Doctor Who (2005)

Rose

Season 1, Episode 1, Aired 3/26/05

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Location: London, England''Date: 4th/5th/6th March 2005''Enemy: Nestene Consciousness, The Autons''Rose Tyler, a shop girl from London, stumbles across a mysterious individual called The Doctor. She tries to help as he seeks out the Nestene Consciousness, an alien who is controlling living plastic in an attempt to take over the world.''moreless

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Billie Piper

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"Nice to meet you Rose, now run for your life"

7.0

"Good"

By retrogeek, Jun 09, 2011 Report Abuse

After a long absences from our screen the science fiction classic series Doctor Who finally returns. We are introduced to Rose a very normal girl with an average life and boring job. Nothing exciting seems to happens to her. Until one day she is attacked by mannequins and is rescued by a mysterious man who calls himself The Doctor. With the new series comes a new Doctor. The latest regeneration is the ninth played by Christopher Eccleston. Ecclestons Doctor is fantastically manic loveable goof who shows some streaks of anger. He is also very disconnected from humanity. Billie Piper makes strong impression as companion to be Rose, who manages hold her own and rescue the doctor at the end.

This story brings back the Autons from the classic series. They are a pretty interesting villain. Who works best whem taking something so normal and average like a mannequin and making it sinister. But this story is flawed. It gets a little too silly in some parts the attacking wheelie bin for example. Overall Rose is an average episode of Doctor Who. It is let down by a thin plot and over the top silliness. But is redeemed by the charismatic performances and on screen chemistry of Eccleston and Piper.moreless

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By Joao1162, Jun 09, 2011 Report Abuse

Ok, first off this is my least favourite episode of the entire season xD I don't know why but I just thought that, apart from the Doctor/Rose dialogues, this was a strange (in a bad way) episode. Nothing pulled me towards watching it to the end except for the anticipation of a bigger revelation about the Doctor's nature.

What saves it from a lower grade is this simply awesome dialogue... Epic win:

"Do you know like we were saying, about the earth revolving? It's like when you're a kid, the first time they tell you that the world is turning and you just can't quite believe it 'cause everything looks like it's standing still. I can feel it...

...the turn of the earth. The ground beneath our feet is spinning at a thousand miles an hour. The entire planet is hurtling around the sun at sixty seven thousand miles an hour. And I can feel it. We're falling through space, you and me, clinging to the skin of this tiny little world."

In the end this ends up being a Pilot without the name Pilot because the only interest I saw in it was the Rose/Doctor interaction, a character related theme like a good Pilot should present.moreless

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Good start to the newest instalment in the epic Doctor Who series. Gives enough info to interest someone new to Who, while satisfying the old school followers.

7.5

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By Lord_Fly, Jun 09, 2011 Report Abuse

A good start to the new series. It is not an amazing episode in terms of action and things turn a little campy, but overall it gives an introduction into what is a great series.

Living plastic as the main enemy, although a nice through-back to the classic days of Who, is not the most terrifying alien creature out there. Thus you feel that the characters are not really all that in danger, with plastic Mickey appearing weird and comical rather than frightening.

New viewers get introduced into the basic idea of the TARDIS, and despite appearances a not so human Doctor, with a humorous quip about whether he is from "the North." Billie Piper plays Rose superbly, making her assessable and ordinary allowing the viewers to vicariously discover this new world through her eyes.moreless

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"What happens?" in a nutshell: Rose, an average girl meets a mysterious man that calls himself "the doctor". Plastic mannequins come to life, attacking humans.

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By Gandaleon, Apr 01, 2011 Report Abuse

With this pilot being my first contact with Dr. Who (not popular in my country) I have to wonder how this show could survive that long. The acting was moderate at best - except for Ecclestone and Benton. Plus, I find the the character Rose incredibly annoying. I wouldn`t have minded if she would have been killed off by one of the plastic mannequins (her mother and boyfriend as well). But, looking at Torchwood, an "average but likeable girl" sidekick (and that`s how they look, too - not even eyecandy) seems to be a necessity for these shows. The plot was cheesy, the showdown in the underground was nothing short of bad filmmaking, the conclusion was ridiculously foreseeable (of course, Rose turns out to be an athlete and saves the day - so she wouldn`t seem totally useless).

