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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 15: 15-21 Apr 2017 - USA

Data last updated 20 January 2019

Saturday 15 April

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00am EDT
Time Heist

The Doctor turns bank robber when he attempts to break into the most dangerous bank in the Cosmos.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00am EDT
The Caretaker

The terrifying Skovox Blitzer is ready to destroy all humanity - and worse, any second now, Danny Pink and the Doctor are going to meet.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00am EDT
Kill The Moon

The Doctor and Clara crash land on the Moon to find a world of horror: a mining base full of corpses, vicious spider-like creatures poised to attack, and a terrible dilemma.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00am EDT
Mummy On The Orient Express

The Doctor and Clara are on the most beautiful train in history but a deadly creature is stalking the passengers. The Doctor must race against the clock to defeat the terrifying Mummy.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EDT
Flatline

Separated from the Doctor, Clara discovers a new menace from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls are no protection? With people to save and the Doctor trapped, Clara comes up against an enemy that exists beyond human perception.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EDT
The Magician's Apprentice

Part 1. "Where is the Doctor?" When the skies of Earth are frozen by a mysterious alien force, Clara needs her friend. But where is the Doctor, and what is he hiding from? As past deeds come back to haunt him, old enemies will come face-to-face.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EDT
The Witch's Familiar

Part 2. Trapped and alone in a terrifying Dalek city, the Doctor is at the heart of an evil Empire; no sonic, no TARDIS, nobody to help. With his greatest temptation before him, can the Doctor resist? And will there be mercy?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:10am EDT
Under the Lake

Part 1. When an Underwater Base comes under attack, the Doctor and Clara must save the frightened crew and defeat an impossible threat. But what is behind these terrifying events? And can they really be haunted by Ghosts?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:10am EDT
Before The Flood

Part 2. On a remote Army outpost, a fearsome alien warlord, the Fisher King, sets in motion a twisted plan to ensure his own survival. The ripples will be felt around the universe. Is this chain of events inevitable? And can the Doctor do the unthinkable?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:10am EDT
The Girl Who Died

Part 1. Captured by Vikings, the Doctor and Clara must help protect their village from Space Warriors from the future; the Mire. Outnumbered and outgunned their fate seems inevitable. So why is the Doctor preoccupied with a single Viking girl?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:10am EDT
The Woman Who Lived

Part 2. England, 1651. The deadly Highwayman 'The Knightmare' and his sidekick stalk the dark streets of London. But when they find loot that's not of this world, they come face to face with the Doctor. Can the Doctor avoid the hangman's noose?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:10am EDT
The Zygon Invasion

Part 1. The Zygons, a race of shapeshifting aliens, have been living in secret amongst us on Earth, unseen until now! When Osgood is kidnapped by a gang of Zygons, the Doctor, Clara and UNIT must scatter across the world in a bid to set her free.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:15pm EDT
The Zygon Inversion

Part 2. Shapeshifting Zygons are everywhere in the UK, and there is no way of knowing who to trust. With UNIT neutralized, only the Doctor stands in their way. But how do you stop a war? And what can the Doctor do to save his friends?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:20pm EDT
Sleep No More

This terrifying story is assembled from footage discovered in the wreckage of Le Verrier Space Station.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:25pm EDT
Face The Raven

The Doctor and Clara, with their old friend Rigsy, find themselves in a magical alien world, hidden on a street in the heart of London. Sheltered within are some of the most fearsome creatures of the universe and Ashildr (Maisie Williams)!


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:30pm EDT
Heaven Sent
(Repeated: Sun 2:20am EDT)

Part 1. Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives. One final test. And he must face it alone. Pursued by the fearsome creature known only as the Veil, he must attempt the impossible.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:45pm EDT
Hell Bent
(Repeated: Sun 3:35am EDT)

Part 2. If you took everything from him, betrayed him, trapped him, and broke both his hearts, how far might the Doctor go? Returning to Gallifrey, the Doctor faces the Time Lords in a struggle that will take him to the end of time itself.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 1

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:10pm EDT
The Husbands of River Song

It's Christmas Day on a remote human colony and the Doctor is hiding from Christmas Carols and Comedy Antlers. But when a crashed spaceship calls upon the Doctor, he finds himself recruited into River Song's squad and into a chase across the galaxy.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 2

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 3

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Mind Robber: Episode 4

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:30pm EDT
The Return Of Doctor Mysterio

BBC America schedules had this listed as The Pilot


Show broadcasts for KRWG
 
7:00pm MDT
Planet of Evil: Part Four
(Repeated: Sun 1:00am MDT)

The Doctor fights the enemy while the spaceship plunges toward oblivion.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
9:00pm EDT
The Pilot

Two worlds collide when the Doctor meets Bill. A chance encounter with a girl with a star in her eye leads to a chase across time and space. Bill's mind is opened to a Universe that is bigger and more exciting than she could possibly have imagined.


