Doctor Who Series 2 Episode Guide

Doomsday

2008-09-02T04:13:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Doomsday

Duration: 46 minutes and 22 seconds

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Transmission Date: 8th July 2006

Ratings: 8.2 million

Synopsis: 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?

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
Pete Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
Jake Simmonds - Andrew Hayden-Smith
Yvonne Hartman - Tracy Ann Oberman
Dr. Rajesh Singh - Raji James
Police Commissioner - David Warwick
Dalek & Cybermen Voices - Nicholas Briggs
The Bride - Catherine Tate
Minor characters - Takako Akashi, Hajaz Akram, Maddi Cryer, Anthony Debaeck, Paul Fields, Kyoko Morita and Andrew Ufondu

Army of Ghosts

2008-09-02T04:04:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Army of Ghosts

Duration: 43 minutes and 20 seconds

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Transmission Date: 1st July 2006

Ratings: 8.2 million

Synopsis: 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.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
Yvonne Hartman - Tracy Ann Oberman
Rajesh Singh - Raji James
Adeola Oshodi - Freema Agyeman
Gareth Evans - Hadley Fraser
Matt Crane - Oliver Mellor
Eileen - Rachel Webster
Peggy Mitchell - Barbara Windsor
Indian Newsreader - Hajaz Akram
French Newsreader - Anthony Debaeck
Japanese Newsreader - Takako Akashi
Weatherman - Paul Fields
Police Commissioner - David Warwick
Japanese Girl - Kyoko Morita
Housewife - Maddi Cryer
Himself - Derek Acorah
Himself - Alistair Appleton
Herself - Trisha Goddard
Sally - Rochelle Gadd
Ninth Doctor - Christopher Eccleston (archive footage)
Cyber Leader - Paul Kasey
Daleks / Cybermen (voice) - Nicholas Briggs
Dalek Operators - Barnaby Edwards, Nicholas Pegg, Stuart Crossman, Anthony Spargo, Dan Barratt and David Hankinson

Fear Her

2008-09-02T04:01:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Fear Her

Duration: 43 minutes and 52 seconds

Written by: Matthew Graham

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Transmission Date: 24th June 2006

Ratings: 7.1 million

Synopsis: 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?

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Trish Webber - Nina Sosanya
Chloe Webber - Abisola Agbaje
Maeve - Edna Dore
Tom's Dad - Tim Faraday
Kel - Abdul Salis
Driver - Richard Nichols
Neighbour - Erica Eirian
Police Officer - Stephen Marzella
Commentator - Huw Edwards

Love & Monsters

2008-09-02T03:52:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Love & Monsters

Duration: 45 minutes and 7 seconds

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: Dan Zeff

Transmission Date: 17th June 2006

Ratings: 6.7 million

Synopsis: 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.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Elton Pope - Marc Warren
Ursula Blake - Shirley Henderson
Jackie Tyler — Camille Coduri
Victor Kennedy — Peter Kay
Mr Skinner — Simon Greenall
Bridget — Moya Brady
Bliss — Kathryn Drysdale
The Hoix — Paul Kasey
Mrs Croot — Bella Emberg
Auton - Natalie Danks-Smith
Elton John - Himself (Archive footage)

The Satan Pit

2008-09-02T03:47:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Satan Pit

Duration: 47 minutes and 12 seconds

Written by: Matt Jones

Directed by: James Strong

Transmission Date: 10th June 2006

Ratings: 6.1 million

Synopsis: 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?

Cast List: The Doctor — David Tennant
Rose Tyler — Billie Piper
Mr. Jefferson — Danny Webb
Zachary Cross Flane — Shaun Parkes
Ida Scott — Claire Rushbrook
Toby Zed — Will Thorp
Danny Bartock — Ronny Jhutti
Ood — Paul Kasey
The Voice of the Beast — Gabriel Woolf
The Voice of the Ood — Silas Carson

The Impossible Planet

2008-09-02T03:42:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Impossible Planet

Duration: 45 minutes and 19 seconds

Written by: Matt Jones

Directed by: James Strong

Transmission Date: 3rd June 2006

Ratings: 6.3 million

Synopsis: Rose finds herself further away from home than ever before, on a desolate world in the orbit of a Black Hole, in the first episode of this two-part story. 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.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
John Jefferson - Danny Webb
Zachary Cross Flane - Shaun Parkes
Ida Scott - Claire Rushbrook
Toby Zed - Will Thorp
Danny Bartock - Ronny Jhutti
Scooti Manista - MyAnna Buring
The Ood - Paul Kasey
Voice of the Beast - Gabriel Woolf
Voice of the Ood - Silas Carson

The Idiot's Lantern

2008-09-02T03:39:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Idiot's Lantern

Duration: 45 minutes and 9 seconds

Written by: Mark Gatiss

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Transmission Date: 27th May 2006

Ratings: 6.8 million

Synopsis: 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, in Doctor Who - The Idiot's Lantern.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
The Wire - Maureen Lipman
Mr Magpie - Ron Cook
Eddie Connolly - Jamie Foreman
Rita Connolly - Debra Gillett
Tommy Connolly - Rory Jennings
Grandma - Margaret John
Mrs Gallagher - Marie Lewis
Detective Inspector Bishop - Sam Cox
Crabtree - Ieuan Rhys
Aunt Betty - Jean Challis
Security Guard - Christopher Driscoll

The Age of Steel

2008-09-02T03:32:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Age of Steel

Duration: 45 minutes and 52 seconds

Written by: Tom MacRae

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Transmission Date: 20th May 2006

Ratings: 7.6 million

Synopsis: The Cybermen take control of London and start converting the populace, in the conclusion of this gripping two-part episode. 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 Cyber factory is their only chance - but will they all survive?

