Series 2 (Doctor Who)

Series 2 of Doctor Who ran from 18 November 2005 to 8 July 2006 . It starred David Tennant as the Tenth Doctor, Billie Piper as Rose Tyler and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith. The regular series was preceded by , opened with and concluded with .
== Overview ==
It consisted of twelve stories and fifteen episodes. It was David Tennant's first full series as the Tenth Doctor, wrote out Billie Piper's Rose Tyler and briefly introduced the character of Donna Noble. Significantly, series 2 also served as a mild advertisement for the then-forthcoming Torchwood television series, since its main story arc established the origins of the Torchwood Institute.
Unlike series 1, the main production team did not feature Mal Young. Instead, Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner carried on as executive producers and Phil Collinson continued in his role as the main producer — an arrangement that persisted through to series 4's .
Everything from the 2005 Children in Need Special to was a part of the series 2 production block — though the "regular season" is typically characterised as the stories from to .
== Production ==
The main story arc for the season was the Torchwood Institute, referenced only twice previously, which served to lead up to the final episodes as well as the Torchwood spinoff series. A secondary arc dealt with the development of the love story between Rose and the Doctor. Series 2 saw the return of the Cybermen to television and the return of companions Sarah Jane Smith and K9. Both were last seen (notwithstanding independent, fan-made productions) in 1983; their successful return sparked the commissioning of a second spin-off series, The Sarah Jane Adventures, for CBBC. The series 2 finale saw the introduction of Donna Noble.
This was the first series to feature a "Doctor-lite" episode. These were episodes in which the Doctor (and, usually, his companion) only appears in one or two scenes, with the story carried by new, supporting characters. This allowed David Tennant to film two episodes at the same time, and let the production team speed up the filming schedule. was the first episode to use this innovation, though it did not receive the same level of acclaim as later Doctor-lite episodes such as and .
Each episode (not counting the specials) was accompanied by a short teaser "Tardisode" which was only viewable on the Internet; this experiment was not repeated for succeeding seasons, though several online prequels would once again be produced for series 6; the Tardisodes were the first BBC-filmed Doctor Who productions since TV: Mission to the Unknown in which neither the Doctor nor a companion appeared (with the exception of the Tardisode for TV: which featured Mickey Smith).
== Cast ==
* The Doctor - David Tennant
* Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
=== Recurring ===
* Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
* Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
* Harriet Jones - Penelope Wilton
* Trinity Wells - Lachele Carl
* Cassandra O'Brien.Δ17 - Zoë Wanamaker, Billie Piper, David Tennant, Sean Gallagher
* Novice Hame — Anna Hope
* Face of Boe — Struan Rodger
* Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
* K9 - John Leeson
* Peter Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
* Jake Simmonds - Andrew Hayden-Smith
* Cybermen - Nicholas Briggs
* Ood - Paul Kasey and voiced by Silas Carson
* Cyber-Leader - Paul Kasey and voiced by Nicholas Briggs
* Daleks - operated by Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Stuart Crossman, Anthony Spargo, Dan Barratt, David Hankinson and voiced by Nicholas Briggs
* The Bride - Catherine Tate
=== Guest ===
* Sycorax leader - Sean Gilder
* Sister Jatt — Adjoa Andoh
* Queen Victoria – Pauline Collins
* The Host – Tom Smith
* Lassar - Anthony Head
* Reinette - Sophia Myles, Jessica Atkins
* Clockwork Man - Paul Kasey
* Alternative Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
* John Lumic - Roger Lloyd Pack
* President of Great Britain - Don Warrington
* The Wire - Maureen Lipman
* Magpie - Ron Cook
* Toby Zed - Will Thorp
* The Beast - Gabriel Woolf, Will Thorp
* Abzorbaloff - Peter Kay
* Elton Pope - Marc Warren
* Hoix - Paul Kasey
* Chloe Webber - Abisola Agbaje
* Yvonne Hartman - Tracy-Ann Oberman
* Adeola Oshodi - Freema Agyeman
* French Newsreader - Anthony Debaeck
== Television stories ==
=== Mini-episode ===
EpisodeNumber	Title 	Writer 	Director 	Notes
N/A 	Children in Need Special	Russell T Davies	Euros Lyn	No official title given for mini-episode, though sometimes referred to as "Born Again"Doctor Who: Companions and AlliesWho-ology: The Official Miscellany.
=== Christmas special ===
EpisodeNumber	Title	Writer 	Director 	Notes
N/A 	 	Russell T Davies	James Hawes	First encounter with the Torchwood Institute's operations.
=== Regular season ===
EpisodeNumber	Title	Writer 	Director 	Tardisode	Notes
1 	 	Russell T Davies	James Hawes 	1 	First episode set off of Earth. First appearance of New Earth and Hame. First mention of the Face of Boe's secret. Final appearance of Cassandra.
