Rose Tyler

Rose Tyler is a central character in the 2005 Doctor Who revival series. Played by actress Billie Piper, she was introduced in the programme's pilot episode, appropriately titled "Rose", and was credited in every episode of the first two seasons. Billie Piper left the series in 2006 following the series two finale, "Doomsday", but made a returning appearance as a guest star in the two-part "The End of Time" serial. Her final appearance on the series was in "The End of Time (Part 2)", which also signalled the final appearances of her co-stars, Camille Coduri and Noel Clarke.

Biography
Rose's first television appearance comes in the eponymous premiere episode of the 2005 series. Here, she is saved from an Auton invasion of Earth by the mysterious alien Time Lord known as the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), and assists him in defeating the Nestene Consciousness. Following this, the Doctor offers Rose the option of traveling with him, taking her to see the end of the world and giving her a "superphone" so she can remain in contact with her mother Jackie (Camille Coduri), and boyfriend Mickey (Noel Clarke). In their travels through time and space, Rose learns the importance of not tampering with history, when she attempts to save the life of her father Pete Tyler (Shaun Dingwall), who had died when she was a baby. Throughout these journeys, she and the Doctor are haunted by two mysterious recurring words: "Bad Wolf". Rose, the Doctor, and new companion Captain Jack (John Barrowman) come to understand the meaning of this phrase when they come face to face with an unstoppable Dalek army on space station Satellite 5. To return to the Doctor after he sends her home to Earth in the series finale "The Parting of the Ways", Rose is forced to tear open the TARDIS console and stare into its heart, and becomes suffused with the power of the time vortex. Returning, she uses her power over the infinity of time and space to spread the words "Bad Wolf" over its entirety, to lead herself to this moment where she can save the universe from the Dalek invasion using her godlike power. Rose resurrects Jack, who died from Dalek fire, and destroys the Dalek fleet before the Doctor drains the energy out of her—by kissing her—to save her life from its harmful effects. Rose is horrified as the Doctor appears to die and regenerates into a new man (David Tennant), who proceeds to take the TARDIS and a terrified Rose to Earth, abandoning Jack on Satellite 5. The new Doctor and Rose arrive on Earth on Christmas Day, where he passes out from the strain of regeneration in the midst of a Sycorax invasion in the 2005 Christmas special "The Christmas Invasion". Having woken up and saved Earth, the Doctor enjoys Christmas dinner with Rose before the two once again depart to parts unknown. Over the second series (2006), Rose and the Doctor grow increasingly close to one another. After defeating a werewolf they are knighted by Queen Victoria (Pauline Collins), who banishes them as threats to the Empire whilst setting up the Torchwood Institute which aims to track the Doctor and other aliens. Their relationship proves a source of tension once Mickey joins the pair in their travels, at the suggestion of the Doctor's former companion Sarah Jane Smith (Elisabeth Sladen). Whilst stranded in a parallel universe, Rose meets a rich, entrepreneur version of her father who never died. Mickey decides to stay behind on this world to battle the Cybermen as he no longer wants to feel like a spare part. Alone with the Doctor again, Rose faces the mythical Beast (Gabriel Woolf), who prophesies that Rose will soon die in battle. This day comes when, in the present day, the Torchwood Institute's director Yvonne Hartman (Tracy-Ann Oberman) accidentally allows the Cybermen army and Dalek Cult of Skaro into Roses' reality, where they begin a war. In sealing the Cybermen and Daleks back into the "void" through which they came, Rose ends up in the parallel universe with Jackie and the alternate-universe Pete as the walls between universes seal; she is later declared dead in her own universe. The Doctor is able to transmit Rose one last message of goodbye; she reveals she now works for that universe's Torchwood, and confesses her love for him. Before he can reply, their connection is lost.

Notes & Trivia

 * The character of Rose Tyler was created by executive producer and writer Russell T. Davies and director Keith Boak.


 * Actress Julia Joyce played the role of young Rose Tyler in the episode "Father's Day". Joyce also played Holly Frobisher in the "Children of Earth" story-arc from Torchwood.

Appearances
Incomplete
 * Doctor Who (2005)
 * "Rose"
 * "The End of the World"
 * "The Unquiet Dead"
 * "Aliens of London"
 * "World War Three"
 * "Dalek"
 * "The Long Game"
 * "Father's Day"
 * "The Empty Child"
 * "The Doctor Dances"
 * "Boom Town"
 * "Bad Wolf"
 * "The Parting of the Ways"