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This Week in Doctor Who


Week 51: 25-31 Dec 2021 - USA

Data last updated 22 December 2021

Saturday 25 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:00am EST
The Beast Below
(Repeated: Tue 7:03am EST)

The Doctor and Amy travel to Britain of the future, where people live in a giant spaceship; Amy comes across the terrifying Smilers.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
Last Christmas

Creatures attack The Doctor and Clara while they are trapped on an Arctic base, and they receive help from a surprising source.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:25am EST
The Husbands of River Song

While hiding from Christmas festivities on a remote human colony, the Doctor is recruited to help River Song.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:45am EST
A Christmas Carol
(Repeated: Sun 1:30am EST)

In order to save Amy and Rory, who are trapped on a crashing space liner, The Doctor must save the soul of a lonely miser.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:10am EST
The Doctor, The Widow and the Wardrobe

After being evacuated to an old house in Dorset, a woman and her children encounter the Doctor.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:35am EST
The Time of the Doctor
(Repeated: Sun 4:30am EST)

The Doctor makes sacrifices to save a town called Christmas.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
Kinda: Part One

The Kinda is apparently a primitive tribe but three team members have already vanished.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
Kinda: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
Kinda: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
Kinda: Part Four

Show broadcasts for Iowa Public TV
 
11:00pm CST
Tom Baker Movies: Terror of the Zygons

The Doctor, Sarah and Harry return to Earth in response to the Brigadier's summons. UNIT are investigating a series of attacks on North Sea oil rigs and have set up a temporary HQ in the Scottish village of Tullock. The attacks are the work of a huge cyborg, the Skarasen, controlled by a group of aliens called Zygons whose spaceship lies at the bottom of Loch Ness.


Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:00pm PST
The Aztecs: The Day of Darkness
(Repeated: Sun 4:00am PST)

The Doctor and companions face danger.


Show broadcasts for KBTC
 
11:30pm PST
The Sensorites: Strangers in Space
(Repeated: Sun 4:30am PST)

The TARDIS lands on a 28th-century spaceship.

Sunday 26 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:50am EST
The Day of The Doctor
(Repeated: Wed 7:25am EST)

The Doctor's dangerous past comes back to haunt him and threatens reality.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:25am EST
Voyage of the Damned
(Repeated: Tue 12:10am EST)

The Doctor tries to save the lives of the passengers on an orbiting cruise ship called Titanic.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:58am EST
The Christmas Invasion

As the newly regenerated Doctor drifts in and out of consciousness, Christmas becomes a time of terror on planet Earth with the whole of mankind falling under the shadow of the sinister alien Sycorax.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:00pm EST
Full Circle: Part One

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
6:30pm EST
Full Circle: Part Two

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:00pm EST
Full Circle: Part Three

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
7:30pm EST
Full Circle: Part Four

Monday 27 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am 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
 
7:05am EST
Rise of the Cybermen

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:10am EST
The Age of Steel

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
 
9:15am EST
The Impossible Planet

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
 
10:20am EST
The Satan Pit

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
 
11:25am EST
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
 
12:30pm EST
Smith and Jones

The Doctor and Martha are transported into danger.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:35pm EST
The Shakespeare Code

Witches cast a spell on the Doctor and Martha.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:40pm EST
Gridlock

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
 
3:45pm EST
Human Nature

The Doctor finds an unusual hiding place.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:50pm EST
The Family of Blood

Smith and Jones are under siege.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:50pm 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
 
6:52pm EST
Silence in the Library

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
 
7:55pm EST
Forest of the Dead

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


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
The Ark In Space: Part One

When TARDIS explores an abandoned space station they find the last survivors of Earth.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Ark In Space: Part Two

An insect life form has laid eggs that infect one of the re-animated human beings.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:57pm 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
 
10:00pm EST
The Stolen Earth

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
 
11:05pm EST
Journey's End

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.

