Rose is the opening episode of the first series of the revived British
science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The episode was
directed by Keith Boak and written by Russell T Davies who was also
one of the three executive producers. It was first broadcast in the UK
on BBC One on 26 March 2005. "Rose" was the first Doctor Who episode
to air since the Doctor Who television film in 1996.In the episode,
the London department store worker Rose Tyler (Billie Piper) gets
caught in the middle of the alien time traveller the Doctor's
(Christopher Eccleston) plot to prevent an invasion of the Earth by
the Nestene Consciousness (voiced by Nicholas Briggs) and the Autons
after the Doctor destroys Rose's workplace.The episode marked
Eccleston's first appearance as the Doctor, succeeding several other
actors who played the role, and Piper's debut as the Doctor's
travelling companion Rose. Being the first episode of the revived
series, several recurring characters were introduced: Camille Coduri
as Jackie Tyler, and Noel Clarke as Mickey Smith. Viewers did not see
the Doctor character regenerate from a previous incarnation,
regeneration being a plot device in which the character of the Doctor
changes appearance. Russell T Davies felt it would be clearer for the
viewer to begin the series with the new actor in place rather than
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