Doctor Who series 2
Doctor Who | |
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Series 2 | |
Showrunner | Russell T Davies |
Starring | |
No. of episodes | 13 (+14 supplemental) |
Release | |
Original network | BBC One |
Original release | 15 April 8 July 2006 | –
Series chronology | |
The second series of
This is the first series to feature
Episodes
No. story | No. in series | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | UK viewers (millions) [1] | AI [1] | ||||
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167 | – | "The Christmas Invasion" | James Hawes | Russell T Davies | 25 December 2005 | 2X | 9.84[2] | 84 | ||||
Rose and the newly regenerated Tenth Doctor return to her mother Prime Minister Harriet Jones is threatened by the leader of the Sycorax to give them half of the Earth's population as slaves; Harriet tries to negotiate and is teleported onto their ship. The Sycorax detect the TARDIS and transport it to their ship, with Rose, Mickey, and the Doctor inside. After the Doctor has fully recovered, he challenges the Sycorax leader to a sword fight for the future of the Earth, which he eventually wins. However, the Sycorax ship is destroyed against the Doctor's wishes by Harriet Jones, who had called Torchwood on the matter. | ||||||||||||
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168 | 1 | "New Earth" | James Hawes | Russell T Davies | 15 April 2006 | 2.1 | 8.62[3] | 85[4] | ||||
The Doctor and Rose travel to New Earth, the planet which humanity inhabited after the Earth's destruction by the Sun. Cassandra again. Cassandra possesses Rose's body as she is in need of one. The Doctor and Cassandra discover that the hospital holds hundreds of artificially-grown humans that have been infected with diseases so the Sisters of Plenitude can find their cures. Cassandra releases several of the humans as a distraction, but they release others and a zombie-like attack begins. The Doctor sprays the infected humans with an intravenous solution using a disinfectant shower, curing them. The Doctor orders Cassandra out of Rose and she transfers her consciousness to her servant Chip, but his cloned body fails and Cassandra accepts her death. | ||||||||||||
169 | 2 | "Tooth and Claw" | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 22 April 2006 | 2.2 | 9.24 | 83 | ||||
The Doctor and Rose arrive in Scotland in 1879, where Queen Victoria invites them to the Torchwood Estate. Unknown to them, the estate has been captured by a group of monks who have brought a werewolf in hopes to infect Queen Victoria and establish an "Empire of the Wolf". The Doctor notices the trap and tries to shield himself, Victoria, and Rose from the werewolf. He learns that the estate was designed as a trap for the werewolf as it contains a large telescope which, with Victoria's Koh-i-Noor diamond and full moonlight, can kill the werewolf. Though they save her, Queen Victoria is unnerved by the Doctor and Rose's modern eccentricities and founds the Torchwood Institute to defend Britain from further alien attacks. | ||||||||||||
170 | 3 | "School Reunion" | James Hawes | Toby Whithouse | 29 April 2006 | 2.3 | 8.31 | 85 | ||||
The Doctor works undercover as a teacher in a school which Mickey believes is suspicious. Rose, working as a Krillitanes and the chips are coated with Krillitane oil, intended to make the children intelligent enough to decode the "Skasis Paradigm", a theory of everything , giving the Krillitanes full control of time and space. The Doctor refuses to join the Krillitanes and evacuates the children. K9 detonates the chip oil container, destroying the Krillitanes, the school, and K9 himself. Sarah Jane declines the Doctor's offer to travel with him, suggesting Mickey do so instead. Departing, the Doctor gives her a brand new model of K9. | ||||||||||||
171 | 4 | "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Euros Lyn | Steven Moffat | 6 May 2006 | 2.4 | 7.90 | 84 | ||||
