The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 7

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   8.1/10(1177 votes)

   #1 - Spearhead from Space (1)

   S7:E11/3/1970

   As the newly-regenerated Doctor arrives on Earth, so does the Nestene too.

   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes
2. 

   8.0/10(1002 votes)

   #2 - Spearhead from Space (2)

   S7:E21/10/1970

   UNIT's attempts to locate the meteorites are hampered by the mysterious plastic Autons, being constructed by Channing at a nearby factory, while the Doctor makes another attempt to escape from the hospital.

   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes
3. 

   8.0/10(968 votes)

   #3 - Spearhead from Space (3)

   S7:E31/17/1970

   Ransome manages to escape from the plastics factory and alert UNIT, prompting the Doctor and the Brigadier to start an investigation.

   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes
4. 

   8.2/10(981 votes)

   #4 - Spearhead from Space (4)

   S7:E41/24/1970

   With UNIT's investigation being blocked by the Replica of Scobie, the Doctor and Liz visit Madame Tussaud's to try and find out more as Channing prepares to activate the Autons.

   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes

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   Director:Derek Martinus

   Writer:Robert Holmes
5. 

   7.6/10(866 votes)

   #5 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (1)

   S7:E51/31/1970

   The Doctor and Liz are summoned to the Wenley Moor Research Centre by the Brigadier, after several staff members suffer nervous breakdowns.

   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke
6. 

   7.6/10(772 votes)

   #6 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (2)

   S7:E62/7/1970

   The Doctor attempts to convince people there are monsters in the caves, prompting Major Baker to start shooting at a reptile man.

   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke
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7. 

   7.6/10(765 votes)

   #7 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (3)

   S7:E72/14/1970

   The Silurians contact Quinn for help in retrieving the creature while the Doctor and the Brigadier organise a search of the moors.

   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke
8. 

   7.7/10(751 votes)

   #8 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (4)

   S7:E82/21/1970

   With Quinn dead, the Brigadier decides to take an armed party into the caves, prompting the Doctor to contact the Silurians himself.

   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke
9. 

   7.7/10(747 votes)

   #9 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (5)

   S7:E92/28/1970

   Worried about the Old Silurian's growing friendship with the Doctor, the Young Silurian has the scientist infect Baker with a virus and then release him.

   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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   Director:Timothy Combe

   Writer:Malcolm Hulke
10. 

    7.8/10(755 votes)

    #10 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (6)

    S7:E103/7/1970

    While the Doctor and Liz try to find a cure to the virus spread by Baker, the Young Silurian kills the Old Silurian and takes control of his people.

    Director:Timothy Combe

    Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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    Director:Timothy Combe

    Writer:Malcolm Hulke
11. 

    8.0/10(765 votes)

    #11 - Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)

    S7:E113/14/1970

    While Liz distributes the cure to the virus, the Doctor discovers the Silurians now plan to wipe out humanity by destroying the Van Allen Belt.

    Director:Timothy Combe

    Writer:Malcolm Hulke

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    Director:Timothy Combe

    Writer:Malcolm Hulke
12. 

    7.4/10(736 votes)

    #12 - The Ambassadors of Death (1)

    S7:E123/21/1970

    While the Brigadier investigates a loss of contact with Mars Probe 7, the Doctor realises signals coming from the probe are of extra-terrestrial origin.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:David Whitaker, Trevor Ray

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:David Whitaker, Trevor Ray
13. 

    7.3/10(652 votes)

    #13 - The Ambassadors of Death (2)

    S7:E133/28/1970

    UNIT retrieve the returned Recovery 7 but then Carrington hijacks it while the Doctor and Liz try to decode the signal he sent.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker
14. 

    7.2/10(648 votes)

    #14 - The Ambassadors of Death (3)

    S7:E144/4/1970

    Carrington is holding the astronauts at a secret location but when he takes the Doctor, Liz and the Brigadier there they find they have been kidnapped.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker
15. 

    7.2/10(641 votes)

    #15 - The Ambassadors of Death (4)

    S7:E154/11/1970

    Liz has been captured by Reegan's men and the Doctor begins to suspect Taltalian is more involved than he appeared.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker
16. 

    7.1/10(637 votes)

    #16 - The Ambassadors of Death (5)

    S7:E164/18/1970

    The Doctor decides to take Recovery 7 back into space to search for the missing astronauts but Reegan sabotages the launch.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker
17. 

    7.3/10(632 votes)

    #17 - The Ambassadors of Death (6)

    S7:E174/25/1970

    The Doctor speaks with the alien captain and learns the astronauts sent to Earth were ambassadors. However, before he can alert the authorities he is kidnapped by Reegan.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker
18. 

    7.3/10(637 votes)

    #18 - The Ambassadors of Death (7)

    S7:E185/2/1970

    Carrington is planning to expose the aliens on live television and call for an interplanetary war and the Brigadier must rescue the Doctor and Liz in time to stop him.

    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker

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    Director:Michael Ferguson

    Writers:Malcolm Hulke, David Whitaker
19. 

    8.1/10(904 votes)

    #19 - Inferno (1)

    S7:E195/9/1970

    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, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton
20. 

    8.0/10(782 votes)

    #20 - Inferno (2)

    S7:E205/16/1970

    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!

    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Director:Douglas Camfield

    Writer:Don Houghton
21. 

    8.4/10(788 votes)

    #21 - Inferno (3)

    S7:E215/23/1970

    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.

    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton
22. 

    8.3/10(772 votes)

    #22 - Inferno (4)

    S7:E225/30/1970

    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…

    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton
23. 

    8.2/10(772 votes)

    #23 - Inferno (5)

    S7:E236/6/1970

    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...

    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton
24. 

    8.5/10(790 votes)

    #24 - Inferno (6)

    S7:E246/13/1970

    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?

    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton
25. 

    8.3/10(785 votes)

    #25 - Inferno (7)

    S7:E256/20/1970

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

    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton

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    Directors:Douglas Camfield, Barry Letts

    Writer:Don Houghton