Editing Rose Tyler (section)

==Development==
===Casting===
[[Image:Russelltdavies.jpg|thumb|170px|right|2005–10 executive producer [[Russell T Davies]] (pictured) deliberately recycled the names "Rose" and "Tyler" from names he had used in previous works.]]

Lead writer and [[executive producer]] [[Russell T Davies]] chose the name Rose because he considered it a "good luck charm" after he used it for [[Lesley Sharp]]'s character in ''[[Bob & Rose]]''. His desire to make the show "essentially British" was another justification: he considered [[Rose (given name)|Rose]] to be "the most British name in the world" and feminine enough to subvert a recent trend of female companions having "boyish" names, such as [[Peri Brown|Peri]], [[Bernice Summerfield|Benny]], [[Charley Pollard|Charley]], and [[Ace (Doctor Who)|Ace]].<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Davies|first1=Russell T|last2=Cook|first2=Benjamin|author-link2=Benjamin Cook (journalist)|title=The Writer's Tale|edition=1st|date=25 September 2008|publisher=[[BBC Books]]|page=24|isbn=978-1-84607-571-1}}</ref> Davies also frequently uses the surname "Tyler" in his work&nbsp;—previous characters he created with the surname include Ruth Tyler in ''[[Revelations (1994 TV series)|Revelations]]'' (1994), Vince Tyler in ''[[Queer as Folk (UK)|Queer as Folk]]'' (1999), and Johnny Tyler in ''[[The Second Coming (TV)|The Second Coming]]'' (2003)&nbsp;—due to his affection for how the surname is spelled and pronounced.<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Aldridge |first1=Mark |last2=Murray |first2=Andy |title=T is for Television: The Small Screen Adventures of Russell T Davies |date=30 November 2008 |publisher=Reynolds & Hearn Ltd |page=69|isbn=978-1-905287-84-0}}</ref> Davies also used the surname "Tyler" in his ''[[Doctor Who New Adventures]]'' book [[Damaged Goods (Davies novel)|"Damaged Goods"]]. The casting of Piper as Rose was announced by the BBC on 24 May 2004.<ref name="announce">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3743753.stm|date=24 May 2004|title=Billie Piper is Doctor Who helper|access-date=27 April 2007|work=[[BBC News]]}}</ref> Head of Drama for BBC Wales [[Julie Gardner]] commented that the former pop star "fits the bill perfectly" as a "unique, dynamic partner for Christopher Eccleston".<ref name="announce"/> Whilst some fans&nbsp;—including a representative of the [[Doctor Who Appreciation Society]]&nbsp;—were enthusiastic about the announcement, others felt it was "publicity stunt" casting and questioned Piper's acting credentials.<ref name="welcome">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3754395.stm|title=Doctor Who fans back Billie Piper|date=28 May 2004|access-date=27 April 2007|work=BBC News |first=Darren|last=Waters}}</ref> One of the factors that influenced Piper's acceptance of the role was that she was able to relate the character of Rose to her own experiences as a teenager.<ref name=takeoff>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4331559.stm|title=Revitalised Doctor Who takes off|work=BBC News |last=Bishop|first=Tom|date=9 March 2005|access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref>

