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Doctor Who: Father's Day

Father's Day

Story Number: 163 (1.8)
No of Episodes: 1




Writer: Paul Cornell
Director: Joe Ahearne
Executive Producer: Russell T Davies, Julie Gardner, Mal Young

Starring: Christopher Eccleston, Billie Piper, Camille Coduri, Shaun Dingwall


BBC One (United Kingdom):
First Broadcast: Saturday 14th May 2005
Running Time: 42 minutes, 50 seconds

Average Audience: 8.06 Million   Average AI: 83




Rose travels back to 1987 to witness the day her father died, but when she interferes in the course of events, the monstrous Reapers are unleashed upon the world, and a wedding day turns into a massacre. Even the Doctor is powerless, as the human race is devoured.