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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 40: 6-12 Oct 2018 - USA

Data last updated 20 January 2019

Saturday 6 October

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00am EDT
The Snowmen

Christmas Eve 1892 and a chilling menace threatens humankind - but with the Doctor in mourning, it takes old friends and an unorthodox young governess to get him fighting to save the world again.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:20am EDT
A Christmas Carol
(Repeated: Sat 9:20am EDT)

Amy and Rory are trapped on a crashing space liner, and the only way The Doctor can rescue them is to save the soul of a lonely old miser. But is Kazran Sardick, the richest man in Sardicktown, beyond redemption? And what is lurking in the fogs?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:40am EDT
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
(Repeated: Sat 10:40am EDT)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EDT
The Pandorica Opens

Part 1. A message on a cliff; a puzzle box that opens from the inside; the fates draw closer for the TARDIS.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EDT
The Big Bang

Part 2. The fates draw close around the TARDIS.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EDT
An Adventure In Space And Time (Misc)

A special one-off drama re-telling of the creation of the long-running television series "Doctor Who" in 1963.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EDT
Asylum of the Daleks
(Repeated: Sun 7:00am EDT)

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 BBC America
 
1:00pm EDT
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction - unless the Doctor can save it, and its impossible cargo... of dinosaurs!


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00pm EDT
A Town Called Mercy

The Doctor gets a Stetson and a gun, and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EDT
The Power Of Three

The Doctor and the Ponds puzzle an unlikely invasion of Earth, as millions of sinister black cubes fall from the sky overnight...


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EDT
The Angels Take Manhattan
(Repeated: Sun 8:00am EDT)

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 BBC America
 
5:00pm EDT
The Bells of Saint John

The Doctor's search for Clara brings him to London, where Wi-Fi is everywhere. Humanity lives in a Wi-Fi soup but something dangerous is lurking in the signals, picking off minds and imprisoning them...


Show broadcasts for Comet TV
 
6:00pm EDT
Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (Aaru)

Dr. Who (Peter Cushing), his granddaughter, his niece and a London bobby (Bernard Cribbins) find that Daleks have invaded 22nd-century Earth and are turning humans into slaves.


Shown at 12 pm ET/PT | 11 am CT | 1 pm MT.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EDT
The Rings of Akhaten

On the rings of the planet Akhaten, the Festival of Offerings is in full swing. Clara meets the Queen of Years but something is stirring in the pyramid, and a sacrifice will be demanded.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EDT
Attack of the Cybermen: Part Four (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EDT
The Mark of the Rani: Part One (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EDT
Cold War

The Doctor and Clara land on a submarine in 1983 as it spirals into the ocean depths with an alien creature loose. With tempers flaring and nuclear weapons on board, the whole of humanity is at stake!


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Mark of the Rani: Part Two (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Mark of the Rani: Part Three (4 part version)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EDT
Hide

The Doctor and Clara travel to the haunted Caliburn House. Within its walls, a ghost hunting Professor and a psychic search for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears, but is she really a ghost?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm EDT
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

The TARDIS has crashed, Clara is lost inside, and the Doctor has 30 minutes before his ship explodes!


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00pm EDT
The Crimson Horror

Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red.


Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
10:00pm CDT
Nightmare of Eden: Part One

When two spaceships collide, the Doctor and Romana discover a drug-smuggling operation.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00pm EDT
Nightmare in Silver

Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out. And ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection.


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

Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
10:58pm CDT
Peter Davison Movies: Frontios

Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:00pm 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 Iowa Public TV
 
11:00pm CDT
Peter Davison Movies: Snakedance

Sunday 7 October

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00am EDT
The Name of the Doctor
(Repeated: Sun 9:00am EDT)

The Doctor has a secret he will take to his grave. And it is discovered.

Saturday 6 October

Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MDT
W Hartnell Movies: The Edge of Destruction

The Doctor, Susan, Ian and Barbara are confused and disorientated after an explosion shakes the TARDIS and the doors open to reveal only a white void.

Sunday 7 October

Show broadcasts for KERA
 
12:00am CDT
W Hartnell Movies: The Romans

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00am EDT
Vincent and the Doctor

Amy battles an alien in France with Vincent Van Gogh.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:00am EDT
The Impossible Astronaut

Part 1. The Doctor, Amy and Rory receive a secret summons that leads them to the Oval Office in 1969. Enlisting the help of a former FBI agent and the irrepressible River Song, the Doctor promises to assist the President.

