Rose (TV story)

"Nice to meet you Rose, run for your life!" the Ninth Doctor

Synopsis
Rose Tyler is an ordinary girl who leads an ordinary life. She lives with her mother in a London flat, has a boyfriend and works as a shop assistant in a department store. Her life changes forever, though, when she meets the Doctor.

While in the basement of the shop in which she works, Rose is attacked by Autons but is rescued by the Doctor. This is to be the first of several encounters with the Doctor. Ultimately, she helps him to prevent the Auton invasion by destroying the Nestene Consciousness' presence on Earth with the use of anti-plastic. Following their adventure, Rose agrees to leave her friends and family and go exploring time and space with the Doctor.

Plot
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Cast

 * The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
 * Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
 * Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
 * Mickey Smith - Noel Clarke
 * Clive - Mark Benton
 * Caroline (Clive's wife) - Elli Garnett
 * Clive's Son - Adam McCoy
 * Lead Auton - Alan Ruscoe
 * Autons - Paul Kasey, David Sant, Elizabeth Frost, Helen Otway
 * Nestene Voice - Nicholas Briggs

Crew

 * Executive Producer - Russell T. Davies, Julie Gardner, Mal Young
 * Associate Producer - Helen Vallis
 * Script Editor - Elwen Rowlands
 * Casting Director - Andy Pryor
 * Production Manager- Tracie Simpson
 * Production Accountant - Endaf Emyr Williams
 * Sound Recordist - Ian Richardson
 * Costume Designer - Lucinda Wright
 * Make-Up Designer - Davy Jones
 * Music - Murray Gold
 * Visual Effects - The Mill
 * Visual FX Producer - Will Cohen
 * Visual FX Supervisor - Dave Houghton
 * Special Effects - Any Effects
 * Prosthetics - Millennium Effects
 * Production Designer - Edward Thomas
 * Editor - Mike Jones
 * Director of Photography - Ernie Vincze BSC
 * AutonsOriginal Creator - Robert Holmes
 * Original Theme Music - Ron Grainer
 * First Assistant Director - George Gerwitz
 * Second Assistant Director - Steffan Morris
 * Third Assistant Director - Dafydd Rhys Parry
 * Location Manager - Clive Evans, Lowri Thomas
 * Production Co-ordinator - Dathyl Evans
 * A/Production Accountants - Debi Griffiths, Kath Blackman
 * Continuity - Sian Prosser
 * Choreographer - Ailsa Altena-Berk
 * Camera Operator - Mike Costelloe, Martin Stephens
 * Focus Puller - Steve Lawes, Mark Isaac
 * Grip - John Robinson
 * Boom Operator - Damian Richardson
 * Gaffer - Mark Hutchings
 * Best Boy - Peter Chester
 * Stunt Co-ordinator - Rod Woodruff
 * Stunt Performer - Holly Lumsden, Paul Kulik
 * Art Department Co-ordinator - Gwenllian Llwyd
 * Concept Artist - Bryan Hitch
 * Production Buyer - Catherine Samuel
 * Set Decorator - Peter Walpole
 * Supervising Art Director - Stephen Nicholas
 * Standby Art Director - Julian Luxton
 * Property Master - Patrick Begley
 * Construction Manager - Andrew Smith
 * Standby Props - Phill Shellard, Adrian Anscombe
 * Graphic Artist - Jenny Bowers
 * Wardrobe Supervisor - Yolanda Pearl-Smith
 * Make-Up Supervisor - Linda Davie
 * Make-Up Artist - Sarah Wilson
 * Casting Associate - Kirsty Robertson
 * Assistant Editor - Ceres Doyle
 * Post Production Supervisor - Marie Brown
 * On Line Editor - Matthew Clarke
 * Colourist - Kai van Beers
 * 2D VFX Artists - Simon C. Holden, David Bowman, Sara Bennett, Alberto Montanes, Jennifer Herbert
 * (3D VFX Artists - Andy Howell, Chris Tucker, Jean-Claude Deguara, Mark Wallman, Paul Burton, Chris Petts, Paul Perrott
 * Digital Matte Painter - Alex Fort
 * Model Unit Supervisor - Mike Tucker
 * Dubbing Mixer - Tim Ricketts
 * Dialogue Editor - Paul McFadden
 * Sound FX Editor - Paul Jefferies
 * Business Manager - Richard Pugsley

Story Notes

 * This is the first story in the new series of Doctor Who.


