Fathers Day

Episode Location: Earth, London 1987
Aliens/Enemies: The Reapers
New Characters: Pete Tyler, Jackie Tyler
Gadgets Used: The TARDIS key
Episode Objective: Rose: to save her father. To fix the paradox and disband the Reapers.

Bullet-point Plot

• Rose reminisces about her father
• She asks if they can go back to the day her father died
• As she wants to be with him...
• They arrive and stand on the street
• They see Pete Tyler
• But Rose looks away...
• She misses seeing him hit by the car
• She asks the Doctor if she can try again
• He is doubtful but agrees...
• They wait around the corner from their earlier selves
• They can't be seen as it will create a paradox
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• But Rose runs out of hiding
• She saves Pete
• The early Rose and Doctor see her
• They vanish...
• Rose introduces herself to Pete
• She says she's going to the same wedding as him
• Pete offers her and the Doctor a lift...
• The Doctor is angry with Rose
• He thinks she planned this from the moment she heard the TARDIS was a time machine.
• They argue
• The Doctor storms off...
• Pete and Rose go to the wedding
• Rose is distressed to see Jackie and Pete arguing
• The Doctor goes back to the TARDIS
• He is being watched
• The inside of the TARDIS has gone...
• He finds Rose
• The Reapers appear in the sky
• Everyone at the Wedding runs into the church...
• The Doctor explains there has been a wound in time
• The creatures are like bacteria
• Trying to sterilize the wound by consuming everything...
• Pete deduces that Rose is his daughter
• The Doctor tells Rose not to touch Baby Rose
• This would create a new paradox
• Rose apologizes
• They hug...
  
• Pete watches the car that was supposed to kill him stuck on a loop going round and round
• The Doctor charges the TARDIS key
• The TARDIS begins to materialize around it
• He tells everyone not to touch or disturb the process
• Pete realizes that he's supposed to be dead...
• Jackie demands to know how Pete can be Rose's father
• The infant Rose is thrust into the adult Rose's arms
• A Reaper appears in the church
• The Doctor sacrifices himself...
• Pete knows he has to die to fix things
• He, Jackie and Rose hug
• Pete steps in front of the car
• Rose goes to Pete
• She's with him when he dies
• The Doctor and Rose walk hand in hand back to the TARDIS

Best Bits
- Saving Pete
- The Doctor and Rose's argument
- Minny Mickey
- The Doctor eaten
- Saying goodbye to Pete

Favorite Quotes
The Doctor: Then I did it again: I picked another stupid ape! I should have known. It's not about showing you the universe. It never is. It's about the universe doing something for you.
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The Doctor: Rose, there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation! The whole world's different because he's alive!
Rose: So you'd rather have him dead?!
The Doctor: I didn't say that...
Rose: No, I get it: for once, you're not the most important man in my life!
The Doctor: Rose, my whole planet was destroyed, my family died, my people - do you think it never occurred to me to go back and save them?
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Rose: I'm not stupid!
The Doctor: Could've fooled me
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The Doctor: Now, Rose... You're not gonna bring about the end of the world, are you?