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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 51: 22-28 Dec 2018 - USA

Data last updated 28 December 2018

Saturday 22 December

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
The Happiness Patrol: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
The Happiness Patrol: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
Silver Nemesis: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
Silver Nemesis: Part Two

Show broadcasts for KPTS
 
10:00pm CST
The Leisure Hive: Part Two

The Doctor's scarf somehow incriminates him.


Show broadcasts for WMVS/MPTV (Milwaukee) HD 10.1/36.2
 
11:00pm CST
Tom Baker Movies: Planet Of Evil

The Doctor picks up a distress call from the edge of the known universe, where he comes across a geological team that has run afoul of some strange goings on.


Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
11:00pm CST
Peter Davison Movies: Planet Of Fire

Show broadcasts for Idaho Public Television
 
11:00pm MST
W Hartnell Movies: The Ark

The TARDIS takes the Doctor, Steven and their new travelling companion, Dodo, to a giant spacecraft in the far future carrying all that remains of Earth and the human population.

Sunday 23 December

Show broadcasts for WSRE
 
12:00am CST
Tom Baker Movies: The Ark in Space

The TARDIS arrives on an apparently deserted and deactivated space station Nerva, otherwise known as the Ark, orbiting Earth in the far future. There the Doctor, Sarah and Harry discover the last survivors of the human race held in suspended animation, Earth having been evacuated thousands of years earlier when solar flares threatened to destroy all life.

Saturday 22 December

Sunday 23 December

Monday 24 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EST
Smith and Jones
(Repeated: Thu 11:10pm EST)

The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
The Shakespeare Code
(Repeated: Fri 12:15am EST)

Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
Gridlock
(Repeated: Fri 1:20am EST)

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am EST
Daleks in Manhattan
(Repeated: Fri 2:25am EST)

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
Evolution of the Daleks

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
The Lazarus Experiment

Turning back the clock has consequences.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
Human Nature
(Repeated: Fri 6:00am EST)

Part 1. The Doctor finds an unusual hiding place.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
The Family of Blood
(Repeated: Fri 7:00am EST)

Part 1. The Doctor finds an unusual hiding place.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
The Christmas Invasion
(Repeated: Tue 7:00am EST)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
The Runaway Bride
(Repeated: Tue 8:00am EST)

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
 
2:00pm EST
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
 
3:40pm EST
The Next Doctor

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
The End of Time: Parts 1 & 2
(Repeated: Tue 3:00am EST)

It's the Tenth Doctor's final journey - but his nemesis, The Master, has been reborn. A terrible shadow falls across the Universe as great danger approaches, and the Doctor faces the end of his life as the Master's plans hurtle out of control.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
A Christmas Carol

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 Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
Planet of Fire: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
Planet of Fire: Part Three

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:20pm EST
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe
(Repeated: Tue 1:20pm EST)

Evacuated to a house in Dorset from war-torn London, Madge Arwell and her two children, Lily and Cyril, are greeted by a madcap caretaker whose mysterious Christmas gift leads them into a magical wintry world.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:40pm EST
The Snowmen
(Repeated: Tue 2:40pm EST)

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.

Tuesday 25 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
The Time of the Doctor
(Repeated: Tue 11:00pm EST)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:25pm EST
Last Christmas
(Repeated: Wed 12:25am EST)

The Twelfth Doctor makes his debut in BBC America's time-honored Doctor Who Christmas special. Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman and guest star Nick Frost strap in for a dangerous sleigh ride through space and time in the Steven Moffat helmed special.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:50pm EST
The Husbands of River Song
(Repeated: Wed 1:50am EST)

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
 
8:00pm EST
Planet of Fire: Part Four

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:10pm EST
The Return Of Doctor Mysterio
(Repeated: Wed 3:10am EST)

The Doctor join forces with a masked Superhero for an epic New York adventure. With brain-swapping aliens poised to attack, the Doctor and Nardole link up with an investigative reporter and a mysterious figure known only as The Ghost.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Caves of Androzani: Part One

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:35pm EST
Twice Upon A Time
(Repeated: Wed 4:35am EST)

Wednesday 26 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
Listen
(Repeated: Thu 3:00am EST)

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
 
7:05am EST
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
 
8:10am EST
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
 
9:15am EST
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
 
10:20am EST
Heaven Sent

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
 
11:35am EST
Hell Bent

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 BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
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 BBC America
 
2:00pm EST
Smile

The language of the future is emoji! The Doctor takes Bill to a spectacular city on a distant planet, but where are the colonists? A band of ''cute'' droids hold the deadly answer.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:00pm EST
Thin Ice

London, 1814. The entire city has turned out for the biggest Frost Fair in decades! But beneath the Thames, revelers are disappearing, snatched through the ice. Will the Doctor and Bill stop the slaughter before they too are dragged into the icy waters?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
Knock Knock

Why do floorboards creak? When a sinister landlord shows Bill and her friends the perfect house-share, they have no idea what lies ahead. Knock knock, who's there?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00pm EST
Oxygen

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
 
6:00pm EST
Extremis

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.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00pm EST
The Pyramid At The End Of The World

An 'ancient' pyramid appears overnight. Every clock in the world begins counting down to the Earth's destruction. Three opposing armies lie ready to annihilate each other. It's a terrifying race against time to save the world!


