Exciting news for Doctor Who fans new and old as we’ve received news that the Horror Channel are set to screen a whole host of excellent episodes from the classic series! We’ve got full details just down the page but first, here’s some more info for you for the screenings that start on Friday 18th April. This specially curated season from the Classic series (1963-1989) give fans, old and new, a chance to get re-acquainted with the first seven Doctors, starting with Hartnell and concluding with Sylvester McCoy, plus their favourite companions and rogue Time Lords such as The Master, Omega and The Rani and all those iconic monsters including the Daleks, Cybermen, Sea Devils and Ice Warriors.
Launching on Easter Good Friday, the season begins with the very first story ‘An Unearthly Child’, starring William Hartnell as the Doctor. It then leads into a special WHO ON HORROR weekend – a classic marathon featuring one story from each of the Doctors across the Easter weekend. There will then be weekday double-bills in daytime and evening slots with stories shown in chronological order starting on Easter Monday 21st April.
Fri 18 April, 19:00 to 21: 10 – AN UNEARTHLY CHILD (4 parts)
From the misty November nights of London 1963 to the arid caves of Earth 100,000BC, this is our very first encounter with the mysterious time traveller (as played by William Hartnell), who kidnaps teachers Ian (William (Russell) and Barbara (Jacqueline Hill), and, along with his granddaughter Susan (Carole Ann Ford), travels back in the distant past to confront caveman as they discover the power of fire. First broadcast on 23 November 1963.
WHO ON HORROR WEEKEND
Sat 19 April, 11:00 to 13:10 – AN UNEARTHLY CHILD (4 parts) REPEAT
Repeat from Friday night, another chance to see the first ever Doctor Who adventure – our very first encounter with the mysterious time traveller (as played by William Hartnell.
Sat 19 April, 13.20 to 15:45 – THE MIND ROBBER (5 parts)
Trapped in a world outside of space and time, the second Doctor (Patrick Troughton) along with his companions, Jamie (Frazer Hines) and Zoe (Wendy Padbury), find themselves facing a world of fiction inhabited by unicorns, Medusa, and Gulliver. They seem to be writing their own story but will the mysterious storytelling Master of the realm allow them a happy ending? Originally broadcast in 1968.
Sat 19 April, 15:45 to 17:55 – TERROR OF THE AUTONS (4 parts)
If the 70s was an age of plastic then what would happen if it turned against us? The Doctor (Jon Pertwee), now exiled to Earth in his third incarnation, confronts killer dolls, deadly daffodils, telephone cables that strangle and inflatable chairs that suffocate. A second appearance for the returning enemy the Autons, this also introduces new assistant Jo Grant (Katy Manning) and rogue Time Lord, The Master (Roger Delgado). It also finds a new nemesis in Mary Whitehouse. Originally broadcast in 1971.
Sat 19 April, 18:00 to 19:00 – THE BRAIN OF MORBIUS (Parts 1 & 2)
Our jellybaby-loving Time Lord ventures into Frankenstein territory as The fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) arrive on the stormy planet of Karn where they find themselves caught between the immortal Sisterhood, who are guardians of the precious elixir of life and the fanatical surgeon, Solon, who’s trying to create new life from dead aliens to house the brain of criminal Time Lord, Morbius. Originally broadcast 1976.
Sun 20 April, 11:00 to 12:00 – THE BRAIN OF MORBUS (Parts 3 & 4)
Continuation from Saturday night, the last two episodes of this ‘Frankenstein’ story as The Doctor (Tom Baker) and Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen) find themselves caught between the immortal Sisterhood and the fanatical surgeon, Solon, who’s trying to create new life from dead aliens to house the brain of criminal Time Lord, Morbius
Sun 20 April, 12:10 to 14:20 – THE CAVES OF ANDROZANI (4 parts)
Frequently voted by fans as the best story of the whole classic series, this also marks the end of Peter Davison’s time as he regenerates into Colin Baker. A real actioner which finds the fifth Doctor and Peri (Nicola Bryant) caught up in a war between a corrupt corporation, smugglers and masked outlaw Sharaz Jek , all fighting for control of spectrox, an invaluable but toxic substance mined on Androzani Minor that when refined, can slow ageing. Originally broadcast in 1984.