The Doctor, Rose, and Mickey arrive on an abandoned spaceship which contains several "time windows" into the life of Madame de Pompadour, known as "Reinette". The Doctor first enters her bedroom in Paris through an 18th-century fireplace when she is seven years old, and saves her from a clockwork man. On the ship, the Doctor and his companions discover more time windows into Reinette's life in 18th-century Versailles and see that the clockwork droids continue stalking her, but do not consider her "complete". The Doctor discovers that the droids murdered the ship's human crew and recycled some of their organs for use in the ship but still needs Reinette's brain to be fully functional. The brain must be 37 years old, the age of the ship; it is actually named after Madame de Pompadour. The Doctor manages to arrive at some point after her 37th birthday, and saves her from the droids, who shut down because they have no way of returning to their ship. With Reinette safe, the Doctor uses the fireplace to travel to the spaceship. When he returns, he discovers that seven years have passed, and Reinette has died. Downhearted, the Doctor and his companions depart in the TARDIS. | ||||||||||||
172a | 5 | "Rise of the Cybermen" | Graeme Harper | Tom MacRae | 13 May 2006 | 2.5 | 9.22 | 86 | ||||
A major problem with the TARDIS causes the Doctor, Rose, and Mickey to reach a Cybermen . Though he has not received permission to do this, he has been abducting and converting numerous homeless people. Mickey is mistaken for his parallel universe self Ricky and is taken by Jake Simmonds, a member of a gang called the "Preachers" who are aware of the dangers of the EarPods. Cybermen begin attacking a birthday party at which the Doctor and Rose are posing as waiters. They, along with Pete, escape and run into Mickey and the Preachers, but the Cybermen close in on them. | ||||||||||||
172b | 6 | "The Age of Steel" | Graeme Harper | Tom MacRae | 20 May 2006 | 2.6 | 7.63 | 86 | ||||
Escaping from the Cybermen, the group go to Battersea Power Station, where Lumic uses a transmitter to control London's EarPod-wearing population and send them to be converted into Cybermen. On the way, Ricky is killed by the Cybermen. The group splits into three smaller groups to stop the conversion. Eventually, Mrs Moore is killed and the Doctor, Rose, and Pete are captured by the Cybermen and taken to Lumic, who has become the Cyber Controller. Mickey and Jake disable the transmitter on the zeppelin, freeing the humans who had not been converted. Mickey hacks Lumic's database to find the code to cancel every Cyberman's emotional inhibitor and sends it to Rose's phone; the Doctor plugs the phone into the computer systems which changes the signal and sends the Cybermen into despair. They escape the exploding factory on the zeppelin and Pete cuts the ladder Lumic is climbing up, sending him to his death. Mickey decides to stay and help fix the parallel universe with Jake and take care of Ricky's grandmother, as he understands Rose prefers the Doctor. | ||||||||||||
173 | 7 | "The Idiot's Lantern" | Euros Lyn | Mark Gatiss | 27 May 2006 | 2.7 | 6.76 | 84 | ||||
The Doctor and Rose land in London in 1953 on the day before Queen coronation. The Doctor befriends teenager Tommy Connolly, whose grandmother is hidden because she lacks any facial features and has no brain activity, a phenomenon that is common with those who have purchased television sets sold cheap for the coronation from Magpie Electricals, owned by Mr Magpie. Rose, investigating the shop, finds that Mr Magpie is under the influence of an entity known as "the Wire ", a fugitive who has converted herself to an electrical form and is using the televisions – and intends to use the upcoming coronation – to consume enough minds to rebuild its body; she takes Rose's face as well. In discovery of this, the Doctor is outraged and foils the Wire's plan with a device he creates, and those whose minds and faces were consumed are returned and London can safely watch the coronation. | ||||||||||||
174a | 8 | "The Impossible Planet" | James Strong | Matt Jones | 3 June 2006 | 2.8 | 6.32 | 85 | ||||
The Doctor and Rose arrive on a base on a planet which is impossibly orbiting a Beast ", which possesses archaeologist Toby Zed and later the Ood. The drilling finishes, and the Doctor offers to go with Ida Scott to the depths of the planet, where they discover a disc with unreadable markings found on the base and the possessed Toby's face. The Doctor believes the disc to be a door, and as it begins to open the possessed Toby tells Rose that the planet has begun to fall into the black hole and the voice of the Beast announces that he is free. | ||||||||||||
174b | 9 | "The Satan Pit" | James Strong | Matt Jones | 10 June 2006 | 2.9 | 6.08 | 86 | ||||