2 	 	Russell T Davies	Euros Lyn 	2 	Founding of Torchwood.
3 	 	Toby Whithouse 	James Hawes 	3 	Reintroduction of Sarah Jane Smith. Final appearance of K9 Mark III and first appearance of K9 Mark IV. Mickey Smith joins the TARDIS crew.
4 	 	Steven Moffat 	Euros Lyn 	4 	
5 & 6 	/ 	Tom MacRae 	Graeme Harper	5 & 6 	Introduction to Pete's World. First appearance of the Cybus Industries Cybermen. Final appearance of Mickey Smith as a travelling companion.
7 	 	Mark Gatiss 	Euros Lyn 	7 	First appearance of the recurring Magpie Electricals brand.
8 & 9 	/ 	Matt Jones 	James Strong 	8 & 9 	First appearance of the Ood.
10 	 	Russell T Davies	Dan Zeff 	10 	First official Doctor-lite episode.
11 	 	Matthew Graham 	Euros Lyn 	11 	
12 & 13 	/ 	Russell T Davies	Graeme Harper	12 &13 	Final regular appearances of Rose Tyler, Mickey Smith and Jackie Tyler. Formal introduction of Torchwood. Destruction of Torchwood One and resolution of the Torchwood arc. First appearances of the Cult of Skaro and Donna Noble.
== Adaptations and merchandising ==
=== Home media ===
==== VHS ====
All episodes of Series 2 including the and were released in July 2006 by Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment.
==== DVD ====
All episodes of Series 2 were released in 2006 in both individual volumes and in box set form by 2|Entertain for Regions 2 and 4, and by Warner Home Video for Region 1.
In 2014 the series was re-released on DVD in the US, split into two volumes labelled "Part One" and "Part Two" respectively, mimicking the home video release of Series 6 and 7. This release is missing much of the bonus content seen on the previous box set. Re-packaged versions of the complete series were also made available.
Title 	Number and durationof episodes 	R2 release date 	R4 release date 	R1 release date
Doctor Who: Series 2, Volume 1 	1 x 60 min.1 × 45 min. 	1 May 2006 	20 July 2006 	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 2, Volume 2 	3 × 45 min. 	5 June 2006 	17 August 2006 	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 2, Volume 3 / 	3 × 45 min. 	10 July 2006 	10 September 2006	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 2, Volume 4 / 	3 × 45 min. 	7 August 2006 	5 October 2006 	TBA
Doctor Who: Series 2, Volume 5 / 	3 × 45 min. 	25 September 2006	2 November 2006 	TBA
Doctor Who: The Complete Second Series 	1 x 60 min.13 × 45 min. 	20 November 2006 	6 December 2006 	16 January 2007 (US)6 February 2007 (Canada)
Doctor Who: Series Two, Part One /The Making of Doctor Who Series 2, Part 1 	1 x 60 min.6 x 45 min.1 x 20 min.	8 April 2014 	TBA 	8 April 2014
Doctor Who: Series Two, Part Two / /The Making of Doctor Who Series 2, Part 2	7 × 45 min.1 x 20 min. 	13 May 2014 	TBA 	13 May 2014
==== Blu-ray ====
Series 2 was included in the Doctor Who: Complete Series 1-7 Blu-ray boxset, released on 4 November, 2013 in the UK and 5 November, 2013 in the US. In 2015, Series 1-4 were reissued on Blu-ray individually.
Series 2 was upscaled to HD along with Series 1, 3 and 4 and released on 21 November 2023 in a limited edition Blu-ray box set containing every "New Who" series up to Series 13https://www.ign.com/articles/doctor-who-limited-edition-complete-new-who-blu-ray-set-is-up-for-preorder or in a seperate box set containing only the first four upscaled series on 27 November 2023.https://hmv.com/Store/Film-TV/Blu-ray/Doctor-Who-Series-1-4?clickref=1101lxWJx3d4&utm_source=Visualsoft&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=skimlinks_phghttps://cultbox.co.uk/news/remastered-doctor-who-series-1-4-blu-ray-coming-in-november
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==Stories set before this series==
===Sarah Jane Smith===
==Stories set during this series==
===Novels ===
*The Stone Rose
*The Feast of the Drowned
*The Resurrection Casket
*I Am a Dalek
*The Nightmare of Black Island
*The Art of Destruction
*The Price of Paradise
===Audio stories===
*Infamy of the Zaross
*The Sword of the Chevalier
*Cold Vengeance
==Promotional trailer==
* A trailer using specially shot footage of the Doctor was created to promote the new season.
==External links==
*BBC website index for series 2
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