Season 2

Season 2 of Doctor Who ran between 31 October 1964 and 24 July 1965. It starred William Hartnell as the First Doctor, Carole Ann Ford as Susan Foreman, William Russell as Ian Chesterton, Jacqueline Hill as Barbara Wright, Maureen O'Brien as Vicki Pallister and Peter Purves as Steven Taylor. The season opened with Planet of Giants and concluded with The Time Meddler.

Overview
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, and the first Time Lord enemy to appear.

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 2019.

Cast

 * Dr. Who - William Hartnell
 * Ian Chesterton - William Russell
 * Barbara Wright - Jacqueline Hill
 * Vicki - Maureen O'Brien

Recurring

 * Susan Foreman - Carole Ann Ford
 * Steven Taylor - Peter Purves
 * The Monk - Peter Butterworth
 * Dalek Voices - Peter Hawkins, David Graham

Guest

 * Forester - Alan Tilvern
 * Smithers - Reginald Barratt
 * Arnold Farrow - Frank Crawshaw
 * Carl Tyler - Bernard Kay
 * David Campbell - Peter Fraser
 * Dortmun - Alan Judd
 * Jenny - Ann Davies
 * Larry Madison - Graham Rigby
 * Wells - Nicholas Smith
 * The Slyther - Nicholas Evans
 * Bennett - Ray Barrett
 * Sevcheria - Derek Sydney
 * Maximus Pettulian - Bart Allison
 * Ascaris - Barry Jackson
 * Delos - Peter Diamond
 * Tavius - Michael Peake
 * Nero - Derek Francis
 * Tigilinus - Brian Proudfoot
 * Poppaea - Kay Patrick
 * Hrostar - Arne Gordon
 * Vrestin - Roslyn De Winter
 * Prapillus - Jolyon Booth
 * Hlynia - Jocelyn Birdsall
 * Hilio - Martin Jarvis
 * Voice of the Animus - Catherine Fleming
 * Richard the Lionheart - Julian Glover
 * William des Preaux - John Flint
 * El Akir - Walter Randall
 * Saladin - Bernard Kay
 * Joanna - Jean Marsh
 * Haroun ed-Din - George Little
 * Ibrahim - Tutte Lemkow
 * Lobos - Richard Shaw
 * Morok commander - Ivor Salter
 * Morok Guard - Peter Diamond
 * Tor - Jeremy Bulloch
 * Sita - Peter Sanders
 * Dako - Peter Craze
 * Abraham Lincoln - Robert Marsden
 * Francis Bacon - Roger Hammond
 * Queen Elizabeth I - Vivienne Bennett
 * William Shakespeare - Hugh Walters
 * Mire Beast - Jack Pitt
 * Morton Dill - Peter Purves
 * Benjamin Briggs - David Blake Kelly
 * Albert C. Richardson - Dennis Chinnery
 * Frankenstein - John Maxim
 * Count Dracula - Malcolm Rogers
 * Robot Dr Who - Edmund Warwick
 * Edith - Alethea Charlton
 * Wulnoth - Michael Miller
 * Eldred - Peter Russell
 * Ulf - Norman Hartley
 * Sven - David Anderson

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 is set between The Web Planet and The Crusade.
 * Unnatural Selection is set between The Web Planet and The Crusade.
 * The Sleeping City is set between The Space Museum and The Chase.
 * The Doctor's Tale is set between The Space Museum and The Chase.
 * Daybreak is set between The Space Museum and 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 releases

 * 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 releases

 * The Crusade (2000) (episodes 2 and 4 only, with narration of existing episodes)

Download/streaming availability
BritBox is available only in the US and Canada. 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