Ida and the Doctor investigate the door and Rose and the other members of the crew witness a force leaving Toby's body and assume that he is no longer possessed. The Doctor descends into the dark pit and the Beast speaks to him, revealing he is the epitome of evil of several religions and has been sealed inside the planet, but is seeking to escape. The Doctor runs out of rope and believes he can survive the drop and falls, the news of which distresses Rose. Most of the crew and Rose escape from the Ood and board and launch an escape rocket. The Doctor survives the crash and finds the physical form of the Beast. The Doctor realises his consciousness has managed to escape. Having faith in Rose, the Doctor triggers the sequence for the Beast and the planet to fall into the black hole, but as the Beast's consciousness is inside Toby the rocket begins to pull toward the black hole. Rose realises this and releases Toby from the rocket, and the Doctor finds the TARDIS in the pit and uses it to rescue Rose. | ||||||||||||
175 | 10 | "Love & Monsters" | Dan Zeff | Russell T Davies | 17 June 2006 | 2.10 | 6.66 | 76 | ||||
Elton Pope, Ursula, and three other members who have had encounters with the Doctor, form a group called LINDA to discuss these encounters, but their meetings soon become more social. One day a man known as Victor Kennedy interrupts a meeting and reinvigorates LINDA's purpose to locate the Doctor. Later, two members of the group mysteriously go missing, and one day Ursula and Elton return to the meeting room , where Kennedy reveals himself to be an Abzorbaloff, who has absorbed the other three LINDA members. Ursula receives the same fate and the Abzorbaloff corners Elton, but the TARDIS appears and the Doctor discovers the Abzorbaloff's cane is a field generator and Elton breaks it, destroying the creature. The Doctor manages to preserve Ursula in a paving slab , which Elton takes home. | ||||||||||||
176 | 11 | "Fear Her" | Euros Lyn | Matthew Graham | 24 June 2006 | 2.11 | 7.14 | 83 | ||||
The Doctor and Rose arrive in a London neighbourhood just prior to the start of the Olympic Torch as it comes by the street, giving the pod heat and emotional strength. As the missing children reappear, the demon-like drawing of Chloe's violent and dead father comes to life, but Chloe's mother calms Chloe's fears. The Isolus peacefully leaves Chloe's body. | ||||||||||||
177a | 12 | "Army of Ghosts" | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 1 July 2006 | 2.12 | 8.19 | 86 | ||||
The Doctor and Rose visit Jackie and learn that for a few months the Earth has experienced silhouettes which appear at a certain time each day around the world. The public have accepted these as ghosts. However, the Doctor thinks they are the impressions of something forcing its way into the universe and tracks the source to the headquarters of a secret organisation known as Torchwood, hidden in Yvonne Hartman reveals that the ghosts are a result of a breach in the universe which a spherical "void ship", kept at Torchwood, has arrived. Three employees of Torchwood are manipulated to open the breach, which breaks down and causes millions of the ghosts to appear worldwide and shift into their true form of the Cybermen from the parallel universe. However, the Cybermen merely followed the void ship through the breach, and the ship is revealed to contain four Daleks . | ||||||||||||
177b | 13 | "Doomsday" | Graeme Harper | Russell T Davies | 8 July 2006 | 2.13 | 8.22[5] | 89 | ||||
The four Daleks, later identified as the Cult of Skaro, have brought a device known as the Genesis Ark through the breach and declare war on the Cybermen and the two races begin fighting worldwide. Meanwhile, the Doctor has discovered that Jake Simmonds, Pete Tyler, and Mickey – who masqueraded as a Torchwood employee and is with Rose and the Daleks – have been able to travel between the universes. The Cult of Skaro is keeping Rose and Mickey alive because they, being time travellers, would activate the Genesis Ark, which the Daleks are incapable of as it is stolen Time Lord technology. The Doctor plans to open the breach, which will pull in anyone who has crossed the Void including the Daleks, Cybermen, and Rose's family, and then close the breach. Rose refuses to reside in the parallel universe and stays to help the Doctor, but she is unable to hold on and becomes marooned in the parallel universe. The Doctor is able to transmit his image through one of the final breaches, and the two share a tearful goodbye before a mysterious woman in a wedding dress appears in the TARDIS.[N 2] |
Supplemental episodes
Two mini-episodes were also recorded: "Doctor Who: Children in Need" was produced for the 2005 Children in Need appeal,[6] and interactive episode "Attack of the Graske" was recorded for digital television following the broadcast of "The Christmas Invasion".[7][8]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | Prod. code | UK viewers (millions) |
