Doctor Who On This Day #152

 

1968 - The Wheel in Space, Episode

6 first screened on BBC1

1969 - The Ark, Episodes 1 and 2 and The Celestial 
Toymaker, Episode 4: The Final Test repeated and The 
Savages, Episode 4 first screened, all on TV1; and The
Wheel in Space, Episodes 3 to 6 all repeated on ABC

1972 - The Power of the Daleks, Episode

 4 first screened on RTS 5
1973 - Colony in Space, Episode 6, Day of the Daleks,
Episode 4 and The Sea Devils, Episode 3 repeated and
 The Curse of Peladon, Episode 2 first screened, all on

ABC

1974 - Planet of the Spiders, Episode

5 first screened on BBC1

1978 - Spearhead from Space, Episode

4 repeated and The Green Death, Episode

2 repeated and Episode 3 first screened,

all on ABC

1982 - City of Death, Part 1 repeated on

KQED Plus; and Earthshock, Part 3

repeated and Part 4 first screened, both

on ABC

1983 - Carnival of Monsters, Episodes 1 and 2 both
repeated on ABC; Genesis of the Daleks, Part 3 first 
screened on KSPS; and The Android Invasion, Part

1 repeated on KQED Plus

1984 - Horror of Fang Rock, Part 4 repeated on KQED 
Plus; and The Visitation, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1985 - Planet of the Spiders, Part

2 repeated on KQED Plus

1986 - Invasion of the Dinosaurs

Omnibus repeated on KQED Plus

1987 - Death to the Daleks Omnibus repeated on

WTTW 11; and Genesis of the Daleks, Part 4 first

screened on Super Channel (UK)

1988 - Meglos, Part 2 repeated on TV2; and

Castrovalva, Part 3 repeated on KQED Plus

1989 - The Ark in Space, Part 3 repeated on KQED

Plus; Revenge of the Cybermen, Part 3 repeated on

TV de Galicia; and Warriors of the Deep, Part 3 first

screened on TV2
1990 - Revelation of the Daleks, Part

1 (of 4) repeated on KQED Plus

1991 - Producer Milton Subotsky died in London,

aged 69; The Mind Robber, Episode 4 repeated

on TV2; and Nightmare of Eden, Part 3 and The

Mysterious Planet Omnibus both repeated on

KQED Plus

1993 - The Three Doctors, Episode 3 repeated on

UK Gold; and Planet of Fire, Part 1 repeated on ABC

1994 - Warriors' Gate, Part 2 repeated on UK Gold
1995 - The Sea Devils, Episode 5 repeated on UK Gold;
and Vengeance on Varos, Part 3 repeated on VOX

1997 - Planet of the Spiders, Part 1 repeated on ZTV;
and The Robots of Death Omnibus repeated on UK Gold

1998 - Planet of Giants, Episode 2: Dangerous Journey
repeated on Space; Black Orchid Omnibus repeated on
KQED Plus; and Mindwarp, Part 5 repeated on UKTV
 (Aus)

1999 - The War Games, Episode 7 repeated on Space;
and The Green Death, Episode 5 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

 2000 - The Keys of Marinus, Episode 1: The Sea of 
Death first screened on Prime; and The War Games,
Episode 1 repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2001 - Robot Omnibus and 30 Years in the TARDIS 
both repeated on Lakeshore PTV; The Power of Kroll,
Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on NHPTV; The

Armageddon Factor, Part 2 repeated on UKTV

(Aus); and Nightmare of Eden, Part 3 repeated

on Prime

2002 - Terror of the Zygons Omnibus repeated on BBC

Kids (Can) and KERA; The Android Invasion Omnibus

repeated on UK Gold; The Invisible Enemy, Part 2

repeated on BBC Kids (Can); The Happiness Patrol,

Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on BBC Prime; and Ghost

Light and The Curse of Fenric Omnibuses both repeated

on UKTV (Aus)

2003 - The Android Invasion Omnibus repeated on UK

Gold; The Brain of Morbius, Part 1 repeated on WSKG

and Iowa PTV and Part 2 repeated on Iowa PTV; Image

 of the Fendahl Omnibus repeated on BBC Kids (Can);

The Creature from the Pit, Part 1 repeated on WILL;

