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I organized the Reception part of the Rose Tyler article. I also plan to add some facts from a journal I found.

Political
After a preview of the first series, The Guardian‍ 's Owen Gibson described Rose as "newly empowered" and a "go-getting teen in the Buffy the Vampire Slayer mould."[62] Ahead of the series premiere on Australian Network ABC the Sydney Morning Herald‍ 's Robin Oliver described Rose's role in the series as being "more the Doctor's equal than previous companions" and that this was "no mean achievement against Eccleston's acting skills."[88]

According to Dee Amy-Chinn, Rose Tyler: The ethics of care and the limit of agency, “Rose’s agency is gendered and limited in ways that restrict her ability to be an action heroine, replacing this with a heroism rooted in a willingness to act on the basis of accepting responsibility for the well-being of others.” Dee argues that Rose fills an arch-type of female characters, somewhere between the “Screamer” mould of the Classic Who, and the "Buffy the Vampire" action heroine. In an interview with the BBC, Billie Piper states that Rose “shows him how to be sympathetic, how to have morals and express his emotions.” Which is as Chinn points out is “a quality seen as being inherent in women, although within traditional moral theory seen as incompatible with sound decision-making.”

New Dynamic
Seventh Doctor actor Sylvester McCoy opined that Piper was "wonderful in the role" and the relationship between her and the Doctor was "quite extraordinary".[89] Porter suggests in her analysis of Rose that the romance between her and the Doctor widened the demographic appeal of the series. She claims that the love story "simmers enough below the surface that adults, especially women who find time-lords sexy, watched the series for Rose's interplay with the Doctor".[90] In their book Who is the Doctor?, Graeme Burk and Robert Smith described the climactic kiss between the Ninth Doctor and Rose in "The Parting of the Ways" as being something "we all secretly wanted, even though it ultimately killed him".[91] Peter Davison, who portrayed the Fifth Doctor, also felt that allowing the Doctor and his companion to have sexual tension ultimately allowed for more rounded characterization. He believed that Rose was the first example of the production team creating a well written companion.[92]

Criticisms
Burk and Smith found the pairing of the Doctor and Rose to be unlikable in the episode "Tooth and Claw" because they were "acting like smug idiots" .[93]However they noted that "fortunately there are consequences: the season arc gets kicked off as a direct result of the Doctor and Rose being so irritating".[93]Harry Venning of The Stage commented that the eventual parting scene between Rose and the Doctor in "Doomsday" was "beautifully written and movingly played," with "not a dry eye in the universe".[94] Burk and Smith singled out Piper's performance in the episode for special praise stating she "is astonishing at capturing the reality of someone whose world suddenly, finally collapses."[95] Remarking on Piper's departure, Dek Hogan of Digital Spy stated that "Billie Piper’s energy has undoubtedly been one of the reasons that this revival has been so successful and the difficult third series will be so much more so without her."[96] Stephen Brook of The Guardian commented that "the departure of the much-loved Rose ... was brilliantly handled and completely unexpected."[97]

Stephen James Walker, a writer of reference works on Doctor Who, gave an unfavorable review to Rose's return in "Turn Left" in his "unauthorized guide to Doctor Who's fourth series," Monsters Within. He thought that Billie Piper was "distinctly below par", citing her gaunt and malnourished appearance, new hairstyle, and slight lisp as reasons why her acting was not her finest. He criticized her role in the episode, stating it had been "far less well worked out" than Donna's.[98] Ben Rawson-Jones of Digital Spy also noted a change in Piper's enunciation; he compared her accent to "[having] her mouth numbed with local anaesthetic".[99] In Rawson-Jones' review of the series finale he notes that whilst having the Doctor and Rose 'cop off' would be divisive with the shows audience, "Davies wisely managed to please both parties" by pairing her off with a human Doctor instead.[100] However, IGN's Travis Fickett reacted unfavourably towards Rose's return and her pairing with the part human Doctor. He thought that it undermined her "perfect send off" in "Doomsday" as she was on the sidelines for much of "Journey's End", and her ending up with the part human, part Time Lord Doctor "feels like an insult to the character".[101] Io9'sCharlie Jane Anders also reacted unfavorably to Rose returning and wrote "it was pretty clear that she was only there so she could get her pet faux-Doctor at the end."[102]

50th Anniversary
Reviewers generally reacted positively to Piper's 2013 appearance in 50th anniversary episode "The Day of the Doctor". Ben Lawrence of The Daily Telegraph called her performance as the "Bad Wolf" Rose "transfixing".[103] Neela Debnath of The Independent praised the chemistry between Hurt and Piper and compared Piper's performance to Suranne Jones' portrayal of the TARDIS in "The Doctor's Wife" describing it as "slightly eccentric", "oddball" and "off-the-wall".[104] Daniel Martin of the Guardian praised Steven Moffat's decision not to extend Rose Tyler's story or re-unite her with the Tenth Doctor. He called Piper "a true and unending legend of Doctor Who" and stated that "her wise rendition of the Bad Wolf avatar made a passable stab at the stealing of the show".[105]

Popularity
Geoff Boucher of the Los Angeles Times named Rose the ninth best sidekick of all time, referring to her as "the saucy and smart character who was key to the success of the Russell T Davies relaunch of Doctor Who in 2005".[106] She was named the best Doctor Who companion by Digital Spy in 2011, who opined that she worked best alongside the Ninth Doctor.[107] In 2006 she was voted best companion by readers of Doctor Who Magazine.[108] In an online poll in late 2010 conducted by the Radio Times, with over 3,000 participants, Rose was again voted the most popular companion.[109] She retained this position in a 2013 poll conducted ahead of Doctor Who's 50th anniversary, which had over 21,000 respondents, with 25.09% of the vote.[110] In a 2012 poll conducted by BBC America with over 200,000 participants, Rose was voted "The Greatest Woman of Doctor Who."[111] Both The Daily Telegraph‍‍ '‍s Gavin Fuller and Daniel Martin of The Guardian rated her as the second-best female companion behind Sarah Jane Smith.[112][113] In 2012 Will Salmon of SFX magazine listed Rose's original exit as the greatest companion departure in the history of Doctor Who as he felt it "impossible not to be moved by the sudden severance of their relationship".[114] In 2014 Radio Times organized the most massive online (over 2 million respondents) poll which featured every companion since 1963, beating the main сompetitors Jack Harkness and River Song, Rose gained her well deserved crown of a "Companion Champion".[115]

At the 2005 National Television Awards, Billie Piper won the "Most Popular Actress" award for her role as Rose.[116] In the BBC Online "Best of Drama" poll in 2005 Piper won the Best Actress category with 59.76% of the vote.[117] She was also voted the Most Desirable Star with 26.47%.[118] In January 2006 she was awarded the Breakthrough Award for Rising British Talent at The South Bank Show Awards.[119] Piper again won the Most Popular Actress category at the 2006National Television Awards for her work on the second series of Doctor Who.[120] In September 2006, Piper was named Best Actress at the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards.[121] Radio Times‍ 's Tom Cole discussed the importance of Doctor Who in boosting Piper's career in an article on how former Doctor Who actors can now expect more than "a life of signing autographs at provincial sci-fi conventions." He notes that Piper's portrayal of Rose "firmly cemented her credentials as an actress" and cited the variety of roles she had taken on since leaving the show as proof that "as far as post-Who careers go, they don't get much healthier than Billie's."[122]