The BEST episodes of Doctor Who season 7

Every episode of Doctor Who season 7, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who season 7!

The Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...

Last Updated: 10/31/2024Network: BBC OneStatus: Ended
Doctor Who and the Silurians (6)
star
7.77
237 votes

#1 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (6)

Season 7 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/7/1970

As the Silurian plague quickly spreads, the Doctor desperately searches for a cure. But the Silurians are aware of the Doctor's efforts and intend to stop him.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)
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7.71
236 votes

#2 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 3/14/1970

With the antidote to the plague found, the Silurians retaliate and take over the research centre. They now intend to destroy the Van Allen Belt, resulting in death for all mankind.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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Spearhead from Space (1)
star
7.71
328 votes

#3 - Spearhead from Space (1)

Season 7 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/3/1970

The TARDIS takes the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth to begin his exile. Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart leads a UNIT investigation into a mysterious meteorite shower.

Directors: Derek Martinus
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Doctor Who and the Silurians (5)
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7.70
236 votes

#4 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (5)

Season 7 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/28/1970

When the Silurian leader is killed, all hopes of peace are lost. The Silurians infect Major Baker with a virus deadly to humans and release him to spread the infection.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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Inferno (6)
star
7.66
204 votes

#5 - Inferno (6)

Season 7 - Episode 24 - Aired 6/13/1970

The Doctor is trapped in a parallel world that is going up in flames. Can he escape in time to save Earth in his own universe?

Writer: Don Houghton
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Spearhead from Space (4)
star
7.63
293 votes

#6 - Spearhead from Space (4)

Season 7 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/24/1970

The invasion begins as Auton shop dummies come to life and attack the public. The Doctor and UNIT infiltrate Auto Plastics where the Doctor faces the Nestene consciousness.

Directors: Derek Martinus
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Inferno (7)
star
7.58
206 votes

#7 - Inferno (7)

Season 7 - Episode 25 - Aired 6/20/1970

The Doctor has escaped the catastrophic destruction of a parallel world. But can he stop Stahlman before he destroys this one?

Writer: Don Houghton
Inferno (4)
star
7.57
204 votes

#8 - Inferno (4)

Season 7 - Episode 22 - Aired 5/30/1970

In a parallel England, the Doctor tries desperately to convince his captors of the immense peril they are in. But they are convinced he is a spy. And penetration zero is getting close…

Writer: Don Houghton
Doctor Who and the Silurians (3)
star
7.56
249 votes

#9 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (3)

Season 7 - Episode 7 - Aired 2/14/1970

The creature from the caves, wounded and dangerous, is on the loose on Wenley Moor. Dr Quinn attempts to recover it and is unwilling to listen to the Doctor's warnings.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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Inferno (5)
star
7.55
199 votes

#10 - Inferno (5)

Season 7 - Episode 23 - Aired 6/6/1970

The parallel Inferno has broken through the Earth's crust, unleashing terrible seismic forces and dooming the planet. The Doctor hopes to return and save his world. But the bestial primords are closing in...

Writer: Don Houghton
Doctor Who and the Silurians (4)
star
7.55
238 votes

#11 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (4)

Season 7 - Episode 8 - Aired 2/21/1970

Fearful of a war breaking out between the Silurians and mankind, the Doctor attempts to make peace between the races. But there are those on both sides unwilling to listen.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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Spearhead from Space (3)
star
7.51
296 votes

#12 - Spearhead from Space (3)

Season 7 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/17/1970

Sam Seeley has found one of the meteorites but the Autons want it back and are closing in. General Scobie visits Auto Plastics,

Directors: Derek Martinus
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Inferno (3)
star
7.50
175 votes

#13 - Inferno (3)

Season 7 - Episode 21 - Aired 5/23/1970

The Doctor has vanished from the Inferno project… or has he? He finds himself in the same place, but everyone has changed… and the drilling is closer to its deadly conclusion.

Writer: Don Houghton
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Doctor Who and the Silurians (2)
star
7.48
235 votes

#14 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (2)

Season 7 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/7/1970

Investigating the caves, the Doctor is attacked by a dinosaur-like creature. Dr Quinn is hiding a secret that could endanger the lives of everyone.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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Spearhead from Space (2)
star
7.47
304 votes

#15 - Spearhead from Space (2)

Season 7 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/10/1970

A recovered Doctor escapes the hospital and joins UNIT in their investigation. Meanwhile, Channing directs one of his Auton servants to recover a meteorite.

Directors: Derek Martinus
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Doctor Who and the Silurians (1)
star
7.41
249 votes

#16 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (1)

Season 7 - Episode 5 - Aired 1/31/1970

UNIT are summoned to Wenley Moor research station which is experiencing mysterious power losses. In the nearby caves, one of the staff has been killed and another sent insane.

Directors: Timothy Combe
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The Ambassadors of Death (6)
star
7.38
227 votes

#17 - The Ambassadors of Death (6)

Season 7 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/25/1970

On board a vast spacecraft, the Doctor meets the alien captain who demands the return of the three ambassadors sent to Earth or he will destroy the world.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
The Ambassadors of Death (2)
star
7.36
252 votes

#18 - The Ambassadors of Death (2)

Season 7 - Episode 13 - Aired 3/28/1970

Recovery 7 has returned to Earth but the UNIT convoy transporting the capsule is ambushed. The Doctor is able to relocate the capsule, but is he too late?

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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The Ambassadors of Death (1)
star
7.28
225 votes

#19 - The Ambassadors of Death (1)

Season 7 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/21/1970

Contact has been lost with Mars Probe 7. When contact is also lost with the recovery ship, UNIT is called in and the Doctor learns that someone is sending messages to the vessel.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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Inferno (1)
star
7.20
266 votes

#20 - Inferno (1)

Season 7 - Episode 19 - Aired 5/9/1970

England, the near future. UNIT is providing security and scientific support for the Stahlman project, an attempt to tap the Earth's core for energy. But things are already going wrong…

Directors: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Don Houghton
The Ambassadors of Death (5)
star
7.19
231 votes

#21 - The Ambassadors of Death (5)

Season 7 - Episode 16 - Aired 4/18/1970

The Doctor prepares to pilot the Recovery 7 ship into space, but Reegan sabotages the fuel supply which will send the Doctor into the sun.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
Inferno (2)
star
7.07
202 votes

#22 - Inferno (2)

Season 7 - Episode 20 - Aired 5/16/1970

Strange deaths, men changing into monsters, hot green slime pouring out of the waste pipes – but Professor Stahlman is determined to press ahead with the Inferno project no matter what the cost!

Directors: Douglas Camfield
Writer: Don Houghton
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The Ambassadors of Death (3)
star
7.07
255 votes

#23 - The Ambassadors of Death (3)

Season 7 - Episode 14 - Aired 4/4/1970

The recovery capsule is empty with the astronauts seemingly kidnapped. But Liz notices that the radiation count is high and the Doctor deduces that the occupants were not human.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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The Ambassadors of Death (7)
star
7.05
231 votes

#24 - The Ambassadors of Death (7)

Season 7 - Episode 18 - Aired 5/2/1970

General Carrington is behind the kidnapping of the ambassadors and intends to turn the world against the aliens by revealing their true identity to the world in a TV broadcast.

Directors: Michael Ferguson
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The Ambassadors of Death (4)
star
7.04
231 votes

#25 - The Ambassadors of Death (4)

Season 7 - Episode 15 - Aired 4/11/1970

Liz has been captured by Reegan who is holding the three aliens captive. The Doctor suspects Quinlan's part in the conspiracy, but Quinlan is killed before he can reveal the truth.

Directors: Michael Ferguson