Tuesday 28 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:42am 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
 
2:45am 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
 
3:50am EST
The Sound of Drums

Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister, but has dark ambitions.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:55am EST
Last of the Time Lords

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


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
The Eleventh Hour

The newly regenerated Doctor and Amy Pond must save the world in less than 20 minutes from galactic policemen known as the Atraxi.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:03am EST
Victory of the Daleks

The Doctor and Amy meet Winston Churchill during a trip back to World War II, where they also encounter the Daleks.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:03am EST
The Time of Angels

The Doctor hunts the last of the Weeping Angels through the Maze of the Dead; the mysterious River Song is back in the Doctor's life, but he doesn't know if he can trust her.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:03am EST
Flesh and Stone

The Doctor and his friends are forced to escape through the forest vault after they are surrounded by the Weeping Angels.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:03am EST
The Vampires of Venice

The Doctor suspects something isn't quite right with the daughters of the family that protects the streets of Venice.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:06pm EST
Amy's Choice

Peace is shattered when the Doctor decides to pay Amy a visit on the night before her first child is born.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:10pm EST
The Hungry Earth

Scientists discover something isn't right beneath Earth's crust; the drilling disturbs an ancient reptilian race.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:11pm EST
Cold Blood

Amy manages to free herself; the Doctor negotiates a truce pending the transfer of prisoners; Restac is ready for war.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:13pm EST
Vincent and the Doctor

When the Doctor and Amy travel to France to meet Vincent van Gogh, they learn that an invisible alien is menacing the artist.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:16pm EST
The Lodger

An unidentified force traps the Doctor; The Doctor investigates a mysterious staircase in a building where people can go up, but never down.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:16pm EST
The Pandorica Opens

A message on a cliff; a love that lasts a thousand years; a puzzle box that opens from the inside; the fates draw closer for the TARDIS.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:18pm EST
The Big Bang

The Doctor is gone; the TARDIS has been destroyed; the universe is collapsing; a little girl who believes in stars.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:20pm EST
The Impossible Astronaut

The Doctor, Amy and Rory respond to a summons that leads them to the Oval Office in 1969; the Doctor promises to assist the president.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
The Ark In Space: Part Three

The Doctor and friends attempt to lure the Wirrn hatchlings towards a shuttlecraft.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:22pm EST
Day of the Moon

The Doctor is locked in a perfect prison; the FBI hunts Amy, Rory and River; the Doctor mounts a rebellion against an alien invasion.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Ark In Space: Part Four

Although fully changed into a Wirrn, the human in Noah tries desperately to break through.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:27pm EST
The Curse of the Black Spot

The Doctor aids the crew of a 17th-century pirate ship that is being attacked by a mysterious sea creature.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:32pm EST
The Doctor's Wife

The Doctor, Amy, Rory and the TARDIS are in grave danger after following a Time Lord distress signal.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:37pm EST
The Rebel Flesh

The Doctor, Amy and Rory arrive in a future Earth; the Doctor must prevent civil war when doppelgangers are liberated from their human originals.

Wednesday 29 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:40am EST
The Almost People

Factory employees must work with dopplegangers to overcome a monster; Rory locates Jennie and her ganger.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:45am EST
A Good Man Goes to War

A member of the Doctor's team is abducted; the Doctor amasses an army for the Battle of Demons Run; River Song must tell the Doctor something.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:50am EST
Let's Kill Hitler

When the TARDIS crash lands in 1930s Berlin, the Doctor comes face to face with a war criminal; the Doctor learns a harsh lesson.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:55am EST
Night Terrors
(Repeated: Wed 9:10am EST)

The Doctor and his companions come to the aid of a terrified child, whose monsters appear to be real.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:57am EST
The Girl Who Waited
(Repeated: Wed 10:12am EST)

Amy, separated from the Doctor and Rory, is trapped in a facility where alien plague victims are being quarantined.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:15am EST
The God Complex

The TARDIS lands in what looks like a 1980s Earth hotel, where each room contains the visitor's darkest fears.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:20pm EST
Closing Time

While on a farewell tour in the last days of his life, the Doctor visits an old friend, where he discovers the Cybermen siphoning energy from a department store.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:25pm EST
The Wedding of River Song

Chaos results when River Song refuses to kill the Doctor, sending them into an alternate timeline where all of time runs simultaneously.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:30pm EST
The Bells of Saint John

The Doctor searches for Clara in London, where something dangerous lurks in the Wi-Fi signals.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:35pm EST
The Rings of Akhaten