The British media regularly released conflicting reports about how long Piper would stay with the programme. In March 2006, it was suggested that she would continue on ''Doctor Who'' into its third series in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|last=Dermody|first=Nick|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/4858010.stm|title=Third series for Dr Who and Rose|work=BBC News |date =30 March 2006|access-date =16 March 2012}}</ref> However, the BBC announced on 15 June 2006 that Piper was to depart in the final episode of the second series, "[[Doomsday (Doctor Who)|Doomsday]]".<ref>{{cite news| url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5082668.stm| title = Billie Piper to leave Doctor Who|work=BBC News | date = 15 June 2006| access-date =16 March 2012}}</ref> Her decision to leave had been taken a year previously.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/news/cult/news/drwho/2006/06/23/33250.shtml|title = Cover Girl Billie|work=BBC News | date = 27 June 2006| access-date =16 March 2012}}</ref> Following "Doomsday", Piper as Rose was greenlit to be the star of the spin-off series ''[[Rose Tyler: Earth Defence]]'', set in her parallel universe and to air as a [[bank holiday]] special, but Davies deemed the concept "a spin-off too far" after ''Torchwood'' and ''[[The Sarah Jane Adventures]]''.<ref>{{cite news|title=Doctor Who spin-off 'cancelled'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/5271054.stm|year=2006|publication-date=21 August 2006|work=BBC News |access-date=16 March 2012}}</ref> Piper's eventual return during series four was planned during filming of the [[Doctor Who (series 2)|second series]]; in January 2006, she made a pact promising to return to film several more episodes.<ref name="Confidential" /> Davies and Piper cited her commitment to other projects—specifically, her roles as [[Belle de Jour (writer)|Belle de Jour]] in ''[[Secret Diary of a Call Girl]]'', the lead character in the BBC adaptations of [[Philip Pullman]]'s [[Sally Lockhart]] quartet, and [[Fanny Price]] in the [[Mansfield Park (2007 TV drama)|ITV adaptation of ''Mansfield Park'']]—as explanations behind her departure appearing permanent.<ref name="companion">{{Cite magazine|last=Pixley|first=Andrew|date=14 August 2008|title=Turn Left (Doctor Who)|magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]]|publisher=[[Panini Comics]]|location=Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent|volume=The Doctor Who Companion: Series 4|issue=Special Edition 20|pages=116–125}}</ref> Davies' successor as executive producer, [[Steven Moffat]] praised the creation and casting of the character in advance of the series' 50th anniversary in 2013. He stated that the character of Rose helped secure the return of the show by allowing "an audience who would not naturally have watched ''Doctor Who''" to become invested in the show. Moffat suggested that during the first two years of the revival ''Doctor Who'' "was Billie Piper's show" and that this has given her an "iconic status" above other ''Doctor Who'' companions.<ref name=PipersShow>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-08-22/steven-moffat-doctor-who-was-amazing-billie-pipers-show-she-brought-it-back|title=Steven Moffat: Doctor Who was "amazing" Billie Piper's show... she brought it back|last=Lazarus|first=Susannah|work=[[Radio Times]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|date=22 August 2013|access-date=10 December 2014}}</ref>

===Characterisation===
{{quote box|align=right|width=33%|"I was very similar at 19. I wanted something to happen in life, I wanted a bit more. I wanted to find someone who could challenge my ideas. So I definitely tapped into that."|—Billie Piper on how her personal experience influenced her approach to the character.<ref name=takeoff/>}}

Davies uses Rose as an introduction to the show's mythos and fantasy elements. He later underlined similarities between Rose and [[Gwen Cooper]]&nbsp;—the lead for ''[[Torchwood]]''&nbsp;— describing both as "the ordinary person who stumbles into something extraordinary and finds herself their equal."<ref name="Who dares wins">{{cite news|url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article668327.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110616064609/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/article668327.ece|archive-date=16 June 2011|title=Who dares and wins|first=Sally|last=Kinnes|date=15 October 2006|access-date=16 March 2012|location=London | work=[[The Times]]}}</ref> Like her successor Martha, Rose is from London; Brett Mills from the [[University of East Anglia]] makes the assumption that this is because characters from the capital of the country are "relatable to all British people" because they are seen as "neutral".<ref>{{cite journal |last= Mills|first= Brett|year=2008 |title=My house was on Torchwood!: Media, place and identity|journal=International Journal of Cultural Studies|volume=11|issue=4|pages=379–399|doi=10.1177/1367877908096002|s2cid= 145240898}}</ref> Rose is introduced alongside a supporting cast in the form of her boyfriend Mickey and mother Jackie which James Chapman cites as "evidence of Davies' attempt to create a [[social context]] for the companion".<ref>{{Cite book|last=Chapman|first=James|title=Inside the Tardis: The Worlds of Doctor Who : a Cultural History|chapter=Second Coming (2005)|edition=1st|date=28 April 2006|publisher=[[I.B.Tauris]]|page=191|isbn=1-84511-163-X}}</ref> Davies states that the inclusion of these two characters was part of his desire to "make her real" and to "give her a life".<ref name=Kickoutofyou>{{cite episode|title=I Get a Side-Kick Out of You|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]|airdate=16 April 2005|series-no=1|number=4}}</ref> He later stated that in giving Rose a mother, a boyfriend and a "sad story with her father" the character has "her own mythology, to match the Doctor."<ref name=TimeTrouble>{{cite episode|title=Time Trouble|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]|airdate=14 May 2005|series-no=1|number=8}}</ref> Lindy A. Orthia observes that Rose, like the other companions in Davies's era of ''Doctor Who'', is "drawn from a [[cosmopolitanism|cosmopolitan vision]]" in her case because of her class background. Orthia contends that whilst [[working-class]] companions had featured previously in the show "none were unskilled workers nor chronically [[underemployment|under-]] or unemployed like Rose, Jackie and Donna".<ref name=AbsentPostcolonial>{{cite journal|journal=Journal of Commonwealth Literature|doi=10.1177/0021989410366891|title="Sociopathetic Abscess" or "Yawning Chasm"? The Absent Postcolonial Transition in ''Doctor Who''|last=Orthia|first=Lindy A.|year=2010|volume=45|issue=2|pages=207–225|hdl=10440/1261|s2cid=142983255|hdl-access=free}}</ref> Looking back at the two characters, Davies felt Jackie to be someone who is "holding Rose back" right from the first episode due to her suggestions her daughter be content with menial employment.<ref>Davies and Cook, pp.136</ref> Piper states that this causes Rose to resent her mum somewhat, although she loves her.<ref name=Kickoutofyou/>

