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As the title implied, it served to familiarise the readers with the character of [[Rose Tyler]], giving a lot of detail about Rose's life prior to meeting the Doctor.

Born in mid-[[1987]], Rose Marion Tyler soon lost [[Peter Tyler|her father]] to a [[car accident]] at [[Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark's wedding|a wedding]] on [[7 November]], so her mother, [[Jackie Tyler]], had to raise Rose by herself, residing in [[Flat 48]] of [[Bucknall House]], in the [[Powell Estate]]. Rose had [[dream]]s of travelling, and while she didn't get far, when she was [[13 (number)|thirteen]], she managed to get to [[France]] on a [[school trip]] with her "best mate", [[Shareen Costello]] — they tried to flunk off, but were caught by the [[police]] and sent home, along with their teacher, Mrs [[Kissock (Meet Rose)|Kissock]], who had to accompany them. A year later, when Rose was [[14 (number)|fourteen]], she began going out with [[Mickey Smith]], and a year after that, when she was [[15 (number)|fifteen]], she was [[suspension|suspended]] from the [[Jericho Street Comprehensive]] for [[3 (number)|three]] days after convincing the school [[choir]] to go on [[strike]]. In [[September]], she dumped Mickey as she had fallen in [[love]] with [[Jimmy Stone]], and she moved into a [[bedsit]] with him, dropping out of school. It ended in [[heartbreak]], five months later.

To repay her debt, she first began to work as a [[clerk]] in the [[Christmas Shop]] on [[Clifton's Parade]], and six months later, Jackie pulled some strings and Rose got a job at [[Henrik's Department Store]], and she worked hard, despite how "boring" the job was. Then, one day, her life — and Henrik's — blew up when she met the [[Ninth Doctor]]. She found that the universe was just so much larger than her mundane life, and she went off travelling with the Doctor, to

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