Doctor Who On This Day #115

1964 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode

 3: The Screaming Jungle first screened

 on BBCtv

1966 - The Web Planet, Episode 4:

Crater of Needles repeated on ABC

1968 - The Ark, Episode 2: The Plague, The Celestial

Toymaker, Episode 2: The Hall of Dolls, The Gunfighters,
Episode 2: Don't Shoot the Pianist, The Savages, Episode
2 and The Smugglers, Episode 2 all repeated on ABC

1970 - The Ambassadors of Death,

Episode 6 first screened on BBC1

1971 - The Space Pirates, Episodes

2, 3 and 5 repeated and Episode 6

 first screened, all on ABC

1975 - The Silurians, Episode 3 first screened on TV1; and
The Time Warrior, Part 4 repeated and Death to the Daleks,
Part 3 repeated and Part 4 first screened, all on ABC

1976 - Robot, Part 2 first screened

on ABC

1978 - The Hand of Fear, Part 2

repeated on ABC

1979 - The Pirate Planet, Part 4 repeated and The Stones
of Blood, Part 2 first screened, both on ABC; and Dr. Who
 and the Daleks screened on TV2

1981 - The Sontaran Experiment,

Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1982 - The Sontaran Experiment Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus; and Dr. Who and the Daleks screened on Nine

1983 - Castrovalva Omnibus first screened on WTTW 11;
Four to Doomsday, Part 3 first screened on TV1; and Time 
Flight, Part 4 repeated and Arc of Infinity, Part 1 first
 screened, both on ABC

1984 - The Masque of Mandragora, Part 3 repeated on
KQED Plus; and State of Decay, Part 2 repeated on ABC

1985 - The Three Doctors, Episode

3 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Full Circle, Part 3 repeated

on KQED Plus

1987 - The Silurians, Episode 6 repeated on KQED Plus;
and The Android Invasion, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on ABC
1988 - Planet of Evil, Part 4 repeated on TV de Galicia;
and State of Decay Omnibus repeated on WTTW 11
1989 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs,

Part 2 repeated on KQED Plus

1990 - The Caves of Androzani, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus
1993 - The Sea Devils Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; and Mawdryn

Undead, Part 2 repeated on ABC

1994 - The Creature from the Pit,

Part 3 repeated on UK Gold

1995 - The Claws of Axos, Episode 1 repeated on UK
Gold; The Armageddon Factor Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus; and Mindwarp, Part 8 repeated on VOX
1997 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

6 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1998 - The Daleks, Episode 1: The Dead Planet repeated
on Space; and Resurrection of the Daleks and Planet of

Fire Omnibuses both repeated on UKTV (Aus)

1999 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode

5: Sentence of Death and The Android

Invasion, Part 1 both repeated on WQED;

The Gunfighters, Episode 2: Don't Shoot

The Pianist repeated on Space; The

 Ambassadors of Death, Episodes 2 and

3 both repeated on KBTC; The Daemons,

Episodes 3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV;

The Monster of Peladon, Parts 4 and 5 both

repeated on LPB; The Sontaran Experiment,

Part 2 repeated on Lakeshore PTV; Genesis

of the Daleks, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

MiND; The Deadly Assassin Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; Meglos Omnibus repeated on

KSPS; and Terminus, Part 1 repeated on WUSF

2000 - The War Machines, Episode 2 repeated on UKTV
(Aus); and Spearhead from Space, Episode 1 repeated
 on TG4
2001 - The Deadly Assassin, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on BBC America; The Invasion of Time, Part 1 repeated on
UKTV (Aus); and The Stones of Blood, Part 2 repeated on
Prime

2002 - The Hand of Fear, Part 2 repeated on BBC Kids
(Can); Delta and the Bannermen, Part 2 repeated on BBC
Prime; and Dragonfire, Part 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)
2003 - Death to the Daleks Omnibus repeated

on UK Gold; and The Horns of Nimon, Parts

3 and 4 both repeated on BBC Kids (Can)
2004 - The Krotons, Episodes 1 and 2 both repeated on
KBTC; The Silurians Omnibus repeated on MPT; The Android 
Invasion, Part 2 repeated on NHPTV; The Invisible Enemy 
Omnibus repeated on UK Gold; The Power of Kroll, Parts 1
and 2 both repeated on Iowa PTV; Castrovalva, Part 4
repeated on WILL and Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids
(Can); Snakedance, Part 2 repeated on KUED; and Attack 
of the Cybermen, Parts 1 and 2 (of 4) both repeated on
MiND

2005 - The Stones of Blood, Part 1 repeated on ABC
2007 - The Unquiet Dead and Doctor Who Confidential:
TARDIS Tales both first screened on KQED Plus; and The
Long Game and Father's Day both first screened on KOCE
2008 - The Mind Robber, Episode 5 and The Krotons,

Episode 1 both first screened on MTV3 SciFi and TV4;

The Empty Child repeated on ABC2; Tooth and Claw

and Doctor Who Confidential: Fear Factor both first

screened on WGVU and KQED Plus; and Daleks in

Manhattan repeated on Syfy (US)

