This Week in Doctor Who
Week 43: 28 Oct - 3 Nov 2023 - All Countries
Saturday 28 October
| 8:40pm AEDT (09:40 GMT) Ascension of the Cybermen (Repeated: Sun 1:50am AEDT (Sat 14:50 GMT) ) | In the far future, the Doctor and her friends face a brutal battle across the farthest reaches of space to protect the last of the human race against the deadly Cybermen. |
| 9:40pm AEDT (10:40 GMT) The Timeless Children | In the epic and emotional season finale, the Cybermen are on the march. As the last remaining humans are ruthlessly hunted down, Graham, Ryan and Yaz face a terrifying fight to survive. Civilisations fall. Others rise anew. Lies are exposed, truths are revealed, battles are fought, and for the Doctor - trapped and alone - nothing will ever be the same again. |
| 6:25am AEDT (19:25 GMT) The Halloween Apocalypse: Flux: Chapter One (Repeated: Sun 8:25pm AEDT (09:25 GMT) / Mon 1:10am AEDT (Sun 14:10 GMT) ) | Doctor Who: Flux revolves around the Doctor's quest to recover her lost Timeless Child memories which coincides with a potentially universe-destroying threat. |
| 7:20am AEDT (20:20 GMT) War of The Sontarans: Flux: Chapter Two (Repeated: Sun 9:25pm AEDT (10:25 GMT) / Mon 1:55am AEDT (Sun 14:55 GMT) ) | Doctor Who: Flux revolves around the Doctor's quest to recover her lost Timeless Child memories which coincides with a potentially universe-destroying threat. |
Sunday 29 October
| 11:00pm PDT (06:00 GMT) Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Five (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT (11:00 GMT) ) |
| 11:30pm PDT (06:30 GMT) Invasion of the Dinosaurs: Part Six (Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT (11:30 GMT) ) |
| 6:30am GMT (06:30 GMT) Science Cafe: The Science Behind Dr Who (Related) | Science Café producer, Stuart Russell, sits in for Adam Walton, to celebrate 60 years of Doctor Who... From the same area of Scotland as Ncuti Gatwa, who plays the current Doctor, Stuart delves into the shows rich and exciting history. Doctor Who is the longest running science-fiction television series in the world, and arguably the most popular. Filmed in Wales, it has everything from time travel, to regeneration, and a mysterious sonic screwdriver, but is Dr Who purely fictional, or might there be real science to consider? To help us find out are two podcasters who seek the science in everything, Karen Collins and Emma Brisdion. |
Monday 30 October
| 11:05am AEDT (00:05 GMT) The Sontaran Stratagem (Repeated: Mon 8:30pm AEDT (09:30 GMT) ) | Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait. With the mysterious ATMOS devices spreading across the world, Donna discovers that her own family isn't safe. |
| 2:00pm GMT (14:00 GMT) Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. (Aaru) | Classic sci-fi adventure with Peter Cushing. The Doctor travels to the future, where he finds his arch-enemies, the Daleks, hatching an evil scheme to remove the Earth's core. |
Tuesday 31 October
| 11:05am AEDT (00:05 GMT) The Poison Sky (Repeated: Tue 8:30pm AEDT (09:30 GMT) ) | The Sontarans activate their master plan and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth. As interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive. |
| ~7:30pm AEDT (~08:30 GMT) Rose (Repeated: Wed 3:20am AEDT (Tue 16:20 GMT) ) | Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called the Doctor. She learns from him that her mum, her boyfriend and the whole of Planet Earth are in danger. The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue police box. |
| ~8:15pm AEDT (~09:15 GMT) The End Of The World (Repeated: Wed 4:05am AEDT (Tue 17:05 GMT) ) | The Doctor takes Rose on her first voyage through time, to the year Five Billion. The Sun is about to expand and swallow Earth. But amongst the alien races gathering to watch, a murderer is at work. |
