Nu Who Meta: Rose Tyler and father figures in The Idiot's Lantern
At the end of The Idiot's Lantern, Rose Tyler encourages Tommy to run after his dad and to forge some sort of relationship with him. To what extent do you think this advice reflected Rose's own experience growing up without a father, and to what extent do you think it was Rose simply trying to reach out and be empathetic? Do you think her advice was more for the father's benefit, or for Tommy's? Are there any other ways in which Rose's own experiences growing up might have been paralleled in Tommy's family?