Series 1 Episode 8: Father's Day

Summary:
The Doctor asks Rose where she wants to go and she tells him that she wants to see her father. They look at different episodes of her father's life before they go to the day where he dies. But Rose can't just let her father die and so she saves him. The Doctor is angry with her and storms away while Rose sees that her father isn't the hero her mother described. After the Tardis is turned into a normal phone box, the Doctor goes back to Rose and can save her and the wedding party from the appearing monsters but he has no plan how to defeat them. He knows there is a way but he doesn't want to go it. Can Earth be saved?

This episode is the first time that the Doctor is really angry with Rose but I think he is more angry about the fact, that he didn't see it coming when she asked that she wanted to see her father's last day. I think it's really sweet of him that he doesn't say how everyone can be saved because that would mean the death of Rose's father and he doesn't want to see her hurt. Because all of this Rose and her father are able to spend some time together and he can be the hero she always imagined him to be. The monsters are quite scary and really well made. They remind you a bit of a praying mantis. I liked the story about Rose's Dad because it gives her character a bit more depth and we know better why she decides to do this or that sometimes. The clothes and hairstyle of the time are ugly and funny at the same time but they add a great touch to the episode.

Quotes from "Father's Day"

Some quotes again today. It's been a while since the last ones.

Rose: It’s so weird. The day my father died. I thought it’d be all sort of grim and stormy but it’s just an ordinary day
The Doctor: The past is another country. 1987's just the Isle of Wight.

The Doctor: I did it again. I picked another stupid ape. I should have known. It's not about showing you the universe. It never is. It's about the universe doing something for you. 

The Doctor: Rose, there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation. The whole world's different because he's alive.

Rose: I think he left me.
Pete: What? A pretty girl like you? If I was going out with you…
Rose: Stop. Right there!
Pete: I'm just saying…
Rose: I know what you're saying, and we're not going there. At no point are we going anywhere near there. You're not even aware that there exists. I don't even wanna think about there and believe me, neither do you. There, for you, is like… like, the Bermuda Triangle.

The Doctor: The police can’t help you now. No one can. Nothing in this universe can harm those things. Time’s been damaged and they’ve come to sterilize the wound. By consuming everything inside.

Stuart: Excuse me, Mister...
The Doctor: Doctor.
Stuart: You seem to know what's going on.
The Doctor: I give that impression, yeah.

Sarah: And I know we’re not important...
The Doctor: Who said you’re not important? I’ve travelled to all sorts of places, done things you can’t even imagine. But... you two... street corner, two in the morning. Getting a taxi home. I never had a life like that. Yes, I’ll try to save you.

The Doctor: (to infant Rose) Now, Rose... you're not gonna bring about the end of the world, are you? Are you?

Pete Tyler: Am I a good dad?
Rose: You told me a bedtime story every night when I was small. You were always there. You never missed one. And, um… you took us for picnics in the country every Saturday. You never let us down. You were there for us all the time. Someone I could really rely on.
Pete: That's not me.

Pete Tyler: Now it's my fault all this has happened.
Rose: This is my fault.
Pete Tyler: No, love. I'm your dad. It's my job for it to be my fault.