TV Review: Doctor Who Series 1 Episode 8 "Father's Day" [Emz]

Now this episode is a little emotional, but at the same time seems to teach Rose about the consequences that time travel can cause.

This episode is called Fathers Day. It originally aired on BBC One on the 14th May 2005.

Here is the synopsis:

Pete Alan Tyler, the father of Rose and husband of Jackie, died on 7 November 1987, the day of Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark's wedding. Rose was just a baby at the time, Jackie told the young Rose that nobody was there for Pete when he died and that the hit-and-run driver was never found...
Now grown up, Rose asks the Ninth Doctor to take her to see him alive, but on a whim, ends up changing his fate, not realising the consequences of such a paradox. After all, the Doctor has saved so many lives...what could the real consequences be over a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before?

Review:

Now this episode was a bit of a tearjerker. Rose and The Doctor travel back to 1987 on the day that Rose's father was killed. The only issues is that Rose creates a Paradox by travelling back twice and saving her fathers life. 

In the process the Reaper arrive to clean up her mess. The Doctor is angry and Rose just wanted to meet her father. 

Of course they have to take shelter in the Church and when Rose's father realises who she is, he also gets her to hold herself and that causes The Doctor to sacrifice himself.

In the end Pete (Rose's father) realises that he shouldn't have lived as he witnesses the car that was supposed to have hit him going round and round the same place. He sacrifices himself to save everyone. 

I found this episode a liittle sad but I felt it also showed a valuable lesson in Time travelling.

Till next time

Emz x