The second season of Dokter Wie was commissioned soon after the first season finished airing. Not much changed between the two seasons behind the scenes and production was pretty swift, with the show airing a year after the first.
De Thuisplaneet
Season 2, Episode 1
Written by MAARTEN VAN DER DUIN
Directed by Tim Oliehoek
TX Date – 3 October 2019
This episode picked up from where the Season 1 finale picked off, and we see the TARDIS team arrive on Gallifrey, whereby we go straight into the plot of The Deadly Assassin. However, a few details are changed around: firstly, the crispy Master is nowhere to be found, as he is in fact replaced entirely by De Oplichter (the Dutch version of the Rogue), who has essentially the same plan, but more centred around a political coup in order to become Lord President. Some more of the characters are swapped out to have more of a resemblance to the Gallifrey Arc cast, as well. On top of that, this story does a lot of modernisation of the original, and entirely cuts out the Matrix segment of the story.
De Samenzwering
Season 2, Episode 2
Written by Pasja van Dam
Directed by Tim Oliehoek
TX Date – 10 October 2019
The second episode of the season gives us an adaptation of a far more recent story in that of Kerblam!. Everything plays out in pretty much the same way, just with the story modified to allow for a TARDIS team of four people, instead of the original which was just the Doctor and Pete.
The name Kerblam!, in the actual episode, was kept as the same, but the actual episode title went with ‘De Samenzwering’, which translated to ‘The Conspiracy’.
De millenniumvloed
Season 2, Episode 3
Written by Thomas van der Ree
Directed by Hanro Smitsman
TX Date – 17 October 2019
This episode of the season is perhaps the most intresting adaptation yet, as the production team decided to adapt the Through Time and Space episode ‘Flood of the Millennium’, an episode from another foreign adaptation. It stays mostly the same, still set in Poland etc, but with the Dutch team arriving there. It’s used to serve as a good foil to the well-built and maintained Dutch flood prevention system and is a bit cheeky in showing that parallel. Apart from that it’s a beat for beat remake, which has put the story of Flood of the Millennium on the map.
Het Zwarte Gat
Season 2, Episodes 4 & 5
Written by Maarten van der Duin
Directed by Matthias Zirzow
TX Date – 24 & 31 October 2019
The mid-season two-parter for this season is an adaptation of the Season 46 episode ‘The Impossible Planet’ and sees the Dutch crew arrive on Krop Tor. Like all of the adaptations, not much is different, but the key differences that do take place are the relationships between the companions. In the original the relationships were the Doctor and Lizzie (who were best friends), the Doctor and Tegan (who were old friends) and Lizzie and Tegan (who were uneasy about each other). This dynamic is compeltly scrapped to fit the Dokter, Evert, Berendjen and Stijntje, with it being Stijntje, who the Dokter nearly looses towards the end of Part Two.
Gestolen Paradijs
Season 2, Episode 6
Written by Simon de Waal
Directed by Hanro Smitsman
TX Date – 7 November 2019
We go to an entirely different era for this episode and get an adaptation of Paradise Lost from Season 33. Originally a 2×25 minute story, it’s the perfect runtime for a pretty-much beat for beat adaptation here, and apart from some of the companion roles changing, to fit a four-person TARDIS team, instead of a two-person one, it’s much the same. It’s a fun, disaster movie type story, which would have been pretty cheap to make.
Het Verhaal van Evert en Berendjen
Season 2, Episode 7
Written by Thomas van der Ree
Directed by Tim Oliehoek
TX Date – 14 November 2019
This episode is the closest we get to an original story in this season. It’s loosely based upon a mixture of ‘The Conspiracy of PriceMart’ and ‘Their Story’ but does more of it’s own thing with the concept. It sees Evert and Berendjen decide to spend some time back on Earth, whereby they fall into the plot of Their Story, but it happens within their school, to a lot of the pupils. Meanwhile, we get a B-plot with the Dokter and Stijntje, investigating something in space, far in the future, which has to do with the A-plot on Earth, and it’s only when the two groups come together at the end, they end up saving the day with their joint knowledge.
Spelletjes van Marteling
Season 2, Episode 8
Written by Simon de Waal
Directed by Hanro Smitsman
TX Date – 21 November 2019
Before we get into the finale, we have one-more story, which is an adaptation of Vengeance on Varos, but updated more-so to be a social commentary on 21st Century reality TV, than the original video-nasty scenarios. The character of Sil is changed to be more of a large ‘Jabba the Hut’ style slug creature, but instead of green, a burnt orange, with a not-so-subtle parallel to President Trump. The Acid bath and hanging scenes are cut out entirely, as well as the characters of Etta and Arak.
Invasie van de Tijd
Season 2, Episodes 9 & 10
Written by Maarten van der Duin
Directed by Matthias Zirzow
TX Date – 28 November & 5 December 2019
While the finale acts as a direct sequel to the opener, it pulls us into an entirely different era as we get an adaptation of The Battle of the Strong from Season 41. Obviously a lot is changed, not least the fact that the Oplichter is the main villain of the story (not the Vice President), and he is seeking revenge for the events of the first episode, and has brought the Daleks (not the Cybermen) with him in order to achieve an invasion of Gallifrey. Borusa is now President (appearing in Ep1 and ascending to the role at the end of the episode) and the TARDIS team work with him in order to defeat the Daleks and the Oplichter, in much the same way as happened in the original story. At the end of the episode, Stijntje decides to leave and stay on Gallifrey, with her people, bidding goodbye to her mother. The season ends with the Dokter, Evert and Berendjen flying back off in the TARDIS.
And there we have it, the end of Season 2 of Dokter Wie. The season, again, did pretty well in the Netherlands, and Doctor Who fans liked it quite a bit. Wendy van Dijk announced after the season wrapped up that if the show was commissioned for a third season, it would be her last, as she did not wish to do a fourth.
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