Episode 1: Planet of Giants
1964-10-3123 min
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.
Season guide
Doctor Who Season 2 — Episodes and Where to Watch
39 episodes · first aired 1964-10-31
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.
Episode guide
Episode 2: Dangerous Journey
1964-11-0724 min
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.
Episode 3: Crisis
1964-11-1427 min
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.
Episode 4: World's End
1964-11-2124 min
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.
Episode 5: The Daleks
1964-11-2824 min
The Doctor and Ian are taken to the Dalek saucer while Susan and Barbara join the rebels in planning an attack.
Episode 6: Day of Reckoning
1964-12-0527 min
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.
Episode 7: The End of Tomorrow
1964-12-1223 min
While Susan and David try to find a way out of London, Ian and Larry infiltrate the Dalek mine workings.
Episode 8: The Waking Ally
1964-12-1925 min
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.
Episode 9: Flashpoint
1964-12-2626 min
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.
Episode 10: The Powerful Enemy
1965-01-0225 min
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.
Episode 11: Desperate Measures
1965-01-0925 min
The Doctor and Ian reach the crashed spaceship and meet up with Barbara and Vicki, where the Doctor uncovers the truth about Koquillion.
Episode 12: The Slave Traders
1965-01-1624 min
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.
Episode 13: All Roads Lead to Rome
1965-01-2323 min
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.
Episode 14: Conspiracy
1965-01-3026 min
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.
Episode 15: Inferno
1965-02-0623 min
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.
Episode 16: The Web Planet
1965-02-1324 min
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.
Episode 17: The Zarbi
1965-02-2023 min
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.
Episode 18: Escape to Danger
1965-02-2723 min
The Doctor is forced to co-operate with the Animus but Ian uses the opportunity to make an escape attempt.
Episode 19: Crater of Needles
1965-03-0626 min
Ian and Vrestin are captured by the subterranean Optera while Barbara and her Menoptera allies attempt to escape from the slave camp.
Episode 20: Invasion
1965-03-1326 min
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.
Episode 21: The Centre
1965-03-2024 min
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.
Episode 22: The Lion
1965-03-2725 min
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.
Episode 23: The Knight of Jaffa
1965-04-0325 min
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.
Episode 24: The Wheel of Fortune
1965-04-1025 min
Barbara allies herself with a man whose wife and son 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.
Episode 25: The Warlords
1965-04-1725 min
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.
Episode 26: The Space Museum
1965-04-2424 min
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.
Episode 27: The Dimensions of Time
1965-05-0122 min
Now back on their proper time track, the Doctor and his friends must work to avoid the future they saw for themselves.
Episode 28: The Search
1965-05-0824 min
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.
Episode 29: The Final Phase
1965-05-1522 min
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.
Episode 30: The Executioners
1965-05-2225 min
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.
Episode 31: The Death of Time
1965-05-2924 min
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.
Episode 32: Flight Through Eternity
1965-06-0525 min
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.
Episode 33: Journey into Terror
1965-06-1224 min
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.
Episode 34: The Death of Doctor Who
1965-06-1924 min
With Vicki trapped on board the Dalek time machine, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara decide to make their stand on the planet Mechanus.
Episode 35: The Planet of Decision
1965-06-2626 min
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.
Episode 36: The Watcher
1965-07-0324 min
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?
Episode 37: The Meddling Monk
1965-07-1025 min
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.
Episode 38: A Battle of Wits
1965-07-1724 min
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.
Episode 39: Checkmate
1965-07-2424 min
The Doctor finally discovers what the Monk is up to and must move fast to prevent his opponent from altering the course of history.
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