Russell T. Davies

Meet the new Doctor Who classics. "Nice to meet you, Rose. Run for your life!" In a lair somewhere beneath central London, a malevolent alien intelligence is plotting the end of humanity. Shop window dummies that can move - and kill - are taking up key positions, ready to strike. Rose Tyler, an ordinary Londoner, is working her shift in a department store, unaware that this is the most important day of her life. She's about to meet the only man who understands the true nature of the threat facing Earth, a stranger who will open her eyes to all the wonder and terror of the universe - a traveller in time and space known as the Doctor.

Rose

J.D. Lindsay

It’s ok. I liked expanding the scenes with the Doctor and Rose. All the scenes with them felt fresh and deeper, with some little twists here and there. And the conspiracy theory guy (Clive?) his character is good here. The prologue is also nice. But I didn’t really care for the other additions. Mickeys now has friends but I didn’t feel any compelling reason to care for them. All the scenes without the Doctor or Rose during the end battle felt a little dull. They’re all passive and helpless at the hands of the Autons. It didn’t really need expanding. Also... expanding the mythos of the Doctor in Clives shed is a good idea, but I wished it had focus on nine rather than his other incarnations. I liked that in the tv version, that the show doesn’t broach the topic of regeneration until the end of the season. I think the original pilot benefited from being so tight and fast paced. Here a lot of the additions slow the pace down, as there aren’t many story beats added. But oh well, it was worth the read, just to have more of Nine and Rose in a story!

Rose

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