| ~9:05pm AEDT (~10:05 GMT) The Unquiet Dead (Repeated: Wed 4:55am AEDT (Tue 17:55 GMT) ) | The Doctor takes Rose back to Wales, Christmas 1869. In Victorian Cardiff, the dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose. The time-travellers team up with Charles Dickens to investigate. |
| ~9:55pm AEDT (~10:55 GMT) Aliens of London | The Doctor takes Rose home to Earth, much to the shock of Mickey and Jackie, as she has been missing for a year. When a spaceship crash lands in the Thames, London is closed off and the whole world is put on Red Alert - while the Doctor investigates the alien survivor. Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven. |
| ~10:45pm AEDT (~11:45 GMT) World War Three | It's mankind's first interplanetary war. The Doctor, Rose and Harriet race against time to unmask the villainous Slitheen. But can the missiles be stopped? |
| ~11:30pm AEDT (~12:30 GMT) Dalek | The Doctor and Rose find themselves in an underground museum in Utah in the year 2012. The museum houses all kinds of extra-terrestrial artefacts - the only living exhibit being one of the Doctor's oldest enemies - a Dalek! |
| 12:20am AEDT (13:20 GMT) The Long Game | The Doctor, Rose and Adam arrive in the year 200,000 on a broadcasting station that transmits programming to Earth. They soon discover that any worker promoted to a position on level 500 never returns. |
| 1:05am AEDT (14:05 GMT) Father's Day |
| 1:50am AEDT (14:50 GMT) The Empty Child |
| 2:35am AEDT (15:35 GMT) The Doctor Dances (Repeated: Wed 5:45am AEDT (Tue 18:45 GMT) ) |
| 6:30am AEDT (19:30 GMT) Boom Town |
| 8:30pm CET (19:30 GMT) QI: Quests - Part 2 (Related) (Repeated: Wed 12:45am CET (Tue 23:45 GMT) / Wed 12:45pm CET (11:45 GMT) ) | Sandi Toksvig goes on the second part of QI's quest for knowledge with Susan Calman, Joe Lycett, Holly Walsh and Alan Davies. 7/8 |
| 7:20am AEDT (20:20 GMT) Bad Wolf |
| 8:10am AEDT (21:10 GMT) The Parting of the Ways |
| 9:00am AEDT (22:00 GMT) The Christmas Invasion (Repeated: Wed 7:10pm AEDT (08:10 GMT) ) | Can Rose trust a man with a new face? In the scary one hour special, Christmas becomes a time of terror on planet Earth, as the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the sinister alien Sycorax. |
| 10:05am AEDT (23:05 GMT) New Earth (Repeated: Wed 8:15pm AEDT (09:15 GMT) / Thu 3:40am AEDT (Wed 16:40 GMT) ) | The Doctor and Rose board the TARDIS for new adventures. When they visit mankind's new home in the future, they find gruesome secrets hidden in a luxury hospital. Cassandra, an enemy though long since dead, is out for revenge. |
| 10:55am AEDT (23:55 GMT) Tooth and Claw (Repeated: Wed 9:05pm AEDT (10:05 GMT) / Thu 4:25am AEDT (Wed 17:25 GMT) ) | The Doctor and Rose meet Queen Victoria while she is visiting Scotland in 1879. Unbeknown to the Queen, a band of Warrior Monks take over Torchwood Estate and make plans to gain control of the British Empire. |
Wednesday 1 November
| 11:05am AEDT (00:05 GMT) The Doctor's Daughter (Repeated: Wed 8:30pm AEDT (09:30 GMT) ) | The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life on a distant planet, in the middle of an endless war. As General Cobb threatens genocide, the Doctor faces an even greater battle. |
| 11:45am AEDT (00:45 GMT) School Reunion (Repeated: Wed 9:55pm AEDT (10:55 GMT) / Thu 5:10am AEDT (Wed 18:10 GMT) ) | The Doctor investigates a London school which is haunted by bat-like creatures. The Doctor finds his old friend already working undercover and both have old scores to settle. Rose discovers the true legacy of being a Time Lord's companion. |
| 12:35pm AEDT (01:35 GMT) The Girl in the Fireplace (Repeated: Wed 10:45pm AEDT (11:45 GMT) ) | It's 18th-century France and the court of Versailles is under attack by clockwork killers. The mistress of King Louis XV, Madame De Pompadour, calls for the mysterious man in her dreams: the Doctor. |
| 1:25pm AEDT (02:25 GMT) Rise of the Cybermen (Repeated: Wed 11:35pm AEDT (12:35 GMT) ) | After the TARDIS makes a crash landing on a parallel Earth, Rose discovers her father is alive and rich, Mickey encounters his alternative self and the Doctor meets one of his oldest and deadliest foes. |
| 2:15pm AEDT (03:15 GMT) The Age of Steel (Repeated: Thu 12:25am AEDT (Wed 13:25 GMT) ) | The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace. |
| 3:05pm AEDT (04:05 GMT) The Idiot's Lantern (Repeated: Thu 1:15am AEDT (Wed 14:15 GMT) ) | It's 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain gather to witness the great event. However, behind the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets. |
| 3:55pm AEDT (04:55 GMT) The Impossible Planet (Repeated: Thu 2:00am AEDT (Wed 15:00 GMT) / Thu 5:55am AEDT (Wed 18:55 GMT) ) | Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, in the orbit of a black hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time travellers face an even-greater danger. |
| 4:45pm AEDT (05:45 GMT) The Satan Pit (Repeated: Thu 2:50am AEDT (Wed 15:50 GMT) / Thu 6:40am AEDT (Wed 19:40 GMT) ) | Rose battles the murderous Ood and the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons. The Doctor must make the ultimate sacrifice. |
| 5:00pm AEDT (06:00 GMT) QI: Groovy (Related) (Repeated: Thu 6:30am AEDT (Wed 19:30 GMT) ) | Stephen Fry guarantees a groovy Christmas with David Tennant, Bill Bailey and Lee Mack. |
| 5:35pm AEDT (06:35 GMT) Love & Monsters (Repeated: Thu 7:30am AEDT (Wed 20:30 GMT) ) | An ordinary man called Elton becomes obsessed with the Doctor and Rose and their mysterious blue box. His harmless hobby suddenly plunges him into a living nightmare. |
| 6:25pm AEDT (07:25 GMT) Fear Her (Repeated: Thu 8:15am AEDT (Wed 21:15 GMT) ) | When the TARDIS lands in 2012, the Doctor and Rose discover a desperate mother is hiding her daughter's unearthly powers. Can the Doctor defeat the danger nestling within this ordinary household? |
| 7:30pm GMT (19:30 GMT) Talking Doctor Who (Factual) (Repeated: Thu 1:30am GMT (01:30 GMT) ) |
| 8:30pm GMT (20:30 GMT) Doctor Who at 60: A Musical Celebration (Music) (Repeated: Thu 2:30am GMT (02:30 GMT) ) |
| 9:00am AEDT (22:00 GMT) Army of Ghosts (Repeated: Thu 7:05pm AEDT (08:05 GMT) / Fri 4:10am AEDT (Thu 17:10 GMT) ) | The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home but as the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, the whole of modern-day Earth threatens to fall to an almighty invasion force. |
| 9:50am AEDT (22:50 GMT) Doomsday (Repeated: Thu 7:50pm AEDT (08:50 GMT) / Fri 4:55am AEDT (Thu 17:55 GMT) ) | It's the end of an epic journey as two mighty armies wage war across Earth. As an unstoppable terror emerges, the Doctor faces his greatest dilemma: does saving the world mean the death of Rose? |
| 10:40am AEDT (23:40 GMT) The Runaway Bride (Repeated: Thu 8:40pm AEDT (09:40 GMT) ) | 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 wedding frock. Who is she? And how did she get on board the Tardis? Can the Doctor get Donna to the church on time? Bride-to-be Donna mysteriously vanishes as she prepares to marry her boyfriend Lance in a glittering ceremony on Christmas Eve. To her complete astonishment, she suddenly appears in the Tardis with the Doctor. As the Tardis races to get to the church on time, the Doctor and Donna are closely watched by the sinister figure of The Empress of Racnoss from space. It soon becomes clear that Donna is the key to an ancient alien plan to destroy the Earth. |
Thursday 2 November
| 11:05am AEDT (00:05 GMT) The Unicorn and the Wasp (Repeated: Thu 8:30pm AEDT (09:30 GMT) ) | The Doctor and Donna arrive in 1926, the day before Agatha Christie went missing for 10 days. At a dinner party, the Doctor and Donna join forces with the world's most famous crime novelist. |
