Rose (novelisation)

Rose was a novelisation based on the 2005 television episode Rose. It was the first release under the Target Books banner since The Paradise of Death in 1994.

Publisher's summary
Meet the new Doctor Who classics.

“Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!”

In a lair somewhere beneath central London, a malevolent alien intelligence is plotting the end of humanity. Shop window dummies that can move – and kill – are taking up key positions, ready to strike.

Rose Tyler, an ordinary Londoner, is working her shift in a department store, unaware that this is the most important day of her life. She's about to meet the only man who understands the true nature of the threat facing Earth, a stranger who will open her eyes to all the wonder and terror of the universe – a traveller in time and space known as the Doctor.

Chapter titles
Prologue
 * 1) Decent into Terror
 * 2) Enter the Doctor
 * 3) Life at No.143
 * 4) Plastic Attack
 * 5) The Turn of the Earth
 * 6) Life at No.90
 * 7) The Mysteries of Juke Street
 * 8) Shed of Secrets
 * 9) The Pizza Surprise
 * 10) Inside the Box
 * 11) War Stories
 * 12) The Living Statues
 * 13) The Lair of the Beast
 * 14) The Never-Ending War
 * 15) The Army Awakes
 * 16) The Battle of London
 * 17) Rose Says No
 * 18) Death Throes
 * 19) Aftermath
 * 20) The Journey Begins

Deviations from televised story

 * H.P. Wilson is renamed to Bernard Wilson, his position at Henrik's is Senior Caretaker instead of Chief Electrical Officer.
 * The novelisation includes the scene from the end of the television story The End of Time where the Tenth Doctor visits Rose Tyler right before his regeneration.
 * Mickey's mother, father, and grandmother are expanded upon. Three of Mickey's mates live in his flat and they form the Bad Wolf band. One is a trans woman named Sally.
 * Clive shows Rose pictures of incarnations other than the Ninth Doctor: He seems to know the first twelve incarnations of the Doctor's first regeneration cycle, except the War Doctor. Some of the Doctors include "a man with a fantastic jaw, dressed in a tweed jacket and bow tie, an older, angry man in a brown caretaker's coat, holding a mop, as well as a photo of a blonde woman in braces running away from a giant frog in front of Buckingham Palace He has photos of them in folders in incarnation order. He also has two pictures of possible Doctors, including a tall, bald black woman wielding a flaming sword and a young girl or boy in a hi-tech wheelchair with what looked like a robot dog at their side".
 * Clive explains to Rose that his father was present during the Shoreditch Incident of 1963. It is revealed that he was exterminated by an Imperial Dalek when Clive was two years of age. This lead Clive to begin his research into 'the Doctor'. Rose empathises with him and explains that her own father died when she was six months old.
 * The original broadcast contained an unintended error where TV presenter Graham Norton's voice was heard over a scene. This is included in the narrative with his voice being heard on a radio in the background.
 * The Auton invasion is more gruesome and includes decapitations.

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