Fear Her (TV story)

Fear Her
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Main enemy:	Isolus
Main setting:	2012
Key crew
Writer:	Matthew Graham
Director:	Euros Lyn
Producer:	Phil Collinson
Release details
Release number:	180
Premiere broadcast:	24th June 2006
Format:	1 45-minute Episode
Production code:	180

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

• The Doctor - David Tennant
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
• Trish Webber - Nina Sosanya
• Chloe Webber - Abisola Agbaje
• Maeve - Edna Dore
• Tom's Dad - Tim Faraday
• Kel - Abdul Salis
• Driver - Richard Nichols
• Neighbour - Erica Eirian
• Police Officer - Stephen Marzella
• Commentator - Huw Edwards

Crew

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References

• The Doctor invokes the Shadow Proclamation.
• The Doctor mentions that he 'was a dad once', this could refer to his relationship to Susan or to his adopted daughter Miranda Dawkins, or to the woman who claims to be his daughter in The Doctor's Daughter
• The Isolus are beings that can draw power from other being's extreme emotion.

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

• The Doctor mentions that he 'was a dad once' this could be a reference to his relationship with Susan (who first appeared in An Unearthly Child) or to Miranda his adopted daughter (Father Time).
• The Doctor uses his telepathy as he did in The Girl in the Fireplace.
• 2012 previously featured in Dalek, and is the home era of Adam Mitchell.

DVD Releases

• This was released on a vanilla DVD along side Army of Ghosts and Doomsday.
• It was also released as part of the Series 2 box set.

See Also

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External Links

• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Fear Her
• The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide to Fear Her