Doctor Who's return to teatime television on BBC One is described by various actors and crew who have worked on the program, past and present, with a mixture of clips from episodes and footage from the new production.

The new series of Doctor Who has some new alien creatures, and this episode shows how some of them were made, for the second episode, The End of the World.

From behind the scenes of the Dickens set in Swansea the Confidential team takes a good long look at the TARDIS and its vital role in the Doctor's adventures. The programme looks at all the different worlds that the present and past Doctors visit and visited.

This episode looks at Rose and her predecessors. What does it take to make the grade as the Doctor's companion? The Confidential team looks back at companions from the past. Why does the Doctor need Rose? What does she add to the mix?.

Looking at the effect Rose's travels with the Doctor have on her family and friends back on Earth, and why this has never been brought up with previous companions. Also behind the scenes with the Slitheen and UNIT.

The long-awaited return of The Doctor's most famous enemy brings a look at the making of this important sixth episode of Doctor Who, Dalek, and some impressions of them from interviews.

Narrator Simon Pegg appears on-screen to discuss his appearance as the Doctor's latest enemy in the episode The Long Game.

Following the Doctor's dangerous crossing of time streams, on Rose's behalf, in the episode Father's Day, Doctor Who Confidential looks at some of the Doctor's previous adventures within the Fourth Dimension.

The adventures of The Doctor on BBC television have not always been renowned for the perfection of their visual effects, however, Doctor Who Confidential looks at how modern technology can now give us effective shots of Rose floating over 1941 London during the Blitz while hanging from a barrage balloon.

The plot device of nanogenes in the episode The Doctor Dances points up the role of futuristic science concepts in Doctor Who. This episode examines some of these concepts.

Following on from an episode, Boom Town, that deals mainly with passing and justice, the Confidential team looks at the importance of passing to Doctor Who and at the Doctor's moral code.

The making of the penultimate episode of the new series of Doctor Who, with its reality and game shows gone mad, a look at fandom and conventions, as well as the role of the programme in British popular culture, in this episode of Confidential.

A look at the making of the last episode of the 2005 season of Doctor Who, The Parting of the Ways. Also covered is the end of the Ninth Doctor's era, looking forward to the future of the next Doctor.