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, Doctor Who The Handbook: The First Doctor, The Sixties, Wiped! Doctor Who's Missing Episodes, About Time 1, The Complete History 3, TCH 4, TCH 5
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, Douglas Camfield, Julian Glover
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Season 2 of Doctor Who ran from 31 October 1964 to 24 July 1965. It starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, Maureen O'Brien as Vicki Pallister and Peter Purves as Steven Taylor. The season opened with Planet of Giants and concluded with The Time Meddler.

Overview

It consisted of nine serials comprised of 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, and the first Time Lord enemy to appear.

Amongst the black and white seasons, season 2 has the most extant telerecordings; only the two missing episodes of The Crusade have not been recovered as of 2022.

Television stories

#	Title	Writer	Episodes	Notes
1	Planet of Giants	Louis Marks	3	First story other than the pilot episode to be set on present day Earth. First story to be written by Louis Marks and the first to have an episode directed by Douglas Camfield.
2	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	Terry Nation	6	Final regular appearance of Susan Foreman and first encore appearance of an enemy with the Daleks return.
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 with Derek Francis as Nero.
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. First story to be fully directed by Douglas Camfield.
7	The Space Museum	Glyn Jones	4	First story to depict the dimensions of time and space.
8	The Chase	Terry Nation	6	First appearance of Steven Taylor and final appearances of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright. First, and only, televised appearance of the Mechanoids.
9	The Time Meddler	Dennis Spooner	4	First appearance of the Monk, and of another member of the Doctor's species, though not yet identified as Time Lords.

Notes

• Planet of Giants is notable in that it is one of few Classic Who stories to not have had a making-of documentary produced as part of the DVD range for its release on that medium. As noted on the DVD release, this was due to the lack of individuals involved in the story still being alive, with only William Russell and Carole Ann Ford surviving to the release.
• This is the first complete black and white season of Doctor Who to be released on Blu-ray as part of The Collection range.

Cast

• Dr. Who - William Hartnell
• Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
• Ian Chesterton - William Russell
• Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
• Vicki - Maureen O'Brien
• Steven Taylor - Peter Purves

Recurring

• The Monk - Peter Butterworth
• Dalek Voices - Peter Hawkins, David Graham

Guest

• Forester - Alan Tilvern
• Smithers - Reginald Barratt
• Arnold Farrow - Frank Crawshaw
• Carl Tyler - Bernard Kay
• David Campbell - Peter Fraser
• Dortmun - Alan Judd
• Jenny - Ann Davies
• Larry Madison - Graham Rigby
• Wells - Nicholas Smith
• The Slyther - Nicholas Evans
• Bennett - Ray Barrett
• Sevcheria - Derek Sydney
• Maximus Pettulian - Bart Allison
• Ascaris - Barry Jackson
• Delos - Peter Diamond
• Tavius - Michael Peake
• Nero - Derek Francis
• Tigilinus - Brian Proudfoot
• Poppaea - Kay Patrick
• Hrostar - Arne Gordon
• Vrestin - Roslyn De Winter
• Prapillus - Jolyon Booth
• Hlynia - Jocelyn Birdsall
• Hilio - Martin Jarvis
• Voice of the Animus - Catherine Fleming
• Richard the Lionheart - Julian Glover
• William des Preaux - John Flint
• El Akir - Walter Randall
• Saladin - Bernard Kay
• Joanna - Jean Marsh
• Haroun ed-Din - George Little
• Ibrahim - Tutte Lemkow
• Lobos - Richard Shaw
• Morok commander - Ivor Salter
• Morok Guard - Peter Diamond
• Tor - Jeremy Bulloch
• Sita - Peter Sanders
• Dako - Peter Craze
• Abraham Lincoln - Robert Marsden
• Francis Bacon - Roger Hammond
• Queen Elizabeth I - Vivienne Bennett
• William Shakespeare - Hugh Walters
• Mire Beast - Jack Pitt
• Morton Dill - Peter Purves
• Benjamin Briggs - David Blake Kelly
• Albert C. Richardson - Dennis Chinnery
• Frankenstein - John Maxim
• Count Dracula - Malcolm Rogers
• Robot Dr Who - Edmund Warwick
• Edith - Alethea Charlton
• Wulnoth - Michael Miller
• Eldred - Peter Russell
• Ulf - Norman Hartley
• Sven - David Anderson

Stories set before this season

The following stories are the known stories set between the Season 1 finale The Reign of Terror and the Season 2 opener Planet of Giants.

Novels

• City at World's End
• The Witch Hunters

Short stories

• Rennigan's Record
• Nothing at the End of the Lane
• The Thief of Sherwood

Audio

• E is for...
• The Library of Alexandria
• The Flames of Cadiz
• Here There Be Monsters
• The Wanderer
• Rise and Fall
• A Star is Born
• Flywheel Revolution
• Domain of the Voord
• The Age of Endurance
• The Destination Wars
• The Great White Hurricane
• The Invention of Death
• The Barbarians and the Samurai
• The Phoenicians
• Tick-Tock World
• Return to Skaro
• Last of the Romanovs

Stories set during this season

Novels

• Venusian Lullaby
• The Plotters
• The Time Travellers
• Byzantium!
• The Eleventh Tiger

Short stories

• The Book of Shadows
• The Nine-Day Queen
• The True and Indisputable Facts in the Matter of the Ram's Skull
• A Long Night
• Set in Stone
• Romans Cutaway
• Every Day
• Journey Out of Terror

Audio

• The Revenants
• Starborn
• The Rocket Men
• The Sleeping City
• The Unwinding World
• Daybreak (Set between The Space Museum and The Chase)
• The Suffering (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)
• Frostfire (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)
• Upstairs (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)
• Fields of Terror (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)
• Etheria (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)
• Across the Darkened City (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)
• The Founding Fathers (Set between The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4)

Short Trips

• 1963 (Set between The Web Planet and The Crusade)

The Early Adventures

• The Fifth Traveller (Set between The Web Planet and The Crusade)
• The Doctor's Tale (Set between The Space Museum and The Chase)

The Lost Stories

• The Dark Planet (Set between The Space Museum and The Chase)

Specials

• Ian, Barbara and Susan's involvement in The Light at the End (Set somewhere between Marco Polo and The Dalek Invasion of Earth)

Comics

Give-a-Show-Projector

• Dr Who in "Lilliput" (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• On the Planet Vortis (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• The Zarbi Are Destroyed (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Dr. Who in the Spider's Web (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Dr. Who on the Aqua Planet (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• The Ice-Age Monster (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Dr. Who Meets the Watermen (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• The Daleks Destroy the Zomites (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Escape from the Aquafien (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Where Diamonds Are Worthless (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Dr. Who and the Nerve Machine (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• The Secrets of the Tardis (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• The Daleks are Foiled (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• Rescued from the Daleks (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)
• The Defeat of the Daleks (Set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue)

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 releases

• 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 releases

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

DVD & Blu-ray 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
Lost in Time: William Hartnell The Crusade (episodes 1 & 3 of 4; soundtracks of 2 & 4)	2 × 25 min. + 2 × 25 min. audio	1 November 2004	2 December 2004 (Original release) 1 July 2010 (Re-release)	2 November 2004
The Collection - Season 2	39 x 25 min.	5 December 2022	TBA	TBA

Download/streaming availability

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

BritBox is available only in the US and Canada. iTunes stores carry Doctor Who serials in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the UK and US.

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