The Second Doctor was played by Patrick Troughton and first came to life in fourth series episode, "The Tenth Planet", as the first Doctor grew progressively weaker battling the Cybermen.
Patrick Troughton brought a different style to the series and was nicknamed "The Cosmic Hobo", as he appeared far more scruffy than his predecessor. He also appeared to be quite bumbling and panicky in the face of danger but always acted heroically and morally correct.
More than any other perhaps, this incarnation of the Time Lord was a wolf in sheep's clothing.
This regeneration marked a turning point in the series and marked its longevity. With the arrival of a younger Doctor, the style of the show changed to a faster pace and while there were still the regular enemies like "The Cyberman" and "The Daleks" as well as new enemies like "The Great Intelligence" and "The Ice Warriors" there was a preference towards a different "Monster of the Week".
The Second Doctors time came to an end when he was put on trial by the Time Lords for breaking rules of non-interference. Despite the Doctor's argument that the Time Lords should use their great powers to help others, he was sentenced to exile on 20th century Earth, the Time Lords forcing his regeneration into the Third Doctor in the process.
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The Roundheads
by Mark Gatiss
The Roundheads is a Doctor Who novel featuring the second Doctor Who and is set in December 1648.
The Roundheads are victorious in the civil war against the Cavaliers however they are struggling to keep power. There are plans to free King Charles from prison, the Doctor and his com...
The Murder Game
by Steve Lyons
The Murder game is a Doctor Who novel featuring the second Doctor as the hear a distress call from the Hotel Galaxian, in orbit around earth, circa 2146.
The Doctor and his companions discover that a Live Action Roleplay Game (LARP) enthusiast is using the all but forgotten hotel t...
The Menagerie
by Martin Day
The Menagerie features the second Doctor and his companions Jamie and Zoe on a rain soaked backwater of a city on a primitive planet.
The ruling Knights of Kuabris are trying to keep order as hideous creatures are emerging from sewers to attack the inhabitants. Jamie is captured an...
Invasion of the Cat-People
by Gary Russell
Earth has been invaded more than once, most recently by the Aliens known as the Cat People. These malevolent marauders invade to find a new power source, which may mean destruction of earth.
The Doctor must travel between the 20th Century and 40 000 years in the past to disarm the ...
The Indestructible Man
by Simon Messingham
The Myloki are mysterious Aliens from beyond time and space and their target is Earth. The human defenders of PRISM are embroiled in a desperate interstellar war against an impleccible foe.
Only One man can save humanity, the Indesctructible Man, created by destiny to save mankind....
Heart of TARDIS
by Dave Stone
Heart of TARDIS features the second Doctor and the fourth Doctor as as they must unravel a unimaginable terror set to rip the universe apart.
In the small American town of Lychburg something strange is going on. The towns citizens are being killed in the most horrible and brutal wa...
The Final Sanction
by Steve Lyons
The Final Sanction is a novel featuring the second Doctor as he becomes once again tangled in human history. In the year 2204, the final confrontation between the monstrous Selachians and the human race reaches it's tragic conclusion.
Landing admist the brutal and bloody conflict, ...
Dying in the Sun
by Jon de Burgh Miller
Dying in the sun features the second Doctor as he land in The City of Angels, Los Angeles in the year 1947. A multi-millionaire film producer, Harold Reitman has been killed and the LAPD are convinced that a drug dealer called Robert Chate is the killer.
However the Detective William...
Dreams of Empire
by Justin Richards
In Dreams of Empire the Doctor and his companions land in what seems to be a medieval castle, the Doctor and his companions find that the final act of a drama that has ripped apart a the once proud Haddron Empire is being played out around them.
Who is the man behind the mask, and ho...
The Dark Path
by David A. McIntee
Darkheart is a faded neutron star surrounded by dead planets. But there is life on one of these icy rocks - the last enclave of the Earth Empire, frozen in the image of another time. As the galaxy enjoys the fruits of the fledgling Federation, these isolated Imperials, bound to obey a forgotten i...
Combat Rock
by Mick Lewis
Combat Rock features the Second Doctor as he travels to an exotic alien island with his companions Jamie and Victoria. unfortunately they find a series of murders as 400-year-old tribal mummies return to life and go on the rampage. The Doctor and his companions must brave a jungle holocaust with ...
The Colony of Lies
by Colin Brake
The Colony of Lies is a Doctor Who novel featuring the Second Doctor as they arrive at Axista Four in the year 2539. They find the colony in a state of chaos, with a civil war against the Realists and the Loyalists.
Meanwhile, a spaceship from Earth has arrived with news that 80,00...
World Game
by Terrance Dicks
World Game is a Doctor Who novel featuring the second Doctor who and has been written by Terrance Dicks.
The Doctor has been detained by his own people, the Time Lords and has been put on trial, accused of interfering with the affairs of other races and planets, the greatest crime ...
Twilight of the Gods
by Christopher Bulis
Twilight of the Gods is a Doctor Who novel featuring the second Doctor Who as he returns to the Web Planet after his last visit many years ago.
The Web Planet is very different to how the Doctor remembers, much has changed and the world is now in the grips of a fierce interplanetar...