Warriors' Gate, Part 3 repeated on KUED; State of

Decay, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on MiND; Attack 
of the Cybermen Omnibus repeated on MPT;

Vengeance on Varos, Parts 3 and 4 (of 4) both

repeated on WCET; Battlefield, Parts 1 and 2 both

repeated on KBTC; and Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150

AD screened on Channel 4

2005 - The Creature from the Pit, Part

1 repeated on ABC
2006 - The Doctor Dances repeated on People+

Arts (Spa); and Totally Doctor Who (1.8) first

screened on BBC1

2007 - Father's Day first screened on S Oregon PTV

and Oregon PB; The Empty Child and Doctor Who

Confidential: Special Effects both first screened on

NET; Boom Town first screened on WCET; New Earth

first screened on People+ Arts (LA); Doomsday

repeated on UK Gold; Human Nature repeated on
BBC3; Doctor Who Confidential: Time Trouble first

screened on Oregon PB; and Totally Doctor Who

(2.8) first screened on BBC1 and repeated on CBBC

2008 - The Parting of the Ways first screened on

ProSieben; The Girl in the Fireplace first screened

on WXXI; and Silence in the Library repeated on

BBC3

2009 - Rose and The End of the World both repeated

on Syfy (Rus); Voyage of the Damned repeated on

BBC3; and Planet of the Dead first screened on Prime

2010 - Rose first screened on Space; The End of the World 
repeated on Syfy (FRG); The Long Game repeated on Syfy
(Spa); The Satan Pit and Doctor Who Confidential Cutdown:
Religion, Myths and Legends both repeated on UKTV (Aus);

and The Unicorn and the Wasp repeated on Syfy (Ben)

2011 - Kinda, Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi;

The Poison Sky repeated on Space; and Cradle of the

Snake, Episode 4 repeated on Radio 4 Extra

2012 - Silver Nemesis, Part 3 and The Happiness Patrol, Part 
1 both repeated on MTV3 SciFi; The Long Game repeated

on BBC America; The Impossible Planet and Doctor Who

Confidential Cutdown: You've Got the Look both

 repeated on ABC2; and Doctor Who Confidential

Cutdown: Space Craft repeated on UKTV (Aus)

2013 - World War Three repeated on EBRU;

The Fires of Pompeii, Planet of the Ood and

 Doctor Who Confidential: Cybermen all repeated

on BBC Entertainment

AP; The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone and Doctor Who

Confidential: Eyes Wide Open all repeated on BBC Polska

HD and BBC Nordic HD; The Almost People repeated

on BBC Nordic, BBC Entertainment EU, Romania and ME;

A Good Man Goes to War and Doctor Who Confidential: 

Call Me the Doctor both repeated on BBC Entertainment

EU, Rom and ME; Asylum of the Daleks first screened on

DR3 and repeated on France 4; Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

repeated on France 4; The Power of Three, The Angels

Take Manhattan and The Snowmen all first screened on

France 4; The Rings of Akhaten repeated on Syfy (Ben);

and Doctor Who Anniversary Light Celebration performed

at Vivid Sydney, Australia

2014 - The Ark in Space, Part 1, The Awakening, Part 2 and
Frontios, Part 1 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Revenge of the 
Cybermen Omnibus repeated on KPTS; The Ribos Operation,
Parts 1 and 2 both repeated on KBTC; The Parting of the

Ways repeated on KNCT; Army of Ghosts and Doomsday

both repeated on KCPT2; The Lazarus Experiment, 42,

Human Nature, The Family of Blood and Blink all repeated

 on Fox (FRG); Last of the Time Lords repeated on RAI4;

Voyage of the Damned repeated on BBC America, BBC

Entertainment LA and RAI4; Partners in Crime repeated

on BBC America; The Next Doctor and The Time of the

Doctor both repeated on BBC Entertainment LA; Planet

of the Dead repeated on TV3 (Spa); Victory of the Daleks

repeated on OETA; Night Terrors and The Girl Who

Waited both repeated on Really Scary TV; Dinosaurs

on a Spaceship repeated on LPB; A Town Called Mercy

repeated on Idaho PTV; The Angels Take Manhattan 

repeated on Iowa PTV; The Bells of Saint John repeated

 on WVPB; Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS repeated

on France 4; The Crimson Horror repeated on France 4

and UKTV (NZ); and Nightmare in Silver repeated on

BBC Entertainment EU, Rom and ME and France 4

2015 - The Daemons, Episode 5 repeated on Horror;