[[File:Christopher Eccleston Thor 2 cropped.png|thumb|140px|left|upright|Christopher Eccleston felt that Rose was the Ninth Doctor's equal in the first series.]]
Kay McFadden of ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' felt Rose to resemble "the [[Bridget Jones]] type of Englishwoman, albeit a few pegs down the socioeconomic scale" waiting to be awakened "not by some Mark Darcy ...  but by adventure incarnate."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/television/2002870002_kay17.html|title=This is the doctor who is always on time|last=Mcfadden|first=Kay|date=17 March 2006 |work=[[The Seattle Times]]|access-date=14 April 2012}}</ref> Piper stated that at the start of the series Rose is "looking for something to happen" and that once the Doctor arrives she becomes "ruthless" in her decision to "completely drop her life as she knows it."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4380000/newsid_4380400/4380427.stm|title=Q&A: Billie Piper |work=[[Newsround]]|publisher=BBC|date=24 March 2005|access-date=9 April 2012}}</ref> At a media preview of the series she characterised Rose as being "positive, ambitious and full of conviction and confidence."  She also felt that Rose is "a good character to relate to or aspire to."<ref name=GuardianLaunch>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2005/mar/10/bbc.sciencenews|title=A Doctor whose time has come|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Gibson|first=Owen|date=10 March 2005|access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref> In a 2013 retrospective on her time on ''Doctor Who'' Piper stated Rose's feminine characteristics contributed to her being a balanced representation of a female character. She felt that Rose as a character could be both "strong-willed and vulnerable" and ventured that her emotional response made her more interesting than "a female character endlessly striving towards perfection".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/28/doctor-who-companions-billie-piper-catherine-tate-karen-gillan|title=Doctor who? The Time Lord's companions since 2005 have their say|work=[[The Guardian]]|last=Piper|first=Billie|date=28 September 2013|access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref> Eccleston, who played the Ninth Doctor described the character as a "heroine" who "teaches [the Doctor] huge emotional lessons".<ref name=GuardianLaunch/> In an episode of ''[[Doctor Who Confidential]]'' he expanded on this, describing her as "the Doctor's equal in every way" except for the fact she lacks his scientific knowledge.<ref name=Kickoutofyou/> He felt that the relationship between the two characters was "love at first sight" although in a more mysterious fashion than a conventional love affair.<ref name=GuardianLaunch/> Davies summarised the relationship between the two characters as "soul mates" who "understand and complement each other".<ref name=mainPRs1>{{cite press release|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/03_march/10/who.shtml|title=Doctor Who Press pack&nbsp;— phase one|publisher=BBC|date=10 March 2005|access-date=23 November 2013}}</ref>

