Doctor Who Season 2

Season 2

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.

Air date: 1964-10-31

Episodes: 39

Episodes

E1: Planet of Giants

An accident in flight leads to the TARDIS and the travellers being miniaturised. Now only an inch high, the Doctor, Barbara, Ian and Susan explore an English country garden.

Air date: 1964-10-31 • ★ 6.9

E2: Dangerous Journey

Ian and Barbara are accidentally taken into Smithers' laboratory and, while the Doctor and Susan face a hazardous journey to reach them, they witness the deadly effects of DN6 first hand.

Air date: 1964-11-07 • ★ 6.5

E3: Crisis

The Doctor and his friends face a race against time to expose Forrester's plans and return to normal size before Barbara succumbs to the effects of DN6.

Air date: 1964-11-14 • ★ 6.5

E4: World's End

The TARDIS lands in a ruined and empty London in the 22nd Century. Robomen patrol the shattered streets. The Doctor is eager to discover the cause of the city's plight.

Air date: 1964-11-21 • ★ 7.2

E5: The Daleks

The Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.

Air date: 1964-11-28 • ★ 7.2

E6: Day of Reckoning

The Doctor manages to escape from the Dalek saucer and meet up with Susan and David but Ian is left trapped onboard. Meanwhile, Barbara and her new friends face a dangerous journey across London.

Air date: 1964-12-05 • ★ 7.3

E7: The End of Tomorrow

While Susan and David try to find a way out of London, Ian and Larry infiltrate the Dalek mine workings.

Air date: 1964-12-12 • ★ 7

E8: The Waking Ally

The Doctor's party investigate the Daleks' central control in Bedfordshire while Barbara and Jenny's attempt to reach it are derailed when they are betrayed.

Air date: 1964-12-19 • ★ 6.7

E9: Flashpoint

The Daleks' plan to transform Earth into a giant spaceship and wipe out its inhabitants is nearing completion and the Doctor and his friends face a race against time to prevent them from destroying the planet's core.

Air date: 1964-12-26 • ★ 7.3

E10: The Powerful Enemy

On the planet Dido, the monstrous Koquillion terrorizes Bennett and Vicki, the only survivors of a crashed spaceship. When the TARDIS lands, the Doctor, Ian, and Barbara team up with Vicki to discover what Koquillion is hiding. (Originally broadcast in two parts.)

Air date: 1965-01-02 • ★ 6.3

E11: Desperate Measures

The Doctor and Ian reach the crashed spaceship and meet up with Barbara and Vicki, where the Doctor uncovers the truth about Koquillion.

Air date: 1965-01-09 • ★ 6.3

E12: The Slave Traders

After relaxing at a Roman villa the Doctor is mistaken for a murdered lyre player and targeted by an assassin. Meanwhile, Ian and Barbara are captured by slave traders.

Air date: 1965-01-16 • ★ 6.9

E13: All Roads Lead to Rome

Barbara is sold as a slave and Ian is to be trained as a gladiator. The Doctor and Vicki arrive at the Emperor's court with the Doctor still masquerading as Maximus Pettulian.

Air date: 1965-01-23 • ★ 6.7

E14: Conspiracy

Poppaea plans to poison Barbara who has become the object of Nero's affections. The Doctor is to be thrown to the lions and Ian and Delos are set against each other in the arena.

Air date: 1965-01-30 • ★ 7

E15: Inferno

Inspired by the Doctor, Nero sets Rome ablaze. Ian must fight his way out of the arena and rescue Barbara. The Doctor and Vicki hurry to flee the city and escape to the TARDIS.

Air date: 1965-02-06 • ★ 7.2

E16: The Web Planet

The TARDIS is drawn by a mysterious force and lands on the alien planet Vortis. There the Doctor, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves caught up in a war between an evil force known as "The Animus", its ant-like Zarbi allies, and the butterfly-like Menoptra race and their allies the subterranean Optera.

Air date: 1965-02-13 • ★ 5.1

E17: The Zarbi

The Doctor, Ian and Vicki are captured by the Zarbi while Barbara meets up with the butterfly-like Menoptera who are trying to reclaim the planet.

Air date: 1965-02-20 • ★ 4.8

E18: Escape to Danger

The Doctor is forced to co-operate with the Animus but Ian uses the opportunity to make an escape attempt.

Air date: 1965-02-27 • ★ 4.7

E19: Crater of Needles

Ian and Vrestin are captured by the subterranean Optera while Barbara and her Menoptera allies attempt to escape from the slave camp.

