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The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 7

Every episode of Doctor Who Season 7 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 7!

The Doctor is a Time Lord: a 900 year old alien with 2 hearts, part of a gifted civilization who mastered time travel. The Doctor...
Genres:Action & AdventureDramaSci-Fi & Fantasy
Network:BBC One

Season 7 Ratings Summary

"Asylum of the Daleks" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 7. It scored 8.5/10 based on 8599 votes. Directed by Nick Hurran and written by Steven Moffat, it aired on 9/1/2012. This episode is rated 1.3 points higher than the second-best, "Dinosaurs on a Spaceship".

  • Asylum of the Daleks
    8.5/108,599 votes

    #1 - Asylum of the Daleks

    Season 7 Episode 1 - Aired 9/1/2012

    Kidnapped by his oldest foe, the Doctor is forced on an impossible mission - to a place even the Daleks are too terrified to enter... the Asylum. A planetary prison confining the most terrifying and insane of their kind, the Doctor and the Ponds must find an escape route. But with Amy and Rory’s relationship in meltdown, and an army of mad Daleks closing in, it is up to the Doctor to save their lives, as well as the Pond’s marriage.

    Director: Nick Hurran

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
    7.2/107,228 votes

    #2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship

    Season 7 Episode 2 - Aired 9/8/2012

    An unmanned spaceship hurtles towards certain destruction - unless the Doctor can save it, and its impossible cargo... of dinosaurs! By his side a ragtag gang of adventurers; a big game hunter, an Egyptian Queen and a surprised member of the Pond family. But little does the Doctor know there is someone else onboard who will stop at nothing to keep hold of his precious, prehistoric cargo.

    Director: Saul Metzstein

    Writer: Chris Chibnall

  • A Town Called Mercy
    7.2/106,958 votes

    #3 - A Town Called Mercy

    Season 7 Episode 3 - Aired 9/15/2012

    The Doctor gets a Stetson (and a gun!), and finds himself the reluctant Sheriff of a Western town under siege by a relentless cyborg, who goes by the name of the Gunslinger. But who is he and what does he want? The answer seems to lie with the mysterious, Kahler-Jex, an alien doctor (yes another one!) whose initial appearance is hiding a dark secret.

    Director: Saul Metzstein

    Writer: Toby Whithouse

  • The Power of Three
    7.4/106,790 votes

    #4 - The Power of Three

    Season 7 Episode 4 - Aired 9/22/2012

    The Doctor and the Ponds puzzle an unlikely invasion of Earth, as millions of sinister black cubes arrive overnight, almost like presents falling from the sky. But what are they, what’s inside them and most importantly, who sent them? With the international community at a loss, it’s left to the Doctor to unearth who is behind the mystery.

    Director: Douglas Mackinnon

    Writer: Chris Chibnall

  • The Angels Take Manhattan
    8.9/109,505 votes

    #5 - The Angels Take Manhattan

    Season 7 Episode 5 - Aired 9/29/2012

    The Doctor’s heart-breaking farewell to Amy and Rory – a race against time through the streets of Manhattan, as New York’s statues come to life around them… With Rory’s life in danger, the Doctor and Amy must locate him before it’s too late! Luckily, an old friend helps them and guides the way.

    Director: Nick Hurran

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Bells of Saint John
    8.3/107,920 votes

    #6 - The Bells of Saint John

    Season 7 Episode 6 - Aired 3/30/2013

    When the Doctor receives a mysterious call from Clara, the woman that he's been seeking since he has seen her die twice, he arrives in 21st century Earth and discovers that something is using wi-fi to download human minds into the Internet... and feed on them.

    Director: Colm McCarthy

    Writer: Steven Moffat

  • The Rings of Akhaten
    7.8/106,913 votes

    #7 - The Rings of Akhaten

    Season 7 Episode 7 - Aired 4/6/2013

    Clara wants to see something awesome, so the Doctor whisks her off to the inhabited rings of the planet Akhaten, where the Festival of Offerings is in full swing. Clara meets the young Queen of Years as the pilgrims and natives ready for the ceremony. But something is stirring in the pyramid, and a sacrifice will be demanded.

    Director: Farren Blackburn

    Writer: Neil Cross

  • Cold War
    7.3/107,400 votes

    #8 - Cold War

    Season 7 Episode 8 - Aired 4/13/2013

    The Doctor and Clara land on a damaged Russian submarine in 1983 as it spirals out of control into the ocean depths. An alien creature is loose on board, having escaped from a block of Arctic ice. With tempers flaring and a cargo of nuclear weapons on board, it’s not just the crew but the whole of humanity at stake!

    Director: Douglas Mackinnon

    Writer: Mark Gatiss

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    7.1/106,437 votes

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    Season 7 Episode 9 - Aired 4/20/2013

    Clara and the Doctor arrive at Caliburn House, a haunted mansion sat alone on a desolate moor. Within its walls, a ghost hunting Professor and a gifted psychic are searching for the Witch of the Well. Her apparition appears throughout the history of the building, but is she really a ghost? And what is chasing her?

    Director: Jamie Payne

    Writer: Neil Cross

  • Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
    7.6/106,381 votes

    #10 - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS

    Season 7 Episode 10 - Aired 4/27/2013

    When a salvage ship attempts to pull the TARDIS aboard when the time vessel's shields are down, an explosion occurs. The Doctor forces the salvage crew to help him find Clara, who is lost somewhere inside his vessel.

    Director: Mat King

    Writer: Stephen Thompson

  • The Crimson Horror
    7.4/106,420 votes

    #11 - The Crimson Horror

    Season 7 Episode 11 - Aired 5/4/2013

    Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red.

    Director: Saul Metzstein

    Writer: Mark Gatiss

  • Nightmare in Silver
    7.2/106,171 votes

    #12 - Nightmare in Silver

    Season 7 Episode 12 - Aired 5/11/2013

    Hedgewick's World of Wonders: the perfect theme park day out - and ground zero for a deadly silver resurrection.

    Director: Stephen Woolfenden

    Writer: Neil Gaiman

  • The Name of the Doctor
    7.2/106,217 votes

    #13 - The Name of the Doctor

    Season 7 Episode 13 - Aired 5/18/2013

    Someone is kidnapping the Doctor's friends, leading him towards the one place in all of time and space that he should never go.

    Director: Saul Metzstein

    Writer: Steven Moffat