 * This is the first story featuring Christopher Eccleston as the Doctor.


 * This is the first story featuring new companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper).


 * This is the first story featuring the new TARDIS console room which has a far more organic appearance than its predecessors.


 * A copy of this story was available to download on the Internet on various p2p networks several weeks before it was released. The preview version was essentially the broadcast version; however it did not contain the new credits and had the original series theme music as opposed to the new version.


 * The word Auton is not used in the dialogue of the story but is used in the episode credits.


 * The surname Finch was used for Clive and his wife in the production notes but not in the on-screen version.


 * The story, like the 1996 Doctor Who: The TV Movie, breaks with what had become the tradition of including the Doctor's image in the title sequence.


 * For this the first episode the opening credits follow the UK standard of; title sequence then program, the rest of the season (other than the first episode would include a 'teaser' before the main title sequence.


 * There were problems during the first broadcast of this story in the UK which meant that sound from a BBC 3 program, Strictly Dance Fever hosted by Graham Norton, was heard over the scene in which Rose first encounters the Autons.


 * As part of the launch of the new series the BBC screened the documentary Doctor Who: A New Dimension on BBC1.


 * Following this episode Doctor Who Confidential: Episode 1 was broadcast on BBC 3.


 * When searching for the Doctor on the Internet Rose uses search-wise. This is an actual web page with the same logo as on the show, but it is not actually a search engine: instead, it is a web page created by a company called Compuhire, designed for use in television and film when a search engine is required to be seen on-screen.  (See their disclaimer.)


 * While the Doctor is in Rose's flat, the television is showing BBC Breakfast News with Dermott and Natasha.


 * The Reference to the Doctor having a Northern accent relates to the media attention that has been generated around Christopher Eccleston not conforming to people's perception of what the Doctor should be like.

Ratings

 * 9.94 million (43.2% audience share)
 * Repeat  -     0.48 million (3.5% audience share)

Myths
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Location Filming
Mostly filmed in Cardiff, but with some location filming in London:


 * The scenes in which Rose is at work were filmed in Howells in the centre of Cardiff.


 * The scene in which the Autons attack people in a shopping centre were filmed in The Queens Arcade.


 * The scene in which Rose agrees to go travelling with the Doctor was filmed in Cardiff's outdoor market.

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

 * When Mickey opens the wheelie bin it is empty. Why would a person put an empty bin out for collection? (Perhaps the bin ate the rubbish? Or perhaps cit moved itself (it was Nestene-animated)? Perhaps it had been emptied and hadn't been put back yet?)


 * There has been an tendancy by some Doctor Who fans to see the fact that Clive has photos of the Doctor as being an error. The argument goes that if the Doctor has just regenerated, how has he been photographed through out history? However the Doctor is a time traveller and there is no reason why there can not be photographs of events which from his perspective have not yet happened. However, since Rose has travelled with the Doctor for the duration of this regeneration, and she has not seen these events, how could this Doctor have been there? This seems however to be a contentious issue among fans. (It is possible the Doctor went to these events at the end of the episode when the TARDIS disappeared and came back a few seconds later.)


 * The shop where Rose works has two different spellings in the episode; it is spelled Henrik's on its sale banners, but Henricks on the BBC News 24 report.

Continuity

 * The sonic screwdriver makes a reappearance (first introduced in Fury from the Deep and destroyed in The Visitation, it made a reappearance in Doctor Who: The TV Movie before its reappearance (in a new shape but the same noise).


 * People similar to Clive who are obsessed with the Doctor were depicted in the novel Return of the Living Dad. Clive is clearly corresponding by e-mail with others like himself and refers to the Doctor appearing in numerous conspiracy theories.
 * It is implied but never stated that the Doctor has just regenerated. When he is in Rose's flat he checks his appearance in the mirror as if he is unused to it. He also notes the way in which his ears stick out. This is similar to a scene in the first episode of Tom Baker's debut story, Robot.
 * The Autons and the Nestene have previously featured in the Doctor Who stories Spearhead from Space and Terror of the Autons, both of which were Third Doctor stories. The Nestenes also feature in the BBC Past Doctor Adventures novels Business Unusual and Synthespians™.
 * The Doctor has at some time in his past been involved in a war which led to the destruction of the Nestene Homeworld. This war is also referenced in Synthespians™.
 * The Doctor speed reads a book as he did in City of Death.
 * Rose returns to London in Aliens of London.

DVD and Other Releases
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