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==Plot==
==Plot==


The TARDIS materialises on Dame Kelly Holmes Close on the day of the opening ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. On the street, concern is divided between preparation for the Games, as the torchbearer on the final leg, and the continued disappearance of children from their gardens. Cars break down on the street, something which a council worker, Kel, states have been happening all day.
Before the opening credits, an old lady senses something, and immediately warns nearby children to run indoors, explaining that "it's not safe". After ignoring her warnings, the children disappear off-screen.


The source of the problems is a small girl, Chloe, who is able to cause people to disappear by drawing them. The Doctor is able to deduce from detection of residual energy and the carbon nature of a scribble that had attacked Rose that the problem is coming from an alien influence.
In Fear Her, the TARDIS lands in East London, in 2012. The Doctor and Rose emerge (after having landed the TARDIS at a bad angle, and rematerialising to correct this) and begin talking about the 2012 London Olympics. The Doctor begins reminiscing about other Olympic events and mentions tea parties featuring fairy cakes with edible ball bearings, emphasising that no other species in the universe had ever bothered to make them.
Rose then shows the Doctor some posters with details concerning children that were going missing. The Doctor becomes concerned, also noting how cold it is for the time of year.


Intrigued, the Doctor investigates and through talking to Chloe, he discovers that the disappearance is related to the Isolus, an alien life-form, who had befriended Chloe as she had a troubled childhood including an abusive father. The Doctor warns that the Isolus is desperate for love too, and will use the billions of people watching Olympic opening ceremony to renumber its family.
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The Doctor returns to the TARDIS, which locates the Isolus pod to the Close. However, the Doctor and thousands at the Olympic Stadium start to disappear, leaving Rose to dig the pod up (to Kel's protestations). Rose realises that she needs to offer the pod heat, which she does by throwing the pod towards the torch, which had subsequently became a moral beacon, that is passing the Close.
 
As the missing children start to reappear, Rose realises that so will the demon-like drawing that Chloe had made of her father. Rose and Chloe's mother are able, though, to calm Chloe enough to destroy him.
 
As the torch-bearer approaches the Olympic Stadium, he staggers, but the Doctor completes the run and lights the Olympic Flame, allowing the Isolus to return home.
 
As the Doctor and Rose walk off to watch the Games, Rose remarks that however hard they attempt, nothing will ever split the two of them up. However, the Doctor does not seem so sure, as he surmises that a storm is approaching.


==Cast==
==Cast==

Revision as of 16:55, 23 April 2008


Synopsis

The Doctor takes Rose to the London 2012 olympics, only to find terror in an ordinary street.

Plot

Before the opening credits, an old lady senses something, and immediately warns nearby children to run indoors, explaining that "it's not safe". After ignoring her warnings, the children disappear off-screen.

In Fear Her, the TARDIS lands in East London, in 2012. The Doctor and Rose emerge (after having landed the TARDIS at a bad angle, and rematerialising to correct this) and begin talking about the 2012 London Olympics. The Doctor begins reminiscing about other Olympic events and mentions tea parties featuring fairy cakes with edible ball bearings, emphasising that no other species in the universe had ever bothered to make them. Rose then shows the Doctor some posters with details concerning children that were going missing. The Doctor becomes concerned, also noting how cold it is for the time of year.

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Cast

Crew

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References

Story Notes

  • Fear Her is a story which replaces an (unwritten) script originally allocated to Stephen Fry.
  • The Doctor has travelled with several children throughout all his lives, but this is the first televised story to deal with actual child abuse.

Ratings

  • 7.14 million

Myths

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Filming Locations

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Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

  • Despite the fact that the torch will be running down in a few minutes, there is no crowd or fences when Rose digs up the pod
  • The fences and crowds also disappear very quickly after the drawings are brought back
  • When drawing Tom, the trousers in the picture are of a different colour to the ones he is wearing.
  • Tom also disappears before the drawing is complete, but later the cat doesn't disappear till after the drawing is complete.
  • The logo for the Olympics is the one used for the bid. The logo for the Olympics was released after the episode.

Continuity

DVD Releases

See Also

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External Links

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