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Source: BBC America

SCIFI DAILY - BBC AMERICA: SCHEDULE WEEK AUGUST 8, 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 8 4:00 PM Yesterday's Enterprise

A time rift alters history and reunites its crew with Tasha Yar (Denise Crosby) and with a ship thought to have been destroyed more than 20 years ago.

Guest stars include Denise Crosby, Christopher McDonald, Tricia O'Neil and Whoopi Goldberg.

Tue Aug 9 4:00 PM The Offspring

In an unauthorized experiment, Data builds another android (Hallie Todd), which chooses to take the form of a human female.

Guest stars include Hallie Todd, Nicolas Coster, Whoopi Goldberg and Judyann Elder.

Wed Aug 10 4:00 PM The Sins of the Father

Worf meets the brother he didn't know he had, and together they go before the Klingon High Council to defend their late father's honor against treason charges.

Guest stars include Charles Cooper, Tony Todd, Patrick Massett and Thelma Lee.

Thur Aug 11 4:00 PM Allegiance

Picard is kidnapped by an alien force and replaced by a look-alike.

Guest stars include Stephen Markle, Reiner Schöne and Joycelyn O'Brien.

Fri Aug 12 4:00 PM Captain's Holiday

Picard's vacation is interrupted by Vorgon security agents (Karen Landry, Michael Champion) from the 27th century who are searching for a secret weapon hidden by its time-traveling inventor.

Guest stars include Jennifer Hetrick, Karen Landry, Michael Champion, Max Grodénchik and Deirdre Imershein.




Doctor Who

Season four cast includes David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Mon Aug 8

5:00 PM The Stolen Earth

Earth’s greatest heroes assemble in a time of dire need. Can the Doctor’s secret army defeat the might of the new Dalek Empire? With battles on the streets and in the skies, a fearsome old enemy awaits the Doctor in the shadows…

Guest stars include Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen, Penelope Wilton, Gareth David-Lloyd and Eve Myles.

6:00 PM Journey's End

The entire universe is in danger as the Daleks activate their masterplan. The Doctor is helpless, and even the Tardis faces destruction. The only hope lies with the Doctor’s secret army of companions as they join forces to battle Davros himself.

Guest stars include Billie Piper, Freema Agyeman, John Barrowman, Elisabeth Sladen, Noel Clarke, Camille Coduri, Gareth David-Lloyd and Eve Myles.



Tue Aug 9

5:00 PM The Next Doctor

When the Doctor investigates a spate of mysterious deaths, he's surprised to meet another Doctor. The two must combine forces to defeat a human ally to the Cybermen. But are two Doctors enough to stop the rise of the CyberKing?

Cast includes David Tennant, David Morrissey, Dervla Kirwan, Velile Tshabalala, Ruari Mears and Paul Kasey.

6:00 PM Planet of the Dead

The mysterious Lady Christina de Souza joins the Doctor on a bus trip which takes a very unexpected detour into danger.

Cast includes David Tennant, Michelle Ryan, Lee Evans, Noma Dumezweni, Adam James, Glenn Doherty, Victoria Alcock and David Ames.



Wed Aug 10

5:00 PM The Waters of Mars

"Mars, 2059. Bowie Base one. Last recorded message: don´t drink the water. don´t even touch it. not one drop"... Confused? All will be revealed in The Waters of Mars, starring Lindsay Duncan as the Doctor´s cleverest and most strong-minded companion yet.

Cast includes David Tennant, Lindsay Duncan, Peter O'Brien, Aleksandar Mikic, Gemma Chan, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Chook Sibtain and Alan Ruscoe.


Season five cast includes Matt Smith, Amy Gillan and Arthur Darvill.

6:00 PM The Eleventh Hour

A brand-new Doctor crashes to Earth with no time to ponder his new face and personality - he must save humanity from an alien threat. The Doctor also meets his new companion, Amy Pond, and she's been waiting for him a very long time.

Cast includes Matt Smith, Karen Gillan, Arthur Darvill, Caitlin Blackwood, Nina Wadia, Marcello Magni and Annette Crosbie.



