Season 2 (Doctor Who 1963)

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

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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.

Stories

• Planet of Giants - First story other than the initial episode to be set in modern times
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth - Final appearance of Susan Foreman and first encore appearance of an enemy
• The Rescue - First appearance of Vicki Pallister
• The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Crusade
• The Space Museum
• The Chase - First appearance of Steven Taylor and final appearances of Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright
• The Time Meddler - First appearance of a Time Lord other than the Doctor

Notes

• Each story consisted of between 3 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.

Main Cast

• The 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.

Stories set in this season

• PDA: The Time Travellers is set between Planet of Giants and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
• MA: Venusian Lullaby is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
• ST: Romans Cutaway and PDA: Byzantium! are set between the cliffhanger that ends The Rescue and the main action of The Romans.
• MA: The Plotters is set between The Space Museum and The Chase.
• PDA: The Eleventh Tiger is set after The Plotters and before The Chase
• The flashback section of CC: Frostfire occurs beween The Time Meddler and Galaxy 4 in Season 3
• According to the MA: The Empire of Glass, the First Doctor's segment of The Three Doctors follows after The Time Meddler, with main action of the novel itself following.

Adaptations and merchandising

Video

VHS

• Planet of Giants
• The Dalek Invasion of Earth (in 2 parts)
• The Rescue/ The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Chase
• The Time Meddler
• The Hartnell Years (The Crusade episode 3)
• The Space Museum/ The Crusade(1+ 3 with narration of missing episodes)

DVD

• The Dalek Invasion of Earth
• The Rescue
• The Romans
• The Web Planet
• The Space Museum
• The Chase
• The Time Meddler
• Lost in Time (The Crusade 1+3 with audio of 2+4)

Novelisations

• 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 AD - based upon the second serial, The Dalek Invasion of Earth

External Links

• BBC Website Guide to Season 2