After an absence of 16 years, the nation's favourite Time Lord returned to our screens in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston stepping into the TARDIS as the ninth Doctor. Eccleston's Doctor is wise, funny, cheeky and brave, yet a loner whose detached logic gives him a vital edge when the world's in danger. But when it comes to relationships, he can be found wanting. That's why he needs Rose, a shop-girl from the present day. When the Doctor rescues her from killer shop window dummies, it's just the start of a journey through time and space that will change her life forever.