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Hello readers! Something a bit special today. I haven't been around for a few weeks due to scary future stuff, but I couldn't miss today. Today marks the first anniversary of this blog! To mark this special day, I thought I'd answer one of the most essential questions of Doctor who fandom: who is my favourite Doctor?
This isn't going to be a normal Top Five post. That would be much too difficult to write and rank. I am going to start with my favourite Doctor, then work my way down from there. I have different tiers of Doctors, within which I cannot decide an explicit ranking. Therefore, without further ado, here is my top five tiers of Doctors. I can't do anything the simple way.... -sighs-
Note: A large amount of time passed during the writing of this post and this order underwent some heavy reshuffling and opinions changed leading to many rewrites, so just go with it...
First Tier
This one is solely reserved for my favourite Doctor:
The Fourth Doctor
Portrayed by Tom Baker, the Fourth Doctor (and also the longest serving Doctor) is my favourite due to the energy he brought to the part. Baker's sole ambition was to make the show as enjoyable as possible for his audience, something which he put forward in his portrayal with excellent conviction, even if he didn't have the best material to work with. His comedic performances with excellent ruthlessness was a brilliant combination, and I can't really sum up into words how good he is. Though that could just be me writing this at 2am.
Second Tier
Here you will find the Doctors I consider to be excellent, but not quite the best:
Sixth Doctor
The Sixth Doctor is the most underrated Doctor. Colin Baker brings a fresh energy to the role and during his time as the Doctor, you can see his character develop massively. He gels well with his companions, yet still keeps the abrasive side to the character. It's a shame that the BBC weren't fully backing the show once it came round to this era, but Baker puts his all into his portrayal despite of all the bad press and cancellation efforts.
Eleventh Doctor
Despite some shaky patches for the show during Matt Smith's time as the Doctor, one constant brilliant element to the show was his acting talents shining through. The progression of the show during this time was great for my tastes, as it moved from fairy-tale to a darker fantasy. I liked how this Doctor reacted to personal trauma, as he took time to recover from it rather than jump straight back into adventures and keep talking out his traumas, but more on that later....
Third Tier
These Doctors give a good, solid performance:
Second Doctor
Patrick Troughton's Doctor was the first one to take over the lead role, giving him the great responsibility of selling the changes to the audience. The Second Doctor was a lot more active than the First Doctor making him less reliant on his companions. Troughton's Doctor also brought a more juvenile characteristic to the role, yet could still play serious when the role demanded it. He brought a humour to the role which has stuck around for the show's history.
Seventh Doctor
The late 1980s was a rough time for Doctor Who. After defying cancellation once, the show was under great scrutiny from the powers that were. For me, the Seventh Doctor, portrayed by Sylvester McCoy, got off to a rocky start, but once he was paired with Ace, the show began to improve despite the reduced production values. His character showed echos of the Second Doctor, with silly and serious sides when they were appropriate.
Ninth Doctor
This Doctor brought the show back with a bang in 2005. Portrayed by Christopher Eccleston, this Doctor was possibly the most human yet, showing the pain and grief caused by his loss in the Time War. This Doctor got more personal with his companions, making his character more relatable then his previous incarnations and more appropriate for the modern audiences. Despite the 'damaged goods' character, Eccleston could also play a more comedic chatacter towards the end of his tenure when Captian Jack joined the TARDIS crew.
Tenth Doctor
Widely considered as the best Doctor by the young fans of today (many of whom are ignorant to the classic era), I find that David Tennant's Doctor is suitably eccentric, alongside the ability to be comedic and serious in the appropriate circumstances. However, this Doctor became too attached to Rose and his new inability to move on from lost companions meant his Doctor was almost too human. This Doctor was at his best with Donna when Rose was completely out of the picture.
Twelfth Doctor
The current Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi, has got off to a decent start. So far, I am thoroughly enjoying his tenure with Capaldi being one of the shining lights in the not so good episodes. While this Doctor has not yet been fully developed and explored, in episodes we have seen so far, the Twelfth Doctor has been shown to be practically inhuman. He isn't as tolerant as other incarnations towards humans, but I hope that he mellows over time like the First Doctor.
Fourth Tier
The following are still good, but have some character flaws:
First Doctor
The original Doctor was portrayed as a wise, learned old grandfather by William Hartnell, and this enabled him to come across as kind and caring some of the time, but also crotchety and intolerant at other times. These contrasts in characterisation sometimes make his performance seem disjointed, however, Hartnell's excellent acting abilities allow him to steal any scene, regardless of his health issues later in his tenure.
