Doctor Who - The Complete Second Series
BBC Home Video (2005)
Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi, TV Series
In Collection
#733
8*
Seen ItYes
(6/13/2011)
794051278623
IMDB   8.3
646 mins USA/English
DVD  Region 1   NR
Billie Piper Rose Tyler
David Tennant The Doctor
Noel Clarke Mickey Smith
Paul Kasey Cyber Leader
Christopher Eccleston Doctor Who
Camille Coduri Jackie Tyler
Director Euros Lyn
James Hawes
Writer Russell T. Davies
Terry Nation
Steven Moffat

Disc One:
The Christmas Invasion
New Earth

Disc Two:
Tooth And Claw
School Reunion
The Girl In The Fireplace

Disco Three:
Rise Of The Cybermen
The Age Of Steel
The Idiot's Lantern

Disc Four:
The Impossible Planet
The Satan Pit
Love & Monsters

Disc Five:
Fear Her
Army Of Ghosts
Doomsday

Disc Six:
Doctor Who Confidential
Edition Details
Series Doctor Who
Release Date 1/16/2007
Packaging Custom Case
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
Audio Tracks ENGLISH: Dolby Digital 5.1 [CC]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 6
Personal Details
Purchase Date 2/12/2007
Owner Thomas Eisenmann
Store Best Buy
Purchase Price $79.99
Condition Excellent
Reviewed Not Reviewed
Bit Rate 448 KB
Anamophic Yes
Links DVD Empire
Amazon US
IMDB

Features
Disc 01 Anamophic
David Tennant's Video Diaries
Billie Piper's Video Diaries
In-Vision Commentary
Audio Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Outtakes
"Children In Need" Special

Widescreen Review
Season 2

(Special) Children In Need (Special Mini Adventure)
Community Score: 8.8 Great

First aired: 11/18/2005

The newly-regenerated Doctor explains to a disbelieving Rose that he has regenerated.

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Euros Lyn

(Special) The Christmas Invasion
Community Score: 8.9 Great

First aired: 12/25/2005
Production Code: NCFS084E
Location: London, England, Earth
Date: December 2006
Enemy: The Sycorax

Rose and the newly-regenerated Doctor continue their adventures together in this Christmas Special episode. Christmas becomes a time of terror for Planet Earth, as the whole of mankind falls under the shadow of the alien Sycorax. Rose needs the Doctor's help, but can she trust a man with a new face?

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: James Hawes
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith) , Paul Anderson (Jason), Adam Garcia (Alex Klein), Sean Gilder (Sycorax leader), Cathy Murphy (Mum), Penelope Wilton (Harriet Jones), Sian McDowall (Sandra), Sagar Arya (Newsreader 2), Lachele Carl (Newsreader 3), Jason Mohammed (Newsreader 1), Sean Carlsen (Policeman), Chu Omanbala (Major Blake), Anita Breim (Sally), Daniel Evans (Danny Llewellyn)

(Special) The Attack of the Graske
Community Score: 7.8 Good

First aired: 12/25/2005

Viewers have the chance to help the Doctor fight off the threat of the Graske in this special interactive episode.

Writer: Gareth Roberts
Director: Ashley Way
Guest star: Mollie Kabia (Daughter), Lisa Palfrey (Mum), Jimmy Vee (The Graske), Nicholas Beveney (Dad), James Harris (Son), Catherine Olding (Young Woman), Gwenyth Petty (Grandma), Ben Oliver (Urchin), Roger Nott (Older Man), Robin Meredith (Grandad)

17. New Earth
Community Score: 8.6 Great

First aired: 4/15/2006
Production Code: NCFS085Y
Location: New Earth
Date: 5,000,000,023
Enemies: Lady Cassandra, The Flesh, Sisters of Plenitude

