The Best Episodes of Doctor Who Season 2

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1. #1 Fan Favorite
   

   7.3/10(9111 votes)

   #1 - New Earth

   S2:E14/15/2006

   In the year five billion and twenty-three, after the destruction of the Earth, the Doctor takes Rose to the New Earth. There, in a hospital facility, the feline Sisters of Plenitude can mysteriously cure any diseases, but, in the basement, an old enemy of the Doctor is out for revenge.

   Director:James Hawes

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:James Hawes

   Writer:Russell T Davies
2. 

   7.6/10(9130 votes)

   #2 - Tooth and Claw

   S2:E24/22/2006

   Landing in 1879, Scotland, the Tenth Doctor and Rose meet Queen Victoria, travelling with her to spend the night at the Torchwood Estate. However, a group of warrior monks have sinister plans for the monarch, and the full moon is about to summon a creature out of legend.

   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Russell T Davies

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   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Russell T Davies
3. 

   8.2/10(9666 votes)

   #3 - School Reunion

   S2:E34/29/2006

   There are strange goings-on at a comprehensive school - UFOs, over-intelligent children, and odd-tasting school dinners. This attracts the attention of the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Mickey Smith, as well as a couple of old friends…

   Director:James Hawes

   Writer:Toby Whithouse

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   Director:James Hawes

   Writer:Toby Whithouse
4. 

   9.2/10(14230 votes)

   #4 - The Girl in the Fireplace

   S2:E45/6/2006

   On a seemingly abandoned spaceship in the 51st century, the Tenth Doctor, Rose and Mickey find time windows leading to 18th century France and a group of clockwork androids using them to stalk a young woman throughout her life.

   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Steven Moffat

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   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Steven Moffat
5. 

   7.7/10(8645 votes)

   #5 - Rise of the Cybermen (1)

   S2:E55/13/2006

   After the TARDIS makes a crash landing on the Earth of another universe, Rose discovers her father is alive and rich, Mickey encounters his alternative self, and the Tenth Doctor learns one of his oldest and deadliest foes is about to be reborn.

   Director:Graeme Harper

   Writer:Tom MacRae

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   Director:Graeme Harper

   Writer:Tom MacRae
6. 

   7.8/10(8554 votes)

   #6 - The Age of Steel (2)

   S2:E65/20/2006

   The plans of John Lumic to convert the world into Cybermen are now in full force. The Tenth Doctor, Rose, Mickey and the Preachers must find a way to stop him from enforcing his "ultimate upgrade."

   Director:Graeme Harper

   Writer:Tom MacRae

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   Director:Graeme Harper

   Writer:Tom MacRae
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   6.7/10(8681 votes)

   #7 - The Idiot's Lantern

   S2:E75/27/2006

   In 1953 London, the police are abducting people from their homes. The people of Britain gather around their new-fangled "tele-vision" sets to celebrate the new Queen's coronation - but something strange is affecting the signal.

   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Mark Gatiss

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   Director:Euros Lyn

   Writer:Mark Gatiss
8. 

   8.6/10(9706 votes)

   #8 - The Impossible Planet (1)

   S2:E86/3/2006

   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.

   Director:James Strong

   Writer:Matt Jones

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   Director:James Strong

   Writer:Matt Jones
9. 

   8.7/10(9903 votes)

   #9 - The Satan Pit (2)

   S2:E96/10/2006

   The TARDIS lands in a base on a planet orbiting a black hole, an impossible situation that stumps even the Tenth Doctor. The base crew are drilling to the centre of the world, to claim the power that keeps it in orbit for themselves. However, an ancient evil is down there too, and he is awake…

   Director:James Strong

   Writer:Matt Jones

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   Director:James Strong

   Writer:Matt Jones
10. 

    6.1/10(9968 votes)

    #10 - Love & Monsters

    S2:E106/17/2006

    An ordinary man named Elton Pope becomes obsessed with the Tenth Doctor, Rose and their strange blue box, joining a group of like-minded people in hopes of finding him. But when the mysterious Victor Kennedy joins the group, the fun soon stops and Elton discovers a darker side to his hobby.

    Director:Dan Zeff

    Writer:Russell T Davies

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    Director:Dan Zeff

    Writer:Russell T Davies
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    5.8/10(8931 votes)

    #11 - Fear Her

    S2:E116/24/2006

    When the TARDIS lands in 2012, the Tenth Doctor plans to show Rose the London Olympics. However, ordinary children are vanishing into thin air, a mother living in a seemingly normal British household is trying to hide her daughter's unnatural powers from the world, and a demonic presence lurks in an upstairs cupboard.

    Director:Euros Lyn

    Writer:Matthew Graham

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    Director:Euros Lyn

    Writer:Matthew Graham
12. 

    8.4/10(8850 votes)

    #12 - Army of Ghosts (1)

    S2:E127/1/2006

    Ghostly beings have been regularly appearing across the world and people, believing them to be their dead loved ones, are welcoming their visits with open arms. When the TARDIS arrives at the Torchwood Institute, the Tenth Doctor and Rose are taken prisoner. They are drawn into the investigation of a mysterious sphere kept in Torchwood Tower, and monstrous foes return as two universes collide.

    Director:Graeme Harper

    Writer:Russell T Davies

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    Director:Graeme Harper

    Writer:Russell T Davies
13. 

    9.2/10(11578 votes)

    #13 - Doomsday (2)

    S2:E137/8/2006

    Humanity is caught in the crossfire as the Cybermen and the Daleks wage war against each other. When the mysterious Genesis Ark opens, the Tenth Doctor is faced with an impossible decision: saving the world could mean losing Rose Tyler forever…

    Director:Graeme Harper

    Writer:Russell T Davies

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    Director:Graeme Harper

    Writer:Russell T Davies