Season 2, what a marked improvement over the previous season. The stories are more fats paced, the First Doctor has mellowed a bit & Susan has gone (hurray!).
There's only one real turkey in this Season, The Web Planet, which is a nice idea but is so thinly spread over six episodes that you get bored by the third one. The story itself would have worked a lot better as a three parter IMO.
The rest however are great with only The Space Museum being the other dent in an otherwise flawless season (although TSM got 3.5/5 so it's not as bad as the Web Planet by quite a way).
Sadly in this season we see the departure of Ian & Barbara but they get a nice send off, with Hartnell showing his sadness greatly in the last few minutes of Part 6 of The Chase.
Steven however makes an excellent replacement & bonds well with Vicki, however as I said in my review for The Time Meddler, it's a shame their other stories together are missing.
All in all this is a superb season & virtually complete, save for the two missing episode of The Crusade.
Overall ratings for Season 2:
Planet Of Giants 4
The Dalek Invasion Of Earth 4.5
The Rescue 4
The Romans 4
The Web Planet 1.5
The Crusade 4
The Space Museum 3.5
The Chase 4.5
The Time Meddler 4.75
Total 34.75/45
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