The destruction of Earth led to a wave of nostalgia and the creation of 'New Earth', a planet with very similar physical properties to Earth. The Doctor and Rose respond to a call for help and visit a hospital run by a sisterhood of humanoid cat people, the Sisters of Plenitude. They appear to have developed a cure for every disease, but the hospital hides a sinister secret. The Doctor and Rose are reunited with an old enemy, as the Face of Boe prepares to reveal the ultimate secret to the traveller without a home…

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: James Hawes
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey) , Simon Ludders (Patient), Adjoa Andoh (Sister Jatt), Doña Croll (Matron Casp), Lucy Robinson (Frau Clovis), Struan Rodger (The Face of Boe (Voice)), Zoë Wanamaker (Cassandra), Sean Gallagher (Chip), Anna Hope (Novice Hame)

18. Tooth and Claw
Community Score: 8.8 Great

First aired: 4/22/2006
Production Code: NCFS086S
Location: Torchwood House, Scotland, Earth
Date:1879
Enemies: Werewolf, The Monks

The TARDIS arrives in the 19th century, and soon the Doctor has met a familiar face from history. Queen Victoria is on her way to Balmoral, but the visit isn't going exactly to plan. A werewolf is on the loose, and the Doctor may not be able to protect everybody…

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Euros Lyn
Guest star: Ruthie Milne (Flora), Spencer Hawken (Monk), Ron Donachie (Steward), Pauline Collins (Queen Victoria), Ian Hanmore (Father Angelo), Derek Riddell (Sir Robert), Michelle Duncan (Lady Isobel), Jamie Sives (Captain Reynolds), Tom Rob Smith (The Host)

19. School Reunion
Community Score: 9.3 Superb

First aired: 4/29/2006
Production Code: NCFS087L
Location: Deffry Vale High School, London, England, Earth
Date: 2007
Enemies: The Krillitanes

Deffry Vale School, a normal, local high school. But not everything is as it seems. Sarah-Jane Smith decides to investigate the place, with her trusted (yet rusted) robotic dog K-9. But there she unravels a deeper mystery, as she is reunited with a face from her past. The Doctor, who left her behind many years ago, has returned, and everything about him is different from the Doctor that Sarah remembers...

Writer: Toby Whithouse
Director: James Hawes
Guest star: Noel Clarke (Mickey) , Elisabeth Sladen (Sarah Jane Smith), John Leeson (Voice of K9), Eugene Washington (Mr. Wagner), Caroline Berry (Dinner Lady), Rod Arthur (Mr. Parsons), Clem Tibber (Milo), Benjamin Smith (Luke), Anthony Stewart Head (Mr. Finch), Heather Cameron (Nina), Lucinda Dryzek (Melissa), Joe Pickley (Kenny)

20. The Girl in the Fireplace
Community Score: 9.1 Superb

First aired: 5/6/2006
Production Code: NCFS088F
Location: Versailles, France, Earth and on S.S and Madame de Pompadour (a Spaceship)
Date: Across the 18th Century and during the 51st Century
Enemies: Clockwork Droids

Madame de Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork droids. Her only hope of salvation lies with the man who has haunted her dreams since childhood – a mysterious stranger known only as the Doctor. Can a broken clock summon the Lord of Time?

Writer: Steven Moffat
Director: Euros Lyn
Guest star: Paul Kasey (Clockwork Man) , Jonathan Hart (Alien Voices), Jessica Atkins (Young Reinette), Emily Joyce (Alien Voices), Ellen Thomas (Clockwork Woman), Gareth Wyn Griffiths (Manservant), Noel Clarke (Mickey Smith), Ben Turner (King Louis), Sophia Myles (Reinette), Angel Coulby (Katherine)

21. Rise of the Cybermen (1)
Community Score: 8.7 Great

First aired: 5/13/2006
Production Code: NCFS089A
Location: Parallel Earth
Date: 1st February 2007
Enemy: John Lumic/The Cybermen

The Doctor, Rose and Mickey return to 2007 after the TARDIS malfunctions, but discover that they arrived in an alternative timeline, where Earth is a fascist society and Rose's parents are still together. This Earth, however, is under threat of invasion from the Cybermen!

