KEET California: Science Goes to the Movies: Dr. Who: Quantum Physicist (Factual)

The overlap between quantum reality and science fiction is discussed.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
Timelash: Part One (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
Timelash: Part Two (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
Timelash: Part Three (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
Timelash: Part Four (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for KRWG
 
7:00pm MDT
Robot: Part Three
(Repeated: Sun 1:00am MDT)

The Doctor tangles with scientists threatening to destroy the world. Robot: Michael Kilgarriff. Benton: John Levene. Kettlewell: Edward Burnham. Sarah: Elisabeth Sladen.


Pre-empted the previous week by Soundstage (iconic garage bands of the 1960s and '70s)


Show broadcasts for WFWA
 
9:30pm EDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Part 2 of 2)
The Doctor’s investigations take him first to the sewers, where there are indeed giant rats on the loose, and then to the Palace Theatre, where a stage magician, Li H’sen Chang, is procuring young girls for his master, the ancient Chinese god Weng-Chiang. Weng-Chiang is in fact Magnus Greel, a war criminal from the 51st Century. The journey back through time has disrupted his molecular structure and he now needs to feed on the life force of others - hence his use for the young girls. He has come to London to retrieve his lost time cabinet, which is in the possession of Litefoot. Infiltrating Litefoot’s home with Chang’s ventriloquist doll Mr Sin - a computerised homonculus with the brain of a pig - he retrieves the cabinet and prepares to travel back to his own time.

Pre-empted on 27th August by Magic Moments: The Best of 50s Pop and on the 3rd September by Downton Abbey.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
9:00pm CDT
The Sun Makers: Part One

Doctor Who and Leela arrive on a future Pluto that is controlled by a company that exploits its workers.


Pre-empted from 3rd September by Downton Abbey.


Show broadcasts for WXXI
 
10:00pm EDT
Tom Baker Movies: Planet of Evil

Dr. Who and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) encounter trouble when they answer a distress call from the fringe of the universe. Braun: Terence Brook. Baldwin: Tony McEwan. Sorenson: Frederick Jaeger. Vishinsky: Ewen Solon.


Pre-empted from 27th August by Cornerstones of Rock: A Soundstage Special and 3rd September by Downton Abbey.


Show broadcasts for KNCT
 
9:00pm CDT
Fear Her

Rose and the Doctor visit London in the near future to watch the Olympic games, and learn that the disappearances of children may be linked to a little girl's drawings.


Pre-empted on 27th August by Highwaymen Live! and on 3rd September by Downton Abbey.


Show broadcasts for WILL
 
10:00pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: Planet of Evil

The TARDIS picks up a distress call and the Doctor and Sarah arrive on the planet Zeta Minor. There they discover that a Morestran geological expedition has fallen prey to an unseen killer and only the leader, Professor Sorenson, remains alive.


Show broadcasts for West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 
11:00pm EDT
Pertwee Movies: The Mutants - Part 1 of 3

The Time Lords send the Doctor to a Skybase above the planet Solos in the 30th Century. The Marshal of the Skybase is determined to prevent Solos achieving independence from Earth.


Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
10:00pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: Underworld

The Doctor and Leela search for a spaceship carrying colonists and the gene bank of their race. Tom Baker, Louise Jameson. Jackson: James Maxwell. Tala: Imogen Bickford-Smith. Idas: Norman Tipton. Orfe: Jonathan Newth.


Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
10:00pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Image Of The Fendahl

An anachronistic twelve-million-year-old human skull has been discovered by archaeologists and is now being used by Professor Fendelman in his time scanner experiments at Fetch Priory in contemporary England. The skull is actually an artifact of the Fendahl, an ancient creature that feeds on the life force of others.


Pre-empted on 27th August by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band:: 50 Years and Circlin' Back and on 3rd September by Downton Abbey.


Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
10:30pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: Pyramids Of Mars

The TARDIS materialises on Earth in the year 1911 inside an old priory owned by Egyptologist Marcus Scarman. Scarman has been possessed by Sutekh, last survivor of the god-like Osirans, who is held prisoner inside a pyramid in Egypt by a signal transmitted from one on Mars. Sutekh desires his freedom and instructs Scarman to construct servicer robots - which look like Egyptian mummies - to build a missile with which to destroy the Martian pyramid. The Doctor foils this plan by blowing up the missile.


