Since it's launch on December the 15th 2002 the digital channel BBC Radio 7 has featured numerous repeats of Doctor Who radio series and related programmes.

These have been so numerous that for the purposes of this page we are only covering non-digital radio stations. However BBC 7 do include a page dedicated to Doctor Who on their website.

 

Notes:

All repeat broadcasts are in italics

Broadcasts are detailed as follows:
Name of Story/programme
[description and notes if any] (no. of Episodes, length of episodes) Time, date and year of broadcast [BBC Radio station] Repeat status

All radio stations mentioned are BBC stations

Abbreviations used:
" = minutes (therefore 10" = 10 minutes)
tx = Transmission
Orig. = Original
Rpt. = Repeat

 

Please click on any underlined (hyperlinked) title below to view relevant listings and articles:

 

• Movietime
  Daleks - Invasion Earth - 2150AD
  [Peter Cushing. Radio adaptation of 2nd Doctor Who film] (1, 29") Orig tx: 19:31, 18 Nov. 1966 [BBC Light Programme - Mono] Never repeated

 

• Exploration Earth 3: The Time Machine
  [Tom Baker. Schools documentary about the origins of Earth] (1, 20") Orig. tx: 14:00, 04 Oct. 1976. [BBC Radio 4, VHF Only - Mono] Never repeated

 

• The Ed. Stewart Show - 20th Anniversary Broadcast from the Longleat Celebration
  [included interviews with guests and those attending interspersed with music] (1, 120") 04 April 1983 [BBC Radio 2] Never repeated

 

• Slipback
  [Colin Baker. Broadcast as part of Pirate Radio 4 scheduled between 09:05 and 12:00. 2 "Slipback" eps. per broadcast] (6, each ep. 10" approx. 60" total) Orig tx: 25 July - 08 Aug. 1985 [BBC Radio 4, VHF Only - Stereo] Never repeated
  Ep. 1: 10:08 am, 25 July
  Ep. 2: 11:44 am, 25 July
  Ep. 3: 09:50 am, 01 Aug.
  Ep. 4: 11:26 am, 01 Aug.
  Ep. 5: 09:44 am, 08 Aug.
  Ep. 6: 11:36 am, 08 Aug.

 

• The Enthusiasts 3: The Whovians
  [documentary about Doctor Who fans] (1, 15") Orig. tx: 21:30, 11 Dec. 1985 [BBC Radio 4 - Mono] Repeated 1986

 

• The Enthusiasts 3: The Whovians
  [documentary about Doctor Who fans] (1, 15".) Rpt. tx: 14:45, 26 March 1986 [BBC Radio 4 - Mono]

 

• Cult Heroes 10: Dr Who
  [documentary] (1, 30") Orig. tx: 20:30 , 24 Dec. 1990 [BBC Radio 5 - Mono] Repeated 27 Dec. 1990

 

• Cult Heroes 10: Dr Who
  [documentary] (1, 30") Rpt. tx: 12:30 , 74 Dec. 1990 [BBC Radio 5 - Mono]

 

• The Paradise of Death
  [Pertwee] (5, 30") Original tx: 18:30 on consecutive Fridays 27 Aug.-24 Sept. 1993 [BBC Radio 5 - Mono] Repeated 1994

 

• Doctor Who - 30 Years
  [Documentary] (1, 60" slot including news) Orig. tx: 16:00, 20 Nov. 1993 (actual start time 16:04:12 duration 55" 44") [BBC Radio 2 - Stereo]

 

• The Paradise of Death
  (5, 30", including hourly news bulletin) Repeat tx: 19:00 on consecutive Tuesdays for first 5 weeks [Ep. 4 broadcast again on the 10th May by mistake in place of Ep. 5, which was later broadcast unscheduled on the 24th May replacing "The Bossa Nova Story"] 12 April-24 May 1994 [BBC Radio 2 - Stereo]

 

• Whatever Happened to...?
  5 - Dr Who's Granddaughter Susan
  [part of a series of dramatised "Whatever happened to...?" programmes that asked the question about various fictional characters, Susan played by Jane Asher] (1, 27" 30") 10:00 am, 09 July 1994 [BBC Radio 4 - Stereo on VHF]

 

• Doctor Who and the Ghosts of N-Space
  [Pertwee, Billed in Radio Times and closing credits as The Ghosts of N Space] (6, 30" including hourly news bulletin) Orig. tx: 19:00 on consecutive Saturdays, 20 Jan.-24 Feb. 1996 [BBC Radio 2 Stereo] Repeated 1996/97

 

• Radio Lives 1: The CPO, The Scarecrow and the Doctor
  [A tribute to Jon Pertwee] (1, 40") Orig. tx: 19:20, 31 Oct. 1996 [BBC Radio 4 - Stereo on VHF]

 

• Everybody Down! - A Tribute to Jon Pertwee
  (1, 80") [an episode of The Navy Lark was aired after the documentary programme] Orig. tx: 22:00, 07 Dec 1996 [BBC Radio 2 - Stereo]

 

• The Ghosts of N-Space
  [Pertwee] (6, 30 min. eps.) Repeat tx: 19:30 on consecutive Tuesdays, 17 Dec. 1996 to 28 Jan. 1997 [No broadcast on 24/12/96, a ninety minute tribute to mark Lew Grade's 90th Birthday was scheduled in its place] [BBC Radio 2 - Stereo]