Writer: Tom Macrae
Director: Graeme Harper
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey), Nicholas Briggs (Cyber-Voice), Paul Kasey (Cyber-Leader) , Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler), Andrew Hayden Smith (Jake Simmonds), Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic), Mona Hammond (Rita-Anne), Helen Griffin (Mrs. Moore), Colin Spaull (Mr. Crane), Duncan Duff (Newsreader), Paul Antony-Barber (Dr Kendrick), Adam Shaw (Morris), Andrew Ufondo (Soldier), Don Warrington (The President)

22. The Age of Steel (2)
Community Score: 8.9 Great

First aired: 5/20/2006
Production Code: NCFS090T
Location: A parallel Earth
Date: 1st/2nd February 2007
Enemy: John Lumic/Cyber-Controller/The Cybermen

The Cybermen are taking over the world. Can the Doctor save this Earth from the Cybermen?

Writer: Tom Macrae
Director: Graeme Harper
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey), Paul Kasey (Cyber-Leader), Nicholas Briggs (Cyber-Voice) , Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler), Don Warrington (The President), Jules Bert (Photographer), Andrew Hayden Smith (Jake Simmonds), Duncan Duff (Newsreader), Helen Griffin (Mrs. Moore), Roger Lloyd-Pack (John Lumic), Colin Spaull (Mr. Crane)

23. The Idiot's Lantern
Community Score: 8.3 Great

First aired: 5/27/2006 Production Code: NCFS091N
Location: London, England, Earth Date: 1953 - Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Enemy: The Wire

It's 1953, the Coronation year of HM Queen Elizabeth II, and the people of Great Britain huddle round their television 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...

Writer: Mark Gatiss
Director: Euros Lyn
Guest star: Jamie Foreman (Eddie Connolly), Ieuan Rhys (Crabtree), Margaret John (Grandma Connolly), Rory Jennings (Tommy), Ron Cook (Mr. Magpie), Jean Challis (Betty), Sam Cox (Bishop), Christopher Driscoll (Security Guard), Marie Lewis (Mrs Gallagher), Maureen Lipman (The Wire), Debra Gillett (Rita Connolly)

24. The Impossible Planet (1)
Community Score: 9.3 Superb

First aired: 6/3/2006
Production Code: NCFS092H
Location: In orbit below a black hole.
Date: Possibly 43,000 (43K reference)
Enemy: The Beast,The Ood (as The Legion of The Beast)

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-travellers face an even greater danger as something ancient beneath the planet's surface begins to awake.

Writer: Matt Jones
Director: James Strong
Guest star: Paul Kasey (The Ood) , Shaun Parkes (Zachary Cross Flame), Gabriel Woolf (The voice of the Beast), Ronny Jhutti (Danny Bartock), Claire Rushbrook (Ida Scott), Myanna Buring (Scootie Maniska), Danny Webb (Mr. Jefferson), Will Thorp (Toby Zed), Silas Carson (The voice of the Ood)

25. The Satan Pit (2)
Community Score: 9.2 Superb

First aired: 6/10/2006
Production Code: NCFS093B
Location: In orbit below a black hole.
Date: Possibly 43,000 (43K reference)
Enemy: The Beast, The Ood (as The Legion of the Beast)

Rose battles the murderous Ood and the Doctor finds his every belief being challenged to the core, as the Pit beckons in the concluding part of this two-part story. 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?

Writer: Matt Jones
Director: James Strong
Guest star: Paul Kasey (The Ood) , Silas Carson (The voice of the Ood), Gabriel Woolf (The voice of the Beast), Danny Webb (Mr. Jefferson), Shaun Parkes (Zachary Cross Flane), Claire Rushbrook (Ida Scott), Will Thorp (Toby Zed), Ronny Jhutti (Danny Bartock)

26. Love & Monsters
Community Score: 7.2 Good

First aired: 6/17/2006
Production Code: NCFS094W
Location: London, Earth
Date:2007
Enemy: The Abzorbaloff

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 Victor Kennedy, his harmless hobby suddenly plunges him into a living nightmare...

