The BEST episodes of Doctor Who season 2

Every episode of Doctor Who season 2, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Doctor Who season 2!

The Doctor, a mysterious traveller in space and time, travels in his ship, the TARDIS. The TARDIS can take him and his companions anywhere in time and space. Inevitably he finds evil at work wherever he goes...

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The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The Daleks (2)
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7.63
306 votes

#1 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The Daleks (2)

Season 2 - Episode 5 - Aired 11/28/1964

The Daleks have conquered Earth. Susan and Barbara have joined the human resistance who launch an attack on the Dalek flying saucer where the Doctor and Ian are prisoners.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
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The Time Meddler: Checkmate (4)
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7.59
198 votes

#2 - The Time Meddler: Checkmate (4)

Season 2 - Episode 39 - Aired 7/24/1965

The Doctor finally discovers what the Monk is up to and must move fast to prevent his opponent from altering the course of history.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
The Chase: The Planet of Decision (6)
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7.57
196 votes

#3 - The Chase: The Planet of Decision (6)

Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/26/1965

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.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
Planet of Giants: Dangerous Journey (2)
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7.52
331 votes

#4 - Planet of Giants: Dangerous Journey (2)

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 11/7/1964

Earth, 1964. An accident on landing has greatly reduced the TARDIS and the travellers in size. They come across a scheme run by Forester, a ruthless businessman and his misguided scientist colleague Smithers to launch a new insecticide which is capable of destroying the local ecology. Forester is prepared to commit murder to secure the success of this project, but the inch-high travellers face danger of another kind.

Directors: Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Louis Marks
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The Romans: The Slave Traders (1)
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7.50
283 votes

#5 - The Romans: The Slave Traders (1)

Season 2 - Episode 12 - Aired 1/16/1965

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.

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The Romans: All Roads Lead to Rome (2)
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7.47
286 votes

#6 - The Romans: All Roads Lead to Rome (2)

Season 2 - Episode 13 - Aired 1/23/1965

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.

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The Space Museum: The Space Museum (1)
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7.43
174 votes

#7 - The Space Museum: The Space Museum (1)

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 4/24/1965

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.

Directors: Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Glyn Jones
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The Time Meddler: The Watcher (1)
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7.42
192 votes

#8 - The Time Meddler: The Watcher (1)

Season 2 - Episode 36 - Aired 7/3/1965

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?

Directors: Douglas Camfield
The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Flashpoint (6)
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7.41
280 votes

#9 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Flashpoint (6)

Season 2 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/26/1964

Ian plans to derail the Daleks' plan by sabotaging their bomb and the Doctor works to turn the Robomen against them. Afterwards, a tearful Susan remains on Earth with her new love.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
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The Time Meddler: A Battle of Wits (3)
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7.38
196 votes

#10 - The Time Meddler: A Battle of Wits (3)

Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 7/17/1965

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.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
The Dalek Invasion of Earth: World's End (1)
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7.36
272 votes

#11 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: World's End (1)

Season 2 - Episode 4 - Aired 11/21/1964

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.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
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The Romans: Inferno (4)
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7.36
206 votes

#12 - The Romans: Inferno (4)

Season 2 - Episode 15 - Aired 2/6/1965

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.

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The Chase: The Death of Dr Who (5)
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7.33
193 votes

#13 - The Chase: The Death of Dr Who (5)

Season 2 - Episode 34 - Aired 6/19/1965

With Vicki trapped on board the Dalek time machine, the Doctor, Ian and Barbara decide to make their stand on the planet Mechanus.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
The Rescue: The Powerful Enemy (1)
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7.31
288 votes

#14 - The Rescue: The Powerful Enemy (1)

Season 2 - Episode 10 - Aired 1/2/1965

Sometime in the 25th century, the Doctor and his friends land on the planet Dido and happen across a spaceship (from Earth) that has crash-landed. Its two occupants - a man named Bennett and a young girl called Vicki - are living in fear of a creature called Koquillion, a native of Dido possibly responsible for murdering other members from the spaceship. However, the Doctor realises after a while that Koquillion is in fact Bennett in disguise; it was Bennett who killed the others so as to conceal an earlier murder that he had performed on ship. In a confrontation with Dido humanoid inhabitants Bennett dies as he falls from a cliff. Not wishing the girl Vicki to be alone, the Doctor takes her with him in the TARDIS as a new companion.

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The Time Meddler: The Meddling Monk (2)
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7.29
195 votes

#15 - The Time Meddler: The Meddling Monk (2)

Season 2 - Episode 37 - Aired 7/10/1965

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.

Directors: Douglas Camfield
The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Day of Reckoning (3)
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7.28
275 votes

#16 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: Day of Reckoning (3)

Season 2 - Episode 6 - Aired 12/5/1964

The rebel attack on the Dalek flying saucer has been defeated. London is crawling with Daleks and Robomen, and the Doctor, Barbara and Susan must escape the city.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
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The Rescue: Desperate Measures (2)
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7.21
289 votes

#17 - The Rescue: Desperate Measures (2)

Season 2 - Episode 11 - Aired 1/9/1965

Ian and Barbara discover that the paralysed Bennett has gone missing from his cabin. The Doctor discovers the truth about Koquillion, but endangers his own life in doing so.

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The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The Waking Ally (5)
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7.19
277 votes

#18 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The Waking Ally (5)

Season 2 - Episode 8 - Aired 12/19/1964

Barbara is put to work in the Dalek mine where it is revealed that the Daleks intend to use a bomb to extract the Earth's magnetic core.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
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Planet of Giants: Planet of Giants (1)
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7.14
416 votes

#19 - Planet of Giants: Planet of Giants (1)

Season 2 - Episode 1 - Aired 10/31/1964

Earth, 1964. An accident on landing vastly reduces the TARDIS and the travellers in size. They come across a scheme run by Forester, a ruthless businessman and his misguided scientist colleague Smithers to launch a new insecticide which is capable of destroying the local ecology. Forester is prepared to commit murder to secure the success of this project - can the inch-high travellers somehow foil him?

Directors: Mervyn Pinfield
Writer: Louis Marks
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The Romans: Conspiracy (3)
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7.09
242 votes

#20 - The Romans: Conspiracy (3)

Season 2 - Episode 14 - Aired 1/30/1965

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.

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The Chase: Flight through Eternity (3)
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7.09
197 votes

#21 - The Chase: Flight through Eternity (3)

Season 2 - Episode 32 - Aired 6/5/1965

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.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
The Chase: Journey into Terror (4)
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7.06
198 votes

#22 - The Chase: Journey into Terror (4)

Season 2 - Episode 33 - Aired 6/12/1965

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.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The End of Tomorrow (4)
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7.05
276 votes

#23 - The Dalek Invasion of Earth: The End of Tomorrow (4)

Season 2 - Episode 7 - Aired 12/12/1964

The Doctor, Barbara and Susan make their way out of London to the Daleks' mining operation in Bedfordshire whilst Ian faces the Black Dalek's pet Slyther.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation
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Planet of Giants: Crisis (3)
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6.98
333 votes

#24 - Planet of Giants: Crisis (3)

Season 2 - Episode 3 - Aired 11/14/1964

Earth, 1964. 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.

Writer: Louis Marks
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The Chase: The Death of Time (2)
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6.95
196 votes

#25 - The Chase: The Death of Time (2)

Season 2 - Episode 31 - Aired 5/29/1965

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.

Directors: Richard Martin
Writer: Terry Nation