The second season of Doctor Who starring William Hartnell is available for pre-order on Blu-ray.
The release date for Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 2 Blu-ray, which consists of 37 episodes and many special features has not yet been announced.
Billed as the biggest release yet, Season 2 is a limited edition nine-disc box set from the early years of the programme with William Hartnell in the role of the Doctor.
The Doctor is joined by faithful companions Susan (Carole Ann Ford), Ian (William Russell), Barbara (Jacqueline Hill), Vicki (Maureen O’Brien) and Steven (Peter Purves). Together they face off against the dreaded Daleks, the marauding Mechanoids, the ant-like Zarbi and the Meddling Monk, while visiting fantastic alien worlds and turbulent times in the Earth’s history.
A specially-shot announcement trailer was released, written by new series contributor Pete McTighe (Keblam!, Praxeus), featuring Maureen O’Brien in a special feature titled The Storyteller, which shows Vicki, now Cressida, as a grandmother after she left the TARDIS to marry Trojan Troilus.
Doctor Who Season 2 includes the following stories from 1964 and 1965:
Planet of Giants
The Dalek Invasion of Earth
The Rescue
The Romans
The Web Planet
The Crusade
The Space Museum
The Chase
The Time Meddler
The missing two episodes of The Crusade have been reconstructed using off-air photographs and the original broadcast soundtrack, while remaining episodes have been newly remastered from the best available sources.
The box set also includes extensive special features including:
Three brand new documentaries: including an overview of Season 2, Flight Through Eternity, a look at 1960s collectables in Doctor Who and the Colletors, and a deep dive into the life and career of story editor David Whitaker in Looking for David.
In Conversation: two exclusive insightful feature-length interviews, with William Russell and Maureen O’Brien.
Behind the Sofa: new episodes with companions Maureen O’Brien, Peter Purves, Carole Ann Ford, Janet Fielding (Tegan), Wendy Padbury (Zoe), Sarah Sutton (Nyssa), Bonnie Langford (Mel) and Sophie Aldred (Ace).
Exclusive Audio Commentary: learn about the recovery of The Lion, a missing episode that was returned in 1999, with three of the heroes responsible for its return.
Convention Footage: with actors Jacqueline Hill, Adrienne Hill (Katarina), Michael Craze (Ben) and Carole Ann Ford.
Exclusive Enhanced Soundtrack: watch The Dalek Invasion of Earth with an optional enhanced soundtrack.
HD Photo Galleries: including many previously unseen images.
Info Text: behind-the-scenes information and trivia on every episode.
Scripts, Costume Designs, rare BBC Production Files and other rarities from the PDF Archive
The Collection also includes:
The Eighth Doctor (The TV movie) and The Tenth Doctor (The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)
The Tenth Doctor and Eighth Doctor action …
Doctor Who: The Abominable Snowmen, plus its cover art
Hours of special features previously released on DVD.
You can pre-order Doctor Who: The Collection – Season 2 from Amazon, Rarewaves and HMV in the UK, from Sanity and JB in Australia and soon on Amazon in the US.