20 Facts About Second Doctor

Second Doctor is an incarnation of the Doctor, the protagonist of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.

The transformation into the Second Doctor, a figure who was the same 'essential' character as the first but with a very different persona, was a turning point in the evolution of the series, and eventually became a critical element of the series' longevity.

Second Doctor's original "swinging sixties" companions were the sophisticated socialite Polly and working class sailor Ben Jackson, who travelled with his previous incarnation.

The Second Doctor used the situation to engineer a Dalek civil war that seemingly destroyed the Daleks forever.

Second Doctor eventually chose to leave after the events of Fury from the Deep and was adopted by Mr and Mrs Harris in the 20th Century.

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Second Doctor then stowed away in the TARDIS and, despite the Doctor's warnings about what she might encounter, chose to remain.

Second Doctor therefore contacted the Time Lords, sacrificing his own freedom in the process, and despite an attempt to escape was forced to return to his home planet.

Second Doctor was then put on trial by the Time Lords, for breaking their laws of non-interference.

Jamie and Zoe were returned to their own time, with their memories of all but their first encounter with the Second Doctor wiped and the secret of the TARDIS was taken from the Second Doctor.

The Second Doctor's regeneration was depicted in Devious, a fan-produced film starring Jon Pertwee in his last appearance as the Third Doctor.

Second Doctor has been nicknamed the "Cosmic Hobo", as the impish Second Doctor appeared to be far more scruffy and childlike than his first incarnation.

Second Doctor wore a black frock coat, several sizes too big, over a light blue-coloured, button-down collar shirt.

Second Doctor wore very baggy trousers, which, were held up by red braces with stars, moons and flowers, or white braces with a navy stripe down the middle.

Second Doctor tended to wear a stovepipe hat and dark brown dress boots.

However, Troughton's reign as the Doctor was more notable for what does not exist than for what does, as many of the episodes featuring the Second Doctor were junked by the BBC; a full list of incomplete Doctor Who serials shows how many of these episodes are missing from the BBC Archives.

Sculpture of his head, along with that of the First Second Doctor, appears in the 1993 special for Children in Need titled Dimensions in Time.

Second Doctor briefly appears in "The Name of the Doctor", where archive footage from The Five Doctors is used to show him running past Clara Oswald in an unseen adventure.

Second Doctor appears, via archival images, in the series' 50th anniversary special, "The Day of the Doctor".

Second Doctor is seen piloting the TARDIS and acting in unison with twelve other incarnations of the Doctor to save Gallifrey on the final day of the Time War.

Smith has stated that his Doctor costume, in particular the bow-tie, was influenced by the Second Doctor's, citing the story The Tomb of the Cybermen as a favourite story.