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Doctor Who: Series 2

13 episodes Premiered Apr 15, 2006 Updated Oct 1, 2026

Doctor Who Season 2 continues the overarching saga across thirteen episodes. The Doctor takes part in epic adventures across space and time in that famous blue box for the trip of a lifetime. The Doctor is a Time Lord, described as a 900 year old alien with two hearts. The series itself falls under the genres of action, adventure, drama, and sci-fi and fantasy, continuing the narrative established in the 2005 product

Previously on Doctor Who

Season 2 Lore Primer

Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.

  • ⚡ The Doctor is a Time Lord who is a 900 year old alien with two hearts.
  • ⚡ The Doctor travels across space and time in a famous blue box.
  • ⚡ The series is classified as action, adventure, drama, and sci-fi and fantasy.
  • ⚡ The production is a BBC television series originating from in-house production following earlier attempts at a feature film version.
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Season overview

Doctor Who Season 2 continues the overarching saga across thirteen episodes. The Doctor takes part in epic adventures across space and time in that famous blue box for the trip of a lifetime. The Doctor is a Time Lord, described as a 900 year old alien with two hearts. The series itself falls under the genres of action, adventure, drama, and sci-fi and fantasy, continuing the narrative established in the 2005 production by the BBC.

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Season 2 Episodes

Episode Guide

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Season 2: Filler vs. Essential Canon

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Mytharc (6): Crucial lore & season climaxes
Core (7): Character development & subplots
Side Quest (0): Standalone / filler
S2·E1 Mytharc

New Earth

Apr 15, 2006 · 47 min

In the year five billion and twenty-three, after the destruction of the Earth, the Doctor takes Rose to the New Earth. There, in a hospital facility, the feline Sisters of Plenitud

S2·E2 Core

Tooth and Claw

Apr 22, 2006 · 47 min

Landing in 1879, Scotland, the Tenth Doctor and Rose meet Queen Victoria, travelling with her to spend the night at the Torchwood Estate. However, a group of warrior monks have sin

S2·E3 Core

School Reunion

Apr 29, 2006 · 47 min

There are strange goings-on at a comprehensive school - UFOs, over-intelligent children, and odd-tasting school dinners. This attracts the attention of the Tenth Doctor, Rose and M

S2·E4 Mytharc

The Girl in the Fireplace

May 6, 2006 · 47 min

On a seemingly abandoned spaceship in the 51st century, the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Mickey find time windows leading to 18th century France and a group of clockwork androids using t

S2·E5 Mytharc

Rise of the Cybermen (1)

May 13, 2006 · 49 min

After the TARDIS makes a crash landing on the Earth of another universe, Rose discovers her father is alive and rich, Mickey encounters his alternative self, and the Tenth Doctor l

S2·E6 Core

The Age of Steel (2)

May 20, 2006 · 49 min

The plans of John Lumic to convert the world into Cybermen are now in full force. The Tenth Doctor, Rose, Mickey and the Preachers must find a way to stop him from enforcing his "u

S2·E7 Core

The Idiot's Lantern

May 27, 2006 · 48 min

In 1953 London, the police are abducting people from their homes. The people of Britain gather around their new-fangled "tele-vision" sets to celebrate the new Queen's coronation -

S2·E8 Mytharc

The Impossible Planet (1)

Jun 3, 2006 · 48 min

Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, on a desolate world in the orbit of a Black Hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time-trav

S2·E9 Core

The Satan Pit (2)

Jun 10, 2006 · 50 min

The TARDIS lands in a base on a planet orbiting a black hole, an impossible situation that stumps even the Tenth Doctor. The base crew are drilling to the centre of the world, to c

S2·E10 Core

Love & Monsters

Jun 17, 2006 · 48 min

An ordinary man named Elton Pope becomes obsessed with the Tenth Doctor, Rose and their strange blue box, joining a group of like-minded people in hopes of finding him. But when th

S2·E11 Core

Fear Her

Jun 24, 2006 · 47 min

When the TARDIS lands in 2012, the Tenth Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. However, ordinary children are vanishing into thin air, a mother living in a seemingly norma

S2·E12 Mytharc

Army of Ghosts (1)

Jul 1, 2006 · 46 min

Ghostly beings have been regularly appearing across the world and people, believing them to be their dead loved ones, are welcoming their visits with open arms. When the TARDIS arr

S2·E13 Mytharc

Doomsday (2)

Jul 8, 2006 · 49 min

Humanity is caught in the crossfire as the Cybermen and the Daleks wage war against each other. When the mysterious Genesis Ark opens, the Tenth Doctor is faced with an impossible

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