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1 | "Doctor Who: Children in Need" | Euros Lyn | Russell T Davies | 18 November 2005 | CIN | 10.8[9] |
The Doctor has just regenerated; but will Rose be able to trust this strange new Doctor? | ||||||
2 | "Attack of the Graske" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 25 December 2005 | N/A | N/A |
The human race is in danger of being replaced by aliens (changelings). Only the Doctor's companion (the viewer) can stop them. |
Tardisode
Thirteen Tardisodes were also produced to serve as prequels to each episode. All episodes were filmed as part of the second series' production cycle.[10][11]
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Related episode |
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1 | "New Earth" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 1 April 2006 | "New Earth" |
2 | "Tooth and Claw" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 15 April 2006 | "Tooth and Claw" |
3 | "School Reunion" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 22 April 2006 | "School Reunion" |
4 | "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 29 April 2006 | "The Girl in the Fireplace" |
5 | "Rise of the Cybermen" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 6 May 2006 | "Rise of the Cybermen" |
6 | "The Age of Steel" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 13 May 2006 | "The Age of Steel" |
7 | "The Idiot's Lantern" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 20 May 2006 | "The Idiot's Lantern" |
8 | "The Impossible Planet" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 27 May 2006 | "The Impossible Planet" |
9 | "The Satan Pit" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 3 June 2006 | "The Satan Pit" |
10 | "Love & Monsters" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 10 June 2006 | "Love & Monsters" |
11 | "Fear Her" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 17 June 2006 | "Fear Her" |
12 | "Army of Ghosts" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 24 June 2006 | "Army of Ghosts" |
13 | "Doomsday" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | 1 July 2006 | "Doomsday" |
Casting
Main characters
Series 2 was
In 2005, Tennant was starring in Casanova, written by Russell T Davies and produced by Julie Gardner, when he was offered an audition as the Tenth Doctor, following Christopher Eccleston's departure from the role in 2005. "Casanova ended up being my kind of audition for Doctor Who, although I was completely unaware of it at the time because I didn't know they were looking for anyone," recalled Tennant in 2016. Tennant was invited to Davies's home, where he was told that he would be their ideal choice for the Tenth Doctor.[17][18]
Billie Piper continued her role as companion Rose Tyler, for her second and final series.[19] Noel Clarke's character Mickey Smith, a recurring guest character during the first series, featured in several episodes.[20]
Guest stars
Camille Coduri continued to guest in the series as recurring character Jackie Tyler. Shaun Dingwall returned for several episodes as Pete Tyler and Penelope Wilton reprised her role as Harriet Jones for the Christmas special.[21][22]
Other guest stars included Adam Garcia and Daniel Evans in "The Christmas Invasion",[26] Anna Hope and Adjoa Andoh in "New Earth",[27][28] Anthony Head in "School Reunion",[24] Roger Lloyd-Pack in "Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel",[29] Rory Jennings and Margaret John in "The Idiot's Lantern",[30][31] Claire Rushbrook in "The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit",[32] Nina Sosanya in "Fear Her",[33] and Raji James and Barbara Windsor in "Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday".[34][35] Freema Agyeman, who appeared briefly in "Doomsday"; would later return to co-star as Martha Jones in the third series.[36] Pauline Collins, who appeared in "Tooth and Claw" as Queen Victoria, had previously appeared in The Faceless Ones as a different character. Collins was offered the chance to become a companion, but turned it down.[37][38] Nicholas Hoult was considered for the role that went to Jennings.[30]
Production
Development
Following the success of the opening episode of the first series, the BBC announced that Doctor Who had been recommissioned for both a second series and a Christmas special on 30 March 2005.[40] The series was the first series of Doctor Who to be preceded by a Christmas special.[41] The success of the Christmas special led to it becoming an annual tradition.[42] Production on the series began on 1 August 2005[43] and concluding on 31 March 2006.[44]
