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Doctor Who Season 7

About Doctor Who Season 7 (1970)

The Doctor is exiled to Earth after being put on trial by his own people, the Time Lords. Stranded without the TARDIS, he is reunited with Lethbridge-Stewart and assists U.N.I.T. in investigating extraterrestrial threats.

The Doctor receives help from Liz Shaw to stop the Auton invasion of Earth, where living plastic is used as a weapon. During their adventures, they also uncover the Silurians - scientifically advanced reptilian humanoids who once ruled the Earth.

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Episodes

Spearhead from Space

Saturday
3rd January 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - Episode 1

The TARDIS takes the newly regenerated Doctor to Earth to begin his exile.

Saturday
10th January 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - Episode 2

A recovered Doctor escapes the hospital and joins UNIT in their investigation.

Saturday
17th January 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - Episode 3

Sam Seeley has found one of the meteorites but the Autons want it back and are closing in.

Saturday
24th January 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Spearhead from Space - Episode 4

The invasion begins as Auton shop dummies come to life and attack the public.

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Saturday
31st January 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 1

UNIT are summoned to Wenley Moor research station which is experiencing mysterious power losses.

Saturday
7th February 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 2

Investigating the caves, the Doctor is attacked by a dinosaur-like creature.

Saturday
14th February 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 3

The creature from the caves, wounded and dangerous, is on the loose on Wenley Moor.

Saturday
21st February 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (25 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 4

Fearful of a war breaking out between the Silurians and mankind, the Doctor attempts to make peace.

Saturday
28th February 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 5

When the Silurian leader is killed, all hopes of peace are lost.

Saturday
7th March 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 6

As the Silurian plague quickly spreads, the Doctor desperately searches for a cure.

Saturday
14th March 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (22 mins)

Doctor Who - Doctor Who and the Silurians - Episode 7

With the antidote to the plague found, the Silurians retaliate and take over the research centre.

The Ambassadors of Death

Saturday
21st March 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 1

UNIT is called in and the Doctor learns that someone is sending messages to the vessel.

Saturday
28th March 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 2

Recovery 7 has returned to Earth but the UNIT convoy transporting the capsule is ambushed.

Saturday
4th April 1970
5:20PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 3

The recovery capsule is empty with the astronauts seemingly kidnapped.

Saturday
11th April 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 4

Liz has been captured by Reegan who is holding the three aliens captive.

Saturday
18th April 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 5

The Doctor prepares to pilot the Recovery 7 ship into space, but Reegan sabotages the fuel supply.

Saturday
25th April 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 6

On board a vast spacecraft, the Doctor meets the alien captain who demands the return of the ambassadors.

Saturday
2nd May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - The Ambassadors of Death - Episode 7

General Carrington is behind the kidnapping of the ambassadors and intends to turn the world against the aliens.

Inferno

Saturday
9th May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 1

UNIT are at a project run by Professor Stahlman who intends to penetrate Earth's crust.

Saturday
16th May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (22 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 2

The green slime oozing from the drill head is transforming men into monsters.

Saturday
23rd May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 3

Transported to a parallel world, the Doctor discovers that England is under military rule.

Saturday
30th May 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 4

In the parallel world, the drilling project is about to penetrate the Earth's crust.

Saturday
6th June 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 5

In the parallel world, Earth’s crust has been penetrated, releasing terrible forces from within the Earth.

Saturday
13th June 1970
5:25PM
BBC 1 (23 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 6

As the parallel Earth faces destruction, the Doctor is desperate to return to his world to warn them of the danger.

Saturday
20th June 1970
5:15PM
BBC 1 (24 mins)

Doctor Who - Inferno - Episode 7

The Doctor has escaped the doomed, parallel Earth and attempts to put a halt to the drilling project.

