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Because it's the 50th aniversary, I've decided to watch all the new episodes of Doctor Who, plus any old ones I have lying around. The only ones I'm going over are 'The Empty Child/The Doctor Dances' and 'Planet of the Ood'- they scare the **** out of me. Please don't try to get ahead of me and post your own reviews the way I do-you can still watch the episodes. I plan to do episodes a week, but to finish Series 1 before 30th March. So, on with the first review!!

S1,E1: Rose - Broadcast 26/3/05

The first episode of the rebooted series, it starts of like Eastenders. Then we get movin shop dummies, a man with a bomb, and an explosion. Then you know Doctor Who is back.

Plot
A young woman, Rose, stumbles upon moving shop dummies, and is rescued by a man calling himself 'The Doctor'. He explodes her job, and gets her tangled up in his messy, monster-fighting life, then, after some exposition, a shiny Mickey, and some running, they blow up a blob of CGI. It goes quite fast, but the bits with Clive, a fanatic who tracks the Doctor through time, feel slow. The appearance of the Autons is good, and it ties it in with the old series, which helps make sure people know it still links to that. 8/10

Characters
The characters are well laid out. The Doctor has gone from an enigmatic old-man-type person to a northern, angry man. Rose is shown as a person who seeks variety in her dull, monotonous life. Jackie is shown to care about her daughter, and the Nestene Conciousness is shown to be a smart blob! 7/10

Scare Factor
Not a lot in this episode. There's the bit where the Autons move for the first time, and there's the massacre in the shoping centre. Good, but not great. 6/10

Overall
This works as a series opener, and it introduces us to all the concepts of the new series that we need to know-New TARDIS, new Sonic, new Doctor. This episode is really worth a rewatch. 8/10