Tonight: Doctor Who Planet of the Dead

DOCTOR WHO: PLANET OF THE DEAD

Air Date: Sunday, July 26, 8:00 p.m. ET/PT on BBC America

In the first of four specials shot in HD, Doctor Who: Planet of the Dead, finds the Doctor trapped on a desert alien planet with a red double-decker bus but no Tardis. He soon discovers the mysterious planet holds terrifying secrets hidden in the sand and is forced to team up with a mysterious, aristocratic thief Lady Christina (Michelle Ryan, Bionic Woman, Merlin) to get back to Earth. But time is running out, as the deadly Swarm gets closer.

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