Thur Aug 11

5:00 PM The Beast Below

The Doctor and Amy travel to Britain of the far-off future, where people live in a giant spaceship. The Doctor encounters someone who knew one of his previous incarnations, and Amy comes across the terrifying Smilers and an awful secret.

Guest stars include Sophie Okonedo, Terrence Hardiman, Hannah Sharp and Alfie Field.

6:00 PM Victory of the Daleks

The Doctor and Amy arrive in one of the most important eras of Britain's past - World War Two. In a secret room beneath London, the infamous alien villains, the Daleks, are dreaming up a deadly plot. Will Winston Churchill help the Doctor stop them?

Guest stars include Ian McNeice, Bill Paterson, Nina De Cosimo and Tim Wallers.




Fri Aug 12

5:00 PM The Time of Angels

Part 1 of 2. Trouble arrives with the return of River Song in the Doctor's life. The last of the Weeping Angels is loose and the Doctor must track it down. Amy is warned not to blink, but is that the right advice?

Guest stars include Alex Kingston, Simon Dutton, Mike Skinner, Iain Glen, Mark Springer, Troy Glasgow, David Atkins and Darren Morfitt.

6:00 PM Flesh and Stone

Part 2 of 2. The Weeping Angels surround the Doctor and his friends, forcing them to make an escape through the forest vault.

Guest stars include Alex Kingston, Iain Glen, David Atkins, Darren Morfitt, Mark Monero and George Russo.

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.

Source: BBC America

SciFi Daily schedule for week of July 25, 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 Jul 25 4:00 PM The Bonding

During a survey of a deserted planet, an archaeologist is killed in an explosion, and the crew tries to comfort her 12-year-old son (Gabriel Damon).

Guest stars include Susan Powell, Gabriel Damon and Colm Meaney.Chief Miles O'Brien

Tue Jul 26 4:00 PM Booby Trap

While the Away Team investigates an ancient warship, the Enterprise is bombarded by deadly waves of radiation and is crippled by a sudden power loss.

Guest stars include Susan Gibney, Colm Meaney, Whoopi Goldberg, Albert Hall and Julie Warner.

Wed Jul 27 4:00 PM The Enemy

Geordi is stranded on a planet where a Romulan ship has crashed, while Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) tries to save an injured officer from the downed craft.

Guest stars include John Snyder, Andreas Katsulas, Colm Meaney and Steve Rankin.

Thur Jul 28 4:00 PM The Price

The Enterprise hosts a delegation that's negotiating for the rights to a wormhole, a shortcut across the galaxy. Meanwhile, Troi becomes romantically involved with one of the delegates.

Guest stars include Matt McCoy, Elizabeth Hoffman, Castulo Guerra, Scott Thomson, Dan Shor, Kevin Peter Hall and Colm Meaney.

Fri Jul 29 4:00 PM The Vengeance Factor

The crew tries to mediate between the Acamarians and the Gatherers, a renegade group that split from the Acamarians a century before.

Guest stars include Lisa Wilcox, Joey Aresco, Nancy Parsons, Stephen Lee, Marc Lawrence and Elkanah Burns.




Doctor Who

Season three cast includes David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Mon Jul 25

5:00 PM Daleks In Manhattan

The TARDIS lands in 1930s New York. In the midst of the Depression, people are disappearing off the streets. Meanwhile, at the very top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor's oldest enemies are at work, plotting their largest scheme yet.

Guest cast includes Miranda Raison, Ryan Carnes, Hugh Quarshie, Andrew Garfield and Eric Loren.

6:00 PM Evolution Of The Daleks

Dalek Sec is reborn in human form and plans to build a Dalek empire in 1930s New York. While Martha fights for her life at the top of the Empire State Building, the Doctor must enter into an unholy alliance in order to change Dalek history forever.

Guest cast includes Miranda Raison, Ryan Carnes, Hugh Quarshie, Andrew Garfield and Eric Loren.



