Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)

Season 2 — 1964-65
Doctor:	First Doctor
Companions:	Barbara, Ian, Susan, Vicki, Steven
Key crew
Producer(s):	Verity Lambert
Script editors:	Dennis Spooner David Whitaker
Series details
Start date:	31 October 1964
End date:	24 July 1965
Premiere network:	BBC1
Typical episode length:	25'
More info
Main DWMSE coverage in issues:	7, 12, 34
Key reference books about the season:	The Discontinuity Guide, The First Doctor Handbook, The Sixties, Wiped!, About Time 1
Key documentaries about the season:	Jacqueline Hill - A Life in Pictures, Dennis Spooner: Wanna Write a Television Series?
Relevant Myth Makers interviews:	Carole Ann Ford, William Russell, Verity Lambert, Jacqueline Hill, Raymond Cusick, William Hartnell, Barry Newbery, Tristram Cary
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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; 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 the most extant telerecordings; only the two missing episodes of The Crusade haven't been recovered as of December 2014.

Television stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Planet of Giants	Louis Marks	3	First story other than the initial episode to be set on present day Earth.
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	4	First story to feature the talents of a major actor, Derek Francis.
5	The Web Planet	Bill Strutton	6	First appearance of a Great Old One.
6	The Crusade	David Whitaker	4	First story with a true multi-ethnic cast.
7	The Space Museum	Glyn Jones	4	First story to depict the dimensions of time and space; contains a cliffhanger that precludes the return of the Daleks.
8	The Chase	Terry Nation	6	First appearance of Steven Taylor and final appearances of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. First and only appearance of the Mechanoids.
9	The Time Meddler	Dennis Spooner	4	First appearance of another member of the Doctor and Susan's race, though not yet identified as Time Lords.

Notes

• 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

Recurring

• The First Doctor - William Hartnell
• Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
• Ian Chesterton - William Russell
• Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
• Vicki Pallister - Maureen O'Brien
• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
• The Monk - Peter Butterworth

Guest

• Forester - Alan Tilvern
• David Campbell - Peter Fraser
• Bennett - Ray Barrett
• Maximus Pettulian - Bart Allison
• Vrestin - Roslyn De Winter
• William des Preaux - John Flint
• Sita - Peter Sanders
• Abraham Lincoln - Robert Marsden

Stories set during this season

• The Time Travellers is set between Planet of Giants and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
• Venusian Lullaby is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
• The Book of Shadows is set directly after Venusian Lullaby.
• The Revenants is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
• Romans Cutaway and Byzantium! are set between the cliffhanger that ends The Rescue and the main action of The Romans.
• Starborn is set directly after The Romans.
• The Rocket Men and Prisoners of Time are set between The Web Planet and The Crusade.
• The Sleeping City is set between The Crusade and The Chase.
• The Doctor's Tale is set after The Crusade and before The Chase.
• The Plotters is set between The Space Museum and The Chase.
• The Eleventh Tiger is set after The Plotters and before The Chase.

Ratings

• 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

Home media

VHS

• 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 episodes 1 and 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 VHS release

• The Crusade (2000) (episodes 2 and 4 only, with narration of existing episodes)

DVD releases

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

Download/streaming availability

Serial name	Amazon Video	BBC Store	iTunes
Planet of Giants (3 episodes)		✓
The Dalek Invasion of Earth (6 episodes)	Germany, UK	✓	✓
The Rescue (2 episodes)		✓
The Romans
The Web Planet (6 episodes)		✓
The Crusade
The Space Museum (4 episodes)		✓
The Chase (6 episodes)		✓
The Time Meddler (4 episodes)		✓

Until early 2016, all stories of the season except for The Dalek Invasion of Earth, The Romans and The Crusade were available for streaming on Hulu Plus.

Novels

• Doctor Who – Planet of Giants
• Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth
• Doctor Who – The Rescue
• Doctor Who − The Romans
• Doctor Who and the Zarbi
• Doctor Who and the Crusaders
• Doctor Who – The Space Museum
• Doctor Who – The Chase
• Doctor Who – The Time Meddler

Audiobooks

• The Crusade

Theatrical film

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

External links

• BBC Website Guide to Season 2