Doctor Who (1963)/Season 7

Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC and deals with themes of time travel, alien invasions, and high-adventure. The series features a humanoid alien being known as the Doctor, who travels with his (usually) human companions inside of his time machine, the TARDIS, fighting various foes and saving the Earth from threats both terrestrial and beyond the stars.

Series seven of Doctor Who featured Jon Pertwee in the role of the Third Doctor. It aired on BBC One from January 3rd, 1970 to June 20th, 1970, spanning a total of twenty-five episodes. Along with Jon Pertwee, series seven also starred Caroline John as his companion, Elizabeth Shaw and Nicholas Courtney as UNIT commander, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart.

Production

 * Barry Letts - Producer
 * Derrick Sherwin - Producer

Directors

 * Barry Letts
 * Derek Martinus
 * Douglas Camfield
 * Michael Ferguson
 * Timothy Combe

Writers

 * David Whitaker
 * Don Houghton
 * Malcolm Hulke
 * Robert Holmes

Storylines

 * "Spearhead from Space"
 * "Doctor Who and the Silurians"
 * "The Ambassadors of Death"
 * "Inferno"

Notes & Trivia

 * The first serial in the series, "Spearhead from Space", introduced the artificial menace of the Autons.