Third Doctor
This Doctor's era got off to a brilliant start with Jon Pertwee's partnership with Caroline John. As intellectual equals, they had an agreeable relationship with mutual respect. However, with intellectectual superiority over later companions, the Doctor began to show arrogance. However, the earth bound format of much of his era gave Pertwee lots of chance to establish chemistry with the UNIT regulars.
Fifth Doctor
Portrayed by Peter Davison, this Doctor had an excellent charm and a great relationship with most of his companions. However, there were times when he could be hapless and childish, often leading to immature arguments between him and his companions, such as Adric. Nevertheless, the Doctor held up some Doctor-ish traits such as pacifism and getting there with minimal bloodshed. Also, I find that due to a large number of companions in his era, character development could be limited at times.
Fifth Tier
I don't have enough experience with these Doctors to pass a suitable judgement upon them:
Eighth Doctor
At time of writing, I have only just recently watched the TV Movie, and I have to say, I really think this Doctor had great potential. Paul McGann brought an excellent personality to the role, despite the narrative issues in the film. However, his character was much more developed in the Big Finish audio dramas, but I haven't been able to listen to many of those.
War Doctor
John Hurt's forgotten Doctor is portrayed brilliantly, with most of the Doctor's human qualities stripped right back making this Doctor seem even more alien than the rest of them. However, with only his 50th Anniversary appearance to go off, this Doctor's full development was limited.
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School. Blah I hate school. I'm sure you're glad to know I am still alive, and today is a special post. I'd like to wish New Who a very happy 10th Birthday, and here's to many more years! To celebrate this day, today I'll be reviewing the episode that aired 10 years ago today: Rose.
About this Story
Title
Rose
No. of Episodes
1
Series No.
Episode No.
Series 1
Episode 1
Broadcast Dates
26th Mar 2005
Writer
Russell T Davies
Director
Keith Boak
Producer
Phil Collinson
Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Companion
Rose Tyler
Rose meets the Doctor after he saves her from the Autons
Background
After 16 years off air (besides a TV Movie), Doctor Who returned to our screens in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston playing The Doctor and Billie Piper as his new companion, Rose Tyler. It featured the return of the Nestene Consciouness and the Autons for the first time since Terror of the Autons in 1971. This is the first contribution to Doctor Who for all the key production staff named above, with Russell T Davies continuing as Showrunner until 2010. Keith Boak directed one story later on in Series One, while Phil Collinson continued in the role of producer until 2008.
The Review
Plot
The plot is very much based from Rose's viewpoint for this episode. So much, that I can't actually recall any scenes with the Doctor without Rose. We follow how Rose's life changes from mundane to exciting within a few days, starting when a strange man saves her from living plastic. This chance encounter is then replicated the next day (what are the chances...?), leading Rose to grow even more curious as to who The Doctor is.
While Rose discovers the Doctor has been woven throughout history, Mickey is abducted by a bin, which apparently made sense to Davies when he wrote the script. All this builds up to another(?!) chance encounter, after which Rose has her obligatory "It's bigger on the inside" scene. After this, the action switches to the scenes with the Nestene invasion.
The build up for this is quite slow, but it's an acceptable slow due to the need to ease the audience into the revived show, as throwing lots of action and information at the same time would get confusing for people who didn't really understand the concept of the show. Rose also proves her mettle by saving the day with her gymnastic skills, though the Doctor is shown to be a little bit useless in this climax, leaving a big question mark over what kind of a character he is.
Overall, the plot holds up quite well. The steady build up led to an explosive conclusion which made sure that Doctor Who came back with a bang (or two)!
Plot Score: 8/10
Threat
Bringing back the show with a pre-established monster was an obvious selling point for this episode, but I don't think it was necessarily the best move. While the audience were being introduced to the entirely new cast, I feel like the Autons took a back seat, which meant they weren't used to their full potential.
However, this move may also have had it's advantages. For example, the established monster wouldn't need much re-establishing, which meant that the episode could spend more time establishing the main characters. Nevertheless, reduced screen time for the threat makes it seem rather diminished.
On the whole, in the time they had, the Autons provided a good enough threat, mercilessly killing poor innocent Clive, depite being almost immediately halted. But, they just seemed too underused for me.
Threat Score: 4/10
Acting
The main cast all performed brilliantly. Eccleston and Piper worked brilliantly with each other, setting the foundations for one of the best Doctor/Companion dynamics of the New series. They were able to switch between serious and silly within the same scene with great ease, making their friendship seem genuine, enabling you to relate to the characters.