Writing
Russell T Davies continued to act as head writer and executive producer, contributing several episodes of the series.[45] New writers for the show included Toby Whithouse,[46] Tom MacRae,[47] Matt Jones,[48] and Matthew Graham.[49] Returning writers Mark Gatiss and Steven Moffat also contributed episodes to the series.[50][51] Stephen Fry was due to write Episode 11, but was forced to withdraw as he could not complete the script in time.[49][52][53] In consequence, Davies hired Graham to write "Fear Her".[49] The villain of the episode "Love & Monsters", the Abzorbaloff, was designed by the winner of a Blue Peter contest.[54]
The series is primarily set on Earth (though not as much as the first series was), due to the cost involved in creating another planet, according to Davies. Only two stories are set on another planet.[55]
The second series encompassed a loose story arc based around the word "Torchwood", an anagram of "Doctor Who",
Production team
Phil Collinson produced all episodes, with Julie Gardner acting as executive producer. The series was directed by James Hawes,[56] Euros Lyn,[62] James Strong,[63] Dan Zeff[64] and Graeme Harper. Harper had previously directed episodes of the programme's original run.[63]
Filming
Recording for the Christmas special began on 23 July 2005.[65][66] Production blocks were scheduled around the directors.[45] Filming took place in Cardiff, Wales.[67][47][50] "Tooth and Claw" was originally part of block one, but due to production issues was pushed to block two.[68] The first two weeks of filming on block four were spent entirely on "Fear Her".[69] Maureen Lipman appeared in the episode but due to scheduling conflicts, recorded her scenes remotely in London. Lipman finished her recording in under a day.[69] The title of the episode to be filmed in block six, the final block, was undetermined until July 2005. The episode ended up being titled "Love & Monsters".[54]
Production blocks were arranged as follows:[70][65][68][71][69][72][54]
Block | Episode(s) | Director | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Code |
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1 | Christmas special: "The Christmas Invasion" | James Hawes | Russell T Davies | Phil Collinson | 2X |
Episode 3: "School Reunion" | Toby Whithouse | 2.3 | |||
Episode 1: "New Earth" | Russell T Davies | 2.1 | |||
2 | Episode 2: "Tooth and Claw" | Euros Lyn | 2.2 | ||
Episode 4: "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Steven Moffat | 2.4 | |||
3 | Episode 5: "Rise of the Cybermen" | Graeme Harper | Tom MacRae | 2.5 | |
Episode 6: "The Age of Steel" | 2.6 | ||||
Episode 12: "Army of Ghosts" | Russell T Davies | 2.12 | |||
Episode 13: "Doomsday" | 2.13 | ||||
Minisode: "Doctor Who: Children in Need" | Euros Lyn | CIN | |||
Minisode: "Attack of the Graske" | Ashley Way | Gareth Roberts | Jo Pearce, Sophie Fante & Andrew Whithouse | – | |
4 | Episode 11: "Fear Her" | Euros Lyn | Matthew Graham | Phil Collinson | 2.11 |
Episode 7: "The Idiot's Lantern" | Mark Gatiss | 2.7 | |||
5 | Episode 8: "The Impossible Planet" | James Strong | Matt Jones | 2.8 | |
Episode 9: "The Satan Pit" | 2.9 | ||||
6 | Episode 10: "Love & Monsters" | Dan Zeff | Russell T Davies | 2.10 |
Soundtrack
Doctor Who: Original Television Soundtrack | ||||
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Soundtrack album by | ||||
Released | 4 December 2006 | |||
Recorded | 2005–2006 | |||
Genre | Soundtrack, incidental | |||
Length | 75:54 | |||
Label | Silva Screen Records | |||
Producer | Murray Gold | |||
Doctor Who soundtrack chronology | ||||
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Murray Gold returned to compose the music for the second series.[73] Parts of the soundtrack were performed by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and orchestrated by Ben Foster, unlike in the first series, which was purely reliant on orchestral samples.[74][75]
Selected pieces of score from the
Gold's arrangement of the main theme featured samples from the 1963 original with further elements added: an orchestral sound of low horns, strings and percussion and part of the Dalek ray-gun and TARDIS materialisation sound effects. Included on the album are two versions of the theme: the 44-second opening version, as arranged by Gold, and a longer arrangement that includes the middle eight, after Gold omitted the "middle eight" from both the opening and closing credits. Gold has said that his interpretation was driven by the title visual sequence he was given to work around. Often erroneously cited as being the same as the end credits version, this second version is in fact a new arrangement and recording.[78][79]