Full Circle, Part 1, Tooth and Claw and School Reunion

 all repeated on Syfy (Aus); Bad Wolf first screened on

 FX (Ind); Last of the Time Lords repeated on TV

Cultura; Partners in Crime and The Fires of Pompeii

both repeated on EBRU; The Sontaran Stratagem
repeated on ABC2; Journey's End and Doctor Who

Confidential: The New World of Dr. Who both repeated

on BBC Entertainment AP; The End of Time, Part 2

repeated on KLRU; The Eleventh Hour, The Beast Below,

Victory of the Daleks and The Time of Angels all repeated

on BBC America; Asylum of the Daleks and Dinosaurs

on a Spaceship both repeated on BBC Nordic HD and

BBC Polska HD; The Crimson Horror and Nightmare

in Silver both repeated on DR3; Time Heist repeated

on RAI4; The Caretaker repeated on BBC Brazil HD;

and Doctor Who Confidential: Send in the Clones

repeated on ABC2 iView
2016 - Paradise Towers, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated

 on Retro TV; The Satan Pit repeated on Watch; Utopia

repeated on BBC Polska HD; Partners in Crime

repeated on France 4; The Next Doctor and 

The Name of the Doctor both repeated on Syfy

(Aus); The Time of Angels repeated on TV Cultura;

 The Curse of the Black Spot repeated on Prime;

A Good Man Goes to War and Doctor Who

Confidential: The Born Identity both repeated on

ABC2; Closing Time repeated on Einsfestival; A Town

Called Mercy repeated on Syfy (Bra) and Syfy (LA);

The Snowmen repeated on BBC Entertainment AP;

Cold War repeated on BBC First (ME); Into the Dalek

repeated on WTTW Prime; and Last Christmas

repeated on Syfy (LA)

2017 - The Edge of Destruction, Episode 2 and The Keys of 
Marinus, Episode 1: The Sea of Death both repeated on Retro 
TV; The Brain of Morbius, Part 3 repeated on The Zone; Love &
Monsters and The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe both
repeated on BBC Polska HD; Planet of the Dead, The Waters of 
Mars and The End of Time, Parts 1 and 2 all repeated on BBC 
America; The Pandorica Opens and The Big Bang both 

repeated on Syfy (Bra); The Wedding of River Song repeated 
on FX (Ind); and The Power of Three and The Angels Take 
Manhattan both repeated on Syfy (LA)

2018 - The Web Planet, The Space Museum and

The Chase Omnibuses all streamed on Twitch TV;

The War Games, Episodes 4 and 5 both repeated on

Retro TV; Full Circle, Parts 2 to 4 all repeated on Jones!

too; New Earth repeated on BBC Polska HD; The Time

 of the Doctor, Part 2 (of 2) repeated on Star World

Premiere; The Eaters of Light repeated on Syfy (Bra)

and Syfy (LA); World Enough and Time and The Doctor

Falls both repeated on Syfy (LA); and Twice Upon a

Time repeated on Fox (FRG)

2019 - The Mind Robbers, Episodes 1 to 3 and The Sea

Devils, Episodes 5 and 6 repeated on Retro TV; The

Christmas Invasion repeated on Syfy (Fra); Victory of the

Daleks, The Time of Angels, Flesh and Stone, The Vampires

of Venice and Amy's Choice all repeated on BBC Polska HD;

Let's Kill Hitler, Night Terrors, The Girl Who Waited, The God 

Complex and Closing Time all repeated on Sony SciFi; and 

Oxygen and Extremis both repeated on BBC Entertainment

EU

2020 - The End of Time, Part 2 repeated on BBC Turkey;

The Pilot and Smile both repeated on RAI4; and Extremis

repeated on BBC Polska HD and Star World Premiere

2021 - Full Circle, Parts 1 and 2

both repeated on Retro TV; and

Listen repeatd on ABC2

2022 - The Keys of Marinus, Episodes

1 and 2 both repeated on Retro TV;

and Vincent and the Doctor repeated

on Fox SciFi

2023 - The Silurians, Episodes 6 and 7

both repeated on Retro TV; Fear Her and

 Army of Ghosts both repeated on Fox SciFi;

