Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)

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This article is for the 1964-65 season of Doctor Who; for other second seasons of other programmes, see Series 2.

The second season of Doctor Who ran between 31st October 1964 and 24th July 1965. It consisted of nine serials and 39 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
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 2 and 6 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

Notes

Guest Cast

Stories Set During This Season

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 VHS's

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

DVD

  • The Dalek Invasion of Earth (2003)
  • The Rescue/The Romans (2009)
  • The Web Planet (2005)
  • The Space Museum/The Chase (2010)
  • The Time Meddler (2008)
  • Lost in Time (2004) (The Crusade 1+3 with audio of 2+4) (2004)

Unannounced DVDs

  • Planet of Giants

Novels

Audiobooks

  • The Crusade

Theatrical Film

External links

Previous series:
Season 1
Next series:
Season 3

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