Rose (Doctor Who episode) Rose (Doctor Who episode) "Rose" is the opening episode of the first series of the revived British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who". The episode was directed by Keith Boak and written by Russell T Davies who was also one of the three executive producers. It was first broadcast in the UK on BBC One on 26 March 2005. "Rose" was the first "Doctor Who" episode to air since the "Doctor Who" television film in 1996. In the episode, the London department store worker Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) gets caught in the middle of the alien time traveller the Doctor's
Rose (Doctor Who episode) Russell T Davies has been released in paperback and digital formats 5 April 2018 as part of the "Target Collection". The book features deviations from the original episode such as bigger set pieces, new plot twists and more characters. The scene in the episode between Rose and Clive where Clive shows pictures of the Ninth Doctor to prove his immortality, in the novelisation previous incarnations as well as future ones such as the Eleventh and Twelfth incarnations are shown, as well as future Doctors that have not appeared in the series. Rose (Doctor Who episode) "Rose" is the opening episode