Season 2


 * For other the 2006 series, 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.



Stories

 * Planet of Giants
 * The Dalek Invasion of Earth
 * The Rescue
 * The Romans
 * The Web Planet
 * The Crusade
 * The Space Museum
 * The Chase
 * The Time Meddler

Main Cast

 * The Doctor - William Hartnell
 * Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
 * Ian Chesterton - William Russell
 * Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
 * Vicki - Maureen O'Brien
 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves

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.
 * PDA Byzantium! is 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 BFA 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.

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 Web Planet
 * 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
 * A third Daleks film, based upon The Chase, was planned but not produced.

Contemporaries
Other selected TV series launched during the 1964-65 season:
 * The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
 * Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
 * Peyton Place
 * Stingray
 * Bewitched
 * The Addams Family
 * The Munsters
 * Gilligan's Island
 * Danger Man (2nd series)
 * Crossroads