The supporting cast of Camille Coduri and Noel Clarke were not used that much in this story, other than someone for Rose to care about when saving the World. This left their characters feeling quite pointless and one-dimensional after this episode due to their underplayed roles. Clive Benton, guesting starring as Clive, gave a brilliant performance, ramping up the tension in the mystery shrouding the Doctor. Shame his prophecies came true....
In balance, the acting in this episode was pretty decent, as the brilliant main cast carried along the less good supporting cast to give a believable performance.
Acting Score: 7/10
Audience Engagement
The companion's natural role in Doctor Who is an audience surrogate. This has never been more true than in this episode. The entire episode is based on Rose's viewpoint as she is thrown into the Doctor's world. This immediately helps the audience to connect with her as they are very much in the same position as her. The high levels of mysteriousness in this episode also engages a new audience into wondering what's going to happen next.
The episode is also brimming with humour, ranging from slapstick comedy to jokes about price wars. Some of this humour can come across as quite childish, such as when the bin burps after consuming Mickey. The characterization of the main characters is good, but supporting characters like Mickey are left pretty one-dimensional after this episode, perhaps not making them as likeable as intended.
For the Classic fans, the Autons and Nestene Consciousness are plucked from the Pertwee era and given a modern makeover. It seemed like a good way to bring back the show, but I feel like they could have been used a bit more.
Overall, despite the burping bins and weird antics from the plastic Mickey, I feel like this episode would have been preety engaging towards it's audience when it first aired.
Audience Engagement Score: 8/10
Overall
As an opening episode, Rose stands up very well. It establishes the main cast well, while not deviating away from the main concepts of the show, such as alien incursions. It engages well with the audience and the plot rumbles along nicely. The understandable backseating of the threat and a virtually un-developed supporting cast so slightly let it down, but it is far from a complete trainwreck. Definitely a MUST WATCH for me!
Hello readers! In this edition of the Death Count series, I will be counting up the deaths in the Ninth Doctor story The End of the World. Enjoy!
About this Story
Title
The End of the World
No. of Episodes
1
Series No.
Episode No.
Series 1
Episode 2
Broadcast Date
2nd April 2005
Run-Time
44' 46"
Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Companion
Rose Tyler
The Sun begins to expand
Synopsis
On her first trip in the TARDIS, the Doctor takes Rose to Platform One to witness the moment the Earth explodes. However, among the great and the good gathered to witness the event a saboteur is lurking. Can the Doctor work out who it is and will he put a stop to their plans in time? And how will Rose cope in such an alien environment?
The Death Count
Character
Time of Death
Description
Raffallo
14' 19"
Killed by Cassandra's Robot Spider
Steward
20' 52"
Burns after Spiders disable sun filter
Adherent of the Repeated Meme
31' 43"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Adherent of the Repeated Meme
31' 43"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Adherent of the Repeated Meme
31' 43"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Adherent of the Repeated Meme
31' 43"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Adherent of the Repeated Meme
31' 43"
Deactivated by the Doctor
Moxx of Balhoon
35' 59"
Burned with Sun's rays after shields fail
Jabe
36' 16"
Burns when ventilation chamber gets too hot
Note: Cassandra appears to die at 39' 46", however, she is later shown to have survived in the episode New Earth
Death Toll:
9
Death Rating:
20.10 (Green)
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The Doctor and Rose first met when he saved her from some attacking Autons. After separating and rejoining a few times, Rose returned the favour by saving the Doctor's life, as well as the lives of everyone on Earth, when his negotiations with the Nestene Consciousness went wrong, with her Bronze level gymnastic skills. When offered space travel, Rose declined. However, at the mention of time travel, Rose abandoned her life and ran for the stars.
Rose's first trip off Earth took her to Platform One in the far future to witness the death of Earth. However, there was a saboteur in the midst of the group of delegates from various species who were celebrating the planet's life. The heat shields were taken down which would have led to the deaths of everyone on board. The Doctor saved the day while Rose was trapped on an observation deck, after the saboteur attempted to kill her.
Rose then travelled to 1869, where the TARDIS landed in Cardiff. Here, Rose and the Doctor were met by a gaseous species named the Gelth who took an unhealthy interest in corpses. They inhabited the corpses, making the dead appear to walk. When the Gelth's plea for help turned out to be a cover story for an invasion, the Doctor and Rose teamed up with Charles Dickens and a servant girl to stop them.
One Long Holiday...
A navigational error led to Rose arriving back home a year after leaving. However, when a spaceship crashed into the Thames after hitting Big Ben, that was the least of their worries. Taken into Downing Street to aid with the investigation, the Doctor and Rose discover an alien infiltration of the British Government.