A sacrifice will be demanded during the Festival of Offerings on the planet Akhaten.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:40pm EST
Cold War

The Doctor and Clara land on a submarine in 1983 as it spirals into the depths of the ocean with a loose alien creature on board.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:40pm EST
Hide

A ghost-hunting professor and a psychic search for the Witch of the Well at a haunted house.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:45pm EST
Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

The Doctor has 30 minutes to find Clara, who is lost within the crashed TARDIS.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:47pm EST
The Crimson Horror

Bodies with waxy, glowing, red skin are found in Victorian Yorkshire.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
The Sontaran Experiment: Part One

Harry and Sarah walk into a trap while the Doctor solves a mystery.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
The Sontaran Experiment: Part Two

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:52pm EST
Nightmare in Silver

An amusement park, Hedgewick's World of Wonders, becomes the location of a deadly silver resurrection.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:57pm EST
The Name of the Doctor

The Doctor's greatest secret is discovered.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00pm EST
Deep Breath

While in Victorian-era London investigating oddities such as spontaneous combustions and a dinosaur in the Thames, Clara struggles to know the man the Doctor has become.

Thursday 30 December

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:44am EST
Listen

The Doctor and Clara are inundated with ghosts from the past and the future.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:45am EST
Time Heist

The Doctor attempts to break into the most dangerous bank in the Cosmos.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:47am EST
The Caretaker

The Skovox Blitzer prepares to destroy all of humanity; the Doctor meets Danny Pink.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:49am EST
The Magician's Apprentice

When Earth's skies are frozen by a strange alien force, Clara cannot find the Doctor, who is hiding from his past.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:55am EST
The Witch's Familiar

The Doctor finds himself trapped and companionless in a Dalek city without his sonic screwdriver or his TARDIS.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
Under the Lake

The Doctor and Clara save the frightened crew from a threat in an underwater base, but the Doctor questions the haunting.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:00am EST
Before The Flood

An alien warlord sets a twisted plan in motion in order to ensure his survival on a remote Army outpost, and the Doctor may have to do something unthinkable.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:00am EST
The Girl Who Died

The Doctor and Clara are captured by Vikings, then must help protect their village from futuristic space warriors.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:05am EST
The Woman Who Lived

While stalking London streets, a deadly highwayman called "The Knightmare" and his sidekick find unearthly loot, and must face The Doctor.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:10am EST
The Zygon Invasion

When Osgood is kidnapped by a gang of shape-shifting aliens, the Doctor, Clara and UNIT must scatter to free her.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:15am EST
The Zygon Inversion

When shapeshifting Zygons take over, both in the U.K., and in the U.S., UNIT is neutralized, and the Doctor must find a way to save his friends.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:17pm EST
Sleep No More

Based on footage discovered in the wreckage of Le Verrier Space Station, the crew's terrifying last days are revealed.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:20pm EST
Face The Raven

The Doctor, Clara and friend Rigsy find themselves in a secret alien world, and battling a strange countdown.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:25pm EST
Heaven Sent

Trapped in a world unlike any other he has seen, the Doctor faces the greatest challenge of his many lives; pursued by the fearsome creature known only as the Veil, he must attempt the impossible; if he makes it through, Gallifrey is waiting.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:40pm EST
Hell Bent

Returning to Gallifrey, the


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:05pm EST
The Pilot

When The Doctor has a chance encounter with Bill, her mind is opened to a universe that is bigger and more exciting than she could imagine.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:15pm EST
Smile

The Doctor takes Bill to a city on a distant planet, apparently without colonists; "cute" droids hold the answer.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:20pm EST
Thin Ice

London residents turn out for the 1814 Frost Fair, but revelers are disappearing through the frozen Thames.


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

Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part One

The Doctor and friends discover a plot to destroy the newest moon of Jupiter.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:20pm EST
Knock Knock

A sinister landlord shows Bill and her friends a "perfect" house to share.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Two

The Cybermen want to destroy Voga because it's made of a substance that can kill them.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:20pm EST
Oxygen

Trapped on a space station with no oxygen, the Doctor, Bill and Nardole learn that the automated spacesuits they are wearing to stay alive, are actually trying to kill them.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:20pm EST
Extremis

The Pope urges the Doctor to read the Veritas, which contains the deadly truth.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:20pm EST
The Pyramid At The End Of The World

When an "ancient" pyramid appears overnight, the world's clocks begin to count down toward its destruction, and opposing armies prepare to battle.