Lynette Porter, in her book ''Tarnished Heroes, Charming Villains and Modern Monsters: Science Fiction in Shades of Gray on 21st Century Television'' observed that Rose's role "humanises the Doctor and makes him less alien, not only to other characters, but to the audience".<ref>Porter pp. 99–100</ref> In the first series finale, Rose takes on deadly energies to save the Doctor and planet Earth. Script editor [[Helen Raynor]] felt the episode gave Rose a chance to "again be the Doctor's equal" and "to finally match him with a gesture that is so noble, and strong, and heroic, and clever". Davies describes Rose in the context of this scene and the whole of the first series as being "braver than brave and more loyal than anyone else in the universe". The Doctor repays her loyalty by sacrificing his ninth incarnation in turn to save her; Davies states unequivocally that "he gives his life for her".<ref name=TheLastBattle>{{cite episode|title=The Last Battle|series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]]|network=[[BBC]]|station=[[BBC Three]]|airdate=18 June 2005|series-no=1|number=13}}</ref> Elements of Rose's characterisation in the first series were originally different. [[Paul Abbott]] was scheduled to write an episode which would have revealed that the Doctor manipulated Rose's entire life to mould her into an ideal companion. Davies wrote the episode "[[Boom Town (Doctor Who)|Boom Town]]" to replace it when Abbott realised he was too busy to work on the script.<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=The New Doctor |magazine=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |issue=360 |publisher=[[Panini Comics]] |date=14 December 2005}}</ref>{{citation needed|date=December 2018}}

===With the Tenth Doctor===
[[File:2009 07 31 David Tennant smile 09.jpg|thumb|right|upright|The second series explored new elements of the relationship between Rose and David Tennant's Doctor.]]
In an interview with ''[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]'' producer [[Phil Collinson]] stated that after the Doctor regenerates the "initial dynamic changes because [Rose] has to learn to trust him again".<ref name=Collinson>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/features/unwrapping_the_tenth_doctor |title=Unwrapping the Tenth Doctor |work=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |last=Setchfield |first=Nick |date=20 December 2005 |access-date=4 May 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060110221521/http://www.sfx.co.uk/features/unwrapping_the_tenth_doctor |archive-date=10 January 2006 }}</ref> Piper added that as the Doctor is incapacitated Rose consequently feels "unloved", "isolated" and "like she's lost her best friend". Rose relies on her observations of the Doctor in his absence and tries to mimic his actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2005/11_november/23/who_piper.shtml|title=Doctor Who&nbsp;— The Christmas Invasion|date=23 November 2005|access-date=23 November 2013|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Collinson felt it was important to resolve any mistrust between the pair by the end of the Christmas Special, as the public had responded well to Rose and the Doctor's friendship previously.<ref name=Collinson/> Davies had scripted dialogue in "[[The Christmas Invasion]]" explaining the newly regenerated Doctor's [[estuary English]] accent by stating he had imprinted on Rose and adopted her way of speaking. However, due to time constraints, this sequence was not filmed. Discussing how Rose had developed by the second series, Piper described her as having "come on in leaps and bounds" and stated she is now "a lot more proactive." She felt that there is a "different kind of energy" between Rose and the Tenth Doctor, whilst Tennant remarked that the audience would get to see the Doctor-companion relationship "developing and becoming something that it maybe hasn't before."<ref name=DaveBillie>{{cite web|url=http://www.sfx.co.uk/features/q_and_a_david_tennant_and_billie_piper|title=Q&A: David Tennant and Billie Piper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060428090917/http://www.sfx.co.uk/features/q_and_a_david_tennant_and_billie_piper|date=31 March 2006|work=[[SFX (magazine)|SFX]]|publisher=[[Future plc]]|archive-date=28 April 2006|access-date=26 March 2012}}</ref> Piper stated that with the Tenth Doctor, Rose is "more tetchy and more possessive" over him as "she feels like she's lost him once and doesn't want to lose him again". She cited Rose's "catfight" with former companion Sarah Jane Smith in "[[School Reunion (Doctor Who)|School Reunion]]" as evidence of this.<ref name="CBBC2">{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4890000/newsid_4899800/4899864.stm|title=Q&A: Billie Piper&nbsp;— series two|work=[[Newsround]]|publisher=BBC|date=11 April 2006|access-date=1 April 2012}}</ref> Discussing the possibility of Rose and the Tenth Doctor becoming more romantically involved Piper stated "You want it to happen, but at the same time you don't want it to happen". Tennant likened the dynamic between the pair to that of [[Dana Scully]] ([[Gillian Anderson]]) and [[Fox Mulder]] ([[David Duchovny]]) in ''[[The X-Files]]''. Both Tennant and Piper agreed that the expectation of the relationship is more exciting than having it realised.<ref name=DaveBillie/> To add to the tragedy of their separation, Davies scripted the series two story arc so that Rose and the Doctor would be indirectly responsible for their separation. "It's deliberate when that happens [the Doctor and Rose's arrogance]", said Davies, "and they do pay the price. In "Tooth and Claw", they set up the very thing&nbsp;— Torchwood&nbsp;— that separates them in the end. It's sort of their own fault."<ref>{{citation |date=11 October 2006 |title = Mister Blue Sky: Russell T Davies Interview |periodical=[[Doctor Who Magazine]] |issue=374 |page=22}}</ref> Though Davies left the Doctor's response to Rose's declaration of love in "Doomsday" unstated, Gardner felt strongly that the character reciprocated her feelings. On the commentary for the episode, she stated that she would "confirm to the world" that he was going to "say it back."<ref name="pod">{{cite video|people = [[Russell T Davies]], [[Julie Gardner]], [[Phil Collinson]]|title = Commentary for "Doomsday"|url = http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/mood-commentary.mp3|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070120043211/http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/doctorwho/mood-commentary.mp3|archive-date=20 January 2007|format = mp3|publisher = [[BBC]]|access-date =30 October 2007}}</ref>

