Christmas broadcast summary
Saturday, 5 December 2009 - Reported by Anthony Weight
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.
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
Updates since 30th December have a red border.
Monday 7th December | 10.35-11.20pm | The Graham Norton Show | Appearance by Catherine Tate | |
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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