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; 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.

Main cast

 * The First 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)

Guest cast

 * 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
 * The Monk - Peter Butterworth

Stories set during this season

 * PROSE: The Time Travellers is set between Planet of Giants and The Dalek Invasion of Earth.
 * PROSE: Venusian Lullaby is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
 * AUDIO: The Revenants is set between The Dalek Invasion of Earth and The Rescue.
 * PROSE: Romans Cutaway and PROSE: Byzantium! are set between the cliffhanger that ends The Rescue and the main action of The Romans.
 * AUDIO: The Rocket Men and COMIC: Prisoners of Time are set between The Web Planet and The Crusade
 * PROSE: The Plotters is set between The Space Museum and The Chase.
 * PROSE: 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 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 VHSes

 * The Crusade (2000) (Episodes 2+4 only)

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