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Rose notes that's 'one hell of an age gap' between them. The Doctor is surprised Jackie slapped him, remarking his companion's mothers have never slapped him throughout his 900 years of travelling through time and space.

Later, Rose and the Doctor chat outside on the roof of the Powell Estate. The Doctor tells her that he is one, to which she says 'Prove it, stitch this mate' and slaps him. The policeman inquires as to if this term refers to anything sexual in nature, to which both the Doctor and Rose retort 'no.' Jackie questions if the Doctor is really a doctor, or simply made up stories to lure in Rose for some kind of vile purpose. The Doctor explains that he employed Rose as his travelling companion they simply lost track of time. Later, a policeman questions the Doctor Jackie called the police as she did not believe Rose's claims to have been travelling as her passport is still at home. A breathless Doctor enters the room and informs Rose that she's been gone twelve months, not twelve hours. As Rose returns her mother's hug, she notices several posters in the living room that say she is missing. Jackie is shocked to see Rose, who is lying that a friend of hers needed to talk to her over night. Meanwhile, the Doctor notices a poster depicting a missing girl. Rose, thinking she has only been gone twelve hours, heads off to see her mum. Rose and the Ninth Doctor have returned to the Powell Estate. Meanwhile, Rose finds trouble closer to home, as her past mistakes threaten to tear her family apart. But there are sinister goings on at 10 Downing Street, and politician Harriet Jones' quest to get some answers brings her into a brave new world.

The Doctor's investigation puts him in the spotlight with the British government, as his long history of defending Earth finally catches up with him. Worse still, the Prime Minister has mysteriously disappeared. However, before she can explain her absence, a spaceship crashes into Big Ben, causing a worldwide crisis. Rose returns home to discover that she has been missing for a whole year, although for her, it's been a couple of days.

5.2 United Nations Intelligence Taskforce.

website as part of the Operations Board mini-series of narrative operations boards, was written to coincide with Aliens of London. Moreover, the short story Operation London, published on the U.N.I.T. This story presents her death, being one of the experts summoned to 10 Downing Street. The story also featured Muriel Frost, albeit in a minor non-speaking role, who was a supporting character introduced in COMIC: The Mark of Mandragora. It was also the final episode of Doctor Who to have any portion recorded at the BBC Television Centre. As the Ninth Doctor mistakenly brought Rose Tyler one year into the viewer's future, the 'present day' of Doctor Who and its two BBC Wales spinoffs were brought, until Planet of the Dead, to one year later than the year of initial broadcast. One of its legacies - sometimes forgotten by writers - was offered in its pre-title sequence. It also introduced UNIT to the revived series. In addition, this episode introduced another recurring character, British politician Harriet Jones. It also marked the first appearance of Toshiko Sato, who would later feature as a regular character on Torchwood. It introduced the Slitheen, who would return to Doctor Who and The Sarah Jane Adventures. Narratively, the episode had several introductions. Keeping cliffhangers in the show allowed Davies to expand the plot and restore a well-remembered part of the original series. It was notable for featuring the first cliffhanger in the BBC Wales run, by virtue of starting the first two-part story.

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Aliens of London was the fourth episode of series 1 of Doctor Who.

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