Doctor Who: Season 7

2012 · 13 episodes · ★ 7.2

Series 7

What Season 7 of Doctor Who

The Eleventh Doctor opens the season with Amy and Rory, his longtime companions, on adventures ranging from the Dalek Asylum to 1930s New York. His journey with the couple reaches a turning point in the fifth episode. Then Clara Oswald arrives as a new companion, joining in the Christmas special. From there, the Doctor faces Daleks, Weeping Angels, insects with hidden agendas and a haunted house, while visiting planets, civilizations and threatened villages. This is the third and final season of Matt Smith as the Doctor.

13episodes

Sep 1, 2012premiered

May 18, 2013latest episode

9.8 hrtotal runtime

Season 7 Episodes

7x01 Asylum of the Daleks
Sep 1, 2012 · 49 min · ★ 7.9
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 · Starring: Arthur Darvill, David Gyasi, Naomi Ryan, Nicholas Pegg
7x02 Dinosaurs on a Spaceship
Sep 8, 2012 · 46 min · ★ 6.6
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 · Starring: Arthur Darvill, David Bradley, Sunetra Sarker, Riann Steele
7x03 A Town Called Mercy
Sep 15, 2012 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
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 · Starring: Arthur Darvill, Ben Browder, Adrian Scarborough, Dominic Kemp
7x04 The Power of Three
Sep 22, 2012 · 42 min · ★ 7.0
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 · Starring: Arthur Darvill, Steven Berkoff, Mark Williams, Jemma Redgrave
7x05 The Angels Take Manhattan Mid-Season Finale
Sep 29, 2012 · 45 min · ★ 8.3
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 · Starring: Alex Kingston, Arthur Darvill, Rob David, Michael McShane
7x06 The Bells of Saint John
Mar 30, 2013 · 45 min · ★ 7.2
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 · Starring: Celia Imrie, Geff Francis, Richard E. Grant, Dan Li
7x07 The Rings of Akhaten
Apr 6, 2013 · 46 min · ★ 7.1
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 · Starring: Michael Dixon, Nicola Thorp, Emilia Jones, Aidan Cook
7x08 Cold War
Apr 13, 2013 · 42 min · ★ 6.5
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 · Starring: James Norton, Tobias Menzies, Liam Cunningham, David Warner
7x09 Hide
Apr 20, 2013 · 45 min · ★ 7.1
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 · Starring: Dougray Scott, Jessica Raine, Kemi-Bo Jacobs, Aidan Cook
7x10 Journey to the Centre of the TARDIS
Apr 27, 2013 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
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 · Starring: Ashley Walters, Jahvel Hall, Sarah Louise Madison, Ruari Mears
7x11 The Crimson Horror
May 4, 2013 · 45 min · ★ 7.1
Something ghastly is afoot in Victorian Yorkshire, as bodies are found with their skin a waxy, glowing red.
Director: Saul Metzstein · Writer: Mark Gatiss · Starring: Dan Starkey, Diana Rigg, Rachael Stirling, Catrin Stewart
7x12 Nightmare in Silver
May 11, 2013 · 45 min · ★ 6.8
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 · Starring: Warwick Davis, Tamzin Outhwaite, Eloise Joseph, Will Merrick
7x13 The Name of the Doctor
May 18, 2013 · 45 min · ★ 8.2
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 · Starring: Alex Kingston, Dan Starkey, Richard E. Grant, Nasi Voutsas