At first I was like, TROLOLOLOL…

Then I asked Nili used Google, and CHECK IT Y’ALL:

Sam Tyler, the lead character in the BBC’s other time-travel drama, Life on Mars, was named after Rose. Reportedly, the lead character’s surname was suggested by the young daughter of Life of Mars co-creator,Matthew Graham, after her father had asked her to choose the character’s surname. She ultimately decided upon “Tyler” because of Rose, a fact only later discovered by her father, who eventually wrote the Doctor Whoepisode Fear Her. Sam Tyler is played by John Simm who is also the sixth onscreen incarnation of the Master. Ironically, The Master and Rose never actually met. In the US production of Life on Mars, Sam Tyler’s mother is named Rose.

And now I’m like…

Was I the only one unaware of this? Because it’s giving me some serious feels.