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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 20: 20-26 May 2017 - USA

Data last updated 10 June 2017

Saturday 20 May

Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 5

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 6

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Ambassadors of Death: Episode 7

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
Inferno: Episode 1

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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!


Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KRWG
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WFWA
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WXXI
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
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.


Show broadcasts for WYCC
 
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.


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

Show broadcasts for WILL
 
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.


Show broadcasts for West Virginia Public Broadcasting
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
10:30pm CDT
Tom Baker Movies: Meglos

The TARDIS is intercepted by the megalomaniacal xerophyte Meglos and trapped in a time loop.


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


Show broadcasts for KERA
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MDT
Colin Baker Movies: Trial of a Time Lord - The Ultimate Foe

Sunday 21 May

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

Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
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.


Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:30pm PDT
The Gunfighters: Don't Shoot the Pianist
(Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT)

Sunday 21 May

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

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
4:00pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
4:30pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
5:00pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
5:30pm EDT
The Krotons: Episode Four

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
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

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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?


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
 
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.


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 Curse of Fenric: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
Survival: Part One

Tuesday 23 May

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
Survival: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
Survival: Part Three

Wednesday 24 May

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
 
7:00am EDT
Doomsday

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


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

Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am 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 Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
An Unearthly Child

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
An Unearthly Child: The Cave of Skulls

Thursday 25 May

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
An Unearthly Child: The Forest of Fear

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
An Unearthly Child: The Firemaker

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

Friday 26 May

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

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am EDT
Forest of the Dead

Part 2 . As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am 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
 
9:00am EDT
Turn Left

Donna gets help from a mysterious blond woman.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
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.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Daleks: The Dead Planet

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Daleks: The Survivors