SEASON TWO


Main Personnel


9 J - PLANET OF GIANTS

BROADCAST DETAILS

43. Planet of Giants 31.10.64 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.4M/37th/57% 44. Dangerous Journey 07.11.64 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.4M/45th/58% 45. Crisis 14.11.64 5.15pm - 5.40pm 8.9M/33rd/59%

WORKING TITLES: The Miniscules, Part 2 - Death in the Afternoon

NOTES: This story was originally intended to be a four parter, but the last two episodes were combined. Part four would have been called "An Urge to Live".

NOVELISATION: Terrance Dicks (1990/Number 145)


10 K - THE DALEK INVASION OF EARTH

BROADCAST DETAILS

46. World's End 21.11.64 5.40pm - 6.05pm 11.4M/12th/63% 47. The Daleks 28.11.64 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.4M/10th/59% 48. Day of Reckoning 05.12.64 5.40pm - 6.05pm 11.9M/10th/59% 49. The End of Tomorrow 12.12.64 5.40pm - 6.05pm 11.9M/11th/59% 50. The Waking Ally 19.12.64 5.40pm - 6.05pm 11.4M/18th/58% 51. Flashpoint 26.12.64 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.4M/12th/63%

WORKING TITLE: The Return of the Daleks.

NOTES: William Hartnell is absent from part four due to illness. The departure of Carole Ann Ford at the end of part six sees the first regular cast change.

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Dalek Invasion of Earth" by Terrance Dicks (1977/Number 17)


Personnel Changes

Vicki: Maureen O'Brien

Story Editor: Dennis Spooner


11 L - THE RESCUE

BROADCAST DETAILS

52. The Powerful Enemy 02.01.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.0M/11th/57% 53. Desperate Measures 09.01.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 13.0M/8th/59%

WORKING TITLE: Doctor Who and Tanni (Tanni was the original name of the Vicki character).

NOTES: Although Dennis Spooner was now the story editor, he is not credited for this and the following story. The pseudonym for Kocquillion was obtained from the names Sydney Newman and Donald Wilson, two of the men who created Doctor Who.

NOVELISATION: Ian Marter (1987-8/Number 124)


12 M - THE ROMANS

BROADCAST DETAILS

54. The Slave Traders 16.01.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 13.0M/7th/53% 55. All Roads Lead to Rome 23.01.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 11.5M/15th/51% 56. Conspiracy 30.01.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 10.0M/28th/50% 57. Inferno 06.02.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.0M/13th/50%

NOTES: This is the last story for which Mervyn Pinfield is Associate Producer.

NOVELISATION: Donald Cotton (1987/Number 120)


13 N - THE WEB PLANET

BROADCAST DETAILS

58. The Web Planet 13.02.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 13.5M/7th/56% 59. The Zarbi 20.02.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.5M/12th/53% 60. Escape to Danger 27.02.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.5M/11th/53% 61. Crater of Needles 06.03.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 13.0M/9th/49% 62. Invasion 13.03.63 5.40pm - 6.05pm 12.0M/12th/48% 63. The Centre 20.03.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 11.5M/14th/42%

NOTES: On the end credits, sub-titles are used above each race. For part one the actors playing Zarbi are billed as "Zarbi Operators", for the rest of the story they are just "The Zarbi". Jacqueline Hill does not appear in part three. Because of the supposed sensitive nature of the following story, The Crusade, was not sold abroad to some countries, so there exists a second version of part six of The Web planet which indicates that the next episode is The Space Museum and not The Lion

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Zarbi" by Bill Strutton. Interior Illustrations by John Wood. Piccolo 1967 and Target 1973 (Number 73). Retitled "The Web Planet" 1991.


14 P - THE CRUSADE

BROADCAST DETAILS

64. THE LION 27.03.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 10.5M/16th/51% 65. THE KNIGHT OF JAFFA 03.04.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 8.5M/29th/50% 66. The Wheel of Fortune 10.04.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 9.0M/32nd/49% 67. THE WAR LORDS 17.04.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 9.5M/27th/48%

ALTERNATIVE TITLE: The Crusades

WORKING TITLES: The Lionheart, Doctor Who and the Saracen Hordes

NOTES: William Russell only appears in filmed inserts for part three

NOVELISATION: "Doctor Who and the Crusaders" by David Whitaker. Interior Illustrations by Henry Fox. Piccolo 1967 and Target 1973 (Number 12)


15 Q - THE SPACE MUSEUM

BROADCAST DETAILS

68. The Space Museum 24.04.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 10.5M/16th/61% 69. The Dimensions of Time 01.05.65 5.50pm - 6.15pm NOT AVAILABLE 70. The Search 08.05.65 6.00pm - 6.25pm 8.5M/22nd/56% 71. The Final Phase 15.05.65 5.40pm - 5.15pm 8.5M/27th/49%

NOTES: The lettering to the end credits of part three is much smaller than normal. William Hartnell only appears in the reprise at the start of part three.

NOVELISATION: Glyn Jones (1987/Number 117)


16 R - THE CHASE

BROADCAST DETAILS

72. The Executioners 22.05.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 10.0M/14th/57% 73. The Death of Time 29.05.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 9.5M/12th/56% 74. Flight Through Eternity 05.06.65 5.45pm - 6.10pm 9.0M/12th/55% 75. Journey Into Terror 12.06.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 9.5M/8th/54% 76. The Death of Doctor Who 19.06.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 9.0M/11th/56% 77. The Planet of Decision 26.06.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 9.5M/7th/57%

WORKING TITLE: The Pursuers

NOTES: William Russell and Jacqueline Hill leave at the end of part six. Part one includes stock footage of The Beatles playing "Ticket to Ride". The actors playing Fungoids are never credited as such; their names just follow the main credits with the sub-title "with".

NOVELISATION: John Peel (1989/Number 140)


Personnel Changes

Steven Taylor: Peter Purves

Story Editor: Donald Tosh


17 S - THE TIME MEDDLER

BROADCAST DETAILS

78. The Watcher 03.07.65 6.55pm - 7.20pm 8.9M/15th/57% 79. The Meddling Monk 10.07.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 8.8M/19th/49% 80. A Battle of Wits 17.07.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 7.7M/28th/53% 81. Checkmate 24.07.65 5.40pm - 6.05pm 8.3M/24th/54%

REPEAT DETAILS (all BBC2 - positions just for that channel)

The Watcher Fri 03.01.92 7.20pm - 7.45pm 2.37M/15th The Meddling Monk 10.01.92 6.50pm - 7.15pm 2.79M/21st A Battle of Wits 17.01.92 6.50pm - 7.15pm 2.58M/13th Checkmate 24.01.92 6.50pm - 7.15pm 2.63M/15th

NOTES: William Hartnell only appears in the reprise at the start of part two and with pre-recorded dialogue for the rest of the episode. The story (and season) ends with no next episode caption and shots of the Doctor and his companions over a starfield pattern.

NOVELISATION: Nigel Robinson (1987-8/Number 126)