[[Image:Doctor Who Peabody 2013 (cropped to Moffat).jpg|thumb|150px|right|Davies' successor [[Steven Moffat]] did not wish to add to Rose's character arc when including Piper in a 2013 special, re-introducing her godlike, "Bad Wolf" persona instead.]]

Davies created the expectation of Rose's return in the fourth series by mentioning her in dialogue and featuring Piper in cameo appearances in "[[Partners in Crime (Doctor Who)|Partners in Crime]]", "[[The Poison Sky]]", and "[[Midnight (Doctor Who)|Midnight]]".<ref name="Confidential">{{cite episode | title = [[Doctor Who Confidential#Series 4 (2008)|Here Come The Girls]] | series = [[Doctor Who Confidential]]| network = [[BBC]] | station = [[BBC Three]] | location = [[Cardiff]] | airdate = 21 June 2008|series-no=4|number=11}}</ref> Speaking on how Rose's character had changed between her appearances, Davies described the fourth series Rose as "tougher, more independent, and [she] might, at times, seem a little harder".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/news/a103792/davies-rose-is-harder-for-dr-who-return.html|title=Davies: Rose is "harder" for 'Dr Who' return|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines UK]]|last=Rawson-Jones|first=Ben|date=25 June 2008|access-date=18 March 2012}}</ref> Piper stated she rewatched her earlier episodes to remember how the character spoke and acted as she felt she had "been playing posh birds" since she left the programme and by contrast "Rose is a bit of a [[chav]]".<ref name="telegraph return">{{cite news|first=Anita|last=Singh|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2182328/Doctor-Who-star-Billie-Piper-in-TV-mystery.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/celebritynews/2182328/Doctor-Who-star-Billie-Piper-in-TV-mystery.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Doctor Who star Billie Piper in TV mystery|work=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|date=23 June 2008|access-date=11 April 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Rose is re-united with the Doctor near the climax of "[[The Stolen Earth]]". Director Graeme Harper insisted that the scene appear "mystical" because the characters' reunion was "the most magical moment" in the entire episode and Ernie Vincze, the Director of Photography for the show, compared the scene's feeling to the 1980s science-fiction film ''[[Blade Runner]]''.<ref name="billie">{{cite magazine|last=Cook|first=Benjamin|author2=Piper, Billie |author-link2=Billie Piper |date=25 July 2008|title=Billie Piper: Somebody to Love: Rose Tyler|magazine=Doctor Who Magazine|publisher=Panini Comics|location=Royal Tunbridge Wells|issue=398|pages=24–25}}</ref> Davies characterised the reunion between Rose and the Doctor as "the biggest romance [the viewer] has ever seen" and joked that seminal films such as ''[[Gone with the Wind (film)|Gone with the Wind]]'' should have ended with a Dalek shooting the male lead.<ref name="DWCTSE">{{cite episode |title=Friends and Foe |series=[[Doctor Who Confidential]] |network=BBC |station=[[BBC Three]] |airdate=28 June 2008 |series-no=4 |number=12}}</ref> He had difficulty splitting up the characters for a second time for the necessity of the plot. He felt that "Rose has to be stupid to fall in love with Doctor #2" because "she's doing what the plot demands, not what she'd demand".<ref>Davies and Cook, p.326</ref> At one stage he considered giving an explanation that Rose's dimension hopping and the Dalek's meddling with reality had contaminated her with "voidstuff" and that she would die if she stayed in her original universe.<ref>Davies and Cook, p.328</ref> In the final episode, it is enough for her to stay that the human Doctor needs her and is able to reciprocate her love. Porter felt that the climax of "[[Journey's End (Doctor Who)|Journey's End]]" indicated that "Rose's role as a sidekick has been completed" as she has a second Doctor to humanise, one who she can be equals with.<ref>Porter p. 100</ref>

