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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!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 5 - The Angels Take Manhattan
    9.0/10(10289 votes)

    S7:E5

    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

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  2. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 1 - Asylum of the Daleks
    8.5/10(9302 votes)

    S7:E1

    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

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  3. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 6 - The Bells of Saint John
    8.3/10(8592 votes)

    S7:E6

    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

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  4. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 7 - The Rings of Akhaten
    7.8/10(7545 votes)

    S7:E7

    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

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  5. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 10 - Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
    7.6/10(6980 votes)

    S7:E10

    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:Steve Thompson

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  6. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 4 - The Power of Three
    7.4/10(7429 votes)

    S7:E4

    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

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  7. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 11 - The Crimson Horror
    7.4/10(7014 votes)

    S7:E11

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

    Director:Saul Metzstein
    Writer:Mark Gatiss

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  8. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 8 - Cold War
    7.3/10(8062 votes)

    S7:E8

    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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  9. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 2 - Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
    7.2/10(7876 votes)

    S7:E2

    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

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  10. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 3 - A Town Called Mercy
    7.2/10(7609 votes)

    S7:E3

    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

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  11. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 13 - The Name of the Doctor
    7.2/10(6817 votes)

    S7:E13

    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

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  12. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 9 - Hide
    7.1/10(7032 votes)

    S7:E9

    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

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  13. Doctor Who Season 7 Episode 12 - Nightmare in Silver
    7.1/10(6758 votes)

    S7:E12

    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

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Season 7 Ratings Summary

"The Angels Take Manhattan" is the best rated episode of "Doctor Who" season 7. It scored 9/10 based on 10289 votes. Directed by Nick Hurran and written by Steven Moffat, it aired on 9/29/2012. This episode is rated 0.5 points higher than the second-best, "Asylum of the Daleks".