An idea borrowed from
missmaybe over at
time_and_chips.
Hidden behind a cut, as it has to do with S4, specifically spoilers from last night's ep.
missmaybe requested:
I was wondering if there'd be someone out there who'd be willing to keep a running list of Rose references - whether she's the catchword or not, I'm positive she'll be mentioned a few times.
I'd be honoured!
I'm also adding a clarification, after Fires of Pompeii: I decided, after much pondering, to only include direct references to Rose Tyler (or things that we can be reasonably sure are direct references to Rose Tyler, ie: "She is returning."). Hence, I am not including mentions of things from Rose's era (Shadow Proclamation, Volcano Day and Barcelona), mentions of things that, in addition to Rose, make the Doctor go to his Dark Place (Time War, etc.), dialogue that harkens back to Rose ("Come with me") or parallels one could draw between other characters and Rose (Donna trying to save the people of Pompeii). These are all interesting, but I'd like this list to focus on direct references, lest it get too convoluted.
From S401, Partners in Crime:
1. Conversation while the Doctor is tinkering with the inducer.
Donna: "You look older."
Doctor: "Thanks."
Donna: "Still on your own?"
Doctor: "Yup. Well no, I had this friend, Martha she's called. Martha Jones. She was brilliant. And I destroyed half her life. But she's fine, she's good." Pause. "She's gone."
Donna: "What about Rose?"
Doctor: Pauses and looks her in the eye. "Still lost."
2. There appears to be a red wolf on the bin behind the Doctor as he and Donna speak in the alley:
3. Donna calls her mother to tell her she's leaving her car keys in a bin on the street. After hanging up, she steps to a bystander who, we see from the back, has blonde hair and is wearing a black leather jacket, and tells the woman if someone named Sylvia comes looking, the bin is right there. The blonde girl nods and as Donna walks away, she turns and we see that it is Rose! The Doomsday score begins playing as Rose looks very sad and walks off, disappearing from sight.
4. Rose Tyler is actually listed in the credits of S401, after the Doctor and Donna.
5. From the Partners in Crime commentary, David Tennant remarks: "I love it! That Donna’s met Rose, doesn’t know she has, and that the Doctor’s completely unaware…"
From S402, Fires of Pompeii
1. Lucius Dextrus calls Donna a 'daughter of London', then turns to the Doctor and says "Doctor...she is returning."
From S403, Planet of the Ood
1. The Ood invite the Doctor and Donna to stay on the Oodsphere. "There is room in the song for you."
The Doctor responds "I've sort-of got a song of my own."
Ood Sigma: "I think your song must end soon."
Doctor: "What do you mean?"
Ood Sigma: "All songs end." And the music very abruptly changes to the Doomsday vocals.
From S404, The Sontaran Strategem
1. There is a red wolf graffiti'd on the wall of the alley that the TARDIS lands in when the Doctor and Donna first go to meet Martha:
From S405, The Poison Sky
1. Rose appears on the TARDIS monitor before the Doctor does to speak to the Sontarans, frantically mouthing "Doctor!". Donna misses her appearance by a split second.
2. Rose Tyler is again listed in the credits for TPS after the Doctor, Donna and Martha.
From S408, Silence in the Library
1. When the psychiatrist sits down to speak to the young girl who has been dreaming about the library, mounted on the wall behind him are two of her drawings: a blonde girl, and a wolf.
That's it so far, I will keep this up to date as the series goes on!