Saturday 6 October

Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:03pm PDT
The Monster of Peladon: Part One
(Repeated: Sun 4:01am PDT)

A malfunction causes an unexpected hitch: Sarah and the Doctor land on Peladon 40 years later than expected.


Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:30pm PDT
The Monster of Peladon: Part Two
(Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT)

Ortron orders the execution of the Doctor and the rebel leaders. Doctor Who: Jon Pertwee. Gebek: Rex Robinson. Ortron: Frank Gatliff. Ettis: Ralph Watson. Sarah: Elisabeth Sladen. Eckersley: Donald Gee.

Sunday 7 October

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00am EDT
Day of the Moon

Part 2. The Doctor is locked in the perfect prison. Amy, Rory and River Song are being hunted down by the FBI. But, with the help of President Nixon and Neil Armstrong, the Doctor is able to mount a rebellion against an alien invasion.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EDT
The Doctor's Wife

By following a Time Lord distress signal, the Doctor puts Amy, Rory and his beloved TARDIS in grave danger.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am 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
 
6:00am 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 EBRU
 
11:00am EDT
Doctor Who
(the actual episode broadcast is unknown)
(Repeated: Sun 12:00pm EDT)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:30am EDT
The Day of The Doctor

Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
1:45pm EDT
The Woman Who Fell to Earth

"We don't get aliens in Sheffield." In a South Yorkshire city, Ryan Sinclair, Yasmin Khan, and Graham O'Brien are about to have their lives changed forever as a mysterious woman, unable to remember her own name, falls from the night sky.


Orginally advertised for 2:00pm before the UK time was finalised.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
Premiere
 
3:15pm EDT
BBC America Specials: S11 Postshow (Factual)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm 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 Retro TV
 
7:00pm EDT
The Romans: The Slave Traders

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EDT
The Romans: All Roads Lead to Rome

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EDT
The Romans: Conspiracy

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EDT
The Romans: Inferno

Show broadcasts for WETA-UK
 
11:00pm EDT
Peter Davison Movies: The Visitation
(Repeated: Tue 3:00am EDT)

Monday 8 October

Tuesday 9 October

Show broadcasts for Comet TV
 
6:00pm EDT
Dr Who and the Daleks (Aaru)

The doctor's (Peter Cushing) TARDIS time machine takes him, his granddaughters and a friend (Roy Castle) to war-ravaged planet Skaro.


Shown at 10 am ET/PT | 9 am CT | 11 am MT.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EDT
The Pirate Planet: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EDT
The Pirate Planet: Part Three

Wednesday 10 October

Show broadcasts for US Venues
 
7:00pm EDT - Copiague, New York
The Woman Who Fell To Earth: theater presentation
(Repeated: Thu 7:00pm EDT)

Come together in cinemas with other fans to watch the premiere of a new season of Doctor Who with a new Doctor! The brand new series of Doctor Who marks the arrival of Jodie Whittaker (Broadchurch) as the 13th Doctor - a super - smart force of nature - alongside a new team of friends. Already highly anticipated, the new-look series heralds a brand-new era for Doctor Who with a world-class team at the helm led by showrunner Chris Chibnall (Broadchurch, Torchwood). The show will be full of action and adventure, humor and thrills, an unmissable journey across all of space and time.

Includes two behind-the-scenes bonus features:

Becoming a Doctor - Follow Jodie Whittaker's journey from being cast in Doctor Who to coming alive in her very first episode as the Doctor in this special bonus feature.

Directing and Regenerating Doctor Who - Meet the director of the Doctor Who premiere episode, Jamie Childs, and discover the unique challenges of bringing a new Doctor to the screen in Doctor Who

Global Premiere Sunday, October 7 on BBC America. 

Doctor Who Fans - we want you to have fun at these cinema events - but safety is paramount. Please note that attending in costume is fine, however masks, face-concealing make-up, fake weapons as well as any costumes that conceal what you are carrying, your natural body shape or face are strictly prohibited. 


The compilation version of the story shown at various affiliated theaters across the United States (local time 7:00pm).


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EDT
The Pirate Planet: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EDT
The Stones of Blood: Part One

Thursday 11 October

Friday 12 October