Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)

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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

#	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	4
5	The Web Planet	Bill Strutton	6
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

• 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

Main cast

• The First Doctor - William Hartnell
• Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford (departed in The Dalek Invasion of Earth)
• Ian Chesterton - William Russell (departed in The Chase)
• Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill (departed in The Chase)
• Vicki - Maureen O'Brien (introduced in The Rescue)
• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves (introduced in The Chase)

Notes

• Susan's departure at the end of The Dalek Invasion of Earth made for the first major cast change.

Guest cast

• 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
• The Monk - Peter Butterworth

Stories set during this season

• 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: Romans Cutaway and PROSE: Byzantium! are set between the cliffhanger that ends The Rescue and the main action of The Romans.
• 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

• 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 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

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

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

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