Thursday, 16 November 2023

Doctor Who On This Day #320


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-TuThe Aztecs,
Episode 1: The Temple of EvilThe Reign of Terror, Episodes 1 and 
5, Planet of Giants, Episode 3: CrisisThe 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 MonstersEpisode
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 SurvivalPart 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 DeathEpisodes 4 and 5 both repeated on Colorado PTV; Planet of 
EvilPart 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 LodgerThe 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 
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 Warriors5: 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 WolfThe Parting of the WaysThe 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 EarthJourney's EndThe 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 BelowVictory of the
DaleksVincent 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 TrakenPart 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 Demons of the Punjab first screened on TV2
(NZ) and Sony SciFi
2019 The Caves of Androzani, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated
on Retro TV; Time and the Rani Omnibus repeated on RSU
PTV; Closing TimeThe Wedding of River Song, The Doctor,
the Widow and the WardrobeDinosaurs on a Spaceship and
 A Town Called Mercy repeated on BBC Polska HD; and Knock
Knock and Oxygen both repeated on BBC Entertainment EU
2020 Kinda, Parts 3 and 4
both repeated on Retro TV; The
Lie of the Land repeated on BBC
Polska HD; and Kerblam! and The
Witchfinders both repeated on NRJ12
2021 The Sea Devils, Episodes 1
and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;
The Visitation Omnibus first screened
and The TV Movie repeated, both on
One ARD; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
repeated on ABC2; and Heaven Sent
repeated on ABC ME
2022 The Armageddon Factor,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on Retro
TV; and Bad Wolf repeated on Fox SciFi
2023 Bad WolfThe Parting of the Ways,
The Christmas InvasionNew EarthTooth
and ClawSchool ReunionThe Girl in the
FireplaceRise of the CybermenThe Age
of SteelThe Idiot's Lantern and The
Impossible Planet all repeated on Foxtel;
Dreamland Omnibus repeated on Fox SciFi;
and The Sword of the ChevalierEpisode 1
repeated on Radio 4 Extra

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