Father's Day (Doctor Who) Father's Day (Doctor Who) "Father's Day" is the eighth episode of the first series of the British science fiction television programme "Doctor Who", first broadcast on 14 May 2005 on BBC One. It was written by Paul Cornell and directed by Joe Ahearne. In the episode, alien time traveller the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston) agrees to take his companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) back to the day her father Pete (Shaun Dingwall) died in 1987. When Rose intervenes and pulls her father out of the path of a car, time is wounded and dangerous Reapers attack, threatening to erase history. Pete
Rose (Doctor Who episode) more dramatic, but the scene was never reshot. Davies remarked that it reflects Rose's point of view, whereas a more dramatic entrance would reflect the audience's excitement at the Doctor coming back. The scene in which the Auton arm attacks in the Tyler's flat was originally much longer, but was revised. The episode originally underran by several minutes, and a scene with the Doctor and Rose walking was added a month or so later. Davies wanted the Doctor to realise that Rose has something to offer to his cause. Their holding hands while running was meant to signify that they