Jackie Tyler

Jackie Tyler

Jaqueline 'Jackie' Andrea Suzette Tyler (née Prentice) is a fictional character, played by Camille Coduri, in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The character, a resident of contemporary London, is introduced in the first episode of the revived series as the widowed mother of Rose Tyler, a primary companion of the Ninth and Tenth incarnations of the Doctor. Within the series narrative, Jackie is initially resistant to the Doctor but later warms to him. The character is written out at the end of Series 2, along with Rose, in a story line that sees her united in a parallel-universe with her husband, whose own Jackie fell victim to the Cybermen.

In reviving the television series after a sixteen-year hiatus (1989–2005) executive producer Russell T Davies was keen to provide a believable background for the Doctor's companion and a context for her travels to the past and future. The character of Jackie was created, along with Rose's on/off boyfriend Mickey, to keep the series grounded in a recognisable version of reality. In writing Jackie, Davies incorporated both comic and tragic elements. Following the departure of the Tyler family, Davies was keen to bring Jackie back alongside Rose for future appearances. She returns with many of the Doctor's allies in the Series 4 finale "Journey's End" and later cameos in the Tenth Doctor's final episode.