History Recap / DoctorWhoS27E1Rose

This story is perhaps the most significant episode of ''Doctor Who'' since [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the very first one]] back in 1963, owing to the titanic hiatus that preceded it, with the episode essentially serving as a new jumping-on point. The show hadn't aired a single new episode since [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV movie in 1996]] and hadn't actually ''been'' a television show since being cancelled upon the conclusion of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]] in December 1989, over fifteen years prior. Meanwhile, public memory on ''Doctor Who'' had grown heavily stereotyped against its favour over the decades, with the general public remembering the show as a {{camp}} and {{narm}}-heavy affair full of strange music, [[SpecialEffectFailure dodgy sets, and monsters made of]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace bubble wrap]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime tin foil]], if they also weren't looking suspiciously similar to [[Recap/DoctorWhoS25E2TheHappinessPatrol Bertie Bassett]]. As a result, this story not only had to live up to the expectations of fans who'd been waiting for ''Doctor Who'' to be UnCancelled since UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher was still prime minister, but it also had to crush persistent negative perceptions of the 1963-1989 series and prove that ''Doctor Who'' could be relevant for and appealing to the new millennium.

This story is perhaps the most significant episode of ''Doctor Who'' since [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E1AnUnearthlyChild the very first one]] back in 1963, owing to the titanic hiatus that preceded it, with the episode essentially serving as a new jumping-on point. The show hadn't aired a single new episode since [[Recap/DoctorWhoTVMTheTVMovie the TV movie in 1996]] and hadn't actually ''been'' a television show since being cancelled upon the conclusion of [[Recap/DoctorWhoS26E4Survival "Survival"]] in December 1989, over fifteen years prior. Meanwhile, public memory on ''Doctor Who'' had grown heavily stereotyped against its favour over the decades, with the general public remembering the show as a {{camp}} and {{narm}}-heavy affair full of strange music, [[SpecialEffectFailure dodgy sets, and monsters made of]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS12E2TheArkInSpace bubble wrap]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS15E6TheInvasionOfTime tin foil]]. As a result, this story not only had to live up to the expectations of fans who'd been waiting for ''Doctor Who'' to be UnCancelled since UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher was still prime minister, but it also had to crush persistent negative perceptions of the 1963-1989 series and prove that ''Doctor Who'' could be relevant for and appealing to the new millennium.

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[[Recap/DoctorWho Index]] | '''1''' | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E2TheEndOfTheWorld 2]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E3TheUnquietDead 3]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E4AliensOfLondon 4]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E5WorldWarThree 5]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E6Dalek 6]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E7TheLongGame 7]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E8FathersDay 8]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E9TheEmptyChild 9]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E10TheDoctorDances 10]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E11BoomTown 11]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E12BadWolf 12]] | [[Recap/DoctorWhoS27E13ThePartingOfTheWays 13]]]]-]]]
'''Series 1, Episode 01:'''

'''Air date:''' 26 March, 2005\\
'''Production code:''' 1.1