This Week in Doctor Who
Week 40: 3-9 Oct 2026 - USA
Saturday 3 October
  |  | 7:00pm EDT The Mutants: Episode One | The Doctor is sent to a skybase orbiting the planet of Solos in the 30th century, where he must deliver a sealed message pod; on the planet below, something is transforming the human population into hideous mutants. |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Mutants: Episode Two | Ky flees to the planet's poisonous surface, taking Jo with him; the Marshal, holding the Doctor captive, demands that he opens the message pod. |
 |  | 11:00pm CDT Delta and the Bannermen | A beautiful alien stalked by assassins accompanies the Doctor and Mel on a trip to 1959 Earth. With Sylvester McCoy. |
 |  | 11:00pm PDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp): Part Five (Repeated: Sun 4:00am PDT) | The Doctor faces death for galactic meddling. |
| |  | 11:30pm PDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp): Part Six (Repeated: Sun 4:30am PDT) | The high council reviews evidence. |
Sunday 4 October
| |  | 7:00pm EDT The Mutants: Episode Three | The Doctor gives the box to Ky, revealing the contents to be scrolls written in the language of the Old Ones. |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Mutants: Episode Four | The Doctor and Sondergaard make a discovery in the caves of Solos while Jo falls into the Marshal's trap. |
Monday 5 October
| |  | 1:00am EDT Timelash: Part Four (4 part version) (Repeated: Mon 10:00am EDT) | The further adventures of the time-traveling alien adventurer and his companions. |
| |  | 1:30am EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part One (Repeated: Mon 10:30am EDT) | On Gallifrey the Doctor stands trial for his life on charges of interfering in galactic affairs; with Colin Baker. |
| |  | 7:00pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part Two (Repeated: Tue 1:00am EDT / Tue 10:00am EDT) | A mysterious traveler can visit any point in space and time. |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part Three (Repeated: Tue 1:30am EDT / Tue 10:30am EDT) | With the black light converter destroyed, the Doctor fears for the planet's safety and needs to find the Secrets of the Sleepers and discover why they are there in the first place. |
Tuesday 6 October
| |  | 7:00pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (The Mysterious Planet): Part Four (Repeated: Wed 1:00am EDT / Wed 10:00am EDT) | The Doctor is foxed by Drathro's logic so it takes Glitz's blunt lies to buy them some time until Ravolox can be saved. Meanwhile, the Tribe make a foolhardy attack on Marb Arch. |
| | | 7:30pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp): Part Five (Repeated: Wed 1:30am EDT / Wed 10:30am EDT) | The Doctor and Peri encounter a brain surgeon whose experiments have led to horrible mutations. |
Wednesday 7 October
| | | 7:00pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp): Part Six (Repeated: Thu 1:00am EDT / Thu 10:00am EDT) | Crozier is looking for another body to house Kiv's brain. |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp): Part Seven (Repeated: Thu 1:30am EDT / Thu 10:30am EDT) | The Doctor's memory is apparently affected by Crozier's experiments. |
Thursday 8 October
| |  | 7:00pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Mindwarp): Part Eight (Repeated: Fri 1:00am EDT / Fri 10:00am EDT) | Film shows the Doctor's past. |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Terror of the Vervoids): Part Nine (Repeated: Fri 1:30am EDT / Fri 10:30am EDT) | The Doctor tries to prove his innocence. |
Friday 9 October
| |  | 7:00pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Terror of the Vervoids): Part Ten | A mysterious traveler can visit any point in space and time. |
| |  | 7:30pm EDT The Trial of a Time Lord (Terror of the Vervoids): Part Eleven | The Doctor begins his defense, as he investigates deaths on a spaceship and tries to prevent its destruction; with Colin Baker. |