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The second season of Doctor Who ran between 31 October 1964 and 24 July 1965. It consisted of nine serials and thirty-nine episodes. Milestones this season included not one but two encore appearances by the Daleks; and the departure of the original three companions, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton; and the first appearance of someone else from the Doctor and Susan's home planet. Amongst the black and white seasons, Season 2 has fared the best in terms of surviving episodes, with only two episodes of The Crusade missing from the archive.

Television stories Edit

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Planet of Giants	Louis Marks	3	First story other than the initial episode to be set in then-modern times
2	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	Terry Nation	6	Final appearance of Susan Foreman and first encore appearance of an enemy
3	The Rescue	David Whitaker	2	First appearance of Vicki
4	The Romans	Dennis Spooner
5	The Web Planet	Bill Strutton	6	First appearance of a Great Old One.
6	The Crusade	David Whitaker	4
7	The Space Museum	Glyn Jones	4
8	The Chase	Terry Nation	6	First appearance of Steven Taylor and final appearances of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. First appearance of the Mechanoids.
9	The Time Meddler	Dennis Spooner	4	First appearance of a Time Lord other than the Doctor or Susan

Notes Edit

Each story consisted of between two and six episodes, with each chapter having a different episode title. Unlike Season 1, however, the overall titles given to Season 2 stories are generally widely accepted.

Cast Edit

Primary cast Edit

The First Doctor - William Hartnell

Secondary cast Edit

Guest cast Edit

Stories set during this season Edit

PROSE: The Time Travellers is set between Planet of Giants and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
PROSE: Venusian Lullaby is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
PROSE: The Book of Shadows (short story) (directly after Venusian Lullaby)
AUDIO: The Revenants is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
PROSE: Romans Cutaway and PROSE: Byzantium! are set between the cliffhanger that ends The Rescue and the main action of The Romans.
AUDIO: The Rocket Men and COMIC: Prisoners of Time are set between The Web Planet and The Crusade
PROSE: The Plotters is set between The Space Museum and The Chase.
PROSE: The Eleventh Tiger is set after The Plotters and before The Chase

Ratings Edit

Average: 10.5 million
Highest: 13.5 million (The Web Planet episode 1 - "The Web Planet")
Lowest: 7.7 million (The Time Meddler episode 3 - "A Battle of Wits")

Adaptations and merchandising Edit

Home media Edit

VHS Edit

Planet of Giants (2002)
The Dalek Invasion of Earth (1990) (in 2 parts)
The Rescue/The Romans (1994)
The Web Planet (1990)
The Crusade and The Space Museum (1999) (Contains 1+3 of The Crusade with narration of missing episodes)
The Chase (1993)
The Time Meddler (2002)
The Hartnell Years (1991) (The Crusade Episode 3)

Loose Cannon VHSes Edit

The Crusade (2000) (Episodes 2+4 only)

DVD Releases Edit

Serial name	Number and duration of episodes	R2 release date	R4 release date	R1 release date
Planet of Giants	3 × 25 min	20 August 2012	5 September 2012	11 September 2012
The Dalek Invasion of Earth	6 × 25 min.	9 June 2003	13 August 2003	7 October 2003
The Rescue/The Romans: The Rescue (2 episodes) The Romans (4 episodes)	6 × 25 min.	23 February 2009	2 April 2009	7 July 2009
The Web Planet	6 × 25 min.	3 October 2005	3 November 2005	5 September 2006
The Space Museum/The Chase: The Space Museum (4 episodes) The Chase (6 episodes)	10 × 25 min.	1 March 2010	6 May 2010	6 July 2010
The Time Meddler	4 × 25 min.	4 February 2008	2 April 2008	5 August 2008
The Crusade (episodes 1 & 3 of 4; soundtracks of 2 & 4) {Lost in Time: William Hartnell}	6 × 25 min. + 2 × 25 min. audio	1 November 2004	2 December 2004 (Original release) 1 July 2010 (Re-release)	2 November 2004

Novels Edit

Audiobooks Edit

The Crusade

Theatrical film Edit

Daleks' Invasion Earth 2150 A.D. - based upon the second serial, The Dalek Invasion of Earth

External links Edit

BBC Website Guide to Season 2

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