Dalek (Doctor Who episode) Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) and his travelling companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) encounter the bunker's only living exhibit: a Dalek, which breaks loose and proceeds to start killing everyone in the bunker after repairing itself. Drawn by a distress signal, the Doctor and Rose arrive in a massive underground bunker near Salt Lake City, Utah in 2012, filled with alien artefacts. They are discovered by soldiers and taken to the bunker's owner, Henry van Statten, who cordially welcomes them. Rose is offered a tour of the facility by Adam Mitchell, a man who buys and catalogues artefacts for van Statten, while
Rose (Doctor Who episode) in London, production notes in "Doctor Who: The Complete History" placed London filming from 26 to 30 July. On 26 July, the production team was given permission to add more lights to the London Eye. For the scene in which the Doctor and Rose are running through London, also on the night of 26 July, careful timing was undertaken by the production team because they wanted a London bus to travel behind them, but this had to be accomplished by waiting for a bus to come. The exterior of Rose's council estate was filmed at the Brandon Estate in London