This Week in Doctor Who
Week 20: 20-26 May 2017 - USA
Saturday 20 May
| 9:00am CDT Peter Davison Movies: The King's Demons | The Doctor interrupts a jousting match and finds himself battling to protect the Magna Carta. Peter Davison. King John: Gerald Flood. Gilles: Anthony Ainley. |
| 6:00pm EDT The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 5 |
| 6:30pm EDT The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 6 |
| 7:00pm EDT The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 7 |
| 7:30pm EDT Inferno: Episode 1 |
| 8:00pm EDT Oxygen (Repeated: Sun 2:04am EDT) | Space, the final frontier. Final because it wants to kill us. Trapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole are horrified to discover the automated spacesuits keeping them alive are also trying to kill them! |
| 9:00pm EDT Extremis (Repeated: Sun 12:00am EDT) | The Veritas. The truth. Truth so true you can't live with it. Is that looking into hell or seeing the light? Everyone who has ever read the Veritas has been found dead. It was reported that the end credits of the premiere were removed in favour of starting Class immediately. |
| 7:00pm MDT The Android Invasion: Part One (Repeated: Sun 1:00am MDT) | Returning to Earth, the Doctor and Sarah (Elisabeth Sladen) are met with hostility and suspicion. Crayford: Milton Johns. Morgan: Peter Welch. Styggron: Martin Friend. Kraal: Stuart Fell. |
| 9:30pm 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. |
| 10:00pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: City of Death | On a holiday in Paris, the Doctor (Tom Baker) and Romana uncover a plot to steal the Mona Lisa. Julian Glover. Duggan: Tom Chadbon. Countess: Catherine Schell. Kerensky: David Graham. |
| 10:05pm EDT Detained (Class) (Repeated: Sun 1:05am EDT) | The whole gang are thrown into detention by Miss Quill. Locked in her classroom, they are terrified when an explosion propels them out of space and time and floating in blackness with no way of escape. |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Robots Of Death | The Doctor and Leela (Louise Jameson) are suspected of a series of murders in a robot-based society. Chub: Rob Edwards. Borg: Brian Croucher. SV7: Miles Fothergill. |
| 10:00pm CDT Peter Davison Movies: Snakedance |
| 10:00pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Leisure Hive | The Doctor and Romana visit the Leisure Hive on the planet Argolis, the surface of which is uninhabitable following a twenty minute nuclear war between the Argolins and their enemies the Foamasi. The Argolins themselves are now sterile. Pangol, the youngest, was created by the Tachyon Recreation Generator, a machine that runs games in the Hive. |
| 11:00pm EDT Tom Baker Movies: The Invasion of Time - Part 1 of 2 | After a meeting in space with a group of unseen aliens the Doctor returns to Gallifrey and claims the presidency of the Time Lords. Leela meanwhile tries to work out why he is behaving out of character. At his induction, the Doctor is 'crowned' with a device giving him access to the Matrix. He then arranges for the transduction barriers around Gallifrey to be put out of action by K9. When this is done, his alien 'friends' materialise. They are telepathic invaders called Vardans. |
| 10:30pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: Meglos | The TARDIS is intercepted by the megalomaniacal xerophyte Meglos and trapped in a time loop. |
| 11:00pm CDT Pertwee Movies: Daemons - Part 1 of 2 | The Master raises a demon from the depths of hell and forms his own cult in hopes of utilizing the cloven-hooved creature's demonic power. If the Doctor wants to stop him, he may need a little bit of magic on his side. Compiles episodes 21 through 23 from "Doctor Who" series 8. |
| 11:30pm CDT Tom Baker Movies: The Keeper of Traken | The Doctor and Adric learn from the wizened Keeper of Traken that a great evil has come to his planet in the form of a Melkur - a calcified statue. The Keeper is nearing the end of his reign and seeks the Doctor's help in preventing the evil from taking control of the bioelectronic Source that is the keystone of the Traken Union's civilisation. |
| 11:00pm MDT Colin Baker Movies: Trial of a Time Lord - The Ultimate Foe |
Sunday 21 May