Show broadcasts for KCPT (Kansas City)
 
11:00pm CDT
The End of Time: Part One

Pre-empted on 27th August by Rhythm and Blues 40: A Soul Spectacular, and on 3rd September by On The Psychiatrists Couch with Dr Daniel Amen, Md.


Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:00pm CDT
Pertwee Movies: The Claws of Axos - Part 1 of 2

UNIT investigates a mysterious landing site only to discover a group of aliens who possess a mineral capable of duplicating matter. The Doctor hopes to analyze the mineral, but the ministry of defense wants to capitalize off of it. Compiles episodes 11 and 12 from "Doctor Who" series 8.


Pre-empted on the 27th August by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band: 50 Years and Circlin' Back and 3rd September by The Highwaymen Live at Nassau Coliseum.


Show broadcasts for KERA
 
11:30pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Masque Of Mandragora

The TARDIS is temporarily captured by the Mandragora Helix, a spiral of energy with a controlling influence, at the centre of which the ship is infiltrated by a sparkling ball of energy.


Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:45pm CDT
Pertwee Movies: The Claws of Axos - Part 2 of 2

The Doctor and Jo are being held prison by Axos and it seems that the only way to escape and save the Earth is for the Doctor to make a deal with an old enemy. Compiles episodes 13 and 14 from "Doctor Who" series 8.


Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MDT
Tom Baker Movies: Meglos

The Doctor is invited to visit the planet Tigella by its leader, Zastor, who has become concerned about disputes between his people's two opposing factions, the religious Deons and the scientist Savants. The TARDIS is intercepted by the megalomaniacal xerophyte Meglos, last survivor of the planet Zolfa-Thura, and trapped in a chronic hysteresis - a time loop - but the Doctor and Romana manage to free it..


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

Show broadcasts for Alaska Public Television/KAKM
 
10:00pm AKDT
Tom Baker Movies: Creature From The Pit
(Repeated: Sun 3:00am AKDT)

Dr. Who and Romana (Lalla Ward) land on Chloris, a planet rich in plant life but poor in metal resources. Adrasta: Myra Frances. Karela: Eileen Way. Huntsman: David Telfer. Voice of K9: David Brierly.


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

Sunday 11 September

Monday 12 September

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
12:00am EDT
Pertwee Movies: The Claws of Axos - Part 2 of 2
(Repeated: Tue 3:30am EDT)

An alien spaceship with a crew of seemingly friendly humanoids lands on Earth.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
The Beast Below

The Doctor and Amy travel to Britain of the future, where people live in a giant spaceship; Amy comes across the terrifying Smilers.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Victory of the Daleks

The Doctor and Amy meet Winston Churchill during a trip back to World War II, where they also encounter the Daleks.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Dæmons: Episode Five

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Curse of Peladon: Episode One

Tuesday 13 September

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
The Time of Angels

Part 1. The Doctor hunts the last of the Weeping Angels through the Maze of the Dead; the mysterious River Song is back in the Doctor's life, but he doesn't know if he can trust her.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Flesh and Stone

Part 2. The Doctor and his friends are forced to escape through the forest vault after they are surrounded by the Weeping Angels.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Curse of Peladon: Episode Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Curse of Peladon: Episode Three

Wednesday 14 September

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
The Vampires of Venice

The Doctor suspects something isn't quite right with the daughters of the family that protects the streets of Venice.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Amy's Choice

The Doctor returns to Amy on the night before her first child is born.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:00pm EDT
The Curse of Peladon: Episode Four

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

Thursday 15 September

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
The Hungry Earth

Part 1. Scientists discover something isn't right beneath Earth's crust while drilling.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Cold Blood

Part 2. Scientists discover something isn't right beneath Earth's crust while drilling.


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 Sea Devils: Episode Two

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

Friday 16 September

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 Sea Devils: Episode Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
11:30pm EDT
The Sea Devils: Episode Five