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) first appeared in the serial "Spearhead from Space" (1970), then reappeared on-screen in "Terror of the Autons" (1971). "Doctor Who" originally ran from 1963 to 1989, when it was cancelled after its twenty-sixth season. Television producer Russell T Davies had been lobbying the BBC in an attempt to revive the show from the late 1990s, and reached the discussion phase in 2002. It was announced in September 2003 that Doctor Who was returning and would be produced by BBC Wales via a BBC press release. The format of the programme was changed to 45-minute episodes, lightening the pace. Davies was