Christmas broadcast summary

Here is a summary of some of the main Doctor Who-related programming across British television and radio over the forthcoming festive period. For a more comprehensive summary of all Doctor Who repeat broadcasts also taking place over the coming weeks, please see our sister site This Week in Doctor Who.

Updates since 30th December have a red border.

UK Broadcast Schedule

Monday 7th December	10.35-11.20pm		The Graham Norton Show	Appearance by Catherine Tate
Tuesday 8th December	1.30-2.30am		Loose Women	Bernard Cribbins (repeat from 12:30pm Monday)
Thursday 10th December	11.00-11.30pm		Chain Reaction	David Tennant interviews Richard Wilson (Repeat)
Friday 11th December	8.50-9.00am		BBC Breakfast	June Whitfield interview
Friday 11th December	5.30-6.00pm		Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf	Part One (Repeat)
Friday 11th December	7.00-8.00pm		The One Show	Ricky Tomlinson's Christmas TV Picks (End of Time clip)
Saturday 12th December	10.30-11.00am		Shelved	Documentary on abandoned programmes, including Shada
Saturday 12th December	5.00-6.00pm		An Hour With Jon Pertwee	(Repeat) Repeated at 11pm and 4am
Saturday 12th December	5.15-6.00pm		Doctor Who - Dreamland	(Repeat)
Monday 14th December	3.00-4.00pm		Alan Titchmarsh Show	Interview with Bernard Cribbins
Tuesday 15th December	4.35-5.00pm		Blue Peter	Joel Defries tracks down David Tennant
Tuesday 15th December	7.00-7.30pm		The One Show	Catherine Tate guests
Tuesday 15th December	9.15-10.00pm		Night Waves	Interview with Steven Moffat
Wednesday 16th December	10.00-10.30pm		Never Mind The Buzzcocks	David Tennant hosts, Bernard Cribbins and Catherine Tate guest
Thursday 17th December	~8.45am		BBC Breakfast	Christmas TV Shows Review
Thursday 17th December	6.00-7.00pm		Sisters of the Flame	Paul McGann Big Finish Audio Repeated 12.00am
Thursday 17th December	~6.25pm		BBC 6'O Clock News	The End of Time preview
Thursday 17th December	7.15-7.45pm		Front Row	Catherine Tate interview
Friday 18th December	5.30-6.00pm		Moths Ate My Doctor Who Scarf	Part Two (Repeat)
Friday 18th December	6.00-7.00pm		The Vengeance of Morbius	Paul McGann Big Finish Audio Repeated 12.00am
Saturday 19th December	10.00-10.45am		Doctor Who - The Infinite Quest	(Repeat)
Saturday 19th December	10.00-11.30am		Saturday Kitchen	Catherine Tate guests.
Saturday 19th December	Various/Online		E24	Christmas TV Highlights, including Doctor Who
Sunday 20th December	10.00-11.30am		Something for the Weekend	End of Time clips
Monday 21st December	~12:15pm		This Morning	Catherine Tate interview
Monday 21st December	~3:15pm		Colin Murray	Christmas Television discussion
Monday 21st December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading Miki
Monday 21st December	10.35-11.20pm		The Graham Norton Show	Best Of
Tuesday 22nd December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading How High is the Sky?
Tuesday 22nd December	7.00-8.00pm		Doctor Who – The Next Doctor	(Repeat)
Tuesday 22nd December	7.15-7.45pm		Front Row	Article on David Tennant's Hamlet
Tuesday 22nd December	9.00-10.00pm		Ruth Jones's Christmas Cracker	Russell T Davies guests
Tuesday 22nd December	9.30-10.00pm		Never Mind The Buzzcocks	(Repeat)
Wednesday 23rd December	10:30am-12:30pm		This Morning	June Whitfield interview
Wednesday 23rd December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading Small Mouse Big City
Wednesday 23rd December	7.00-7.30pm		The One Show	Bernard Cribbins guests
Wednesday 23rd December	7.00-8.00pm		Doctor Who – Planet of the Dead	(Repeat)
Thursday 24th December	9.30-10.15am		Doctor Who - Dreamland	(Repeat) Red Button Commentary
Thursday 24th December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading The Christmas Bear