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Dan Zeff
Guest star: Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler) , Marc Warren (Elton Pope), Shirley Henderson (Ursula Blake), Peter Kay (Victor Kennedy/Abzorbaloff), Moya Brady (Bridget), Simon Greenall (Mr Skinner), Kathryn Drysdale (Bliss), Paul Kasey (The Hoix)

27. Fear Her
Community Score: 7.9 Good

First aired: 6/24/2006
Production Code: NCFS095P
Location: Earth
Date: 2012
Enemy: Chloe Webber/Isolas

When the TARDIS lands in 2012, the Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. But ordinary children are vanishing, seemingly into thin air, whilst a mother living in a seemingly ordinary British household is trying to hide her daughter's unnatural powers from the world. Can the Doctor defeat the evil nestled in the heart of London?

Writer: Matthew Graham
Director: Euros Lyn
Guest star: Nina Sosanya (Trish), Abisola Agbaje (Chloe), Abdul Salis (Kel), Tim Faraday (Dad), Erica Eirian (Neighbour), Edna Doré (Maeve), Alistair Appleton (Himself), Christopher Driscoll (Security Guard), Richard Nichols (Driver), Stephen Marzella (Policeman)

28. Army of Ghosts (1)
Community Score: 9.5 Superb

First aired: 7/1/2006
Production Code: NCFS096J
Location: London, Torchwood Tower
Date: 2007
Enemies: Cybermen, Torchwood

Rose:Planet Earth. This is where I was born, and this is where I died. The first nineteen years of my life, nothing happened. Nothing at all. Not ever. And then I met a man called "The Doctor". A man that could change his face. He took me away from home in his magical machine. He showed me the whole of time and space. I thought it would never end. That's what I though, but then came the Army of Ghosts. And came Torchwood and the war. That's when it all ended. This is a story of how I died.

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Director: Graeme Harper
Guest star: Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Cybermen), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Noel Clarke (Mickey) , Derek Acorah (Himself), Raji James (Doctor Singh), Hajaz Akram (Indian Newsreader), Anthony de Baeck (French Newsreader), Takako Akashi (Japanese Newsreader), Paul Fields (Weatherman), Maddi Cryer (Housewife), Paul Kasey (Cyberleader), David Hankinson (Dalek Operator), Stuart Crossman (Dalek Operator), Nicholas Pegg (Dalek Operator), Oliver Mellor (Matt), David Warwick (Police Comissioner), Rachel Webster (Eileen), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Yvonne Hartman), Alistair Appleton (Himself), Trisha Goddard (Herself), Rochelle Gadd (Sally), Freema Agyeman (Adeola), Hadley Fraser (Gareth), Barbara Windsor (Peggy Mitchell)

29. Doomsday (2)
Community Score: 9.7 Superb

First aired: 7/8/2006
Production Code: NCFS097D
Location: London, Torchwood Tower
Date: 2007
Enemies: Cybermen, Daleks

The Cybermen have taken over the world, but four Daleks that hid themselves in the void want to awaken something they brought in a capsule called the Genesis Ark. Can the Doctor stop the Cybermen and Daleks from turning this world into hell?

Writer: Russell T. Davies
Guest star: Noel Clarke (Mickey), Nicholas Briggs (Voice of the Cybermen), Camille Coduri (Jackie Tyler), Barnaby Edwards (Dalek Operators) , Catherine Tate (The Bride), Raji James (Doctor Singh), Tracy-Ann Oberman (Yvonne Hartman), Shaun Dingwall (Pete Tyler), Andrew Hayden Smith (Jake Symmonds), Paul Kasey (Cyber Leader)