season two of the new series be a really odd mixed bag - as any season of Doctor who should be . the new series ' honeymoon be over : now that the shock of `` wow , Doctor who be back ! '' have wear off , viewer will inevitably start to become more critical of the show , and by have such a outstanding opening season , Doctor who now fall into the position of have to top itself after set a really high standard . David Tennant make a immediate impression as the new Doc , effortlessly steal the show from Christopher Eccleston . everyone 's go to compare he to Tom Baker , of course , but I think the previous doctor he resemble most be Sylvester McCoy , with he exhuberent clownish exterior hide a really , really dark edge . the overall quality of this season 's episode be more mixed than the first season . season two 's best episode be better than those in season one , but the weak spot be poorer . the CHRISTMAS INVASION \* \* \* \* 1\/2 the new doctor spend most of the episode comatose while alien invade the planet , force Rose and Prime Minister Harriet Jones to step up to bat . NEW EARTH \* \* \* the first excursion off-planet for the new series . this episode try to be all thing at once - comedy , thriller , zombie movie and tear-jerker - and as a result feel a little scattered . tooth and claw \* \* \* \* the first great episode of season two will now be show at my house every Halloween . Queen Victoria , a werewolf , kung-fu monk -lrb- !?! -rrb- , and heavy product-placement for this fall 's `` Torchwood '' spin-off . school REUNION \* \* \* \* 1\/2 this be the episode I be look forward to the most this year , with the return of Sarah Jane Smith and K-9 . Anthony Head give a wonderfully understate performance as the villain - he would have make a great master ! the girl in the fireplace \* \* \* \* \* each of the first four episode get better than the last , with this be the peak of the first half of the season . the doctor fall head-over-heel for a 18th century french aristocrat while try to stop a insane spaceship from the future from steal she brain . -lrb- you can not explain the plot to this one without giggle . but it work ! fantastic ! -rrb- the romantic plot would have make this a controversial episode if it have not be so damn good . rise of the CYBERMEN \* \* \* 1\/2 here we go . after the Daleks in season one , the Cybermen be the next classic monster we know we be go to see return . the new series use the clever idea of throw the TARDIS into a parallel universe so we can discard all Cyberman backstory and start over from scratch . since this be a two-part story , any who fan will know to resign himself to not see the monster until the cliffhanger at the end . in the meantime , the episode play with the alternate-earth concept and the temptation that can present for the Doctor 's sidekick . the age of STEEL \* \* \* \* Part two of all-out Doctor vs. Cybermen action ! a great conclusion to the build-up of part one , and a wonderful step in the character arc of Rose 's sorta boyfriend Mickey , who be so useless in the beginning of season one . the great thing about the Cybermen be that they be the Borg long before there be a Borg . unfortunately , since the Borg design be so much creepier it make the Cybermen look pretty silly , even with the cool new outfit . the IDIOT 's LANTERN \* \* \* the doctor and Rose wind up in the Fifties and find that dozen of middle-class London suburbanite have be turn - literally - into faceless drone by they tv set . metaphor anyone ? one problem with the show at this point be that it now become obvious that the doctor and Rose 's relationship - which be visibly grow throughout the first season - have go about as far as it can without break through the family-friendly-tv barrier that we know it will not . the impossible planet \* \* \* \* \* the high point of the entire season , and possibly the entire series so far . definitely the scariest 45 minute of Doctor who to date . the doctor and Rose land on the set of `` Alien '' and find a crew of human drill to the core of a planet in orbit around a massive black hole . I guess the word bad idea be no longer in the language five thousand year from now . the SATAN PIT \* \* \* \* \* Part two . the beast 's minion swarm through the base while Rose and the explorer try to escape . meanwhile , the Doctor descend into the bowels of Hell to come face to face with the devil himself . like `` the empty child '' two-parter from season one , this be one of those classic I 'll be watch over and over again . just do not make I choose between the two . love & MONSTERS \* \* \* here 's where the season start to wind down and you can tell the money be run out . the episode follow a ` average bloke ' who meet the doctor and become obssessed with he . I appreciate it when a show take risk , but if this one have be play more seriously it would have work better . fear her \* \* no thanks . a cheap filler episode about a girl with supernatural power that wind up like a cross between X-Files and Sesame Street . army of ghost \* \* \* \* annnd we be back ! the intensity of the first half of the season return , as the Earth suffer from a massive haunting and the doctor finally cross path with Torchwood . doomsday \* \* \* \* \* somehow , the second season top the emotional climax of the first as two classic who monster battle in the street of London and we learn the final fate of Rose Tyler . choice be make , choice be take away , and the doctor end up with a whole new hole in he soul . bring tissue .