One of the things I love muchly about the first season of the new Doctor Who is that Rose's family and friends continue to matter. It's great in a horrible way -- she's just awful to them, if you think about it, popping in and out unexpectedly, disrupting their lives every time, so they can't have her and can't let go of her -- but it leavens the "let's go have an adventure!" attitude with some interesting context and consequences.
It grounds Rose's experiences in the everyday more. Its more 'real' than the old series ever was, and it consequently means more to the audience because it has that realness.
It grounds Rose's experiences in the everyday more. Its more 'real' than the old series ever was, and it consequently means more to the audience because it has that realness.