2009 - The Space Museum and The Chase Omnibuses 

both repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; New Earth and 

Doctor Who Confidential: New New Doctor both

repeated on WTTW 11; School Reunion and Doctor Who 

Confidential Cutdown: Friends Reunited both repeated 

on UKTV (Aus); The Idiot's Lantern repeated on KQED 

Plus and Syfy (Rus); 42 first screened on OETA; Utopia

 and Doctor Who Confidential: 'Ello 'Ello 'Ello both

repeated on WGVU; and Last of the Time Lords

first screened on HRT2

2010 - Human Nature first screened on WVPB; Last of the

Time Lords repeated and Doctor Who Confidential: The

Valiant Quest first screened, both on WXXI; Smith and

Jones repeated on WTTW 11; The Sontaran Stratagem

repeated on Idaho PTV; The Stolen Earth and Doctor Who

Confidential: Friends and Foe both first screened on

Houston PM; The Beast Below first screened on Space

and ABC1; The Time of Angels repeated on BBC3; and

Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown: All About the

Girl first screened on ABC1

2011 - The Creature from the Pit, Parts 3 and

4 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi, TV2 and TV4

2012 - Frontios, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Syfy (Aus);
Vengeance on Varos, Part 2 repeated on MTV3 SciFi and TV4; 
Turn Left repeated on BBC America; Flesh and Stone repeated
on BBC Entertainment AP; and Night Terrors and Doctor Who
Confidential Cutdown: About A Boy both repeated on ABC2

2013 - Army of Ghosts repeated on Watch; Doomsday
repeated on BBC Entertainment AP; Planet of the Ood first
screened on YLE TV2; The Eleventh Hour repeated on DR3;
Flesh and Stone, The Vampires of Venice, The Snowmen,
The Bells of Saint John and The Rings of Akhaten all
repeated on BBC America; The Rebel Flesh repeated

 on UKTV (NZ); Let's Kill Hitler repeated on Syfy

 (Port); and Cold War first screened on Prime
2014 - The Seeds of Death, Episodes 2 and 3 both first
screened on Horror; Meglos, Part 4, Kinda, Part 3, The
Idiot's Lantern and The Time of Angels all repeated on Syfy
(Aus); Rose repeated on KCPT2; The Long Game and Father's
 Day both repeated on BBC America; Utopia and The Sound of 

Drums both repeated on Really Scary TV; The Next Doctor

repeated on
KLRU; Flesh and Stone and The Vampires of Venice both repeated on Fox
(FRG); The Doctor's Wife repeated on Syfy (Port); The Curse of the Black 
Spot repeated on Ztélé and Syfy (Port; The Almost People repeated on BBC
Nordic; A Good Man Goes to War and Let's Kill Hitler both repeated on
BBC3; The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe repeated on BBC Nordic
HD and BBC Polska HD; and The Snowmen repeated on WGVU

2015 - The Three Doctors Omnibus and Revenge of the
Cybermen, Parts 3 and 4 all repeated and Arc of Infinity,
Parts 3 and 4 both first screened,
all on Retro TV; The Ribos Operation Omnibus repeated on Horror; Aliens 
of London, World War Three, Dalek, The Long Game and Father's Day all 
repeated on Syfy (Aus); School Reunion and Doctor Who Confidential: 
Friends Reunited both repeated on UNC-MX; Planet of the Ood repeated

on UKTV (NZ); The Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks and Doctor

Who Confidential: All About the Girl all repeated on BBC Entertainment 

EU, Romania and ME; Day of the Moon repeated on UKTV (Aus) and
OETA; The Curse of the Black Spot repeated on UKTV (Aus) and Jeem

TV (ME); The Doctor's Wife repeated on UKTV (Aus); The God Complex, 
Closing Time, The Wedding of River Song and Asylum of the Daleks all
repeated on BBC Nordic HD and BBC Polska HD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
 repeated on BBC Nordic HD, BBC Polska HD and WGVU; The Rings of 

Akhaten and Cold War both repeated on Space; In the Forest of the

 Night repeated on TLC TV; and Doctor Who Confidential:

The Writer's Tale repeated on BBC Entertainment AP
2016 - The Monster of Peladon, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated
 on WETA-UK; Boom Town repeated on BBC Polska HD; Utopia
repeated on TV Cultura;

Smith and Jones and The Impossible Astronaut both repeated on Syfy
(Aus); The Stolen Earth and Doctor Who Confidential: Friends and Foe 
both repeated on ABC2; Amy's Choice repeated on BBC Entertainment