With the Slitheen having them trapped in Downing Street, the Doctor and Rose need outside help from Mickey Smith and Rose's mum (Jackie) to stop the planet being destroyed in a nuclear war. Mickey, as instructed, hacks into the army and fires a missile at Downing Street, wiping out the Slitheen, putting an end to their plans. Rose departs once again, much to Jackie's dismay after realising the danger her daughter is in.
A trip to the near future bring the Doctor face to face with his deepest fear: a Dalek. Rose gets trapped underground with one of the murderous creatures, however, as she revived it, it shows mercy towards her, using her as a way to get the Doctor let it out. Rose then witnesses a new side to the Doctor, and is left questioning who the real monster is. Once the Dalek is dealt with, Adam Mitchell, joins the TARDIS crew.
Changing History Lessons
Rose guides Adam on his first adventure in the TARDIS to Satellite Five. However, when the Doctor and Rose notice something amiss, she lets Adam go astray, leading to events that could change humanity. Meanwhile, the Doctor and Rose are taken captive on Floor 500, leaving a plucky journalist to save the day, killing the Mighty Jagrafess and The Editor. The Doctor and Rose then take Adam home due to his reckless behaviour.
Rose asks the Doctor to take her to see her father, Pete Tyler However, when she saves his life when he was meant to die, history is changed, and Reapers arrive and begin to kill people. When Rose messes up even more by touching her younger self, the Doctor is killed by a Reaper. There is only one way for him to come back: for Pete to die like he was supposed to. Therefore, Pete dies, allowing the Doctor to live.
Everybody Lives!
Chasing some space junk, Rose and the Doctor land in the middle of a Blitz. They become separated, while the Doctor is stalked by a gas-masked zombie, Rose flirts with the handsome Captain Jack Harkness, who rescued Rose from dangling off a barrage balloon. They track the Doctor down to an abandoned hospital, where they're all cornered by The Empty Child and his army of gas-masked zombies.
Escaping the hospital via teleport to Jack's ship, the Doctor, Rose and Jack learn that the space junk contained medical nanoparticles that reconstruct injured people in warzones. They were wrongly "repairing" people by turning them into the zombies. However, the Doctor cannot find a way to stop them. In the end, only a mother's love can save the day. Jack joins Rose in travelling with the Doctor.
Bad Wolf Rises, Everything Changes
Refuelling at the Rift in Cardiff, Rose and the Doctor are dismayed to learn that a Slitheen has survived. The Slitheen is planning to build a doomed nuclear power station and sell the remains of Earth for profit. Rose meets with Mickey and they discuss their relationship, before she runs back to the TARDIS abandoning him once again. The Slitheen is reverted back to an egg by the TARDIS, which they return to its home planet.
Separated from he Doctor and Jack, Rose is placed in a deadly version of The Weakest Link, a game show. Not knowing the deadliness of the game, she doesn't take it seriously at first. However, when she sees someone die in front of her, she takes it seriously. Just as she's about to be rescued by the Doctor, Rose is fired at by the Anne-Droid, seemingly killed, whereas she's actually been teleported to a Dalek spaceship...
Rose is rescued by the Doctor and Jack and taken back to the Game Station (formerly Satellite Five), with the Daleks in pursuit. The Doctor sends Rose home to keep her safe, but she returns when she breaks open the TARDIS and absorbs the power of the Time Vortex. She destroys all the Daleks and brings Jack to life. However, the immense power is killing her, so the Doctor takes it from her, causing him to regenerate...
To Be Continued...
In Rose's next character profile, find out how she adapts to the new Doctor!
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Tomorrow is part two of the two-part series finale, so I thought that for this week's Finale Friday Special, I would count down my top five series finales of the New Series so far. But first a fun fact about series finales: based on the records, there is over a 70% chance that Daleks will appear in a series finale in the new series. Will they make an appearance tomorrow night? I guess we'll have to wait and see...
5. The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords (Series 3)
The Master and the Doctor face each other once again
In the episode preceding this two-part series finale, the Master made a shock return, and he preceded to steal the Doctor's TARDIS and leave him stranded at the end of the Universe. This means that the previous episode's cliffhanger meant the first part of the finale had already been partly established, meaning that less time was wasted upon establishing the situation.
The return of the Master was done well by John Simm, who had a great on-screen chemistry with David Tennant. With much of this story taking place on board the SS Valiant, some parts could get a bit samey, but overall, I think the story was done well, with the effect of another Time Lord being explored greatly. However, on the emotions, this one's a bit easy-going compared to some of the finales.
4. The Name of the Doctor (Series 7)
The Doctor rescues Clara from his time stream
This episode is famous for it's cliffhanger which set up the 50th anniversary episode. The cliffhanger saw the appearance of John Hurt, with a caption introducing him as the Doctor. This led fans to create many wild theories as to how this Doctor could fit in to the Whoniverse.
