All episodes Season 25 S25E02 1988-10-12 25 min 1960s BBC

Doctor Who

Remembrance of the Daleks, Part Two

TV Flash files “Remembrance of the Daleks, Part Two” as hour 674 of 700 in the TV Flash guide — Doctor Who (1963–) on BBC, season 25, episode 2, aired 1988-10-12, 25 min.

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This leaf is S25E02: listed hour 674 of 700 in the Doctor Who guide, hour 2 of 14 in season 25. It aired 1988-10-12 (25 min). The listed hour before it is “Remembrance of the Daleks, Part One” (S25E01). Next is “Remembrance of the Daleks, Part Three” (S25E03). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.

Doctor Who — Remembrance of the Daleks, Part Two (S25E02)

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The Doctor visits a local funeral home to retrieve a coffin shaped device that he calls the 'Hand Of Omega', meanwhile the Daleks use the transmat device in the basement of Coal Hill School to transport to Earth to search for the 'Hand of Omega'.

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Where does Remembrance of the Daleks, Part Two sit in the Doctor Who guide?

S25E02 is listed hour 674 of 700 — hour 2 of 14 in season 25, season 25 episode 2.

When did Doctor Who S25E02 air?

Remembrance of the Daleks, Part Two aired 1988-10-12 and is listed at 25 minutes.

Where should I start with the 1960s serials?

William Hartnell's First Doctor is the origin of the TARDIS-and-companions contract. Patrick Troughton's Second Doctor is the proof that regeneration works. Start at a serial whose surviving episodes interest you; missing-episode gaps are part of the classic-era weather.

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Why this series still plays

A Time Lord, a police box bigger on the inside, and regeneration as infinite franchise life: Doctor Who launched from the BBC in 1963 and never really parked. Early black-and-white serials built the mythology; Hartnell-to-Troughton proved the lead could change without ending the show. The longest experiment in serialized reinvention — woolly, weird, endlessly renewable.

November 23, 1963, is a drop that never really parked. BBC's *Doctor Who* launched a Time Lord and a blue police box bigger on the inside, then treated the lead as renewable inventory. **Regeneration is the window.** Sydney Newman, C. E. Webber, and Donald Wilson were among the early architects. Early black-and-white serials built the mythology; companions, sonic screwdrivers, and cliffhangers became ritual. Rex wants woolly national inheritance. Fine. The business model is recasting without ending the show.

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