Air date: 1965-03-06 • ★ 4.7

E20: Invasion

Barbara and the surviving Menoptera take refuge in the Temple of Light while the Doctor and Vicki attempt to escape by taking control of a Zarbi.

Air date: 1965-03-13 • ★ 4.8

E21: The Centre

The Doctor and Vicki are taken before the Animus but the isoptope is left behind in the laboratory.The only hope of victory lies with Barbara and her Menoptera allies.

Air date: 1965-03-20 • ★ 4.5

E22: The Lion

The TARDIS lands in the Holy Land during the Third Crusade and the crew help save Richard the Lionheart from an ambush, but Barbara is captured and brought before Saladin.

Air date: 1965-03-27 • ★ 6.2

E23: The Knight of Jaffa

While the Doctor, Ian, and Vicki are drawn into the intrigues of King Richard's court, Barbara has to cope with an impatient Saladin and the vengeful El Akir.

Air date: 1965-04-03 • ★ 5.2

E24: The Wheel of Fortune

Barbara allies herself with a man whose were murdered by El Akir as the Doctor and Vicki are caught up in Richard's plan to offer his sister's hand in marriage to Saladin's brother.

Air date: 1965-04-10 • ★ 6.2

E25: The Warlords

Ian sets out with a reluctant accomplice to rescue Barbara from El Akir's palace as the Doctor and Vicki try to evade the suspicions of the Earl of Leicester.

Air date: 1965-04-17 • ★ 5.8

E26: The Space Museum

The TARDIS arrives on a planet that has been turned into a space museum but the Doctor and his friends are puzzled when they find themselves out of phase with their surroundings.

Air date: 1965-04-24 • ★ 6.5

E27: The Dimensions of Time

Now back on their proper time track, the Doctor and his friends must work to avoid the future they saw for themselves.

Air date: 1965-05-01 • ★ 6.6

E28: The Search

With the Doctor missing, Ian, Barbara and Vicki find themselves in danger from the Moroks while the Xerons also try to make contact with them.

Air date: 1965-05-08 • ★ 6.2

E29: The Final Phase

While Ian tries to force Lobos to release the Doctor from the museum, Vicki joins the Xerons in trying to gain the weapons needed to start a revolution against the occupiers.

Air date: 1965-05-15 • ★ 6

E30: The Executioners

The Daleks pursue The Doctor through time and space, with the intentions of exterminating him. Places they land include the Mary Celeste, a haunted house and the empire state building.

Air date: 1965-05-22 • ★ 7

E31: The Death of Time

While Ian and Vicki are threatened by a Mire Beast, the Doctor and Barbara meet up with the Aridians...who are then ordered to hand them over to the Daleks.

Air date: 1965-05-29 • ★ 6.4

E32: Flight Through Eternity

The TARDIS crew's attempts to escape from the Daleks take them to the top of the Empire State Building and a 19th century sailing ship.

Air date: 1965-06-05 • ★ 6.2

E33: Journey into Terror

The TARDIS lands in a haunted house where the Doctor and his friends are confronted by Dracula and Frankenstein's Monster...and then the Daleks appear.

Air date: 1965-06-12 • ★ 6

E34: The Death of Doctor Who

With Vicki trapped on board the Dalek time machine, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara decide to make their stand on the planet Mechanus.

Air date: 1965-06-19 • ★ 6

E35: The Planet of Decision

The Doctor and his friends are taken into the Mechanoid City but their troubles are far from over...especially when the Daleks launch an attack.

Air date: 1965-06-26 • ★ 6

E36: The Watcher

The Doctor, Vicki, and Steven Taylor, go to 1066 England, but something doesn't seem right including modern inventions like a Gramaphone and electricity. Could there be another Time Lord?

Air date: 1965-07-03 • ★ 7

E37: The Meddling Monk

The Doctor is being held prisoner by the Monk and Steven and Vicki's search for him brings them to the Saxon village.But a greater danger threatens when a Viking raiding party arrives.

Air date: 1965-07-10 • ★ 6.6

E38: A Battle of Wits

The Doctor manages to escape from his cell and get the upper hand on the Monk but his plans are derailed when Sven and Ulf arrive at the monastery.

Air date: 1965-07-17 • ★ 7

E39: Checkmate

The Doctor finally discovers what the Monk is up to and must move fast to prevent his opponent from altering the course of history.

Air date: 1965-07-24 • ★ 7.6