Doctor Who

Peter Alan Tyler, my dad.

The most wonderful man in the world.

Born 15th September 1954.

Come here, Rose. Come here.

Who's that? It's your daddy.

You weren't old enough to remember when he died.

1987.

7th of November.

D'you remember what I told you?

The day that Stuart Hoskins and Sarah Clark got married.

He was always having adventures.

Ah, he would have loved to have seen you now.

That's what Mum always says.

So I was thinking. . .could we?

Could we go and see my dad, when he was still alive?

Where's this come from all of a sudden?

If we can't, if it goes against the laws of time or something,

never mind, just leave it. No, I can do anything. I'm just more worried about you.

I wanna see him.

Your wish is my command.

But be careful what you wish for. . .

I, Peter Alan Tyler, take you, Jacqueline Andrea Suzette Prentice. . .

I, Peter Alan Tyler,

take you, Jacqueline Susanne. . .

Suzette. . . Anita?

Oh, just carry on. If it's good enough for Lady Di. . .

I thought he'd be taller. To be my lawful wedded wife.

To love and behold till death us do part. . .

'He died so close to home.'

I wasn't there, nobody was.

It was a hit-and-run driver.

Never found out who. He was dead when the ambulance got there.

I only wish there'd been someone there for him.

'I want to be that someone.

'So he doesn't die alone.'

November the 7th? 1987.

"Never Can Say Goodbye" by the Communards

That's so weird.

The day my father died.

.I thought it would be all sort of grim and stormy. It's just an ordinary day.

The past is another country.

1987 is just the Isle of Wight.

You sure about this? Yeah.

This is it, Jordan Road.

He was late. . .

He'd been to get a wedding present, the vase.

Mum always said, "That stupid vase."

He got out of his car.

And crossed the road. . . Oh, God. This is it.

Go to him. Quick!

It's too late now.

By the time the ambulance got there, he was dead.

He can't die on his own.

Can I try again?

Right, that's the first you and me. It's a very bad idea, two sets of us being here at the same time.

Just be careful they don't see us, wait till she runs off and he follows, then go to your dad.

Oh, God. This is it.

I can't do this. You don't have to do anything you don't want to.

But this is the last time we can be here.

Rose! No!

I did it.

I saved your life! Blimey, see the speed of it? D'you get his number?

I really did it!

Oh, my God, look at you, you're alive! That car was gonna kill ya!

Give me some credit. I did see it coming. I wasn't gonna walk under it.

I'm Rose.

Oh, that's a coincidence, that's my daughter's name. That's a great name.

Good choice. Well done.

I better shift. I've got a wedding to go to.

Is that Sarah Clark's wedding? Yeah. Are you going? Yeah!

Do you and your boyfriend need a lift?

Right, there we go. Sorry about the mess.

If you want a cup of tea, kitchen's down there, milk's in the fridge,

Well it would be, wouldn't it? Where else would you put the milk?

Mind you, there's always the windowsill outside.

If someone invented a windowsill with special compartments -

one for milk, one for yoghurt - you could make a lot of money out of that,

sell it to students and things. I should write that down.

Anyway, 'scuse me a minute, gotta go and change.

All the stuff Mum kept. His stuff.

She kept it all packed away in boxes. She used to show me when she'd had a bit to drink.

Here it is. . .

on display. Where it should be.

Third prize at the bowling.

First two got to go to Didcot.

Health drinks!

Tonics, mum used to call them. He made his money selling this Vitex stuff.

He had all sorts of jobs, he was so clever.

Solar power!

Mum said he was going to do this - now he can!

OK, I'll tell him you're not my boyfriend.

When we met, I said, "travel with me in space." You said no.

Then I said, "Time machine".

It wasn't some big plan.

I just saw it happening, and I thought, "I can stop it."

I picked another stupid ape. I should've known. It's not about showing you the universe.

It never is. It's about the universe doing something for you. So it's OK when YOU go to other times,

and YOU save people's lives, but not when it's me saving my dad?

I know what I'm doing. You don't! Two sets of us being there made that a vulnerable point. But he's alive.

My entire planet died - my whole family. Do you think it never occurred to me to go back and save them?

But it's not like I've changed history. Not much.

I mean, he's never gonna be a world leader. He's not gonna start World War Three or anything.

There's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before.

An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation.

The whole world's different because he's alive. Would you rather him dead? I'm not saying that. I get it.

For once, YOU'RE not the most important man in my life!

Let's see how you get on without me. Give me the key.