However, there were other aspects to the episode. The main enemy of the episode was the Great Intelligence, who lures the Doctor to Trenzalore in order to gain access to the Doctor's tomb. There, the GI enters the Doctor's time stream and begins to destroy his past, however, plucky Clara jumps in at the last minute and stops the GI.
This episode is where we start to see more dimensions to Clara, and it has a pretty dark tone compared to some of the more recent episodes. For example, Jenny is killed while in the psychic conference, before being revived again. The Great Intelligence, appearing for the third time in 6 months, is still a good villain, with sneaky sidekicks in the shape of Whisper Men.
3. Army of Ghosts/Doomsday (Series 2)
Rose begins to fall into the Void
The ending to this action-packed finale had been foreshadowed for quite a few episodes now, but the opening scenes have you hooked from the start: Rose introduces the story as how she died. These episodes bring together and tie up the Torchwood story arc of series 2 quite nicely, leaving very few loose ends and it also paves the way for the Torchwood spin-off series.
However, these episodes are probably most notable for the epic battle between the Daleks and the Cybermen, which Torchwood have accidentally caused. This is done brilliantly, as it doesn't particularly show which race wins, as both are sucked into the Void, leaving both races as formidable as they were before. Another pretty massive moment is the departure of Rose, who makes the choice to abandon her family to continue travelling with the Doctor, before she has to be rescued moments before falling into the Void, and becoming trapped on the parallel Earth.
2. Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways (Series 1)
The Doctor, Rose and Jack find themselves on board a Dalek ship
These episodes were fantastic.
The Daleks are back from the Time War and they've built themselves a large army from human tissue. They've been manipulating humankind for centuries and the Doctor could have stopped them, but instead, he unwittingly helped them. Plucking unlucky contestants from the Game Station, the Daleks have been transporting them to their ships where they're converted to Daleks. This give a real sense of threat as the Daleks have clearly been planning and have amassed a large army, rather than just throw together a last minute plan, as seems to be the recent trend.
Also in this finale is the Ninth Doctor's regeneration, which quite frankly, came way too soon. It would have been great for him to stay, as his dynamic with Rose was better then Ten's - judge me. On top of this, Rose uses her initiative (I know, shocking!) and clambers her way back to the Game Station, and turns the Daleks into dust. Brilliant ending to the first series of the revived series!
1. The Stolen Earth/Journey's End (Series 4)
Jack is exterminated on board the Dalek crucible
This finale brought the previous four years of Doctor Who together and it was fabulous. What I like about this is that for much of the first part of the finale, the Doctor is unable to help Earth, which has been moved across the universe, meaning that his past companions and allies have to work together to bring him to Earth's new location. This also sees the death of Harriet Jones, which was a very bold move, which I quite liked, despite being a Harriet Jones fan.
Once again, the Daleks have a plan and have amassed an army, this time built from Davros' tissue, but this time they've also built a bomb which can end the entire universe. This shows that they really are a force to be reckoned with. Also, Rose is sent back to parallel Earth and Donna needs the have her memory wiped, ramping up the emotional factor of the episode, leaving a brilliant story which offers all kinds of brilliance!
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A genius who hacked into American Defence computers aged eight, Adam worked in Henry Van Statten's underground base in Utah, where he catalogued many alien artefacts. When he took Rose to see Van Statten's 'Metaltron' (a heavily damaged Dalek), she inadvertently helped to restore it to full strength. Upon this happening, the Dalek went on a killing spree, and Adam and Rose had to race against time to escape the lower levels in order for the Doctor to be able to trap the Dalek underground.
Adam overwhelmed by Satellite Five
Once the ordeal was over, the base was set to be filled with concrete, so Adam followed Rose and the Doctor into the TARDIS. From there, the Doctor took Adam to Satellite Five, a space-station for broadcasting the news to Earth, in the year 200,000. Adam was initially overwhelmed by the technological advances, but then he became greedy.
Adam accessing the
future information
Adam had an infospike installed in his brain which allowed him to store lots of information. Then, he used Rose's upgraded phone to call home and share the information with the human race in the past, potentially changing the course of human history. The Doctor learned of Adam's deceit and took him straight home, destroying the phone containing the data from the future, and left him there.
Personality
Adam was very clever and confident, arguably egotistical. In Dalek when talking about his intelligence, he claims to have nearly started World War Three when only 8 years old after hacking into the US Defence Systems. This may have been a slight exaggeration on his part to impress Rose, whom he harboured some affection for.