Thursday 24th December	7.00-8.00pm		Doctor Who – The Waters of Mars	(Repeat)
Thursday 24th December	10.00-10.30pm		QI	David Tennant panellist
Friday 25th December	~7.35am, ~8.35am		Breakfast	John Simm, David Tennant/Catherine Tate interviews
Friday 25th December	11.15-12.10pm		The Sarah Jane Adventures	The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (Repeat)
Friday 25th December	6.00-7.00pm		The End of Time - Part One	Also on BBC HD
Friday 25th December	7.00-8.00pm		Doctor Who Confidential	Also on BBC HD at 8:00pm
Saturday 26th December	3.00am-4.00am		The Commentaries	The End of Time: The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss episode 1 of The End of Time.
Saturday 26th December	10.00am-1.00pm		David Tennant and Catherine Tate	sitting in for Jonathan Ross
Saturday 26th December	5.05-8.10pm		Hamlet	David Tennant stars
Saturday 26th December	8.00-9.00pm		Archive on 4 - Doctor Who: The Lost Episodes	Documentary on the missing episodes of Doctor Who
Sunday 27th December	11.15am-12.00pm		Desert Island Discs	David Tennant
Sunday 27th December	1.30-2.00pm		On the Outside it Looked Like an Old-Fashioned Police Box	Target novelisations documentary by Mark Gatiss (repeat)
Sunday 27th December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading
Sunday 27th December	4.45-7.45pm		Hamlet	David Tennant stars
Sunday 27th December	7.00-8.00pm		The End of Time - Part One	(Repeat) Red Button Commentary
Sunday 27th December	9.00pm-10.35pm		The Greatest TV Shows of the Noughties	(not confirmed, but almost certainly will feature Doctor Who!)
Monday 28th December	3.00-3.45pm		Archive on 4 - Doctor Who: The Lost Episodes	(shortened repeat)
Monday 28th December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading
Tuesday 29th December	5.00-6.00pm		Who On Who?	David Tennant interviews Russell T Davies
Tuesday 29th December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading
Tuesday 29th December	10.20-11.20pm		Alan Carr: Chatty Man	David Tennant and Catherine Tate guest
Tuesday 29th December	10.55-11.40pm		QI	David Tennant panellist (Extended Repeat)
Wednesday 30th December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading Emily Brown and the Elephant
Thursday 31st December	~7:40am		GMTV	David Tennant interview (originally scheduled for 24th)
Thursday 31st December	~8:40am		BBC Breakfast	David Tennant guests
Thursday 31st December	~9:00am		Breakfast	David Tennant interview
Thursday 31st December	6.50-7.00pm		Bedtime Stories	David Tennant reading
Thursday 31st December	2.00-3.00pm		Doctor Who at the Proms	(Repeat)
Thursday 31st December	10.45pm-12.45am		Alan Carr: Chatty Man	David Tennant and Catherine Tate guest (Repeat)
Friday 1st January	12.55-1.55pm		The End of Time - Part One	(Repeat)
Friday 1st January	2.35-3.35pm		Planet of the Dead	(Repeat)
Friday 1st January	3.35-4.35pm		Doctor Who Confidential: Desert Storm	(Repeat)
Friday 1st January	4.35-5.40pm		The Waters of Mars	(Repeat)
Friday 1st January	5.40-6.40pm		The End of Time - Part One	(Repeat)
Friday 1st January	6.40-7.55pm		The End of Time - Part Two	Also on BBC HD
Friday 1st January	7.55-8.55pm		Doctor Who Confidential – Allonsy	Also on BBC HD
Friday 1st January	8.55-9.30pm		Doctor Who Greatest Moments - The Doctor	(Repeat)
Saturday 2nd January	4.05-5.05am		Doctor Who Confidential – Allonsy	(Repeat)
Sunday 3rd January	2.30am-4.00am		The Commentaries	The End of Time: The Doctor Who cast and crew discuss episode 2 of The End of Time.
Sunday 3rd January	3.40-4:55pm		The End of Time - Part Two	(Repeat)
Sunday 3rd January	7.00-8.15pm		The End of Time - Part Two	(Repeat) Red Button Commentary

Although BBC Television is only available in the UK, BBC Radio can be heard around the world via the BBC Website.

For a full International Doctor Who Schedule see