AP; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated on Syfy (Port); 
The Day of the Doctor repeated on Syfy (LA) and Syfy (Bra); 
The Caretaker repeated on BBC First (ME); Kill the Moon repeated 
on LPB; Flatline repeated on KUAC; The Zygon Inversion repeated 
on Syfy (LA); and Hell Bent first screened on RAI4
2017 - The Green Death, Episode 4 repeated on The Zone; 
Mindwarp, Part 8 and Terror of the Vervoids, Part 9 both 
repeated on Retro TV; The Long Game and Father's Day

both repeated and 
Class, Episode 4 first screened, all on One ARD; The Fires of 
Pompeii, Planet of the Ood, The Sontaran Stratagem, The Poison 
Sky, The Doctor's Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp all 
repeated on BBC America; The Next Doctor and Planet of the Ood
both repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Eleventh Hour, Part 2 (of 2)
repeated on FX (Ind); The Rebel Flesh and Before the Flood both
 repeated on Syfy (Aus); The Wedding of River Song and Asylum 
of the Daleks both repeated on Syfy (Bra); and Face the Raven 
and Sleep No More both repeated on Syfy (LA)
2018 - The Web Planet, Episode 6: The Centre and The 
Space Museum, Episode 1 both repeated on Retro TV; The 
Satan Pit repeated on W; A Good Man Goes to War repeated
on Star World Premiere; Deep Breath repeated on ABC ME;
Dark Water and Death in Heaven both repeated on Sony SciFi;
and The Pyramid at the End of the World repeated on Syfy

(Bra)

2019 - The War Games, Episodes 9

and 10 both repeated on Retro TV;

and World Enough and Time repeated

 on BBC Polska HD

2020 - The Mutants, Episodes 4 and 5, Underworld, Parts 3 and
4 and The Invasion of Time, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on Retro
TV; Time Heist and The Caretaker both repeated on BBC Polska
HD; Oxygen, Empress of Mars, The Pyramid at the End of the 
World and The Lie of the Land all repeated on Syfy (Fra); and

The Haunting of Villa Diodati and Ascension of the Cybermen

both repeated on Sony SciFi

2021 - Image of the Fendahl Omnibus

repeated on MPTV; The Deadly Assassin

Omnibus repeated on Iowa PTV; Terror

of the Vervoids, Parts 3 and 4 both

repeated on KBTC; The Sontaran

Stratagem, The Poison Sky, The Doctor's

Daughter and The Unicorn and the Wasp

 all repeated on BBC First Turkey; and

Journey's End, The Eleventh Hour, The

Beast Below, Victory of the Daleks and

The Time of Angels all repeated on W

2022 - Partners in Crime repeated on

Fox SciFi; The Unicorn and the Wasp,

Silence in the Library and The Waters

of Mars all repeated on Syfy (Fra); The

Stolen Earth and Journey's End both

repeated on BBC America; and Let's Kill

Hitler and Revolution of the Daleks both

repeated on BBC First Turkey

2023 - The Ark, Episodes 1 and

2 both repeated on Retro TV; and

The Doctor Falls and Twice Upon

a Time both repeated on Fox SciFi

2024 - Space Babies and The Devil's

Chord both screened at the Regent

Street Cinema, London

2025 - Lux repeated on BBC2; and

The Girl Who Waited repeated on ABC

Entertains

2026 - The Rescue Omnibus repeated

on Retro TV; and The Time of the Doctor

repeated on BBC3

Doctor Who Vs. Messiah, Series 5

A BBC Northern Ireland and Great Meadow

co-production, this dark thriller (the fourth

and final sequel to Messiah - based on Boris

Starling's novel), was an original screenplay

from Oliver Brown. 

Northampton-born actor Marc Warren now

led the cast as DCI Joseph Walker, alongside

Daniel Ryan and Marsha Thomason as Met

Police Detective Sergeants Terry Hedges and

Mel Palmer.

First shown over two consecutive nights in 

January 2008, Messiah V (subtitled The

Rapture) featured Olivia Lovibond, Anton

Lesser, and these thirteen Doctor Who cast

and crew connections:

• Warren was Elton Pope in Love & Monsters
• Ryan was Biff Cane in Midnight
• Rory [Michael] Kinnear (Dean) voiced Samuel Belfrage for Big Finish's Industrial Evolution (2011)
• Niall MacGregor (Moore) voiced Robert for Home Truths (2008), The Drowned World (2009) and The Guardian of the Solar System (2010)
• [Oluwakemi] Nina Sosanya (Sarah) was Trish Webber in Fear Her, and voiced Captain Anna Maynard for Aquitaine (2016)
• Sasha Behar (Salma) was Spurrina in The Fires of Pompeii, then voiced the Presidential Aide for Songs of Love, Ladonne/Tessno for Stop the Clock (both 2017), Admiral Eno for The Lifeboat and the Deathboat (2019), Talarn/Bullet 2/Thayla for Dust Devil, and Diana Hendry for The Seas of Titan (both 2022)
• Paul Kennington was also a stuntman on Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday and The Doctor's Daughter 
• Nicholas Brown was also first assistant director on eight episodes (from The Curse of the Black Spot to The Name of the Doctor)
• Roger Dobson, Nigel Squibbs and Tony Gibson all worked on An Adventure in Space and Time too
• Adam Ridge was a boom operator on Music of the Spheres too
• ADR recordist Paul McFadden was dialogue/sound editor on eighty-two instalments of the revived run (from Rose to The Power of Three), Time Crash, The Infinite Quest, Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures