1956 - BBC1 Controller Lorraine
Heggessey born in Middlesex
1963 - The first ever Doctor Who
TV trailer broadcast [today was the
planned premiere date for An
Unearthly Child]
1966 - Marco Polo, Episode 5: Rider from Shang-Tu, The Aztecs,
Episode 1: The Temple of Evil, The Reign of Terror, Episodes 1 and
5, Planet of Giants, Episode 3: Crisis, The Romans, Episode 1: The
Slave Traders and The Myth Makers, Episode 3: Death of a Spy all
repeated on ABC
1968 - The Invasion, Episode 3
first screened on BBC1
1972 - The Ambassadors of Death,
Episode 4 repeated on ABC
1973 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 2 and 4 and The Time
Monster, Episode 4 repeated and Frontier in Space, Episode 2
first screened, all on ABC
1978 - The Face of Evil, Part 3
repeated on ABC
1981 - Carnival of Monsters, Episode
1 repeated on BBC2
1982 - The Talons of Weng-Chiang, Part
6 repeated on KQED Plus; and The Sun
Makers, Part 2 repeated on ABC
1983 - The Seeds of Doom, Part 1 repeated
on ABC; and Full Circle, Part 2 repeated on
KQED Plus
1984 - The Sea Devils, Episode 2 and Black
Orchid Omnibus both repeated on KQED Plus
1985 - The Seeds of Doom, Part
5 repeated on KQED Plus
1986 - The Sun Makers Omnibus
repeated on KQED Plus
1987 - Delta and the Bannermen,
Part 3 first screened on BBC1
1988 - The Silurians, Episode 1 repeated on KQED
Plus; Dragonfire, Part 2 first screened on ABC; and
The Happiness Patrol, Part 3 first screened on BBC1
1989 - City of Death, Part 1 repeated on
KQED Plus; and Remembrance of the
Daleks, Part 4 repeated on ABC
1990 - Robot, Part 4 repeated on KQED Plus;
and Survival, Part 3 first screened on ABC
1991 - The Ambassadors of Death, Episode
6 repeated on TV2; and The Mutants
Omnibus and The Two Doctors, Part 6
(of 6) both repeated on KQED Plus
1992 - Planet of Giants, Episode 1 repeated on UK Gold
1993 - The Chase, Episode 1: The Executioners repeated
on UK Gold; and Underworld, Part 3 repeated on ABC
1994 - Mindwarp, Part 6 repeated on UK Gold
1995 - The Hand of Fear, Part 4 repeated on UK Gold
1996 - The Mind Robber Omnibus repeated on UKTV (Aus)
1997 - The Keeper of Traken Omnibus repeated on UK Gold
1998 - The Aztecs, Episode 2: The Warriors of Death repeated
on Space; Mawdryn Undead, Part 2 repeated on UKTV (Aus);
and The Mysterious Planet Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus
1999 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 2: The Velvet
Web repeated on Space; Spearhead from Space,
Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC2; and
Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2000 - The Daemons, Episode 3 repeated on Prime; Invasion
of the Dinosaurs, Part 5 repeated on UKTV (Aus); Revenge of
the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC America;
and Kinda, Part 1 repeated on BBC Prime
2001 - The Sontaran Experiment, Part 1 repeated on BBC
Kids (Can); Warriors' Gate, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on
NHPTV; and Planet of Fire, Part 3 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2002 - The Armageddon Factor Omnibus repeated
on KERA; Logopolis, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids
(Can); Planet of Fire Omnibus repeated on UK
Gold; and Timelash, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both
repeated on Colorado PTV
2003 - The Edge of Destruction Omnibus
repeated on MPT; The Romans, Episodes 3
and 4 both repeated on KBTC; The Ambassadors
of Death, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on
Colorado PTV; Planet of Evil, Part 2 repeated
on WCNY; The Sun Makers Omnibus repeated
on BBC Kids (Can); Image of the Fendahl, Parts
1 and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Full Circle,
Part 4 repeated on WILL; The Visitation, Part 1
repeated on KUED; Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1
and 2 both repeated on MiND; Frontios Omnibus
