Rose (Doctor Who episode) viewed by 10.81 million viewers in the UK, the most viewed "Doctor Who" episode since "The Creature from the Pit" in 1979, and received positive reviews from critics, though there were some criticisms of its use of humour. Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), a teenage shop assistant, is being chased by mannequins in the basement of Henrik's, the department store where she works. She is rescued by the Doctor (Christopher Eccleston), who destroys the building with an explosion. The next day, the Doctor visits Rose at her home, where he is attacked by a plastic mannequin arm which he and Rose
The Runaway Bride (Doctor Who) the Earth by gradually and secretly poisoning Donna with an alien particle the Racnoss use as an energy source. The Tenth Doctor, still saddened by his separation from companion Rose Tyler, is shocked when Donna Noble, in a wedding dress, appears within the TARDIS while in flight, a near impossibility. She angrily demands to be returned to her wedding as the Doctor performs several tests on her before materialising the TARDIS on Earth, though across the city from the ceremony. Donna leaves in a huff and takes a cab, but the Doctor observes a robotic Santa Claus is driving the