| 11:45am AEDT (00:45 GMT) Smith and Jones (Repeated: Thu 9:45pm AEDT (10:45 GMT) ) | For Martha Jones, a medical student in Central London, an ordinary day turns into a nightmare when her entire hospital is transported to the moon. There, she has to battle the Judoon and outwit a blood-sucking Plasmavore, but can she trust a mysterious stranger called the Doctor? |
| 12:35pm AEDT (01:35 GMT) The Shakespeare Code (Repeated: Thu 10:35pm AEDT (11:35 GMT) ) | For Martha's first trip in the TARDIS, the Doctor takes her back in time, to Elizabethan England. When they find William Shakespeare under the control of deadly witch-like creatures, they must battle forces from the dawn of the universe to stop history being changed forever. |
| 1:25pm AEDT (02:25 GMT) Gridlock (Repeated: Thu 11:25pm AEDT (12:25 GMT) ) | The Doctor takes Martha to the planet New Earth, in the far future. When they find the streets being ruled by the sinister Pharmacists, they must discover the terrible secret at the heart of the city. |
| 2:15pm AEDT (03:15 GMT) Daleks in Manhattan (Repeated: Fri 12:15am AEDT (Thu 13:15 GMT) ) | The Tardis lands in 1930s New York and people are disappearing off the streets. At the very top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor's oldest enemies are at work, preparing their most audacious plan yet. |
| 3:05pm AEDT (04:05 GMT) Evolution of the Daleks (Repeated: Fri 1:05am AEDT (Thu 14:05 GMT) ) | Dalek Sec is reborn in human form and plans to build an empire in 1930s New York. While Martha fights for her life, the Doctor must enter into an unholy alliance to change Dalek history forever. |
| 3:55pm AEDT (04:55 GMT) The Lazarus Experiment (Repeated: Fri 1:55am AEDT (Thu 14:55 GMT) / Fri 5:45am AEDT (Thu 18:45 GMT) ) | Could this be the end of Martha's travels with the Doctor? When she finds her family is caught up in the scheming of Professor Lazarus and his Genetic Manipulation Device, it's a fight for survival. |
| 4:40pm AEDT (05:40 GMT) 42 (Repeated: Fri 2:40am AEDT (Thu 15:40 GMT) / Fri 6:30am AEDT (Thu 19:30 GMT) ) | A spaceship hurtles out of control towards a boiling sun with the Doctor and Martha trapped on board. They have only 42 minutes to uncover the saboteurs, and the Doctor is running out of time. |
| 5:30pm AEDT (06:30 GMT) Human Nature (Repeated: Fri 3:25am AEDT (Thu 16:25 GMT) / Fri 7:20am AEDT (Thu 20:20 GMT) ) | It's 1913 in England. When lights in the sky herald the arrival of something strange and terrible, Martha has to convince an ordinary schoolteacher named John Smith that he alone can save the world. |
| 6:20pm AEDT (07:20 GMT) The Family of Blood (Repeated: Fri 8:10am AEDT (Thu 21:10 GMT) ) | It's 1913 and war has come early as the terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor. John Smith refuses to accept his destiny and Martha and Joan have to take terrible measures to save the whole of history. |
| 9:00am AEDT (22:00 GMT) Blink (Repeated: Fri 7:30pm AEDT (08:30 GMT) / Sat 3:15am AEDT (Fri 16:15 GMT) ) | When people start disappearing, a young woman finds cryptic messages bleeding through from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor. Can she decipher them before the Weeping Angels claim their prize? |
| 9:50am AEDT (22:50 GMT) Utopia (Repeated: Fri 8:20pm AEDT (09:20 GMT) / Sat 4:00am AEDT (Fri 17:00 GMT) ) | As Captain Jack storms back into the Doctor's life the Tardis is thrown to the end of the universe. There they find the savage Futurekind ruling the wilderness while a lonely Professor tries in vain to save the last of the human race. |
| 10:40am AEDT (23:40 GMT) The Sound of Drums (Repeated: Fri 9:10pm AEDT (10:10 GMT) / Sat 4:50am AEDT (Fri 17:50 GMT) ) | Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister and he announces humankind's first contact with an alien race. An audacious plan, spanning the whole of time and space, begins to close around Earth. |
Friday 3 November
| 8:00pm EDT (00:00 GMT) Doctor Who (the actual episode broadcast is unknown) |