===Reprisals===
Though Davies had intended the serial to end with the Tenth Doctor visiting his former companions, he struggled with how to include Rose. An initial idea was for Rose to appear with the Meta-Crisis Doctor and their family in the parallel universe, where both would sense the original Tenth Doctor regenerating. However, Davies felt this would raise too many questions about their lives in the parallel universe.<ref>Davies and Cook, p.502</ref> Davies's successor as executive producer, [[Steven Moffat]], felt that Davies ended Rose's story in the perfect way by choosing to take it back to the beginning of her acquaintance with the Doctor.<ref name=Anglophenia>{{cite web|first=Kevin|last=Wicks|url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/doctor-steven-moffat-explains-billie-pipers-role-50th/|title='Doctor Who': Steven Moffat Explains Billie Piper's Role in the 50th|publisher=[[BBC America]]|date=24 November 2013|access-date=25 November 2013|archive-date=3 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004324/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2013/11/doctor-steven-moffat-explains-billie-pipers-role-50th/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/s7/doctor-who/interviews/a533698/steven-moffat-on-doctor-whos-50th-gallifrey-zygons-and-billie-piper.html|title=Steven Moffat on Doctor Who's 50th: Gallifrey, Zygons and Billie Piper|work=[[Digital Spy]]|last=Jeffrey|first=Morgan|date=25 November 2013|access-date=26 November 2013}}</ref> Piper's return for ''Doctor Who''{{'}}s 50th anniversary episode was confirmed in March 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-21980892|title=Doctor Who: David Tennant returns for anniversary show|date=30 March 2013|access-date=26 November 2013|publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref> Moffat wished to include Piper in the episode because he felt that she symbolised the rebirth of ''Doctor Who''. As he did not feel comfortable adding to Davies's story arc, he chose to re-introduce her Bad Wolf persona instead.<ref name=Anglophenia/> During the episode Piper's character has dialogue solely with John Hurt's War Doctor, and is unseen by the other characters, including the Tenth Doctor.<ref name=Anglophenia/> Reviewers noted similarities between the characterisation of Bad Wolf Rose and that of a plot device used by [[Charles Dickens]] in his 1843 [[novella]] ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2013/11/26/tv-review-doctor-who-the-day-of-the-doctor/|title=TV Review: Doctor Who&nbsp;– 'The Day of the Doctor'|last1=Sandalls|last2=Wood|first1=Katy|first2=George|work=[[Nouse]]|publisher=[[University of York]]|date=26 November 2013|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref><ref name=AtlanticDickens>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/11/-em-doctor-who-em-s-50th-anniversary-episode-delightful-fan-servicing-chaos/281796/|title=Doctor Who's 50th-Anniversary Episode: Delightful, Fan-Servicing Chaos|work=[[The Atlantic]]|publisher=[[Atlantic Media]]|last=Ted B.|first=Kissell|date=24 November 2013|access-date=28 November 2013}}</ref> Ted B. Kissell, a journalist for ''[[The Atlantic]]'' likened the War Doctor to [[Ebenezer Scrooge]] and dubbed Rose the "[[Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come|Ghost of Doctors Yet to Come]]".<ref name=AtlanticDickens/>