Season 2
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC which depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as "the Doctor" who travels in his time ship, the TARDIS, which appears from the exterior to be a blue police phone box.
With his companions, he explores time and space, solving problems and righting wrongs.
The programme originally ran from 1963-1989. A television film was made in 1996 as a backdoor pilot for a new series (which never entered production), and the programme was successfully relaunched in 2005, produced in-house by BBC Wales.
Doctor Who premiered in South Africa on BBC Prime (which became BBC Entertainment in September 2008) on Saturday 1 September 2007, at 19h00. See "Seasons" below for seasonal broadcast dates and times.
Season 2 premiered on BBC Entertainment on Sunday 14 September 2008, at 18h40. It was preceded by the one-hour special The Christmas Invasion on Sunday 7 September.
There are 13 episodes in the second season.
Season 2 Repeats
Mondays: 00h00, 06h30
Season 2
David Tennant steps into the role of Doctor Who, becoming the tenth incarnation of the Time Lord in the second season of Russell T Davies' revival of the international TV hit.
The new season is full of new thrills, laughs, new heartbreak and some terrifying new monsters.
At the end of the first season, Rose and the Doctor defeated the Daleks and saved the Earth – but at a cost. The Doctor that Rose had grown to love has gone. Can she trust a man with a new face?
Together, they travel back in time to the Highlands of Scotland to find Queen Victoria confronted by a terrifying werewolf, and back further still, to 18th Century France where lethal Clockwork Androids stalk Versailles.
In the future, an evil race of Cat Nurses hide a sinister secret at the heart of their hospital, and the human race are threatened by a remorseless silver army of emotionless Cybermen.
Throughout their adventures in time and space, the Doctor and Rose have stood shoulder to shoulder. But as the season builds to a dramatic climax, could their partnership be tragically ended...?
Seasons
Series exclusive to BBC Entertainment
Season 1 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 1 September 2007 | Finale: 24 November, 2007 | Saturdays, 19h00
Special: The Christmas Invasion
Aired: Sunday 7 September 2008, at 18h30 | Length: 1 hour
Season 2 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 14 September 2008 | Finale: 7 December 2008 | Sundays, 18h40
Season 3 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 18 January 2009 | Finale: 12 April 2009 | Sundays, 19h00
Special: Voyage of the Damned
Aired: Sunday 4 April 2010, at 18h10 | Length: 2 hours
Season 4 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 11 April 2010 | Finale: 4 July 2010 | Sundays, 18h25
Special: The Next Doctor
Aired: 11 October 2010, at 20h30 | Length: 1 hour
Special: Planet of the Dead
Aired: Monday 18 October 2010, at 20h30 | Length: 1 hour
Special: The Waters of Mars
Aired: Monday 25 October 2010, at 20h30 | Length: 1 hour
Special: The End of Time
Aired: 1 and 8 November 2010, at 20h30 | Length: 2 hours
Season 5 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 15 November 2010 | Finale: 7 February 2011 | Mondays, 20h30
Special: A Christmas Carol
Aired: 25 December 2011, at 16h05 | Length: 1 hour
Season 6 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 26 December 2011 | Finale: 7 January 2012 | Daily, 16h10
Special: The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
Aired: 8 January 2012, at 16h05 | Length: 1 hour
Season 7 (13 episodes)
Premiere: 9 February 2013 | Finale: 19 May 2013 | Sat, 19h35/Sun, 19h00
Special: The Snowmen
Aired: 16 March 2013, at 19h35 | Length: 1 hour