Fear Her (15 Dec. 2006)

The Doctor and Rose travel to London in 2012 to see the Olympics - only to find that children are mysteriously disappearing before peoples very eyes. The answer seems to lie with a young ... See full summary »

Director:

Euros Lyn

Writer:

Matthew Graham

Stars:

David Tennant, Billie Piper, Nina Sosanya

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
David Tennant	...	The Doctor
Billie Piper	...	Rose Tyler
Nina Sosanya	...	Trish
Abisola Agbaje	...	Chloe
Edna Doré	...	Maeve (as Edna Dore)
Tim Faraday	...	Tom's Dad
Abdul Salis	...	Kel
Richard Nichols	...	Driver
Erica Eirian	...	Neighbour
Stephen Marzella	...	Police Officer
Huw Edwards	...	Commentator (voice)

Storyline

The Doctor and Rose travel to London in 2012 to see the Olympics - only to find that children are mysteriously disappearing before peoples very eyes. The answer seems to lie with a young girl named Chloe and her strange drawings - but is there something more sinister behind the disappearances?

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Plot Keywords:

tardis | possessed girl | fantasy episode

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Genres:

Adventure | Drama | Family | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 December 2006 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 45 min (50 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

This episode takes place in summer but was actually filmed in January. Concerns over the fact that the actors' breath was sometimes visible (most notably in the scene where the neighbors are yelling at each other in the middle of the street) prompted the inclusion of the Doctor's line at the beginning referencing the cold and wondering if someone was sucking the heat out.

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Goofs

The Doctor puts one finger into the jar and then licks it, but after the view changes back to him from Rose he has two fingers in his mouth.

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Quotes

[last lines]
The Doctor: There's something in the air, there's something coming.
Rose: What?
[fireworks explode overhead]
The Doctor: A storm's approaching.

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Connections

Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: The Fright Stuff (2006)

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Soundtracks

"Kookaburra Sits On The Old Gumtree"
(uncredited)
Written by Marion Sinclair

User Reviews

Very Dull

This is considered to be the weakest story of series two and it's not very difficult to see why . Coming after a couple of stories , one of which is considered to be a modern classic ( The Impossible Planat/Satan Pit ) while the other ( Love And Monsters ) is one of the most radical pieces of television produced Fear Her was never going to be all that well received , but its Luke warm reception is to do mainly with the fact it's a very dull predictable story

If you watched the " next time " trailer from the previous week then you'll know in advance as to what the story is about and therefore there's no suspense . You also can't help notice that because the plot was one of those written on the back of a cigarette packet efforts then there's so much padding centered around on dysfunctional family issues , in this case single parenthood . Really I often think some of the writers would be more at home working on EASTENDERS or CORONATION STREET . All this is bad enough but we've got a bloody stupid sequence of the Doctor carrying the Olympic torch ! It shows had badly constructed the episode was when you've got to include crap like that