Tue Jul 26

5:00 PM Human Nature

It is 1913 in England, and an ordinary schoolteacher named John Smith dreams of adventures in time and space. But when lights in the sky signal the arrival of something terrible, Smith’s maid, Martha, has to convince him that he can save the world.

Guest stars include Jessica Hynes, Rebekah Staton, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Harry Lloyd, Tom Palmer and Gerard Horan.

6:00 PM The Family Of Blood

The terrifying Family hunt for the Doctor, but John Smith refuses to accept his destiny as a Time Lord. Meanwhile, the women in his life (Martha and Joan) have to take drastic measures to save the whole of history.

Guest stars include Jessica Hynes, Rebekah Staton, Thomas Brodie-Sangster and Harry Lloyd.



Wed Jul 27

5:00 PM Blink

When people start disappearing, a young woman called Sally finds cryptic messages bleeding through from 1969, from a mysterious stranger called the Doctor. Can she decipher them before the Weeping Angels claim their prize?

This episode won multiple awards, including: BAFTA TV Awards 2008 - Best Writer Steven Moffat, BAFTA Awards (Wales) 2008 - Best Screenwriter Steven Moffat and Hugo Awards 2008 - Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form.

Guest stars include Carey Mulligan, Lucy Gaskell, Finlay Robertson, Richard Cant and Michael Obiora.


6:00 PM Utopia

When Captain Jack tracks down the Doctor, the TARDIS is thrown to the end of the universe where a surprising fate awaits the human race. The Doctor, Martha, and Jack try to help a mysterious professor send the last of the humans to utopia.

Guest stars include John Barrowman, Derek Jacobi, Chipo Chung and René Zagger.



Thur Jul 28

5:00 PM The Sound Of Drums

Harry Saxon becomes Prime Minister of Britain and his reign of terror begins. The Doctor, Martha, and Jack begin to unravel his true identity and a plot to destroy the Earth that stretches to the end of time.

Guest stars include John Barrowman, John Simm, Adjoa Andoh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.

6:00 PM Last of the Time Lords

All hope seems lost as Earth has been conquered by the Master and his strange army. The Doctor remains his prisoner, so Martha alone must save the world.

Guest stars include John Barrowman, John Simm, Adjoa Andoh and Gugu Mbatha-Raw.



Fri Jul 29

5:00 PM Doctor Who: Voyage of the Damned (2007)

Kylie Minogue joins Doctor Who to play Astrid, a waitress on a doomed spaceship that eerily resembles the Titanic. When a meteor hits, Astrid and The Doctor must protect the survivors from and prevent the whole ship from crashing to Earth.

Guest stars include Kylie Minogue, Geoffrey Palmer, Russell Tovey, George Costigan and Gray O'Brien.

6:00 PM Partners in Crime

Donna Noble is determined to find the Doctor again – even if it means braving the villainous Miss Foster and her hordes of sinister Adipose. But when the alien threat escalates, can Donna find her Time Lord before the march of the Adipose begins?

Guest stars include Billie Piper, Sarah Lancashire, Bernard Cribbins and Jacqueline King.

Source: BBC America

SciFi Daily schedule for week of July 18, 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 Jul 18 4:00 PM Time's Arrow - Part 1

An archaeological dig on Earth uncovers an unusual 19th-century artifact---Data's head---and evidence of alien activity, leading the crew to San Francisco in the late 1800s to investigate.

Guest stars include Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Hardin, Michael Aron, Sheldon Peters Wolfchild and Marc Alaimo.

Tue Jul 19 4:00 PM Evolution

En route to the site of a stellar phenomenon, the computers malfunction, and the ship is drawn toward the fiery remains of an exploding star.

Guest stars include Ken Jenkins, Whoopi Goldberg and Mary McCusker.

Wed Jul 20 4:00 PM The Ensigns of Command

The Enterprise races against time when aliens demand that all humans living on their planet be evacuated within four days, or the entire population will be annihilated.

Guest stars include Eileen Seeley, Mark L. Taylor, Richard Allen, Colm Meaney and Mart McChesney.