The Lie of the Land repeated on ABC2; and

Legend of the Sea Devils and The Power of

the Doctor both repeated on BBC Polska HD

2024 - Dot and Bubble streamed on BBC

iPlayer and Disney+ and first screeend on

BBC1; and Doctor Who: Unleashed, Season

 1: Episode 5 first screened on BBC3

2025 - The Sea Devils, Episodes 1 to

4 all repeated on U&Eden; The Leisure

Hive, Parts 3 and 4 both repeated on

KBTC; and Before the Flood repeated

on ABC Entertains

Doctor Who Vs. See How They Run

Claudius: What do you call the

play? Hamlet: The Mousetrap

DECIDED NOT TO COME TO

PARTY. HAVE SENT CAKE.

AGATHA.

Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan

 teamed up as woeful Scotland Yard

investigators in this star studded

 satirical murder mystery.

1953: In London, The Mousetrap

has reached its 100th performance,

but celebrations are halted when a

Hollywood director (Adrien Brody) is

murdered backstage before he can

dapt the play.

Released by Searchlight Pictures in 2022, the comedy (filmed during the

UK's third Covid lockdown) also featured Harris Dickinson, Pearl Chandra

(as real life West End actors Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim), Ruth

Wilson, David Oyelowo, and these fifteen Doctor Who cast and crew

connections:

• Shirley Henderson (Agatha Christie) was Ursula Blake in Love & Monsters
• Big Finish actor Kieran Hodgson (Messenger) voiced Findel for Last of the Cybermen, Arin/Dennis for The Red House, Alam/Hilsee for The Isos Network, Bennus for The War Doctor 1 (all 2015), Woking for Charlotte Pollard 2, Klick Chervain for The Skin of the Sleek and The Thief Who Stole Time (all 2017), Devon Pryce for Tales From New Earth (2018), and Dr. Oliver Morgenstern/Various for Redacted
• Pippa Bennett Warner (Ann) was Saibra in Time Heist, Narrator of Helena and the Beast (2015), Bill and the Three Jackets and Twelve Angels Weeping, then voiced the Deterrent for The Furies, Ruzalla for Ravenous 1, Livia Caralis for Time War (all 2018), The War Master 4 (2019) and Time War 4, Fliss Keeley for The Trojan Dalek (both 2021), and Cleopatra for The Last Queen of the Nile (2025)
• Angus Wright (Bakewell) was Mr. Dread in The Sarah Jane Adventures: The Vault of Secrets, then voiced Magnus Greel for The Butcher of Brisbane (2012) and The Talents of Greel (2019), and Alek Zenos for We Are the Daleks (2015)
• Reece [Wayne] Shearsmith (Woolf) was Andrew Powell in BBV Prod- uctions' Probe series, Dr. Dan Matthews in Auton, depicted Patrick Troughton in An Adventure in Space and Time, then was Rassmussen in Sleep No More - he also voiced Governor Robert Hodan for Planet Krynoid 1 (2025)
• Oliver Jackson (Trumpet) voiced James Jackson for The Forsaken (2015), and Dicky Twist for How the Other Half Lives (2017)
• Paul Chahidi (Fellowes) voiced Hason for The Destroyer of Delights (2009), George Townsend for Industrial Evolution (2011), Bondsman Tango Veldt for Persuasion, and the Shepherd for Daleks Among Us (both 2013)
• Sian Clifford (Edana) was Woman in Empire of Death
• Lucian [Gabriel Wiina] Msamati (Max Mallowan) was Guido in The Vampires of Venice
• Andrew Burford was also stuntman on The Eaters of Light, The Doctor Falls, Twice Upon a Time, Kerblam!, The Witchfinders, The Battle of Ranskoor Av Kolos and Spyfall (2)
• Marvin Campbell was stuntman on The Woman Who Fell to Earth too
• David Newton was also stuntman on Cold War and The Day of the Doctor
• Sarah Franzl was also stunt performer on The End of the World, The Idiot's Lantern and The End of Time
• Anthony Skrimshire was also stuntman on Wild Blue Yonder and Dot and Bubble
• Odile Dicks Mireaux began her career as costume designer on Castrovalva and The Visitation