No. | Title | Episode | Length |
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1. | "Doctor Who Theme (TV version)" | Various episodes | 0:40 |
2. | "Westminster Bridge" | " The Satan Pit", "Doomsday" | 5:01 |
22. | "New Adventures" | "Boom Town", "The Parting of the Ways", "The Christmas Invasion" | 2:21 |
23. | "Finding Jackie" | "The Parting of the Ways", "Love & Monsters" | 0:54 |
24. | "Monster Bossa" | "Boom Town", "Love & Monsters" | 1:39 |
25. | "The Daleks" | "Bad Wolf" | 3:03 |
26. | "The Cybermen" | "Rise of the Cybermen" / "The Age of Steel" | 4:34 |
27. | "Doomsday" | "Doomsday" | 5:11 |
28. | "The Impossible Planet" | "The Impossible Planet" | 3:13 |
29. | "Sycorax Encounter" | "The Christmas Invasion" | 1:13 |
30. | "Love Don't Roam (performed by Neil Hannon)" | "The Runaway Bride" | 3:59 |
31. | "Doctor Who Theme (album version)" | 2:31 | |
Total length: | 75:54 |
Release
Broadcast
The second series premiered on 15 April 2006 with "New Earth", and concluded after thirteen episodes on 8 July 2006 with "Doomsday".[80] Doctor Who Confidential also aired alongside each episode of the series, continuing on from the previous series.[81]
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Home media
The second series of Doctor Who was first released on DVD in five volumes, with the first volume being released in Region 2 on 1 May 2006 and the final volume on 25 September 2006. The five volumes were also released in Region 4, invariably two months after the Region 2 release. The entire series was subsequently released in a boxset on 20 November 2006 in Region 2. All releases are for DVD unless otherwise indicated:
Series | Story no. | Episode name | Number and duration of episodes |
R2 release date | R4 release date | R1 release date |
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2 | 167–168 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Volume 1 "The Christmas Invasion" & "New Earth" |
1 × 60 min. 1 × 45 min. |
1 May 2006[85] | 20 July 2006[86] | — |
169–171 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Volume 2 "Tooth and Claw" – "The Girl in the Fireplace" |
3 × 45 min. | 5 June 2006[87] | 17 August 2006[88] | — | |
172–173 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Volume 3 "Rise of the Cybermen" – "The Idiot's Lantern" |
3 × 45 min. | 10 July 2006[89] | 7 September 2006[90] | — | |
174–175 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Volume 4 "The Impossible Planet" – "Love & Monsters" |
3 × 45 min. | 7 August 2006[91] | 5 October 2006[92] | — | |
176–177 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Volume 5 "Fear Her" – "Doomsday" |
3 × 45 min. | 25 September 2006[93] | 2 November 2006[94] | — | |
167–177 | Doctor Who : The Complete Second Series (includes "The Christmas Invasion" and "Children in Need") |
1 × 7 min. 1 × 60 min. 13 × 45 min. |
20 November 2006 (D) [95] 4 November 2013 (B)[a] [96] 31 August 2015 (B) [97] |
6 December 2006 (D) [98] 4 December 2013 (B) [99] |
16 January 2007[b] (D) [101] 5 November 2013 (B)[a] [96] | |
167–172 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Part 1 "The Christmas Invasion" – "The Age of Steel" |
1 × 60 min. 6 × 45 min. |
— | — | 8 April 2014[102] | |
173–177 | Doctor Who : Series 2, Part 2 "The Idiot's Lantern" – "Doomsday" |
7 × 45 min. | — | — | 13 May 2014[103] | |
2, 2008–2010 specials
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167–202 | Doctor Who: The Complete David Tennant Years | 5 × 6 min. 2 × 7 min. 1 × 8 min. 1 × 12 min. 35 × 45 min. 4 × 50 min. 6 × 60 min. 1 × 65 min. 1 × 72 min. 1 × 75 min. |
10 November 2014[104] | — | 11 October 2011 (D) [105] 17 September 2019 (B) [106] |
In print
"The Christmas Invasion was adapted into a novel by Jenny Colgan. The book was then turned into an audio book narrated by Camille Coduri.[107]
Series | Story no. | Novelisation title | Author | Original publisher | Paperback release date |
Audiobook release date[c] |
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2 | 167 | The Christmas Invasion[d] | Jenny T. Colgan |
BBC Books (Target collection) | 5 April 2018 | 5 April 2018 |
- ^ a b Part of The Complete Series 1–7[96]
- ^ 6 February 2007 in Canada[100]