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
The Lie Of The Land

Earth has been invaded and Bill is living alone, an isolated figure surviving in occupied Britain. The Doctor is imprisoned, and appears to be on the side of the enemy, flooding the airwaves with fake news.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
The Caves of Androzani: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Caves of Androzani: Part Three

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm EST
Empress Of Mars

'God save the Queen' has been scrawled on the surface of Mars. What are Victorians doing on the home of the Ice Warriors? And what will they find beneath the Martian soil?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00pm EST
The Eaters of Light

A hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion leads the Doctor,Bill and Nardole into the middle of an ancient battle that could cast humanity into the dark forever. What is inside the cairn? And how far will they have to go defeat the terrifying Eaters of Light?


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00pm EST
World Enough And Time

A huge spaceship trapped in the gravity well of a black hole, teeming with impossible lifeforms, harbors one of the Doctor's most feared enemies, Mondasian Cybermen!

Thursday 27 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00am EST
The Doctor Falls

The Doctor makes a final stand against an army of Cybermen, to protect a tiny band of humans from destruction.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:30am EST
Deep Breath

Clara is alone in Victorian London with a man she doesn't know, a dinosaur in the Thames, and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions. The Doctor has changed. It's time you knew him.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00am EST
Rose

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
The End Of The World

The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage to a time when the sun is about to swallow Earth and a murderer is at work.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
Aliens of London

Part 1. The Doctor takes Rose home, but the world goes on alert when an alien spacecraft crashes in the Thames.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am EST
World War Three

Part 2. The world edges toward mankind's first interplanetary war, as the Doctor and Rose try to escape from Downing Street.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
The Empty Child

Part 1. An unearthly child haunts the bomb sites of London.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00am EST
The Doctor Dances

Part 2. The child's plague spreads through wartime London, and a zombie army is on the march; the Doctor and Rose form an alliance with an intergalactic con-man.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:00am EST
Boom Town

The Doctor encounters an enemy from his past when the crew decides to take a holiday; an alien plot is behind the construction of a nuclear power plant in Cardiff.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
Bad Wolf

Part 1. The Doctor, Rose and Capt. Jack have to fight for their lives, but the Doctor soon realizes that Armageddon is fast approaching.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:00pm EST
The Parting of the Ways

Part 2. Rose and the Doctor's friendship is put to the test, as Earth plunges into an epic war with the human race being slaughtered.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:00pm EST
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
 
2:00pm EST
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
 
3:00pm EST
School Reunion

The Doctor investigates a haunted London school and runs into an old friend.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:00pm EST
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
 
5:00pm EST
Rise of the Cybermen

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00pm EST
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
 
7:00pm EST
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 EBRU
 
8:00pm EST
Doctor Who
(the actual episode broadcast is unknown)

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00pm EST
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 Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
The Caves of Androzani: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Twin Dilemma: Part One

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:00pm EST
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
 
10:05pm EST
Doomsday

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

Friday 28 December

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

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
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
 
8:05am EST
Blink

When people start to disappear, a young woman finds cryptic messages bleeding through from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:10am EST
Utopia

Capt. Jack storms back into the Doctor's life; the Tardis travels to the end of the universe.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:15am EST
The Sound of Drums

Part 1. Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister, but has dark ambitions.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:20am EST
Last of the Time Lords

Part 2. With The Doctor imprisoned by The Master, Martha endeavors to save the world.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:25pm EST
Partners in Crime

Donna is determined to find the Doctor, even if it means braving Miss Foster and her hordes of Adipose.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:30pm EST
The Fires of Pompeii

The Doctor and Donna visit Pompeii in AD 79, on the eve of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:35pm EST
Planet of the Ood

The Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world, but the Ood-Sphere reveals some terrible truths about the human race.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:40pm EST
The Sontaran Stratagem

Part 1. Sontaran warriors set their sights on the Earth and its inhabitants.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:45pm EST
The Poison Sky

Part 2. As poison gas suffocates the Earth's population, the Doctor and UNIT team members work to eliminate the threat.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:50pm EST
The Doctor's Daughter

The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:55pm EST
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
 
8:00pm EST
Forest of the Dead

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

 


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
The Twin Dilemma: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Twin Dilemma: Part Three

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:05pm EST
Midnight

The Doctor is trapped, powerless and terrified, on the planet Midnight, as a knocking on the wall begins.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:10pm EST
Turn Left

Donna gets help from a mysterious blond woman.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:15pm EST
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.