Doctor Who Season 7

Right now you can watch Doctor Who Season 7 on and — and it goes further with its ideas than most genre entertainment bothers to. Across 1 season, the show has had time to find its rhythm and keep it. Its 8/10 TMDB score, built from 702 ratings, reflects a title that consistently delivers. Jon Pertwee sets the tone, and the world-building does the rest. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Part of the current wave of titles people are actually watching, Doctor Who Season 7 earns its spot. Doctor Who Season 7 treats its concept seriously enough to follow it all the way through. 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. Jon Pertwee and Nicholas Courtney lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 1970. Doctor Who Season 7 resists the temptation to explain everything, trusting the audience to sit with ambiguity. The consistency throughout is what elevates it — not every moment is the best, but none of them are a reason to stop watching.

Doctor Who Season 7 is satisfying on multiple levels — something to watch and something to think about after. It does not lean on comparisons to make its case. It is a manageable watch, easy to fit into a single week. Jon Pertwee grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.