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- Broadcast: 15 April – 8 July 2006
- Episodes: 13
- Availability: DVD: The Complete Second Series
Episode Guide
201. NEW EARTH
Broadcast: 15/04/06
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: James Hawes
Viewers: 8.62m
In the year 5 billion 23, the Doctor discovers a race of cat people running a mysterious ‘plague farm’. Could his old adversary Cassandra have something to do with it?
202. TOOTH AND CLAW
Broadcast: 22/04/06
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Euros Lyn
Viewers: 9.24m
The Doctor and Rose arrive in Scotland, 1879 where a werewolf appears to be terrorising Queen Victoria. The Doctor takes on the role as her bodyguard.
203. SCHOOL REUNION
Broadcast: 29/04/06
Writer: Toby Whithouse
Director: James Hawes
Viewers: 8.3m
Earth In the not too distant future, the Doctor bumps into his old friends Sarah Jane and K9 while investigating a school which hides a disturbing secret.
204. THE GIRL IN THE FIREPLACE
Broadcast: 06/05/06
Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Euros Lyn
Viewers: 7.9m
18th-Century France, the Doctor and Rose find themselves in the court of King Louis XV where mysterious clockwork droids are on a rampage.
205. RISE OF THE CYBERMEN (1)
Broadcast: 13/05/06
Writer: Tom MacRae
Director: Graeme Harper
Viewers: 9.22m
The TARDIS becomes trapped on a parallel version of Earth, where humans are being prepared for the ‘ultimate upgrade’, but The Doctor believes something sinister is afoot.
206. THE AGE OF STEEL (2)
Broadcast: 20/05/06
Writer: Tom MacRae
Director: Graeme Harper
Viewers: 7.63m
The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace. The Doctor, Rose and Mickey are reduced to fugitives in a world of terror.
207. THE IDIOT’S LANTERN
Broadcast: 27/05/06
Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Euros Lyn
Viewers: 6.76m
The TARDIS lands in London 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II. But behind the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets.
208. THE IMPOSSIBLE PLANET (1)
Broadcast: 03/06/06
Writer: Matt Jones
Director: James Strong
Viewers: 6.32m
Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, on a desolate world in the orbit of a Black Hole.
209. THE SATAN PIT (2)
Broadcast: 10/06/06
Writer: Matt Jones
Director: James Strong
Viewers: 6.08m
Rose battles the murderous Ood while the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons
210. LOVE & MONSTERS
Broadcast: 17/06/06
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Dan Zeff
Viewers: 6.66m
When a man obsessed with the Doctor brings him to the attention of the enigmatic Victor Kennedy, his harmless hobby suddenly plunges him into a living nightmare.
211. FEAR HER
Broadcast: 24/06/06
Writer: Matthew Graham
Director: Euros Lyn
Viewers: 7.14m
The Doctor and Rose travel to London in the year 2012 where the Olympics are taking place. But on a nearby estate, a mother is hiding her daughter’s unearthly powers.
212. ARMY OF GHOSTS (1)
Broadcast: 01/07/06
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Graeme Harper
Viewers: 8.19m
The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home.
But as the Doctor and Rose investigate, a trap is being sprung.
213. DOOMSDAY (2)
Broadcast: 08/07/06
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Graeme Harper
Viewers: 8.22m
Two mighty armies wage war across the Earth. But The Doctor faces an even greater dilemma; does saving the world mean the death of Rose Tyler?
SPECIAL: THE RUNAWAY BRIDE
Broadcast: 25/12/06
Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Euros Lyn
Viewers: 9.35m
A bride finds her wedding day interrupted by an alien plot to destroy the Earth