As mentioned above, Adam and Rose make a connection. This is shown by him attempting to impress her by showing off his high level of intelligence. Rose almost mirrors this in The Long Game when she tells Adam where and when they have landed.
Adam is also shown to be hungry for knowledge, and use that knowledge to gain power. This eventually leads to his downfall when the Doctor discovers that Adam attempted to share future technology with humans from the past.
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Hello readers! In this edition of the Doctor Who DVD Files series, I will be telling you about the first seven issues of the part-work magazine. These issues were released every two weeks and featured two episodes each, meaning they covered the entire first series and the first Christmas special.
Issue 1 (14/01/2009)
The DVD
Rose - Rose Tyler and the Doctor meet and immediately have to stop an Auton invasion.
The End of the World - Rose's first trip into space and time takes them to Platform One, where danger lurks in plain sight.
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
The Doctor - Who is the Doctor? - Meet all ten incarnations of the greatest hero in the cosmos (Part 1)
Enemies - Davros - The Doctor thought his old foe was dead, but he was wrong (DV1)
Technology - Cybus Upgrade - Check out the gruesome secrets of John Lumic's Cybermen (CY1)
Allies - Mickey Smith - Find out how Rose's boyfriend became a defender of the Earth (MS1)
Flashback - First Contact - Relive the Doctor's very first encounter with the Daleks (DR1-1)
Behind the Scenes - Monster Makers - Will Cohen from The Mill talks about makign weird creatures (Part 1)
Episode Guide - Rose - Rose Tyler's life is changer forever when she meets the Doctor (EP 1.1)
Episode Guide - The End of the World - The Doctor takes Rose to the day the Earth dies (EP 1.2)
Technology - The TARDIS - It looks like a police box but can travel anywhere in time and space (TD1)
Issue 2 (28/01/2009)
The DVD
The Unquiet Dead - The Doctor and Rose team up with Charles Dickens to fight off the Gelth
Aliens of London - A spaceship crashes in Central London. However, it becomes clear aliens have been here longer.
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
Episode Guide - The Unquiet Dead - The Doctor and Rose meet Charles Dickens and some very nasty ghosts (EP 1.3)
Allies - The Face of Boe - One of the strangest (and oldest) aliens that the Doctor has ever met (FB1)
The Doctor - The Early Years - Uncover the secret history of the Doctor's childhood on Gallifrey (Part 2)
Allies - Rose Tyler - She's a shop assistant who gets to travel through time and space (RT1)
Episode Guide - Aliens of London - Rose returns home, just in time to see a spaceship crash into Big Ben (Ep 1.4)
Enemies - Zygons - The shape-changing aliens wanted to make Earth their new home (ZG1)
Behind the Scenes - Model Behavior - Model maker Mike Tucker on his amazing creations (Part 2)
Technology - Slitheen Ship - Everyone thought aliens were invading when it crashed into Big Ben (SL1)
Enemies - The Master - The history of the Doctor's arch nemesis and fellow Time Lord (MS1)
Extras
With this issue was a free binder which allows you to store the magazine inside.
Issue 3 (11/02/2009)
The DVD
World War Three - The Doctor and Rose need to prevent nuclear war, while trapped inside Downing Street.
Dalek - The Doctor is faced with a blast from the past and Rose is in mortal danger.
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
Episode Guide - World War Three - The Doctor and Rose race to save Earth from the stinky Slitheen (EP 1.5)
Allies - K-9 - Find out more about the Doctor's faithful robotic hound (K91)
The Doctor - The Journey Begins - Join the Doctor on his early travels in the TARDIS (Part 3)
Episode Guide - Dalek - Share the horror of the Doctor meeting his most feared enemy (Ep 1.6)
Flashback - Sky-High Terror - Watch as the giant robot has Sarah Jane in his grip (DR4-1)
Enemies - Slitheen - Take a closer look at the Doctor's mean, green foes (SL1)
Behind the Scenes - Dalek Sec Speaks - Nicholas Pegg reveals all about what it's like inside a Dalek (Part 3)
Technology - Sonic Devices - Examine the inner workings of a squareness fun and more (SC1)
The Doctor - The Ninth Doctor - Experience the highs and lows of the Doctor with a northern accent (Doc 9)
Extras
This issue contained free dividing cards which allowed the different sections of the magazine to be separated.
Issue 4 (25/02/2009)
The DVD
The Long Game - The Doctor, Rose and Adam land on Satellite Five where humanity is threatened in more than one way.
Father's Day - Rose learns what happens when history is changed when she saves her dad's life.
