Source: BBC America
SCIFI DAILY - BBC AMERICA: SCHEDULE WEEK AUGUST 1, 2011:
NOTE: An additional episode of Doctor Who has been added in the 6pm time slot!
Star Trek: The Next Generation
Cast includes Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden and Wil Wheaton.
Mon Aug 1 4:00 PM The Defector
A Romulan defector seeking refuge warns Picard that a major offensive to regain the Neutral Zone will be launched in 48 hours.
Guest stars include James Sloyan, Andreas Katsulas, John Hancock and Simon Templeman.
Tue Aug 2 4:00 PM The Hunted
On the planet Angosia, the crew aids in the capture of a prison escapee, whose reputation is belied when Troi interviews him.
Guest stars include Jeff McCarthy, James Cromwell, Colm Meaney, J. Michael Flynn and Andrew Bicknell.
Wed Aug 3 4:00 PM The High Ground
Dr. Crusher is kidnapped by a group of terrorists and the leader of the Rutian police (Kerrie Keane) is determined not to negotiate for her release.
Guest stars include Kerrie Keane, Richard Cox, Marc Buckland, Fred G. Smith and Christopher Pettiet.
Thur Aug 4 4:00 PM Deja Q
Q, once all-powerful mischief-maker of the universe, is condemned to life as a mortal and seeks sanctuary aboard the Enterprise.
Guest stars include John de Lancie, Whoopi Goldberg and Richard Cansino.
Fri Aug 5 4:00 PM A Matter of Perspective
Riker is accused of murdering a research scientist (Mark Margolis), and the Enterprise holodeck is programmed to re-create the events according to each witness's testimony.
Guest stars include Craig Richard Nelson, Gina Hecht, Mark Margolis, Colm Meaney and Juliana Donald.
Doctor Who
Season four cast includes David Tennant and Catherine Tate.
Mon Aug 1
5:00 PM The Fires of Pompeii
The Doctor and Donna travel back in time to 79AD. They discover psychic powers and beasts of stone rioting in the streets of old Pompeii and face their greatest challenge yet – can history be changed, or must the Doctor let everyone die?
Guest stars include Phil Cornwell, Karen Gillan, Sasha Behar, Lorraine Burroughs, Peter Capaldi, Tracey Childs, Francesca Fowler, François Pandolfo, Victoria Wicks, Gerard Bell and Philip Davis.
6:00 PM Planet of the Ood
The Doctor takes Donna to her first alien world, but the Ood-Sphere reveals some terrible truths about the Human Race.
Guest stars include Tim McInnerny, Ayesha Dharker, Adrian Rawlins and Roger Griffiths.
Tue Aug 2
5:00 PM The Sontaran Strategem
Martha Jones summons the Doctor back to modern-day Earth, but an old enemy awaits. With the mysterious ATMOS devices spreading across the world, Donna discovers that even her own family is not safe from the alien threat – but is it too late to save them?
Guest stars include Freema Agyeman, Bernard Cribbins, Jacqueline King, Ryan Sampson and Christopher Ryan.
6:00 PM The Poison Sky
The Sontarans activate their master plan and begin to choke the entire planet Earth. As interplanetary war edges closer, the Doctor has to fight to keep both Martha and Donna alive – but will he have to make the ultimate sacrifice?
Guest stars include Freema Agyeman, Billie Piper, Bernard Cribbins, Jacqueline King and Ryan Sampson.
Wed Aug 3
5:00 PM The Doctor's Daughter
The Doctor meets the most important woman of his life on the distant planet Messaline, in the middle of an endless war. But as genocide looms and Martha is kidnapped, the Doctor faces an even greater battle – can he find peace with his own child?
Guest stars include Freema Agyeman, Georgia Moffett, Nigel Terry and Joseph Dempsie.
6:00 PM The Unicorn and The Wasp
The Doctor and Donna arrive in 1926 on the day before Agatha Christie went missing for 10 days. At a dinner party, they join forces with Christie and encounter a body in the library, poisoned cocktails and a Vespiform seeking revenge.
Guest stars include Fenella Woolgar, Felicity Kendal, Tom Goodman-Hill, Christopher Benjamin, Felicity Jones and Adam Rayner.
Thur Aug 4
5:00 PM Silence in the Library
One hundred years ago, the Universe’s greatest library was sealed off with only a cryptic warning as explanation: “Count the shadows.” It now appears that the shadows are on the move again. The Doctor and Donna work to uncover the Library’s secret. This episode introduces the character River Song (Alex Kingston).
Guest stars include Alex Kingston, Colin Salmon, Eve Newton, Jessika Williams, Steve Pemberton, Talulah Riley, O.T. Fagbenle and Harry Peacock.
6:00 PM Forest of the Dead
As the shadows rise, the Doctor forges an alliance with the mysterious River Song. But can anyone stop the Vashta Nerada? While the Doctor discovers secrets and revelations about his own future, the sinister Nodes declare that Donna is doomed.
Guest stars include Alex Kingston, Colin Salmon, Harry Peacock and Steve Pemberton.
Fri Aug 5
5:00 PM Midnight
The Doctor is alone, powerless and terrified, on the leisure planet Midnight. Soon, the knocking on the wall begins. As paranoia turns into a witch-hunt, the Doctor’s greatest strengths are turned against him, and a sacrifice must be made…
Guest stars include Billie Piper, Lesley Sharp, Rakie Ayola and Merlin's Colin Morgan.
6:00 PM Turn Left
Donna’s entire world collapses, but there’s no sign of the Doctor. She finds help from a mysterious blonde woman from a parallel universe. But as Donna and Rose Tyler combine forces, are they too late to save the universe from the approaching darkness?
Guest stars include Billie Piper, Bernard Cribbins, Jacqueline King and Chipo Chung.