Friday 31 December

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

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:25am EST
The Lie Of The Land

Bill must convince the Doctor that humanity is in danger, when the world is gripped by a mass delusion.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:25am EST
Empress Of Mars

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole arrive on Mars to discover that Earth has invaded, and The Doctor must choose a side.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:25am EST
The Eaters of Light

The Doctor, Bill and Nardole hunt for the lost Ninth Roman Legion, and find themselves in the middle of an ancient battle.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:25am EST
World Enough And Time

A spaceship that is trapped in the gravity well of a black hole harbors one of The Doctor's most-feared enemies.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:30am EST
The Doctor Falls

The Doctor makes a final stand against an army of Cybermen in order to protect humans from destruction.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
6:00am EST
The Woman Who Fell to Earth

A mysterious woman who can't even remember her own name, falls from the sky.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:30am EST
The Ghost Monument

Still reeling from their first encounter, the Doctor and her new friends fight to stay alive long enough, in a hostile alien environment, to solve the mystery of Desolation; the mystery of Angstrom and Epzo.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:40am EST
Rosa

The Doctor and her friends find themselves in the Deep South of America when they arrive in Montgomery, Ala., in 1955; as they encounter a seamstress by the name of Rosa Parks, they begin to wonder if someone is attempting to change history.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:50am EST
Arachnids In The UK

The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan find their way back to Yorkshire and Yaz's family. only to find something is stirring amidst the eight-legged arachnid population of Sheffield.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
11:00am EST
The Tsuranga Conundrum

Injured and stranded in the wilds of a far-flung galaxy, The Doctor, Yaz, Graham and Ryan must band together with a group of strangers to survive against one of the universe's most deadly and unusual creatures.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
12:10pm EST
Demons Of The Punjab

The Doctor and her friends arrive in the Punjab, India, in 1947, as the country is being torn apart; while Yaz attempts to discover her grandmother's hidden history, the Doctor discovers demons haunting the land.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
1:20pm EST
Kerblam!

After receiving a mysterious package, the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan investigate the moon orbiting Kandoka.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
2:30pm EST
The Witchfinders

The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz arrive in 17th-century Lancashire and become embroiled in a witch trial, run by the local landowner; as fear stalks the land, the arrival of King James I only serves to intensify the witch hunt.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
3:35pm EST
It Takes You Away

On the edge of a Norwegian fjord, in the present day, The Doctor, Ryan, Graham and Yaz discover a boarded-up cottage and a girl named Hanne in need of their help.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
4:45pm EST
The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos

On the planet of Ranskoor Av Kolos lies the remains of a brutal battlefield, but as The Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan answer nine separate distress calls, they discover the planet holds far more secrets.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
5:50pm EST
Spyfall: Part One

When intelligence agents around the world come under attack from alien forces, MI6 turns to the Doctor; as the Doctor, Graham, Yaz and Ryan travel the globe looking for answers, attacks come from all sides.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
7:16pm EST
Spyfall: Part Two

In another dimension, and across the centuries, a terrifying plan to destroy humanity is about to reach fruition; the Doctor and her friends must escape multiple traps to defeat a deadly alliance.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:00pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Three

The Doctor returns to the Ark to recover the Tardis, but things have changed.


Show broadcasts for Retro TV
 
8:30pm EST
Revenge of the Cybermen: Part Four

Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
8:42pm EST
Orphan 55

The Doctor and her companions discover the luxury resort where they are staying is hiding a number of deadly secrets; they must discover why there are ferocious monsters attacking Tranquillity Spa.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
9:47pm EST
Nikola Tesla's Night of Terror

The year is 1903; on the edge of Niagara Falls, Nikola Tesla's generator plant is behaving strangely; something is sabotaging the maverick inventor's work.


Show broadcasts for BBC America
 
10:58pm EST
Fugitive of the Judoon

The Judoon, trigger-happy space police, are targeting 21st-century Gloucester; the Doctor, Yaz, Ryan, and Graham race back to Earth to prevent them from doing too much damage to the cathedral city.