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Fear Her

  • Episode aired Dec 15, 2006
  • TV-PG
  • 45m
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5.9/10
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Billie Piper, Nina Sosanya, David Tennant, and Abisola Agbaje in Doctor Who (2005)
AdventureDramaSci-Fi

When children vanish into thin air in 2012 London, the Doctor and Rose find the answers in a seemingly ordinary household and a girl whose drawings can come to life.When children vanish into thin air in 2012 London, the Doctor and Rose find the answers in a seemingly ordinary household and a girl whose drawings can come to life.When children vanish into thin air in 2012 London, the Doctor and Rose find the answers in a seemingly ordinary household and a girl whose drawings can come to life.

  • Director
    • Euros Lyn
  • Writers
    • Matthew Graham
    • Steven Moffat
    • Sydney Newman
  • Stars
    • David Tennant
    • Billie Piper
    • Nina Sosanya
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.9/10
    7.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Euros Lyn
    • Writers
      • Matthew Graham
      • Steven Moffat
      • Sydney Newman
    • Stars
      • David Tennant
      • Billie Piper
      • Nina Sosanya
    • 33User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    David Tennant and Abisola Agbaje in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)
    David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper and Nina Sosanya in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)
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    Billie Piper and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)
    Billie Piper and David Tennant in Doctor Who (2005)

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    David Tennant
    David Tennant
    • The Doctor
    Billie Piper
    Billie Piper
    • Rose Tyler
    Nina Sosanya
    Nina Sosanya
    • Trish
    Abisola Agbaje
    • Chloe
    Edna Doré
    • Maeve
    • (as Edna Dore)
    Tim Faraday
    Tim Faraday
    • Tom's Dad
    Abdul Salis
    Abdul Salis
    • Kel
    Richard Nichols
    • Driver
    Erica Eirian
    • Neighbour
    Stephen Marzella
    • Police Officer
    Huw Edwards
    Huw Edwards
    • Commentator
    • (voice)
    Ian Hilditch
    • Nervy Man
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Euros Lyn
    • Writers
      • Matthew Graham
      • Steven Moffat
      • Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      This story idea of the Tenth Doctor's involvement in the 2012 Olympics sparked a petition from thousands of fans all over the world wishing David Tennant to carry the Olympic Torch. However, it was not Tennant, but his successor Matt Smith who would carry the 2012 Olympic torch in Wales on 26 May 2012.
    • 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.
    • Quotes

      [Rose spots a cat while she and the Doctor are in the street]

      Rose: [Kneeling down to stroke it] Aren't you a beautiful boy!

      The Doctor: [has his back to Rose and thinks that Rose is talking to him] Thanks. I've been experimenting with back-combing... oh.

      [the Doctor sees Rose stroking the cat and gives the feline a uncomfortable look. Rose notices this]

      Rose: [looking at the Doctor] What?

      The Doctor: No, I'm not really a cat person. Once you've been threatened by one in a nuns wimple, kind of takes the joy out of it.

    • Connections
      Featured in Doctor Who Confidential: The Fright Stuff (2006)
    • Soundtracks
      Doctor Who Theme
      (uncredited)

      Written by Ron Grainer

      Arranged by Murray Gold

      Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales

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    5/10
    Kookaburra sits on the electric wire . . .
    Another episode from the end of this second season that my recollection of was that it wasn't very good. As with the previous episode, it's not a complete write off - but it's certainly a bit dull and confused and has a couple of questionable moments.

    Landing on a street in East London, on the day of the opening of the 2012 Olympic Games, The Doctor (David Tennant) and Rose (Billie Piper) discover that children have been going missing from this street and a residual energy is tangible in the air. Quickly identifying that the culprit is a young girl called Chloe (Abisola Agbaje) the pair attempt to talk to her mother Trish (Nina Sosanya) who is palpable scared of her daughter and looking desperately for help.

    It's just a weird episode to come back to all around. 2012 was in the future when the episode was produced, but now sits firmly in our rear view mirror, so it's an odd historical view of the future that doesn't quite sit right. It doesn't help that I also don't equate the cul-de-sac that the episode takes on as being recognisable as anywhere in East London - certainly not anywhere around the Olympic Stadium. The finale, with the Doctor lighting the Olympic flame is a really cheesy moment too.

    But you could forgive the minor quibbles if it was a good story - and "Fear her" isn't. It's a mishmash of ideas but not fully formed ones. Capturing the other kids using drawings is an interesting concept, but remains under explored and under shown. If we saw more of the captured characters as animation, rather than just static drawings it might have helped sell the idea - maybe that was one of the aspects that the budget didn't allow. The "dad" aspect of the storyline doesn't really make sense either and again betrays the budget and time constraints at the end when he's not shown.

    "Fear her" takes the prize from "Love and Monsters" as the worst episode of Nu-Who so far.
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    • Release date
      • December 15, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
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