repeated on UK Gold; and Paradise Towers,
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on WCET
2004 - Revenge of the Cybermen,
Part 4 repeated on ABC
2005 - The Awakening, Part 1 repeated on
ABC; and Father's Day first screened on NRK2
2006 - The Empty Child repeated on Yes Action;
and Totally Doctor Who (#1.10) repeated on CBBC
2007 - Rose and Doctor Who Confidential: Bringing
Back the Doctor both repeated on WPBT2; The Long
Game and Doctor Who Confidential: The Dark Side
both first screened on WGVU; and Time Crash first
screened on BBC1 during Children In Need
2008 - The Unquiet Dead repeated on WCET;
The Long Game repeated on Idaho PTV; The
Empty Child and Doctor Who Confidential:
Special Effects both repeated on KERA; New
Earth repeated on Ozarks PTV; School Reunion
repeated on WTVP; Rise of the Cybermen and
Doctor Who Confidential: Cybermen both repeated
on UNC-TV; The Age of Steel and Doctor Who
Confidential: From Zero to Hero both repeated
on MPTV; Army of Ghosts repeated on WXXI and
WTTW 11; Doctor Who Confidential: Welcome to
Torchwood repeated on WTTW 11; and Grand
Theft Cosmos first broadcast on Radio 7
2009 - Rose repeated on Syfy (FRG); Tooth
and Claw repeated on Syfy (Spa); The Idiot's
Lantern repeated on KVCR; The Sound of
Drums first screened on WTTW 11; Last of
the Time Lords and Doctor Who Confidential
Cutdown: The Valiant Quest both repeated on
ABC2; and Blink first screened on Syfy (Spa)
and repeated on Syfy (Ben)
2010 - Planet of the Ood and Vincent and the Doctor
both repeated on Space; The Poison Sky and Doctor
Who Confidential Cutdown: Sontar-Ha! both repeated
on UKTV (Aus); and Greatest Moments: Martha
repeated on BBC3
2011 - The Creature from the Pit, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on Syfy (Aus); Mawdryn Undead, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4; The Doctor Dances and Doctor
Who Confidential Cutdown: Alter Ego both repeated on UKTV
(Aus); New Earth repeated on BBC America; and Utopia
repeated on Space
2012 - The Time of Angels repeated on BBC3;
Dinosaurs on a Spaceship repeated on BBC
America; and The Great Detective first
screened [Children In Need] on BBC1
2013 - The Next Doctor repeated on BBC3; Planet of the Dead
and Victory of the Daleks both repeated on BBC Nordic; The
Waters of Mars and The End of Time, Part 1 both repeated on
BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; The Hungry Earth repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA; The Lodger, The Pandorica Opens
and The Big Bang all repeated on France 4; The Impossible
Astronaut and Day of the Moon both repeated on BBC3, BBC
Entertainment EU, Romania, ME and Watch; The Curse of
the Black Spot and The Best of the Doctor both repeated
on BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME; The God Complex,
Closing Time and The Wedding of River Song all repeated
on BBC Entertainment AP; The Doctor, the Widow and the
Wardrobe and Asylum of the Daleks both repeated on
BBC Entertainment AP and Fox (FRG); Dinosaurs on a
Spaceship repeated on BBC Entertainment LA, Syfy (Port),
Syfy (Spa) and Fox; A Town Called Mercy and The Power
of Three both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA, Fox and
Really Scary TV; The Angels Take Manhattan and The
Bells of Saint John both repeated on BBC Entertainment
LA HD and Really Scary TV; The Rings of Akhaten repeated
on BBC Entertainment LA and Jeem TV (ME); Cold War
repeated on BBC3 and BBC Entertainment LA; Nightmare
in Silver and The Name of the Doctor both first screened
on Karusel; Prequel: The Night of the Doctor released
on BBC Red Button; Greatest Monsters and Villain,
Parts 6: The Ice Warriors, 5: The Cybermen and 4:
The Silence all first screened on BBC3; The Doctors
Revisited: The Second Doctor repeated on UKTV
(NZ); The Doctors Revisited: The Eleventh Doctor
first screened on Watch; and Doctor Who and