| 11:05am AEDT (00:05 GMT) Silence in the Library (Repeated: Fri 8:30pm AEDT (09:30 GMT) ) | One hundred years ago, the Universe's greatest library was sealed off with only a cryptic warning as explanation: "Count the shadows." However, it now appears that the shadows are on the move again. |
| 11:30am AEDT (00:30 GMT) Last of the Time Lords (Repeated: Fri 10:00pm AEDT (11:00 GMT) ) | Earth has been conquered and the Master rules supreme, with the Doctor a helpless prisoner. The entire human race has been reduced to slavery. Only Martha Jones can save the world. |
| 12:20pm AEDT (01:20 GMT) Voyage of the Damned (Repeated: Fri 10:50pm AEDT (11:50 GMT) ) | A spaceship is transporting voyagers from Sto to experience Christmas on Earth. |
| 1:35pm AEDT (02:35 GMT) Partners in Crime (Repeated: Sat 12:05am AEDT (Fri 13:05 GMT) ) | Donna Noble is determined to find the Doctor again, even if it means braving the villainous Miss Foster. But when the alien threat escalates, can Donna find the Doctor before time runs out? |
| 2:30pm AEDT (03:30 GMT) The Fires of Pompeii (Repeated: Sat 12:55am AEDT (Fri 13:55 GMT) ) | The Doctor and Donna travel back into ancient history to old Pompeii. The time travellers face their greatest challenge yet: can established history be changed, or must the Doctor let everyone die? |
| 3:20pm AEDT (04:20 GMT) Planet of the Ood (Repeated: Sat 1:45am AEDT (Fri 14:45 GMT) ) | The Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world, but the Ood-Sphere reveals some terrible truths about the human race. |
| 4:10pm AEDT (05:10 GMT) The Sontaran Stratagem (Repeated: Sat 2:30am AEDT (Fri 15:30 GMT) / Sat 5:40am AEDT (Fri 18:40 GMT) ) | Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy lies in wait. With the mysterious ATMOS devices spreading across the world, Donna discovers that even her own family isn't safe. |
| 5:00pm AEDT (06:00 GMT) The Poison Sky (Repeated: Sat 6:30am AEDT (Fri 19:30 GMT) ) | The Sontarans activate their master plan and begin to choke the whole of planet Earth. As interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive. |
| 5:50pm AEDT (06:50 GMT) The Doctor's Daughter (Repeated: Sat 7:20am AEDT (Fri 20:20 GMT) ) | The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life on a distant planet, in the middle of an endless war. As General Cobb threatens genocide, the Doctor faces an even greater battle. |
| 6:40pm AEDT (07:40 GMT) The Unicorn and the Wasp (Repeated: Sat 8:10am AEDT (Fri 21:10 GMT) ) | The Doctor and Donna arrive in 1926, the day before Agatha Christie went missing for 10 days. At a dinner party, the Doctor and Donna join forces with the world's most famous crime novelist. |
| 6:25am AEDT (19:25 GMT) Once, Upon Time: Flux: Chapter Three | Doctor Who: Flux revolves around the Doctor's quest to recover her lost Timeless Child memories which coincides with a potentially universe-destroying threat. |
| 7:20am AEDT (20:20 GMT) Village of the Angels: Flux: Chapter Four | Doctor Who: Flux revolves around the Doctor's quest to recover her lost Timeless Child memories which coincides with a potentially universe-destroying threat. |
| 9:00am AEDT (22:00 GMT) Silence in the Library | One hundred years ago, the Universe's greatest library was sealed off with only a cryptic warning as explanation: "Count the shadows." However, it now appears that the shadows are on the move again. |
| 9:45am AEDT (22:45 GMT) Forest of the Dead | As the shadows rise and march, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. But can anyone stop the Vashta Nerada? Meanwhile, the sinister Nodes declare that Donna is doomed. |
| 10:35am AEDT (23:35 GMT) Midnight | The Doctor is trapped, alone, powerless and terrified, on the leisure planet Midnight. Soon, the knocking on the wall begins. Only a woman called Sky seems to know the truth. What sacrifice must the Doctor make? |