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
Episode Guide - The Long Game - The Doctor and Rose get bad news when they visit Satellite Five (EP 1.7)
Enemies - Special Weapons Dalek - Discover the fearsome secrets of the toughest Daleks ever (DL4)
Allies - Donna Noble - Meet the Tenth Doctor's most unlikely companion (DN1)
The Doctor - Aliens and Emperors - The First Doctor's travels in space and time continue (Part 4)
Episode Guide - Father's Day - Rose must face the Reapers when she meddles with time (EP 1.8)
Allies - Pete Tyler - Find out how Rose met her father - both of him (PT1)
Behind the Scenes - Writer's Block - Paul Cornell reveals how he wrote Father's Day and more (Part 4)
Episode Guide - The Five Doctors - Can the first five Doctors solve the mystery of the Dark Tower? (DOC5 TVM)
Technology - The TARDIS Console - Your guide to the controls of the Doctor's amazing ship (TD2)
Extras
This issue came with a free DVD containing the 20th Anniversary special, The Five Doctors.
Issue 5 (11/03/2009)
The DVD
The Empty Child - Landing in the Blitz, the Doctor and Rose meet anew friend and a faced with gas-masked zombies
The Doctor Dances - The Doctor, Rose and Jack race against time to save the world from the Empty Child.
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
Episode Guide - The Empty Child - A strange plague is spreading through the touch of a little boy (EP 1.9)
Enemies - Possessed Ood - Find out what caused the gentle servants to become killers (OO1)
The Doctor - New Friends, Old Enemies - The First Doctor has a brand new crew and faces familiar foes (Part 5)
Episode Guide - The Doctor Dances - Can the Doctor find the Empty Child's mummy before it's too late? (EP 1.10)
Allies - Jabe - How this walking, talking tree helped save Platform One (JB1)
The Doctor - The Eighth Doctor - Meet the most mysterious incarnation of the Doctor ever (Doc 8)
Flashback - The Army Awakes - A classic moment, the Second Doctor faces a Cyberman army (DR2-3)
Technology - Chula Ship - Your guide to Captain Jack Harkness' amazing time ship (CS1)
Behind the Scenes - Back to the Drawing Board - Concept artist Peter McKinstry on the look of Doctor Who (Part 5)
Issue 6 (25/03/2009)
The DVD
Boom Town - Refuelling in Cardiff, the Doctor and Rose come face to face with an old enemy.
Bad Wolf - The TARDIS crew face life and death on the Game Station. However, there's more danger lurking in the wings.
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
Episode Guide - Boom Town - A pit-stop to refuel the TARDIS leads to dinner with a monster (EP 1.11)
Allies - Captain Jack - Meet the intergalactic rogue who changed his ways (CJ1)
The Doctor - From Monoids to Mondas - The First Doctor's adventures in time and space come to an end (Part 6)
Enemies - Sutekh - The last of the Osirans proved to be a deadly adversary (SK1)
Episode Guide - Bad Wolf - The Doctor returns to Satellite Five to find things have changed (EP 1.12)
Allies - Martha Jones - Check out how this trainee Doctor saved the world (MJ1)
Behind the Scenes - Man or Monster? - monster man Paul Kasey suits up as a big, green alien meanie (Part 6)
Enemies - Dalek Emperor - Discover who resurrected the Daleks to conquer Earth (CS1)
Technology - Game Station Robots - We lift the face-plates of the deadly droids and delve inside (GS2)
Issue 7 (08/04/2009)
The DVD
The Parting of the Ways - The Doctor has to stop the Daleks while keeping Rose alive, paying the ultimate price.
The Christmas Invasion - With the Doctor still recovering, can Rose save Christmas and Earth from the Sycorax?
The Magazine
Here is a list of the pages featured in the magazine of this issue. Listed is the section it belongs to, the page title, a quick description of the page and its sorting code.