the Daleks, Episodes 1 and 2 first broadcast on
Radio 4 Extra
2014 - The Gunfighters, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
Spearhead from Space Omnibus first screened on Drama; The Seeds
of Doom, Part repeated on KPTS; The Masque of Mandragora Omnibus
repeated on Horror; The Leisure Hive, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on
KBTC; The Visitation, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Battlefield Omnibus, Bad Wolf, The Parting of the Ways, The Doctors
Revisited: The First Doctor and A Farewell to Matt Smith all repeated
on Watch; The End of the World and Doctor Who Confidential: The
Good, the Bad and the Ugly both repeated on UNC-TV; The Long
Game repeated on KNCT; New Earth repeated on Iowa PTV; The
Christmas Invasion repeated on WILL; Utopia repeated on KCPT;
The Sound of Drums repeated on KCPT and UKTV (NZ); The
Stolen Earth, Journey's End, The Eleventh Hour and The
Beast Below all repeated on KCPT2;
The Hungry Earth repeated on Idaho PTV; The Lodger repeated on
WPT; A Good Man Goes to War repeated on KLRU; The Girl Who
Waited repeated on OETA; Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs
on a Spaceship both repeated on RAI4; The Snowmen repeated
on WTTW Prime; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on BBC
Entertainment EU, Romania and ME; Kill the Moon first
screened on BBC Entertainment AP; In the Forest of the
Night first screened on YLE TV2 and repeated on BBC
Entertainment LA HD; Dark Water first screened on BBC
Polska; Death In Heaven first screened on Prime; and
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Death of the Doctor
Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2015 - The Green Death, Episodes 5 and 6 both repeated
on Horror; The Seeds of Doom, Part 2, Castrovalva, Part
4 and Evolution of the Daleks all repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Last of the Time Lord repeated on TV Cultura; Turn
Left repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; The Stolen
Earth and Journey's End both repeated on BBC America;
The Impossible Astronaut and Day of the Moon both
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Journey
to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Syfy (Port);
Dark Water repeated on LPB; The Zygon Invasion first
screened on KBS2 and YLE TV2; The Zygon Inversion
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; and Sleep No More
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP and ABC2
2016 - The Android Invasion, Parts 2 and 3 both repeated
on Retro TV; The Impossible Planet and Last Christmas both
repeated on BBC America; Gridlock repeated on BBC Polska
HD; The End of Time, Part 2 and Robot of Sherwood both
repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Beast Below, Victory of the
Daleks, Vincent and the Doctor and The Lodger all
repeated on Syfy (LA); The Big Bang repeated on BBC
Entertainment AP; The Almost People repeated on Syfy
(Bra); Night Terrors repeated on The Zone; Listen an
Time Heist both repeated on RAI4; and Kill the Moon
repeated on One ARD
2017 - The Ribos Operation, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on Retro TV;
The Keeper of Traken, Part 1 repeated on Jones! too; The Christmas
Invasion repeated on The Box; Evolution of the Daleks repeated on
Syfy (Aus); The Lazarus Experiment repeated on BBC Polska HD;
Turn Left, The Stolen Earth and Journey's End all repeated on BBC
America; The Lodger and The Pandorica Opens both repeated
on Space; The Girl Who Waited and The God Complex both
repeated on DR3; and The Caretaker repeated on BBC First
(ME)
2018 - The Claws of Axos, Episodes 3 and 4 and The Daemons,
Episode 1 all repeated on Jones! too; The Lie of the Land and
Doctor Who Extra: Death in Heaven both repeated on BBC
Polska HD; and D
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