Season 2

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.

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 Unnatural Selection 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")

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)

Download/streaming availability
BBC Store is available only in the UK. BritBox is available only in the US. 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