Thur Jul 21 4:00 PM The Survivors

Responding to a distress call from a planet, the Away Team finds that the inhabitants have been killed except for an elderly couple.

Guest stars include John Anderson and Anne Haney.

Fri Jul 22 4:00 PM Who Watches the Watchers

Anthropologists who are studying the primitive inhabitants of Mintaka Three are injured in an explosion.

Guest stars include Kathryn Leigh Scott, Ray Wise, James Greene, Pamela Adlon, John McLiam, James McIntire and Lois Hall.




Doctor Who

Doctor Who season two cast includes David Tennant and Billie Piper.


Mon Jul 18 5:00 PM The Age Of Steel

The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace. While Jackie falls under Lumic’s control, the Doctor, Rose and Mickey are reduced to fugitives in a world of terror.

Guest stars include Shaun Dingwall, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Andrew Hayden Smith and Helen Griffin.

Mon Jul 18 6:00 PM The Idiot’s Lantern

It is 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain huddle round their television and radio sets to witness the great event. But behind the celebrations there are rumors of monsters on the streets.

Guest cast includes Maureen Lipman, Ron Cook, Jamie Foreman, Debra Gillett and Rory Jennings.


Tue Jul 19 5:00 PM The Impossible Planet

Part 1 of a two-part story. Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, in the orbit of a Black Hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time-travellers face a greater danger, something ancient begins to awake.

Guest cast includes Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes, Claire Rushbrook, Will Thorp and Ronny Jhutti.

Tue Jul 19 6:00 PM The Satan Pit

Continuing from Episode 8. Rose battles the murderous Ood and the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons. With the planet threatening to fall into the Black Hole, the Doctor must make the ultimate sacrifice.

Guest cast includes Danny Webb, Shaun Parkes, Claire Rushbrook and Will Thorp.



Wed Jul 20 5:00 PM Love & Monsters

An ordinary man called Elton becomes obsessed with the Doctor and Rose and their mysterious blue box. But when Elton’s investigations bring him to the attention of the enigmatic, and powerful Victor Kennedy, his hobby suddenly plunges him into a nightmare.

Guest cast includes Camille Coduri, Peter Kay, Marc Warren, Shirley Henderson and Simon Greenall.

Wed Jul 20 6:00 PM Fear Her

When the Tardis lands in 2012, the Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. But on a nearby housing estate, a desperate mother is hiding her daughter’s unearthly powers. Can the Doctor defeat the danger nestling at the heart of an ordinary household

Guest cast includes Nina Sosanya, Abisola Agbaje, Edna Doré and Tim Faraday.



Thur Jul 21 5:00 PM Army of Ghosts

The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home in the latest adventure from the nation’s favorite time traveller. But as the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, the whole of modern-day Earth threatens to fall.

Guest cast includes Tracy-Ann Oberman, Raji James, Freema Agyeman, Hadley Fraser, Oliver Mellor and Barbara Windsor.

Thur Jul 21 6:00 PM Doomsday

It’s the end of an epic journey as two mighty armies wage war across the Earth, with the human race caught in the middle. But as an unstoppable terror emerges from beneath Torchwood, the Doctor faces an even greater dilemm.

Guest cast includes Andrew Hayden Smith, Tracy-Ann Oberman and Raji James.


Doctor Who season three cast includes David Tennant and Catherine Tate.

Fri Jul 22 5:00 PM Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (2006)

No sooner has the Doctor said a tear-stained farewell to Rose Tyler than he finds himself face-to-face with a woman dressed in a fluffy white wedding frock. Who is she? Who is she supposed to be marrying? And how did she get on board the TARDIS?

Guest cast includes Sarah Parish, Don Gilet, Howard Attfield and Jacqueline King.

Fri Jul 22 6:00 PM Smith and Jones

The Doctor meets Martha Jones, a medical student in London, under unusual circumstances when her entire hospital is transported to the Moon. Can she learn to trust this mysterious stranger to save them all?

Guest cast includes Freema Agyeman, Anne Reid, Roy Marsden, Adjoa Andoh, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Reggie Yates and Trevor Laird.