Show broadcasts for WFWA
 
9:30pm EDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Keeper of Traken
The Doctor learns that a great evil has come to a planet in the form of a calcified statue.

Show broadcasts for WXXI
 
10:00pm EDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Androids Of Tara

The fourth segment of the Key to Time embroils the Doctor (Tom Baker) in a swashbuckling adventure of mistaken identity and intrigue. Romana: Mary Tamm. Count Grendel: Peter Jeffrey. Prince Reynart: Neville Jason. Zadek: Simon Lack. Voice of K9: John Leeson.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
10:10pm EDT
For Tonight We Might Die (Class)

It's a new term at Coal Hill Academy, and students are preparing for their fall Prom. But when the school comes under the attack of deadly monsters, the Shadow Kin, four students must form an unlikely alliance to defeat them.


Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
10:00pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Seeds Of Doom - Part 1 of 2

Part 1 of two. The Doctor is summoned to Antarctica to examine a vegetable pod discovered in the ice. Dr. Who: Tom Baker. Derek: Michael McStay. Sarah: Elisabeth Sladen. Chase: Tony Beckley. Winlett: John Gleeson.


Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
10:00pm CDT
Peter Davison Movies: Kinda

Show broadcasts for WILL
 
10:00pm CDT
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 West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 
11:00pm EDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Invisible Enemy

The TARDIS is infiltrated by the Swarm - a space-borne intelligence that wishes to spread itself across the universe - and the Doctor is infected by its nucleus. The ship then materialises on Titan, one of the moons of Saturn, where the human occupants of a refuelling station have also been taken over.


Originally scheduled for the 8th April, but was pre-empted by Wv Legislature Final Hours of 2017 Session.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
10:00pm CDT
Underworld: Part One

The Doctor and Leela search for a spaceship carrying colonists and the gene bank of their race.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
11:20pm EDT
The Graham Norton Show: Series 21 Episode 2 (Related)

Graham's guests include: Warren Beatty, Miranda Hart, Keeley Hawes, Peter Capaldi, Jennifer Hudson


Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
10:30pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: City of Death

The Doctor is enjoying a holiday in Paris, 1979, when he becomes aware of a fracture in time.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
10:30pm CDT
Underworld: Part Two

The spaceship crashes on a planet and its strange inhabitants are discovered.


Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:00pm CDT
Pertwee Movies: Inferno - Part 1 of 3

A new project, named Inferno, designed to penetrate the Earth's crust runs into problems and launches the Doctor into an alternate universe in which Britain is a dictatorship. Compiles episodes 19-21 from "Doctor Who" series 7.


MPTV schedules reported three episodes in 47 minutes!


Show broadcasts for KERA
 
11:30pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: State of Decay

The Doctor, Romana, K9 and Adric - an Outler from Alzarius who has stowed away aboard the TARDIS - arrive on a planet where the native villagers live in fear of 'the Wasting' and of three Lords named Zargo, Camilla and Aukon who rule from an imposing Tower. The Lords are soon revealed to be vampire servants of the last of the Great Vampires, a race referred to in Time Lord mythology.


Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
11:41pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: The Seeds Of Doom - Part 2 of 2

The Krynoid develops quickly on Chase's country manor. Chase: Tony Beckley. Dr. Who: Tom Baker. Scorby: John Challis. Krynoid's Voice: Mark Jones. Amelia: Sylvia Coleridge. Thackeray: Michael Barrington.


Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:47pm CDT
Pertwee Movies: Inferno - Part 2 of 3

Trapped in a parallel universe, the Doctor tries to convince the Inferno staff of the projects' potentially disastrous ramifications. Will the Doctor's message of impending doom be heeded before the earth reaches the point of no return? Compiles episodes 22 and 23 from "Doctor Who" series 7.


MPTV schedules reported two episodes in 59 minutes!


Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MDT
Colin Baker Movies: The Two Doctors - Part 1 of 2

Sunday 16 April

Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
12:46am 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.


MPTV schedules indicated 2 episodes in 14 minutes! The 1am-2am slot had Mysteries of the Jesus Prayer.

Saturday 15 April

Sunday 16 April

Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
12:48am MDT
Colin Baker Movies: The Two Doctors - Part 2 of 2

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EDT
Listen

When ghosts of past and future crowd into their lives, the Doctor and Clara are thrown into an adventure that takes them to the very end of the universe.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:30am 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
 
9:00am EDT
The Girl in the Fireplace
(Repeated: Mon 10:00am EDT)

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
 
10:00am EDT
Doomsday
(Repeated: Wed 7:00am EDT)

Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth; terror emerges from beneath Torchwood Tower; the Doctor faces a dilemma.


Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
11:00am EDT
Doctor Who
(the actual episode broadcast is unknown)
(Repeated: Sun 12:00pm EDT)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EDT
Vincent and the Doctor

Amy battles an alien in France with Vincent Van Gogh.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EDT
A Good Man Goes to War

The Doctor assembles an army to face the Battle of Demons Run - and River Song has something to tell him.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EDT
Let's Kill Hitler

The TARDIS crash lands in 1930's Berlin, bringing the Doctor face to face with the greatest war criminal in the Universe. And Hitler.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EDT
Night Terrors

Every child is scared of monsters, but George's terrified pleas for help reach the Doctor. Because George's monsters are real.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EDT
The Girl Who Waited

Amy is trapped in a quarantine facility for victims of an alien plague. Can Rory save her before she is killed by kindness?


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
4:00pm EDT
The Space Museum

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EDT
Asylum of the Daleks

Kidnapped by his oldest foe, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission - to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter...


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
4:30pm EDT
The Space Museum: The Dimensions of Time

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
5:00pm EDT
The Space Museum: The Search

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EDT
The Angels Take Manhattan

The Doctor's heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory - a race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York's statues come to life around them....


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
5:30pm EDT
The Space Museum: The Final Phase

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
10:58pm EDT
Peter Davison Movies: Mawdryn Undead
(Repeated: Tue 2:58am EDT)

A race of mutants, doomed to endless degeneration, forces the Doctor to help them. Peter Davison. Black Guardian: Valentine Dyall. Mawdryn: David Collings. Nyssa: Sarah Sutton.

Monday 17 April

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EDT
The Christmas Invasion

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am 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
 
8:00am 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 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
 
11:00am EDT
Rise of the Cybermen

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


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Two Doctors: Part Six (6 part version)

Show broadcasts for US Venues
Premiere
 
7:00pm EDT
The Pilot / For Tonight We Might Die: theater presentation
(Repeated: Wed 7:00pm EDT)

Come together with fellow fans to celebrate the return of Doctor Who to the airwaves when the Doctor Who Season 10 Premiere comes to the big screen! Season 10 will see Peter Capaldi embark on his thrilling final chapter as the Twelfth Doctor as well as the introduction of brand new companion Pearl Mackie as Bill Potts and the return of Matt Lucas as Nardole. Fantastic adventures and terrifying monsters await the team of heroes as they journey through space and time in this latest installment of the globally-renowned drama.

This special two-night event also features two exciting bonus programs including episode one of the spinoff series “Class,” featuring a guest appearance by the Doctor himself, and the never-before-seen bonus feature, “Becoming The Companion.” Fans will travel with new companion Pearl Mackie from the London stage through the doors of the TARDIS to a once-in-a-lifetime role, or as Pearl says, “the most insane thing that's ever happened to me.” The all-new feature includes exclusive interviews with Pearl, Peter Capaldi, and Steven Moffat and is narrated by Ingrid Oliver.


Shown at various affiliated theaters across the United States (local time 7:30pm)


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

Tuesday 18 April

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am 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
 
7:00am EDT
The Idiot's Lantern

It is 1953 and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II is taking place, but beneath the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am 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
 
9:00am 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
 
10:00am 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
 
11:00am 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
 
7:00pm EDT
Timelash: Part Two (4 part version)

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

Wednesday 19 April

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am 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
 
8:00am EDT
The Runaway Bride

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
 
9:00am EDT
Smith and Jones

The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
The Shakespeare Code
(Repeated: Thu 4:00am EDT)

Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EDT
Gridlock
(Repeated: Thu 5:00am EDT)

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


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

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part One

Thursday 20 April

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:20am EDT
The Day of The Doctor

The Doctors embark on their greatest adventure across space and time in this 50th Anniversary Special.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EDT
Daleks in Manhattan

Part 1. The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York, where people are disappearing from the streets.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am EDT
Evolution of the Daleks

Part 2. The Doctor forms a deadly alliance to save humanity.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EDT
The Lazarus Experiment

Turning back the clock has consequences.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EDT
42

As a spaceship hurtles towards the sun, the Doctor and Martha have just 42 minutes to save the day.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EDT
Human Nature

Part 1. The Doctor finds an unusual hiding place.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EDT
The Family of Blood

Part 2. Smith and Jones are under siege.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part Three

Show broadcasts for EBRU
 
8:00pm EDT
Doctor Who
(the actual episode broadcast is unknown)

Friday 21 April