Episode Guide - The Parting of the Ways - The Doctor has a choice: let the Daleks win or destroy humanity (EP 1.13)
Enemies - Origins of the Daleks - How a horrific war led to the creation of these heartless mutants (DL2)
The Doctor - New Face, Same Doctor? - There's a new arrival in the TARDIS. Apparently, it's the Doctor (Part 7)
Enemies - Krillitanes - Meet the shape-changers who wanted to control the universe (KL1)
Allies - Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart - Learn all about the former head of the UK branch of UNIT (BG1)
Behind the Scenes - Dressing the Doctor - Who decides what the Doctor will wear? Find out here (Part 7)
Flashback - Mara in the Mirror - A classic moment, the Doctor faces the ultimate evil (DR5-2)
Episode Guide - The Christmas Invasion - Can the new Doctor save everyone from the alien Sycorax? (EP 2.X)
Technology - Game Station - Your in-depth guide to the satellite controlled by the Daleks (GS1)
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Jackie Tyler (Mother)
Pete Tyler (Father)
Mickey Smith
(Ex-Boyfriend)
Tony Tyler (Brother)
First Appearance
Rose
Portrayed By
Billie Piper
Appearances
(NC) denotes a Non-Companion appearance
Rose
The End of the World
The Unquiet Dead
Aliens of London/World War Three
Dalek
The Long Game
Father's Day
The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances
Boom Town
Bad Wolf/The Parting of the Ways
The Christmas Invasion
New Earth
Tooth and Claw
School Reunion
The Girl in the Fireplace
Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel
The Idiot's Lantern
The Impossible Planet/The Satan Pit
Love and Monsters
Fear Her
Army of Ghosts/Doomsday
Turn Left
The Stolen Earth/Journey's End
The End of Time (NC)
The Day of the Doctor (NC)
Cameo Appearances
Partners in Crime (NC)
The Poison Sky (NC)
Midnight (NC)
Rose in Series 1
Rose in Series 2
Rose in Series 4
Overview
Rose joins the Doctor after he saves her during an Auton invasion. They travel together while she keeps him company after the outcome of the Time War. Meeting Daleks, Slitheen and her own dead father, Rose and the Doctor meet and travel with Adam Mitchell and Captian Jack Harkness for short periods of time, before Rose absorbs the energy of the time vortex to save the universe from Daleks. The Doctor takes this lethal dose of energy from her, causing him to regenerate.
Rose and the Doctor (with a new face) continue travelling, joined briefly by Mickey Smith after an encounter with the Krillitanes and a blast from the Doctor's past, meeting Sarah Jane Smith. They faced Cybermen, Ood, and a creature whom the Doctor named an Abzorbaloff. However, when Rose visited home one day, ghosts were appearing worldwide. This led the way for the Cybermen to invade, but they had the Daleks to contend with. A large battle ensued, which resulted in Rose being trapped on the wrong side of the Void separating this world and one parallel to it.
However, Rose returned when the whole of creation was under threat from Davros and his reality bomb. Blasting through from her world to this one, Rose arrived just in time to help the Doctor and the rest of his companions of recent times to destroy Davros's plans. After this, the Doctor took Rose back to her parallel world and sealed it off for good.
However, that wasn't the last we saw of Rose. Before regenerating, the Doctor visited Rose at a different point on her timeline: a few months before she met the Doctor. Furthermore, in the 50th Anniversary Special, the Moment took on the form of Rose when it was addressing the War Doctor. However, as the War Doctor was on a point in the Doctor's timeline where he hadn't met Rose yet, he didn't know who she was.
Personality
Rose stands up to the Doctor
When Rose first joined the Doctor, she was still a teenager. She was stubborn, feisty and always stood up to the Doctor if he wanted to do something she disagreed with. At first, she seemed pretty overwhelmed by the whole concept of time travel, however by The Long Game she is shown to be more comfortable with it when she is talking with Adam.
Rose will stop at nothing to help the Doctor, even when he does his best to stop her. For example, in The Parting of the Ways Rose absorbs the energy of the time vortex just to return to the Doctor. Also, in different circumstances, Rose drags her family all the way to Norway just to get a last chance to say goodbye to the Doctor in Doomsday.
Rose carries out her plan
Rose was also seen to mature over her time with the Doctor: she went from relying on the Doctor for a plan to leading in his absence. This can be seen in The Satan Pit and Fear Her when the Doctor is unable to save the day.
However, when Rose returns from the parallel world, she is shown to have changed dramatically. Rose is now seen to be carrying a large weapon, something she would not have done in the past.
Rose is also portrayed as a forgiving person towards Lady Cassandra in New Earth and the Dalek in Dalek. She's also willing to apologise and admit her mistakes, such as those in Father's Day.
Rose bickers with Sarah Jane
She is also shown to be jealous at various times, such as when Mickey is talking about his new girlfriend in Boom Town and when she finds out Sarah Jane used to travel with the Doctor in School Reunion.
She is also shown to have a romantic interest in the Doctor. It was hinted at during Series 1, but more proclaimed during Series 2. Rose seemed betrayed when she found out the Doctor had travelled with other woman before, and was worried that she'd be left behind one day. There was also some romantic tension in The Impossible Planet when the Doctor and Rose have lost the TARDIS and discussing how they'd have to settle on Earth.
Coming Soon...
Read more detail about Rose's travels in the TARDIS in upcoming posts! Keep your eyes peeled for those!
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