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Doctor Who
The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores the universe in his TARDIS, a sentient time-traveling spaceship. Its exterior appears as a blue British police box, which was a common sight in Britain in 1963 when the series first aired. Along with a succession of companions, The Doctor faces a variety of foes while working to save civilizations, help ordinary people, and right many wrongs.
- Created by:
- Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, Donald Wilson
- Cast:
- Sylvester McCoy, Sophie Aldred
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- Network:
- BBC One, BBC Television
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 7
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 8.1Spearhead from Space (1)
1970-01-03 · 25mAs the newly-regenerated Doctor arrives on Earth, so does the Nestene too.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 8.3Spearhead from Space (2)
1970-01-10 · 25mUNIT'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.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.0Spearhead from Space (3)
1970-01-17 · 25mRansome manages to escape from the plastics factory and alert UNIT, prompting the Doctor and the Brigadier to start an investigation.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 7.9Spearhead from Space (4)
1970-01-24 · 25mWith 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.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 7.4Doctor Who and the Silurians (1)
1970-01-31 · 25mThe Doctor and Liz are summoned to the Wenley Moor Research Centre by the Brigadier, after several staff members suffer nervous breakdowns.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 7.2Doctor Who and the Silurians (2)
1970-02-07 · 25mThe Doctor attempts to convince people there are monsters in the caves, prompting Major Baker to start shooting at a reptile man.
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E07
Episode 7
★ 7.3Doctor Who and the Silurians (3)
1970-02-14 · 25mThe Silurians contact Quinn for help in retrieving the creature while the Doctor and the Brigadier organise a search of the moors.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 7.4Doctor Who and the Silurians (4)
1970-02-21 · 25mWith Quinn dead, the Brigadier decides to take an armed party into the caves, prompting the Doctor to contact the Silurians himself.
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E09
Episode 9
★ 7.4Doctor Who and the Silurians (5)
1970-02-28 · 25mWorried 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.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.4Doctor Who and the Silurians (6)
1970-03-07 · 25mWhile 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.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 7.8Doctor Who and the Silurians (7)
1970-03-14 · 25mWhile Liz distributes the cure to the virus, the Doctor discovers the Silurians now plan to wipe out humanity by destroying the Van Allen Belt.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.2The Ambassadors of Death (1)
1970-03-21 · 25mWhile the Brigadier investigates a loss of contact with Mars Probe 7, the Doctor realises signals coming from the probe are of extra-terrestrial origin.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.2The Ambassadors of Death (2)
1970-03-28 · 25mUNIT retrieve the returned Recovery 7 but then Carrington hijacks it while the Doctor and Liz try to decode the signal he sent.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.3The Ambassadors of Death (3)
1970-04-04 · 25mCarrington 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.
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E15
Episode 15
★ 7.0The Ambassadors of Death (4)
1970-04-11 · 25mLiz has been captured by Reegan's men and the Doctor begins to suspect Taltalian is more involved than he appeared.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 6.6The Ambassadors of Death (5)
1970-04-18 · 25mThe Doctor decides to take Recovery 7 back into space to search for the missing astronauts but Reegan sabotages the launch.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 6.8The Ambassadors of Death (6)
1970-04-25 · 25mThe 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.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 6.7The Ambassadors of Death (7)
1970-05-02 · 25mCarrington 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.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 8.0Inferno (1)
1970-05-09 · 25mEngland, 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…
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E20
Episode 20
★ 7.9Inferno (2)
1970-05-16 · 25mStrange 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!
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E21
Episode 21
★ 8.2Inferno (3)
1970-05-23 · 25mThe 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.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 7.5Inferno (4)
1970-05-30 · 25mIn 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…
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E23
Episode 23
★ 7.9Inferno (5)
1970-06-06 · 25mThe 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...
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E24
Episode 24
★ 7.8Inferno (6)
1970-06-13 · 25mThe 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?
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E25
Episode 25
★ 7.7Inferno (7)
1970-06-20 · 25mThe Doctor has escaped the catastrophic destruction of a parallel world. But can he stop Stahlman before he destroys this one?
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Sylvester McCoy
The Doctor
Sophie Aldred
Ace