Identifies the fifty must-watch episodes from the history of "Doctor Who's" television run, and features trivia, references, and behind-the-scenes details for each storyline.

Machine generated contents note: 1.An Unearthly Child (1963) -- Making Doctor Who in the 1960s -- 2.The Daleks (1963) -- Story Titles in the Hartnell Era -- The Psychic Papers: Dalekmania -- 3.The Aztecs (1964) -- The Psychic Papers: The Historical Stories -- 4.The Gunfighters (1966) -- William Hartnell -- 5.The War Machines (1966) -- The Doctor's Name -- 6.The Tomb of the Cybermen (1967) -- The Psychic Papers: The Missing Episodes -- 7.The Mind Robber (1968) -- Patrick Troughton -- 8.The War Games (1969) -- Restoration -- The 1970s -- 9.Spearhead From Space (1970) -- Jon Pertwee -- 10.Doctor Who and the Silurians (1970) -- 11.Inferno (1970) -- The Psychic Papers: UNIT Dating -- 12.The Mind of Evil (1971) -- 13.Carnival of Monsters (1973) -- Making Doctor Who in the 1970s and 1980s -- 14.The Green Death (1973) -- 15.The Ark in Space (1975) -- Tom Baker -- 16.Genesis of the Daleks (1975) -- 17.Pyramids of Mars (1975) -- 18.The Seeds of Doom (1976).