Sun 20 April, 14:30 to 16:40 – ATTACK OF THE CYBERMEN (4 parts)
Travelling from their own future, the Cybermen stalk London in 1985 to perfect a plan for Halley’s Comet to crash into the Earth, saving their own planet Mondas from destruction. The Sixth Doctor (Colin Baker) and Peri colourfully attempt to thwart their plans, save the cold-thriving Cryons, natives of Cyber-controlled Telos and maybe finally fix the TARDIS’s chameleon circuits. Guest starring Brian Glover, Maurice Colborne and Blue Peter presenter Sarah Greene. Originally broadcast in 1985.
Sun 20 April, 16:50 to 19:00 – REMEMBRANCE OF THE DALEKS (4 parts)
It’s back to November 1963 as the seventh Doctor (Sylvester McCoy) returns with Ace (Sophie Aldred) to Coal Hill School, He’s determined to complete unfinished business but if he hadn’t forgotten the Hand of Omega, then it’s inevitable the Daleks would remember too and they’re determined to outwit their greatest enemy and proved that they can climb stairs. The most popular tale of McCoy’s era guest stars Brian Sewell and Simon Williams. Originally broadcast in 1988.
Mon 21 April, 10: 00 & 10:35 – THE DALEKS (Parts 1 & 2). These are repeated 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35
Having survived their first adventure together, the TARDIS team land on Skaro, a planet devastated by nuclear war. Is anyone left alive? Contaminated by radioactive poisoning, they encounter the pacifist race of Thals and a number of hidden perils, but the greatest threat waits in the impressive citadel. They’re set to come face to eye-stalk for the first time with those exterminating pepperpots, the Daleks. A legend is born and our Saturday nights will never be the same again. Starring William Hartnell, William Russell, Jacqueline Hill and Carole Ann Ford. Originally broadcast 1963-4.
Tues 22 April, 10: 00 & 10:35 – THE DALEKS (Parts 3 & 4). These are repeated 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35
Continuation of adventure in which the TARDIS team come face-t-face with the Daleks for the first time.
Wed 23 April, 10: 00 & 10:35 – THE DALEKS (Parts 5 & 6). These are repeated 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35.
Continuation of adventure in which the TARDIS team come face-t-face with the Daleks for the first time.
Thurs 24 April, 10: 00 – THE DALEKS (Part 7). This is repeated 15:10 & 19:50
Finale to adventure in which the TARDIS team come face-t-face with the Daleks for the first time.
Thurs 24 April, 10:35 – SEEDS OF DEATH (Part 1 of 6). This is repeated 15:45 & 19:50
Earth in the 21st Century and instantaneous travel is now possible thanks to the T-Mat based on the Moon. However, when the Doctor arrives with Jamie and Zoe, the machine has broken down and strange alien seeds have been discovered which explode with a lethal fungus threatening to wipe out life. It’s all part of the plan to take over the planet by the Martian reptilian race, the Ice Warriors, (who were recently revived to fight Matt Smith’s Doctor). Starring Patrick Troughton, Frazer Hines and Wendy Padbury. Originally broadcast in 1969.
Fri 25 April, 10:00 & 10:35 – SEEDS OF DEATH (Part 2 & 3). These are repeated 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35
Continuation of adventure where the Ice Warriors are threatening to wipe out life with a lethal fungus.
Mon 28 April, 10:00 & 10:35 – SEEDS OF DEATH (Part 4 & 5). These are repeated 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35
Continuation of adventure where the Ice Warriors are threatening to wipe out life with a lethal fungus.
Tues 29 April, 10:00 – SEEDS OF DEATH (Part 6). This is repeated 15:10 & 19:50
Finale to adventure where the Ice Warriors are threatening to wipe out life with a lethal fungus
Tues 29 April, 10:35 – THE DAEMONS (Part 1 of 5). This is repeated at 15:45 & 20:35
Excavations at an ancient burial mound unleash an ancient evil. There’s darker magic at work in the quiet village of Devil’s End, and the new vicar seems to have a Master plan under his cassock as rogue Time Lord joins forces with Azal, last of the star-spanning Daemons. With the help of UNIT and Jo Grant, the Doctor fights to stop May Day from becoming the last day for mankind. Starring Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning, and Roger Delgado. Originally broadcast in 1971.
Wed 30 April, 10:00 & 10.35 – THE DAEMONS (Parts 2 & 3). These are repeated at 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35
Continuation of adventure where The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) fights to stop May Day becoming the last day for mankind
Thurs 1 May, 10:00 & 10.35 – THE DAEMONS (Parts 4 & 5). These are repeated at 15:10, 15:45 & 19:50, 20:35
Continuation of adventure where The Doctor (Jon Pertwee) fights to stop May Day becoming the last day for mankind
TV: Sky 319 / Virgin 149 / Freesat 138
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