| 12:03am CDT Pertwee Movies: Daemons - Part 2 of 2 | The Master kidnaps Jo and wants to sacrifice her in order to gain the demon's powers. Will the Doctor be able to stop him in time to save Jo and the earth? Compiles episodes 24 and 25 from "Doctor Who" series 8. |
Saturday 20 May
| 11:00pm PDT The Gunfighters: A Holiday for the Doctor (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT) | The Doctor arrives in Tombstone, Arizona, in 1881 and witnesses the shoot-out at the OK Corral. |
| 11:30pm PDT The Gunfighters: Don't Shoot the Pianist (Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT) |
Sunday 21 May
| 11:00am EDT Doctor Who (the actual episode broadcast is unknown) (Repeated: Sun 12:00pm EDT) |
| 4:00pm EDT The Krotons: Episode One |
| 4:30pm EDT The Krotons: Episode Two |
| 5:00pm EDT The Krotons: Episode Three |
| 5:30pm EDT The Krotons: Episode Four |
| 11:00pm EDT Peter Davison Movies: Warriors of the Deep (Repeated: Tue 3:00am EDT) | In 2084, Dr. Who becomes involved in an undersea battle between Earthlings and Silurians and Sea Devils. Tegan: Janet Fielding. Turlough: Mark Strickson. Solow: Ingrid Pitt. Nilson: Ian McCulloch. |
Monday 22 May
| 6:00am EDT The Runaway Bride (Repeated: Wed 8:00am 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? |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 9:00am EDT School Reunion | The Doctor investigates a haunted London school and runs into an old friend. |
| 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. |
| 11:00am EDT Rise of the Cybermen | Part 1. Rose discovers that her father is still alive on a parallel Earth. |
| 7:00pm EDT The Curse of Fenric: Part Four |
| 7:30pm EDT Survival: Part One |
Tuesday 23 May
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 11:00am EDT Fear Her | The Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics in 2012; a mother hides her daughter's unearthly powers. |
| 7:00pm EDT Survival: Part Two |
| 7:30pm EDT Survival: Part Three |
Wednesday 24 May
| 6:00am EDT Army of Ghosts | The human race rejoices as ghosts of loved ones return home; an invasion force threatens modern day Earth. |
| 7:00am EDT Doomsday | Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth; terror emerges from beneath Torchwood Tower; the Doctor faces a dilemma. |
| 9:00am EDT Smith and Jones | The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger. |
| 10:00am EDT The Shakespeare Code | Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha. |
| 11:00am EDT Gridlock | The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth in the future where the streets are ruled by sinister pharmacists. |
| 7:00pm EDT An Unearthly Child |
| 7:30pm EDT An Unearthly Child: The Cave of Skulls |
Thursday 25 May
| 6:00am EDT Daleks in Manhattan | Part 1. The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York, where people are disappearing from the streets. |
| 7:00am EDT Evolution of the Daleks | Part 2. The Doctor forms a deadly alliance to save humanity. |
| 8:00am EDT The Lazarus Experiment | Turning back the clock has consequences. |
| 9:00am EDT 42 | As a spaceship hurtles towards the sun, the Doctor and Martha have just 42 minutes to save the day. |
| 10:00am EDT Human Nature | Part 1. The Doctor finds an unusual hiding place. |
| 11:00am EDT The Family of Blood | Part 2. Smith and Jones are under siege. |
| 7:00pm EDT An Unearthly Child: The Forest of Fear |
| 7:30pm EDT An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker |
| 8:00pm EDT Doctor Who (the actual episode broadcast is unknown) (Repeated: Thu 9:00pm EDT / Thu 11:00pm EDT) |
Friday 26 May
| 12:00am EDT Doctor Who (the actual episode broadcast is unknown) |
| 6:00am EDT Silence in the Library | Part 1. The Doctor and Donna must uncover the truth behind the Nodes and the Data Ghost to uncover the library's secret. |
| 7:00am EDT Forest of the Dead | Part 2 . As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. |
| 8:00am EDT Midnight | The Doctor is trapped, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight, as a knocking on the wall begins. |
| 9:00am EDT Turn Left | Donna gets help from a mysterious blond woman. |
| 10:00am 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. |
| 11:00am 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. |
| 7:00pm EDT The Daleks: The Dead Planet |
| 7:30pm EDT The Daleks: The Survivors |