Doctor Who: Rose Review (S1E1, 2005)

It was the 26th March 2005 and there hadn't been a new episode of Doctor Who since the TV movie starring Paul McGann all the way back in 1996. But a new episode was going to air that evening!

By 2005, some people had forgotten about the once-popular show, but many others were patiently looking forward to it's return. Written by Russel T Davies, directed by Keith Boak, script edited by Elwen Rowlands, produced by Phil Collinson along with executive producers Russel T Davies, Julie Gardner and Mal Young aswell as incidental music composer Murray Gold, the 45 minute long 1-part episode that aired was called Rose and it featured the return of the Autons who had last appeared in 1972's Terror of the Autons aswell as the introduction of Christopher Ecclestone as the Ninth Doctor and Billie Piper as companion Rose Tyler.

In my opinion, the Autons could have had a slightly better return but this episode certainly did have loads of brilliant action and good scenes - it was better than most episodes in Series 1. I really love how at first they make The Doctor seem so mysterious, and I'm happy that in one of the pictures of the Doctor that Clive got his hands on featured the Ninth Doctor in the Eighth Doctor's clothes... It's just a shame that they couldn't atleast show the Eighth Doctor to Ninth Doctor regeneration because it's just a bit weird without it, although atleast there's a small chance we'll see it in the 50th anniversary story later this year.

Overall, Rose is a good, well-written, well-directed story that is very important in Doctor Who's history, despite being just a tiny bit cheesy.

8.5/10

Overall it's a very good story and I highly recommend it. If you were disappointed by it, then don't worry too much because the series definitely gets better! :)