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Behind the Scenes of Fear Her - Part Four
From the DVD Commentary with Julie Gardner [executive producer] and Matthew Graham [writer]
Julie Gardner: Don’t keep me in suspense, tell me about the “used to be a dad” line.
Matthew Graham: Well, that was a Russell [T. Davies] suggestion, because the scene as-written was about the Doctor describing Chloe, or the Isolus that had taken Chloe over, as being like a spoiled child that just needed to be loved and looked after and sent on its way. Rose, quite rightly - I imagine Rose comes from a reasonably big extended family or at least has hung around lots of kids over the years on the estate, and she’s got no time for it. She says to him, well, kids are spoiled and they shouldn’t be spoiled, and you’ve got to be firm with them. Russell said the Doctor should suddenly say, “hang on, I was a dad once,” and I gasped when he suggested that.
JG: It was an extraordinary moment in the script, and it was an extraordinary moment when we saw the first fine cut, because even though we understand the logic of it from how Doctor Who first started in 1963, it’s an extraordinary moment for Rose.
MG: It was
JG: Then it just moves on very quickly after that.
MG: Her reaction to it is more shocking than his revelation, actually
JG: Yes
MG: Because she reacts with genuine… because there’s always been that whiff of romantic frisson between them, the moment that he says that there’s so many things going through her mind. It’s another reason why, you know, Billie Piper is just an extraordinary actress. She manages to look hurt, frightened, confused, all in one… jilted, jealous… all in sort of one moment.
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