Doctor Who season 2

This article is about the 1964-1965 season. For the 2006 series, see Doctor Who (series 2).

Doctor Who season 2
Season 2
No. of episodes	45: 9 serials
Release
Original network	BBC One
Original release	31 October 1964 (1964-10-31) – 24 July 1965 (1965-07-24)
Season chronology

The 2nd season of British science fiction television series Doctor Who began on 31 October 1964 with the story Planet of Giants and ended on 24 July 1965 with The Time Meddler.

Casting

Main characters

William Hartnell continues his journey as The First Doctor accompanied by his original companions: his granddaughter Susan Foreman (Carole Ann Ford)), and schoolteachers Ian Chesterton (William Russell) and Barbara Wright (Jacqueline Hill).

Susan departed at the end of the second story The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and was soon replaced by Vicki (Maureen O'Brien) in The Rescue.

The penultimate story The Chase saw the departure of Ian and Barbara, and the arrival of Steven (Peter Purves) as a regular member of the TARDIS crew.

Serials

Dennis Spooner replaced David Whitaker as script editor after The Dalek Invasion of Earth, and edited the remainder of the season apart from The Time Meddler, which was edited by Donald Tosh.

Story No.	Episodes	Title	Directed by	Written by	UK viewers (million)	Original air date	Production code
009	3	Planet of Giants	Mervyn Pinfield & Douglas Camfield	Louis Marks	TBA	31 October - 14 November 1964	J
010	6	The Dalek Invasion of Earth	Richard Martin	Terry Nation	TBA	21 November - 26 December 1964	K
011	2	The Rescue	Christopher Barry	David Whitaker	TBA	2 - 9 January 1965	L
012	4	The Romans (Doctor Who)	Christopher Barry	Dennis Spooner	TBA	16 January - 6 February 1965	M
013	6	The Web Planet	Richard Martin	Bill Strutton	TBA	13 February - 20 March 1965	N
014	4	The Crusade	Douglas Camfield	David Whitaker	TBA	27 March - 17 April 1965	P
015	4	The Space Museum	Mervyn Pinfield	Glyn Jones	TBA	24 April – 15 May 1965	Q
016	6	The Chase	Richard Martin & Douglas Camfield	Terry Nation	TBA	22 May – 26 June 1965	R
017	4	The Time Meddler	Douglas Camfield	Dennis Spooner	TBA	3 - 24 July 1965	S

DVD releases

See also: List of Doctor Who DVD and Blu-ray releases

Lost in Time
All existing episodes from otherwise missing First Doctor serials from this season have been released on the Lost in Time collection. Lost in Time was released in two formats in Region 1, with individual releases for volumes one and two (which cover First Doctor and Second Doctor episodes respectively), as well as an edition combining both volumes. In Regions 2 and 4, Lost in Time is available only as the combined single volume.

See also

• List of Doctor Who serials