Father's Day (TV story)

Father's Day
Doctor:	[[doctor::Ninth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Rose Tyler
Main enemy:	Reapers
Main setting:	7th November 1987, Earth
Key crew
Writer:	Paul Cornell
Director:	Joe Ahearne
Producer:	Phil Collinson
Release details
Release number:	1
Premiere broadcast:	14th May 2005
Format:	1 45-minute episodes
Production code:	168

"Time's been damaged, and they've come to sterilise the wound... by consuming everything in sight."

The Doctor

Cast

• The Doctor - Christopher Eccleston
• Rose Tyler - Billie Piper
• Jackie Tyler - Camille Coduri
• Peter Alan 'Pete' Tyler - Shaun Dingwall
• Registrar - Robert Barton
• Young Rose Tyler - Julia Joyce
• Stuart Hoskins - Christopher Llewellyn
• Sonny - Frank Rozelaar-Green
• Sarah - Natalie Jones
• Bev - Eirlys Bellin
• Suzie - Rhian James
• Young Mickey Smith - Casey Dyer

Crew

• Writer - Paul Cornell
• Director - Joe Ahearne

References

• The Reapers are not mentioned by name on screen, they are however similar to Chronovores.
• This shows a demonstration (though it doesn't name it) of the Blinovitch Limitation Effect; that crossing and affecting timestreams can have unforeseen effects.

Story Notes

• Father's Day had a working title of 'Wounded Time'.

Ratings

to be added

Myths

• The dialogue heard by Rose has often been mis-interperated as part of (what is occasionally known as) the 'gay agenda', the phrase is"Watson come here I need you" (or something to that affect.

Location Filming

• St Paul's Church in Grangetown, Cardiff. (For St Christopher's)
• The boardroom of the HTV Wales building in Culvershouse Cross. (For the Registry Office)
• Hoel Trelai and Hoel Pennar in Ely, Loudoun Square in Butetown, Cardiff and Llanmales Street, Grangetown. (The street scenes)
• Grange Gardens in Grangetown. (Playground scenes)

Discontinuity, Plot Holes, Errors

to be added

Continuity

• Rose mentions meeting her dad in The Parting of the Ways.
• Pete Tyler (an alternate version) appears in Rise of the Cybermen, The Age of Steel and Doomsday.
• The theory of time trying to fix the deaths of people (who were supposed to die) was introduced in GodEngine.

DVD and Other Releases

to be added

See Also

Stories with a similar time travel theme

• The Space Museum
• The Time Monster
• Day of the Daleks
• No Future

External Links

• Official BBC Website - Episode Guide for Father's Day
• Outpost Gallifrey Episode Guide: Father's Day
• The Doctor Who Reference Guide detailed synopsis of Father's Day
• A Brief History of Time (Travel): Father's Day
• The Whoniverse Discontinuity Guide to Father's Day

Television

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