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Mickey Smith / Ricky Smith - Noel Clarke
Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
Pete Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
John Lumic - Roger Lloyd-Pack
Jake Simmonds - Andrew Hayden-Smith
Rita-Anne - Mona Hammond
Angela Price/Mrs Moore - Helen Griffin
Mr. Crane - Colin Spaull
Soldier - Andrew Ufondo
Newsreader - Duncan Duff
Cyber-Leader - Paul Kasey
Cybermen's voice - Nicholas Briggs
Cybermen - Gethin Jones and Kevin Wickenden

Rise of the Cybermen

2008-09-02T03:22:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Rise of the Cybermen

Duration: 46 minutes and 3 seconds

Written by: Tom MacRae

Directed by: Graeme Harper

Transmission Date: 13th May 2006

Ratings: 9.2 million

Synopsis: The TARDIS is trapped on a parallel Earth and Rose discovers that he father is still alive, as the award-winning Doctor Who continues. 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.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Mickey Smith / Ricky Smith - Noel Clarke
Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
Pete Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
John Lumic - Roger Lloyd-Pack
Jake Simmonds - Andrew Hayden-Smith
The President - Don Warrington
Rita-Anne Smith - Mona Hammond
Angela Price/Mrs Moore - Helen Griffin
Mr. Crane - Colin Spaull
Dr. Kendrick - Paul Antony-Barber
Morris - Adam Shaw
Soldier - Andrew Ufondo
Newsreader - Duncan Duff
Cyber Leader - Paul Kasey
Cybermen's voice - Nicholas Briggs
Cybermen - Gethin Jones and Kevin Wickenden

The Girl in the Fireplace

2008-09-02T03:18:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Girl in the Fireplace

Duration: 44 minutes and 41 seconds

Written by: Steven Moffat

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Transmission Date: 6th May 2006

Ratings: 7.9 million

Synopsis: Madame De Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork killers, as the award-winning Doctor Who continues. 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?

Cast List: The Doctor — David Tennant
Rose Tyler — Billie Piper
Mickey Smith — Noel Clarke
Reinette, Madame de Pompadour — Sophia Myles
King Louis XV — Ben Turner
Young Reinette — Jessica Atkins
Katherine — Angel Coulby
Manservant — Gareth Wyn Griffiths
Queen Maria Leszczynska - Gayle Ann Felton
Clockwork Man — Paul Casey
Clockwork Woman — Ellen Thomas
Alien Voice - Jonathan Hart
Alien Voice - Emily Joyce

School Reunion

2008-09-02T03:15:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: School Reunion

Duration: 44 minutes and 11 seconds

Written by: Toby Whithouse

Directed by: James Hawes

Transmission Date: 29th April 2006

Ratings: 8.3 million

Synopsis: The Doctor investigates a London school which is being haunted by strange, bat-like creatures at night, as the award-winning Doctor Who continues. 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.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Sarah Jane Smith - Elisabeth Sladen
Mr Finch - Anthony Stewart Head
K9 (voice) - John Leeson
Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
Mr Wagner - Eugene Washington
Kenny — Joe Pickley
Melissa — Lucinda Dryzek
Nina — Heather Cameron
Luke — Benjamin Smith
Milo — Clem Tibber
Mr Parsons - Rod Arthur
Mrs Jackson - Caroline Berry

Tooth and Claw

2008-09-02T03:11:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: Tooth and Claw

Duration: 44 minutes and 32 seconds

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: Euros Lyn

Transmission Date: 22nd April 2006

Ratings: 9.2 million

Synopsis: The Doctor and Rose travel back to the year 1879 when an encounter in the Scottish Highlands with Queen Victoria and a band of Warrior Monks reveals a deadly trap, dating back centuries. Perhaps the local legends about a werewolf could really be true.

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Queen Victoria - Pauline Collins
Sir Robert MacLeish — Derek Riddell
Lady Isobel MacLeish - Michelle Duncan
Steward - Ron Donachie
Captain Reynolds — Jamie Sives
Father Angelo — Ian Hanmore
The Host — Tom Smith
Flora — Ruth Milne

New Earth

2008-09-02T03:04:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: New Earth

Duration: 44 minutes and 5 seconds

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: James Hawes

Transmission Date: 15th April 2006

Ratings: 8.6 million

Synopsis: 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… Zoë Wanamaker plays Cassandra.

Cast List: The Doctor — David Tennant
Rose Tyler — Billie Piper
Jackie Tyler — Camille Coduri
Mickey Smith — Noel Clarke
Cassandra O'Brien Dot Delta Seventeen - Zoë Wanamaker
Chip — Sean Gallagher
Matron Casp — Doña Croll
Duke of Manhattan — Michael Fitzgerald
Frau Clovis — Lucy Robinson
Sister Jatt — Adjoa Andoh
Novice Hame — Anna Hope
Patient — Simon Ludders
Face of Boe — Struan Rodger

The Christmas Invasion

2008-09-02T02:39:00.000-07:00

Episode Title: The Christmas Invasion

Duration: 58 minutes and 51 seconds

Written by: Russell T Davies

Directed by: James Hawes

Transmission Date: 25th December 2005

Ratings: 9.8 million

Synopsis: 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?

Cast List: The Doctor - David Tennant
Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
Harriet Jones - Penelope Wilton
Sally Jacobs - Anita Briem
Daniel Llewellyn - Daniel Evans
Alex Klein - Adam Garcia
Major Richard Blake - Chu Omambala
The Sycorax leader - Sean Glider
Sandra - Sian McDowell
Jason - Paul Anderson
Mum - Cathy Murphy
Policeman - Sean Carlsen
Newsreader 1 - Jason Mohammed
Newsreader 2 - Sagar Arya
Newsreader 3 - Lachele Carl