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'''''Fear Her''''' was the eleventh episode of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] of ''[[ | '''''Fear Her''''' was the eleventh episode of [[Series 2 (Doctor Who)|series 2]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]''. | ||
The episode saw a return to the year [[2012]], not seen since ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series one]], this time focusing on the [[Olympic Games|Olympic games]] as a backdrop to the events of the story, which (a first in the show) explored the issue of child abuse through the character [[Chloe Webber]]. The story also featured an unorthodox plot point by incorporating the prominent social issue of child abuse. ''[[Tardisode 11]]'' served as its prologue. | The episode saw a return to the year [[2012]], not seen since ''[[Dalek (TV story)|Dalek]]'' in [[Series 1 (Doctor Who)|series one]], this time focusing on the [[Olympic Games|Olympic games]] as a backdrop to the events of the story, which (a first in the show) explored the issue of child abuse through the character [[Chloe Webber]]. The story also featured an unorthodox plot point by incorporating the prominent social issue of child abuse. ''[[Tardisode 11]]'' served as its prologue. | ||
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The Doctor and Rose pass themselves as representatives of Child Services to [[Trish Webber]], hoping to be of help to her daughter Chloe. Trish explains that Chloe is very much a secluded and quiet child, due to her horrible [[Chloe Webber's father|father]], who became abusive when he was drunk. Rose heads upstairs to Chloe's room, but finds that she isn't in; seeing all the scowls from the pictures, Rose checks Chloe's closet. However, this is a poor choice as drawn on the wall is a demonic picture of Chloe's father. She promptly slams the doors. The Doctor comes into the room with Trish and Chloe. Rose tells him of the pictures and the Doctor decides that he needs to look inside Chloe's subconscious to find answers. | The Doctor and Rose pass themselves as representatives of Child Services to [[Trish Webber]], hoping to be of help to her daughter Chloe. Trish explains that Chloe is very much a secluded and quiet child, due to her horrible [[Chloe Webber's father|father]], who became abusive when he was drunk. Rose heads upstairs to Chloe's room, but finds that she isn't in; seeing all the scowls from the pictures, Rose checks Chloe's closet. However, this is a poor choice as drawn on the wall is a demonic picture of Chloe's father. She promptly slams the doors. The Doctor comes into the room with Trish and Chloe. Rose tells him of the pictures and the Doctor decides that he needs to look inside Chloe's subconscious to find answers. | ||
The Doctor uses his [[telepath | The Doctor uses his [[telepath]]y to put Chloe to sleep, asking that she tell him who she is. Chloe answers in a raspy, whispery voice that she's an [[Isolus]], an alien life-form with four billion siblings, who had befriended Chloe when its ship crashed on the road; it has psychic powers, hence the trapped children and the scibble Rose wonders what the Isolus wants, to which the Doctor says is a surrogate family. However, because its a child, its throwing and tantrum and unwilling to accept what it's doing is wrong. The Doctor warns that the Isolus is desperate for love too, and will use the billions of people watching the Olympic opening ceremony to replace its family. | ||
The Doctor returns to the TARDIS and locates the [[Isolus pod]] in the Close. However, a frantic Chloe (either because she doesn't want the Isolus to go, or because the Isolus misunderstands the Doctor's intentions) draws the TARDIS and the Doctor, trapping them both in one of her sketches and forcing Rose to try to find the pod herself. She rationalises that the pod is located on the hottest spot on the street, and is able to dig it up with a [[pickaxe]] (to Kel's protestations). Meanwhile, Chloe has caused the entire crowd at the Olympic stadium to disappear and is now set on making everyone in the world disappear. Rose realises she needs to offer the pod heat and emotion, which she does by throwing the pod towards the torch, following a clue the Doctor left in the drawing of himself. | The Doctor returns to the TARDIS and locates the [[Isolus pod]] in the Close. However, a frantic Chloe (either because she doesn't want the Isolus to go, or because the Isolus misunderstands the Doctor's intentions) draws the TARDIS and the Doctor, trapping them both in one of her sketches and forcing Rose to try to find the pod herself. She rationalises that the pod is located on the hottest spot on the street, and is able to dig it up with a [[pickaxe]] (to Kel's protestations). Meanwhile, Chloe has caused the entire crowd at the Olympic stadium to disappear and is now set on making everyone in the world disappear. Rose realises she needs to offer the pod heat and emotion, which she does by throwing the pod towards the torch, following a clue the Doctor left in the drawing of himself. | ||
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* ''Fear Her'' replaced an unwritten script originally allocated to [[Stephen Fry]]. | * ''Fear Her'' replaced an unwritten script originally allocated to [[Stephen Fry]]. | ||
* This is the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story to deal with actual child abuse, although there is a possible allusion to the subject in ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]''. | * This is the first televised ''Doctor Who'' story to deal with actual child abuse, although there is a possible allusion to the subject in ''[[The Empty Child (TV story)|The Empty Child]]''. | ||
** This is also the first episode, since ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'' to have no casualties at all for the entire run time. | ** This is also the first episode, since ''[[The Doctor Dances (TV story)|The Doctor Dances]]'' to have no casualties at all for the entire run time. | ||
* Working titles for this episode included ''Chloe Webber Destroys the Earth ''and ''You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber.'' | * Working titles for this episode included ''Chloe Webber Destroys the Earth ''and ''You're a Bad Girl, Chloe Webber.'' | ||
* No characters die during this episode, a rarity for the series. | * No characters die during this episode, a rarity for the series. | ||
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