- BBC Audio/AudioGounless otherwise indicated
- ^ Also adapts "Doctor Who: Children in Need"
Reception
Ratings
Doctor Who's first Christmas special, "The Christmas Invasion", was watched by 9.84 million viewers upon its premiere on 25 December 2005.[1][2] The series' finale "Doomsday" was watched by 8.2 million viewers,[5] beating a World Cup match between Portugal and Germany by over a million viewers.[108]
Critical reception
Doctor Who's second series received positive reviews from critics.[109][110] Series 2 holds a 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes with an average score of 9/10, based on seven critic reviews,[111] with many praising the finale "Doomsday" as one of the best episodes.[109][110][112]
Edward Cleary of Screen Rant ranked the series sixth of thirteen, noting that, while the series "stumbles slightly" following the relaunch of the show, the chemistry between Billie Piper and David Tennant overshadowed these problems. Cleary described Piper and Tennant as one of the best duos in Doctor Who history. He described the episodes "The Impossible Planet" / "The Satan Pit" as being one of the "best two-parters ever".[109]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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2006 | BAFTA Cymru Awards | Best Actor | David Tennant for "Doomsday" | Won | [115][116] |
Best Screenplay | Russell T Davies for "Doomsday" | Won | [115][116] | ||
Best Actress | Billie Piper for "Doomsday" | Nominated | [115][116] | ||
Best Costume | Louise Page | Won | [115][116] | ||
Best Make-up | Neill Gorton and Sheelagh Wells for "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Won | [115][116] | ||
Best Editor | Crispin Green for "Tooth and Claw" | Won | [115][116] | ||
Nebula Awards
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Nebula Award for Best Script | Steven Moffat for "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Nominated | [117] | |
Royal Television Society Programme Awards | Best Drama Series | Doctor Who | Nominated | [118][119] | |
Best Production Design | Edward Thomas | Nominated | [118][119] | ||
Best Costume Design – Drama | Louise Page | Nominated | [118][119] | ||
Best Make Up Design – Drama | Neill Gorton and Sheelagh Wells | Nominated | [118][119] | ||
Best Visual Effects – Digital Effects | Doctor Who | Nominated | [118][119] | ||
Scream Award | Best TV Show | Doctor Who | Nominated | [120] | |
TV Quick | Best Loved Drama | Doctor Who | Won | [121] | |
Best Actor | David Tennant | Won | [121] | ||
Best Actress | Billie Piper | Won | [121] | ||
2007 | British Academy Television Awards
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Best Editing Fiction/Entertainment | Crispin Green | Nominated | [122] |
Best Visual Effects | The Mill
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Nominated | [122] | ||
Constellation Awards
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Best Science Fiction Television Series | Doctor Who | Won | [84] | |
Best Male Performance in a 2006 Science Fiction Television Episode | David Tennant for "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Won | [84] | ||
Outstanding Canadian Contribution to Science Fiction Film or Television in 2006 | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation | Won | [84] | ||
Hugo Awards
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Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation | "The Girl in the Fireplace" | Won | [123] | |
" School Reunion "
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Nominated | [123] | |||
"Army of Ghosts" / "Doomsday | Nominated | [123] | |||
National Television Awards
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Most Popular Drama | Doctor Who | Won | [124][125] | |
Most Popular Actor | David Tennant | Won | [124] | ||
Most Popular Actress | Billie Piper | Won | [124][125] | ||
Saturn Awards | Best Syndicated/Cable Television Series | Doctor Who | Nominated | [126] | |
Best Television DVD Release | Doctor Who | Nominated | [127] | ||
Visual Effects Society Awards | Outstanding Performance by an Animated Character in a Live Action Broadcast Program, Commercial, or Music Video | Nicholas Hernandez, Jean-Claude Deguara, Neil Roche and Jean-Yves Audouard for "Tooth and Claw" | Nominated | [128] |
Notes
- ^ As depicted in the 2005 episode "The End of the World"
- ^ Credited as "the Bride" and unidentified on screen, this character is named Donna Noble in the following episode "The Runaway Bride".
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