Series 2 - 2006

Doctor Who Series 2 titles

The 2006 series introduced David Tennant as the 10th Doctor with returning companion Rose Tyler. The highlight of the series was the reinvention of the Cybermen

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The Christmas Invasion

Written by – Russell T Davies

Ratings: 9.8 Million

Originally Broadcast: 25th December 2005

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?

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New Earth

Written by – Russell T Davies

Ratings: 8.6 Million

Originally Broadcast: 15th April 2006

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.

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Tooth and Claw

Written by – Russell T Davies

Ratings: 9.2 Million

Originally Broadcast: 22nd March 2005

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.

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School Reunion

Written by – Toby Whithouse

Ratings: 8.3 Million

Originally Broadcast: 29th April 2006

The Doctor investigates a 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 doscovers the true legacy of being a Time Lord’s companion.

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The Girl in the Fireplace

Written by – Steven Moffat

Ratings: 7.9 Million

Originally Broadcast: 6th May 2006

Madame Du Pompadour finds the court at Versailles under attack from sinister clockwork killers. 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?.

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Rise of the Cybermen

Written by – Tom MacRae

Ratings: 9.2 Million

Originally Broadcast: 13th May 2006

The TARDIS is trapped on a parallel Earth and Rose discovers that he 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.

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The Age of Steel

Written by – Tom MacRae

Ratings: 7.6 Million

Originally Broadcast: 20th May 2006

The TARDIS is trapped on a parallel Earth and Rose discovers that he 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.

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The Idiot’s Lantern

Written by – Mark Gatiss

Ratings: 6.8 Million

Originally Broadcast: 27th May 2006

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.

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The Impossible Planet

Written by – Matt Jones

Ratings: 6.3 Million

Originally Broadcast: 3rd June 2006

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.

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The Satan Pit

Written by – Matt Jones

Ratings: 6.0 Million

Originally Broadcast: 10th June 2006

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.

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Love & Monsters

Written by – Russell T Davies

Ratings: 6.7 Million

Originally Broadcast: 17th June 2006

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.

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Fear Her

Written by – Matthew Graham

Ratings: 7.1 Million

Originally Broadcast: 24th June 2006

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?

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Army of Ghosts

Written by – Russell T Davies

Ratings: 8.2 Million

Originally Broadcast: 1st July 2006

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.

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Doomsday

Written by – Russell T Davies

Ratings: 8.2 Million

Originally Broadcast: 8th July 2006

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.

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