But since the show is so popular, I will watch some more episodes. It can only get better.moreless

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Back on screen with a new face yet again after a nine year hiatus, the Ninth Doctor appears in Rose's totally average life. Can she help the Doctor save London from the Nestene Conciousness and its army of deadly Autons?moreless

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By 10thdoctorfan, Mar 30, 2011 Report Abuse

Return of the Doctor! Doctor Who returns from its time off, better than ever! The Doctor is pensive & irritable now the Time Lords are gone, leaving him lonelier than ever. But this only strengthens his resolve to right the injustices he finds throughout time & space. The bright side is, without the other Time Lords to inforce the Laws of Time, the Doctor won't be put on trial again for helping out all the little people in need.
With the reboot to the series in 2005, the special effects are Fan-TAS-tic, putting the fantasy of the show into better prespective then its predessor.
A problem is that the credits name the Ninth Doctor, 'Doctor Who' instead of 'the Doctor'.
The Ninth Doctor has a great amount of arrogance and since of authority, since he refers to humans as Stupid Apes and disregards others in times of great importance.moreless

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Trivia
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- This episode is obviously meant to occur soon after the 8th Doctor regenerated into the 9th, since he comments on his appearance while looking in the mirror while waiting for Rose to bring him coffee. Edit
- When the Doctor attacks the plastic Mickey with the champagne cork there is no champagne. He makes a big production of shaking the bottle in order to increase the pressure and thus shoot the cork into plastic Mickey's head, but no spray of liquid follows the cork or even dribbles out of the bottle when it is tipped. Edit
- Never before has an episode been named after the companion, old and new series. Edit
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- Injoke: When Rose uses Mickey's computer, a yellow 46 is seen on the monitor. This is the number for MotoGP rider Valentino Rossi, who is known as "The Doctor". Edit
- The first appearance of the Doctor shows him grabbing Rose's hand. The old Doctor Who final producer, John Nathan Turner, didn't like the Doctor and his companions to touch as he thought there should be no implied sexual relationship between the two. Edit
- Christopher Eccleston is credited as "Doctor Who" in the end credits, this is the first time the character had been listed with that name since the end of Season 18. Edit
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- The Doctor: What you doing here? Rose: I live here. The Doctor: Well what you do that for? Rose: 'Cause I do! Edit
- The Doctor: Can we keep the domestics outside? Thank you! Edit
- The Doctor: How can you hide something that big in a city this small? Rose: Hold on. Hide what? The Doctor: The transmitter. The Consciousness is controlling every single piece of plastic, so it needs a transmitter to boost the signal. Rose: What's it look like? The Doctor: Like a transmitter. Round and massive! Somewhere slap bang in the middle of London. A huge, metal, circular structure. Like a dish, a like a wheel, round, radial, close to where we're standing. It must be completely invisible! (Rose looks at the London Eye behind The Doctor) What? (she nods at it, The Doctor turns around) What? (Rose nods at it again) What? What is it? (he looks again) Oh! Fantastic! Edit
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- The book the Doctor says has a "sad ending" is The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold. It is the story of a teenage girl who, after being raped and murdered, watches from heaven as her family and friends go on with their lives, while she herself comes to terms with her own death. The novel received a great deal of critical praise and became an instant bestseller.
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- The Doctor:(Riffling through a pack of cards) Luck be a Lady This is the title of a song from the 1950 Broadway musical Guys and Dolls about illegal gambling, which later was adapted into film starring Frank Sinatra & Marlon Brando. Edit
- The Doctor: That'll never work. He's gay and she's an alien.
  
  The Doctor is flipping through pop-culture / celeb mag 'Heat' (Front Cover: 'Stars Without Make Up'). Edit