When Rose Tyler meets a mysterious stranger called The Doctor, her life will never be the same again. Soon she realises that her mum, her boyfriend and the whole of Earth are in danger. The only hope for salvation lies inside a strange blue box.

The Doctor takes Rose on her first adventure through time.

The Doctor takes Rose back through time to 1869, but in Victorian Cardiff the dead are walking and creatures made of gas are on the loose. The time-travellers team up with Charles Dickens to investigate Mr Sneed, the local undertaker.

The Doctor takes Rose home, but when a spaceship crash-lands in the Thames, London is closed off and the whole world goes on red alert. While The Doctor investigates the alien survivor, Rose discovers that her home is no longer a safe haven.

An interplanetary war is announced, and the key to salvation is held by Rose's mum and boyfriend.

Billionaire collector Henry Van Statten holds the last relic of an alien race. When the Doctor and Rose investigate, they discover that the Doctor's oldest and most deadly enemy is about to break free.