Rose Tyler appears on two different screens in series four of Doctor Who, before making her official return.
My question is, how? It's never explained in the actual show. Is it ever explained in any of the expanded universe works or by Word of God?
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Sign up to join this communityRose Tyler appears on two different screens in series four of Doctor Who, before making her official return.
My question is, how? It's never explained in the actual show. Is it ever explained in any of the expanded universe works or by Word of God?
With the help of an alternate-universe UNIT and the dying remnant of the Doctor's Tardis.
In "Midnight", we see Rose attempting to contact the Doctor and failing. In "Turn Left", she attempts to contact Donna and succeeds. In the scene that reveals the mystery peeking over Donna's shoulder, we also see that UNIT jury-rigged this Tardis in order to make contact and travel between universes possible.
What we see in "Midnight" makes sense if we assume that she's using the jury-rigged Tardis and the resulting portal between universes to connect with our Doctor's Tardis. It's a ship-to-ship communications link between two points in history of what could be the same ship, leaping through something like a wormhole bridge generated between otherwise parallel and separate universes.
This explanation doesn't reference the expanded universe continuity. It's simply something that makes sense when referencing nothing more than the on-screen continuity. We get enough explanation for the "Midnight" cameo during "Turn Left" that I wouldn't bother looking anywhere else.