Credits

Spearhead from Space

Credits
  • Writer Robert Holmes
  • Director Derek Martinus
  • Producer Derrick Sherwin
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Liz Shaw Caroline John
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • Channing Hugh Burden
  • Seeley Neil Wilson
  • Mullins Talfryn Thomas
  • Captain Munro John Breslin
  • Dr. Henderson Antony Webb
  • Nurse Helen Dorward
  • Corporal Forbes George Lee
  • UNIT Officer Tessa Shaw
  • Technician Ellis Jones
  • Wagstaffe Alan Mitchell
  • 2nd Reporter Prentis Hancock
  • Major General Scobie Hamilton Dyce
  • Dr Beavis Henry McCarthy
  • Hibbert John Woodnutt
  • Ransome Derek Smee
  • Meg Betty Bowden
  • Sergeant Clifford Cox
  • Attendant Edmund Bailey

Doctor Who and the Silurians

Credits
  • Writer Malcolm Hulke
  • Director Timothy Combe
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Dr. Quinn Fulton Mackay
  • Major Baker Norman Jones
  • Dr. Lawrence Peter Miles
  • Miss Dawson Thomasine Heiner
  • Dr. Meredith Ian Cunningham
  • Roberts Roy Branigan
  • Spencer John Newman
  • Davis Bill Matthews
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Liz Shaw Caroline John
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • Captain Hawkins Paul Darrow
  • Doris Squire Nancie Jackson
  • Silurian Pat Gorman
  • Silurian Voice Peter Halliday
  • Masters Geoffrey Palmer
  • Sergeant Hart Richard Steele
  • Travis Ian Talbot
  • Old Silurian Dave Carter
  • Young Silurian Nigel Johns
  • Silurian Paul Barton
  • Silurian Simon Cain
  • Silurian John Churchill
  • Private Robins Harry Swift
  • Silurian Scientist Pat Gorman
  • Corporal Nutting Alan Mason
  • Private Wright David Pollitt
  • Hospital Doctor Brendan Barry
  • Silurian Dave Carter

The Ambassadors of Death

Credits
  • Writer David Whitaker
  • Writer Trevor Rayl
  • Writer Malcolm Hulke
  • Director Michael Ferguson
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Liz Shaw Caroline John
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • Ralph Cornish Ronald Allen
  • Taltalian Robert Cawdron
  • Carrington John Abineri
  • Van Lyden Ric Felgate
  • John Wakefield Michael Wisher
  • Miss Rutherford Cheryl Molineaux
  • Grey Ray Armstrong
  • Collinson Robert Robertson
  • Quinlan Dallas Cavell
  • Control Room Assistant Bernard Martin
  • Dobson Juan Moreno
  • Corporal Champion James Haswell
  • Unit Sergeant Derek Ware
  • Reegan William Dysart
  • Lennox Cyril Shaps
  • Heldorf Gordon Sterne
  • Astronaut Steve Peters
  • Astronaut Neville Simons
  • Astronaut Ric Felgate
  • Flynn Tony Harwood
  • Sergeant Benton John Levene
  • Private Parker James Clayton
  • Control Room Assistant Joanna Ross
  • Control Room Assistant Carl Conway
  • Technician Roy Scammell
  • Alien Space Captain Peter Noel Cook
  • Alien Voice Peter Halliday
  • Michaels Neville Simons
  • Lefee Steve Peters
  • Private Johnson Geoffrey Beevers

Inferno

Credits
  • Writer Don Houghton
  • Director Douglas Camfield
  • Producer Barry Letts
  • Script Editor Terrance Dicks
  • Professor Stahlman Olaf Pooley
  • Sir Keith Gold Christopher Benjamin
  • Greg Sutton Derek Newark
  • Petra Williams Sheila Dunn
  • Sergeant Benton John Levene
  • Private Latimer David Simeon
  • Private Wyatt Derek Ware
  • Harry Slocum Walter Randall
  • Bromley Ian Fairbairn
  • Doctor Who Jon Pertwee
  • Liz Shaw Caroline John
  • Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart Nicholas Courtney
  • RSF Sentry Roy Scammell
  • Section Leader Elizabeth Shaw Caroline John
  • The Brigade Leader Nicholas Courtney
  • Patterson Keith James
  • Primord Dave Carter
  • Primord Pat Gorman
  • Primord Philip Ryan
  • Primord Peter Thompson
  • Primord Walter Henry