Doctor Who — Season 7
25 episodesFirst aired 3 January 1970
It was the first series produced and broadcast in colour and the first set entirely in one time period and almost entirely on Earth (the latter of these factors would later be repeated for Season 26 and Series 1, although in those two cases there was no attempt at an in-universe explanation for confining the Doctor to the planet). Although the series did not have an overall story arc, it did feature a recurring subplot of the Doctor trying to adjust to life as an exile while trying to circumvent the restrictions placed upon him by the Time Lords, and began the process where the Doctor would try to gain more control over his TARDIS. Beginning with this series and continuing for the next few years, most storylines involve the Doctor working with UNIT.
E1Spearhead from Space (1)
8.2Jan 197025m
As the newly-regenerated Doctor arrives on Earth, so does the Nestene too.
E2Spearhead from Space (2)
8.4Jan 197025m
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.
E3Spearhead from Space (3)
8.1Jan 197025m
Ransome manages to escape from the plastics factory and alert UNIT, prompting the Doctor and the Brigadier to start an investigation.
E4Spearhead from Space (4)
7.9Jan 197025m
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.
E5Doctor Who and the Silurians (1)
7.4Jan 197025m
The Doctor and Liz are summoned to the Wenley Moor Research Centre by the Brigadier, after several staff members suffer nervous breakdowns.
E6Doctor Who and the Silurians (2)
7.2Feb 197025m
The Doctor attempts to convince people there are monsters in the caves, prompting Major Baker to start shooting at a reptile man.
E7Doctor Who and the Silurians (3)
7.3Feb 197025m
The Silurians contact Quinn for help in retrieving the creature while the Doctor and the Brigadier organise a search of the moors.
E8Doctor Who and the Silurians (4)
7.4Feb 197025m
With Quinn dead, the Brigadier decides to take an armed party into the caves, prompting the Doctor to contact the Silurians himself.
E9Doctor Who and the Silurians (5)
7.4Feb 197025m
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.
E10Doctor Who and the Silurians (6)
7.4Mar 197025m
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.
E11Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)
7.8Mar 197025m
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.
E12The Ambassadors of Death (1)
7.2Mar 197025m
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.
E13The Ambassadors of Death (2)
7.2Mar 197025m
UNIT retrieve the returned Recovery 7 but then Carrington hijacks it while the Doctor and Liz try to decode the signal he sent.
E14The Ambassadors of Death (3)
7.3Apr 197025m
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.
E15The Ambassadors of Death (4)
7.0Apr 197025m
Liz has been captured by Reegan's men and the Doctor begins to suspect Taltalian is more involved than he appeared.
E16The Ambassadors of Death (5)
6.6Apr 197025m
The Doctor decides to take Recovery 7 back into space to search for the missing astronauts but Reegan sabotages the launch.
E17The Ambassadors of Death (6)
6.8Apr 197025m
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.
E18The Ambassadors of Death (7)
6.7May 197025m
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.
E19Inferno (1)
8.0May 197025m
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…
E20Inferno (2)
7.9May 197025m
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!
E21Inferno (3)
8.2May 197025m
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.
E22Inferno (4)
7.5May 197025m
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…
E23Inferno (5)
7.9Jun 197025m
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...
E24Inferno (6)
7.8Jun 197025m
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?
E25Inferno (7)
7.7Jun 197025m
The Doctor has escaped the catastrophic destruction of a parallel world. But can he stop Stahlman before he destroys this one?
