Doctor Who: Series 2

Can Rose trust a man with a new face? David Tennant (Viva Blackpool, Harry Potter) steps into the role of the Doctor, now in his 10th incarnation. Following on from the phenomenal success of the first series, the second series is full of more thrills, more laughs, more heartbreak and some terrifying new aliens and old acquaintances. The Doctor and Rose meet Queen Victoria, an evil race of Cat Women, K9 and Sarah Jane, and the dreaded Cybermen.

Includes the following episodes: New Earth, Tooth and Claw, School Reunion, The Girl in the Fireplace, Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel, The Idiot's Lantern, The Impossible Planet, The Satan Pit, Love and Monsters, Fear Her, Army of Ghosts, Doomsday, The Christmas Invasion (60 minute special)

New Earth - The Doctor and Rose board the Tardis for new adventures in time and space. But when they visit mankind’s new home, far in the future, they find gruesome secrets hidden inside a luxury hospital. And an enemy thought long since dead, the paper-thin Cassandra, is out for revenge...

Tooth and Claw - The Doctor and Rose have to protect Queen Victoria, but can anything stop the Empire of the Wolf?

School Reunion - The Doctor investigates a contemporary London school which is being haunted by strange, bat-like creatures at night. While at the school, the Doctor finds his old friend, Sarah Jane Smith, already working undercover. Both have old scores they must settle, and Rose discovers the true legacy of being a Time Lord’s companion.

The Girl in the Fireplace - The Doctor finds love - and evil droids - in 18th-century France. Madame de Pompadour is being haunted by a stranger called the Doctor. Can he save her from the clockwork killers?

Rise of the Cybermen - Part 1 of a two-part story. The Tardis is trapped on a parallel Earth and Rose discovers that her father is still alive. But sinister forces are at work, and British society is being prepared for the Ultimate Upgrade. Meanwhile, an old enemy of the Doctor’s is about to be reborn...

The Age of Steel - The story continues from Episode 5. The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace. While Jackie falls under Lumic’s control, the Doctor, Rose and Mickey are reduced to fugitives in a world of terror. A last, desperate attack on the Cyberfactory is their only chance – but will they all survive?

The Idiot’s Lantern - It is 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain huddle round their television and radio sets to witness the great event. But behind the celebrations there are rumours of monsters on the streets, and the tormented Mr Magpie is hiding a strange and alien secret.

The Impossible Planet - Part 1 of a two-part story. Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, in the orbit of a Black Hole. Trapped with an Earth expedition and the mysterious Ood, the time-travellers face an even greater danger as something ancient beneath the planet’s surface begins to awake.

The Satan Pit - Continuing from Episode 8. Rose battles the murderous Ood and the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons. With the planet threatening to fall into the Black Hole, the Doctor must make the ultimate sacrifice – but can he save the entire universe from the Beast?

Love & Monsters - An ordinary man called Elton becomes obsessed with the Doctor and Rose and their mysterious blue box. But when Elton’s investigations bring him to the attention of the enigmatic, cold and powerful Victor Kennedy, his harmless hobby suddenly plunges him into a living nightmare.

Fear Her - When the Tardis lands in 2012, the Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. But on a nearby housing estate, a desperate mother is hiding her daughter’s unearthly powers. Can the Doctor defeat the danger nestling at the heart of an ordinary British household?

Army of Ghosts - Part 1 of a two-part story. The human race rejoices as the ghosts of loved ones return home in the latest adventure from the nation’s favourite time traveller. But as the Doctor, Rose and Jackie investigate the Torchwood Tower, the whole of modern-day Earth threatens to fall to an almighty invasion force.

Doomsday - Continuing from Episode 12. It’s the end of an epic journey as two mighty armies wage war across the Earth, with the human race caught in the middle. But as an unstoppable terror emerges from beneath Torchwood, the Doctor faces an even greater dilemma – does saving the world mean the death of Rose Tyler?

The Christmas Invasion - Introducing David Tennant as the 12th incarnation of The Doctor.
Can Rose trust a man with a new face? As the newly regenerated Doctor drifts in and out of consciousness, Christmas becomes a time of terror on planet Earth when the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the sinister alien Sycorax.

The Doctor	---	David Tennant
Rose Tyler	---	Billie Piper
Jackie Tyler	---	Camille Coduri
Mickey	---	Noel Clarke

Created and written by Russell T Davies
Written by Toby Whithouse, Steven Moffat, Tom MacRae, Mark Gatiss, Matt Jones
Directed by James Hawes , Euros Lyn , Graeme Harper, James Strong, Dan Zeff
Produced by Phil Collinson
Executive Produced by Julie Gardner, Russell T Davies

BAFTA? Awards
2006 ? Audience Award (TV)
2006 ?Best Drama Series ? Phil Collinson, Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner
BAFTA? Awards, Wales
2007 ? Best Actor - David Tennant
2007 ? Best Editor? Crispin Green
2006 ?Best Drama Series/Serial? Phil Collinson

“Tennant is inspired casting – mildly dotty but with a hint of danger.” -Independent

“The new series of Doctor Who gets off to a sensational start … The rapport between the Doctor and Rose is stronger than ever … Russell T. Davies’s script is a masterpiece of its kind - exciting, intelligent and imaginative; a little bit scary and very, very funny. The special effects are wondrous and the acting is gloriously camp; it ought to delight everyone between the ages of five and ninety.” -David Chater, The Times

“Great, imaginative television with perfect casting.” -The Times

“It’s scary sci-fi, camp humour and warm family viewing all in one… and it’s wonderful.” -Guardian

“David Tennant’s funny, quirky and mischievous – and the atmosphere between him and sidekick Rose just fizzes with the clever chemistry of a 1930s screwball comedy.” -Daily Express

“Anyone who thinks that television no longer unites the nation should peer into living rooms across the country at 7.15pm tonight. The fools’ lantern will be flickering, but you may not see anyone in front of the screen. Children and adults alike will be cowering behind sofas as the Tardis heaves into view accompanied by a new Doctor Who and that familiar, if slightly tweaked, whoosh of a tune. The outpouring of affection for the series, with the 10th incarnation of the Doctor played by Casanova star David Tennant, is far from nostalgia for the shaky sets and stripy scarves of the Tom Baker golden era. Viewers have returned … because the reinvigorated franchise is witty and warm, as well as scary. It vaporises any suggestion the good Doctor is not the man he used to be. Under Russell T Davis’s writing, he is much, much better. The series is more subtle and satirical than of old … But the up-to-date Doctor benefits too from the rich heritage of past series, fondly pored over by Whovians. As Davis has pointed out, children enjoy the mythology that comes with the Doctor. And so parents chuntering on about K9 and the Cybermen do not cause offspring to roll their eyeballs but only encourage further forays from the safety of the sofa.” -Guardian Leader Pages

“[Russell T] Davies’s stories are equal parts waggish, decadent and penetrating, full of Broadway-style wordplay and moral outrage against the modern world, the whole mad carnival serenaded by the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.” -James Saynor, Sunday Telegraph

“Oh, but this is fantastic – it’s Alien plus The Matrix divided by The Exorcist.” -Ali Catterall, Guardian

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