Father's Day (TV story)

"Time's been damaged, and they've come to sterilise the wound... by consuming everything in sight."

The Doctor

Cast

 * The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
 * Peter Alan 'Pete' Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
 * Registrar - Robert Barton
 * Young Rose Tyler - Julia Joyce
 * Stuart Hoskins - Christopher Llewellyn
 * Sonny - Frank Rozelaar-Green
 * Sarah - Natalie Jones
 * Bev - Eirlys Bellin
 * Suzie - Rhian James
 * Young Mickey Smith - Casey Dyer

Crew

 * Writer - Paul Cornell
 * Director - Joe Ahearne

Story Notes

 * Father's Day had a working title of 'Wounded Time'.

Ratings
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Myths

 * The dialogue heard by Rose has often been mis-interperated as part of (what is occasionally known as) the 'gay agenda', the phrase is"Watson come here I need you" (or something to that affect.

Location Filming

 * St Paul's Church in Grangetown, Cardiff. (For St Christopher's)
 * The boardroom of the HTV Wales building in Culvershouse Cross. (For the Registry Office)
 * Hoel Trelai and Hoel Pennar in Ely, Loudoun Square in Butetown, Cardiff and Llanmales Street, Grangetown. (The street scenes)
 * Grange Gardens in Grangetown. (Playground scenes)

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors
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Continuity

 * Rose mentions meeting her dad in The Parting of the Ways.
 * Pete Tyler (an alternate version) appears in Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel and Doomsday.
 * The theory of time trying to fix the deaths of people (who were supposed to die) was introduced in GodEngine.

DVD and Other Releases
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Stories with a similar time travel theme

 * The Space Museum
 * The Time Monster
 * Day of the Daleks
 * No Future