The TARDIS key. If I'm so insignificant, give it me back! All right then, I will!

You've got what you wanted, so that's goodbye then.

You don't scare me!

I know how sad you are! You'll be back in a minute!

Or will you hang around outside the TARDIS waiting for me.

And I'll make you wait a long time!

Boyfriend trouble?

'Scuse me, d'you mind? What are you tidying up for?

Sorry, force of habit. Don't worry about him. Couples have rows all the time.

We're not a couple. Why does everyone think we're a couple?

I think he left me. Pretty girl like you? If I was going out with you. . . Stop right there.

I'm just saying. I know what you're saying

and we're not going there. At no point are we going anywhere near there.

You aren't even aware that "there" exists.

I don't even want to think about "there", and, believe me, neither do you. "There", for you, is like,

like the Bermuda Triangle.

Blimey, you know how to flatter a bloke. Right. Are we off?

So that wouldn't be a mixed signal at all? Absolutely not.

I'd take you back to the loony bin where you belong.

I'm sure I've met you somewhere before.

It's weird, there's so many people missing.

Uncle Steven, Aunty Lynn, all the Baxters.

I mean, where are they? You don't think something's gone wrong?

Maybe it's a godsend, gives you time to think.

You don't have to go through with it. Live in sin for a bit.

Dad! In ten years' time, you'll turn round and say,

"If only I could turn the clock back!"

Is it me, or did it just get cold?

Rose!

I met this bloke at the horses - he's cutting me in on copyright.

I thought you were a proper businessman. I wish!

I do a bit of this, bit of that. I scrape by. Right.

# Never gonna give you up. . . # I must've heard wrong.

So, really, you're a bit of a. . .Del Boy.

Oh, shoot me down in flames(!) You're not related to my wife, are you?

My God. She'll be at the wedding.

What, Jackie? D'you know her?

Sort of. What's she told you about me, then?

She said she'd picked the most fantastic man in the world.

Must be a different Jackie. She'd never say that.

# Put your phone back Quit staring into space. . .#

This stuff goes right over my head.

That's not out yet. Good job an' all. I'm just gonna check my messages.

How d'ya mean, messages?

# . .Who decides whether it's off or on. . . # Is that a phone? Yeah.

# . .Now the girl's rude I know she's rude. . . #

'Watson, come here. I need you.'

'Watson, come here. I need you.

'Watson, come here. I need you.'

Half the guests haven't turned up!

You're better off not being here. It's a disaster in the making.

No, in this case "knocked her up" IS a phrase I'd use!

'Watson, come here. I need you.'

Hello? Who's this? 'Watson, come here. I n. . .'

Dad, get inside! We can't see the bride before the wedding. It's bad luck!

Bad luck when you met her! I tell you, this day is cursed!

Now that's what I call a meringue!

Stuart's dad said, go round the block cos there's people missing. Missing?!

There's no Dave, no Sunita, no Bea.

No-one from the Lamb and Flag. Oh, my train's detached again. I knew I should have used Velcro!

I'm here. Stop your bellyaching! Take Rose a sec, will you?

Oh, ain't she pretty? She's a little madam!

Oh, I need more hands! Where's her useless article of a dad got to?

Dad!

It was that car. Same one as before.

Where's he gone?

You called me dad? ! What did you say that for?

Oh, wonderful! Here he is, the accident waiting to happen!

You'd be late for your own funeral and it nearly was!

No damage done. And who's this?

What you looking at with your mouth open? !

Your hair. What? I've never seen it like. . .

I mean. . .

It's lovely. Your hair's lovely.

And that baby you're holding. . .

That would be. . .

your baby.

Another one of yours, is she? She saved my life!

Ah, that's a new one. What was it last time?

I didn't even know her! She was a cloakroom attendant!

I was helping her look for my ticket.

There were 3 duffle coats all the same. Somehow the rack collapsed.

We were under all this stuff. Were you playing around? !

What's it got to do with you?

What does he get up to? You'd know! Oh, cos I'm that stupid.

I play around, and bring her to meet the missus!

But you ARE that stupid!

Can we keep this stuff for back home?

What, with the rest of the rubbish? You bring home cut-price detergents,

tonic water, Betamax tapes, and none of it works. I'm drowning in your rubbish.

What did he tell you? Did he say he's this big businessman?

Cos he's not, he's a failure. Born failure, that one! Rose needs a proper father,

not one who's playing about like a big kid. . . I'm making a living. It keeps us fed, doesn't it? Stop it!