Guide to the Essential Doctor Who

I know a bunch of people have some interest in watching some of the original Doctor Who, but they just don't want to rent and watch 100+ dvds. It can be pretty overwhelming. So, I thought I would make this guide to what I consider the essential story arcs. These include the first and last episodes for each doctor and sidekick, along with the first episodes of each main villain. I also included a few other especially interesting episodes (The Five Doctors, etc.). This is still a long list, but since many of them aren't available yet, it makes for about 45 dvds.

1 An Unearthly Child (on The Beginning)
2 The Daleks (on The Beginning)
10 The Dalek Invasion of Earth
11 The Rescue
16 The Chase (2010)
17 The Time Meddler
20 The Myth Makers
21 The Daleks' Master Plan (on Lost in Time (Hartnell))
22 The Massacre
26 The Savages
27 The War Machines
29 The Tenth Planet
30 The Power of the Daleks
31 The Highlanders
35 The Faceless Ones (on Lost in Time (Troughton))
36 The Evil of the Daleks (on Lost in Time (Troughton))
37 The Tomb of the Cybermen
41 The Web of Fear (on Lost in Time (Troughton))
42 Fury from the Deep
43 The Wheel in Space (on Lost in Time (Troughton))
50 The War Games (November 3)
51 Spearhead from Space
54 Inferno
55 Terror of the Autons
65 The Three Doctors
69 The Green Death
70 The Time Warrior
74 Planet of the Spiders
75 Robot
78 Genesis of the Daleks
80 Terror of the Zygons
83 The Android Invasion
87 The Hand of Fear
89 The Face of Evil
93 The Invisible Enemy
97 The Invasion of Time
98 The Ribos Operation
103 The Armageddon Factor
104 Destiny of the Daleks
112-114 The E-Space Trilogy
115 The Keeper of Traken
116 Logopolis
117 Castrovalva
122 Earthshock
126 Mawdryn Undead (November 3)
127 Terminus (November 3)
128 Enlightenment (November 3)
129 The King's Demons (2010)
130 The Five Doctors
134 Resurrection of the Daleks
135 Planet of Fire (2010)
136 The Caves of Androzani
137 The Twin Dilemma (January 5)
141 The Two Doctors
144-147 Trial of a Time Lord
148 Time and the Rani (2010)
151 Dragonfire
152 Remembrance of the Daleks
159 Survival