The Doctor's Daughter
- Episode aired Jun 6, 2008
- TV-PG
- 45m
Caught in the middle of a war between the Humans and the Hath in the planet Messaline, the Doctor finds himself once again a father.Caught in the middle of a war between the Humans and the Hath in the planet Messaline, the Doctor finds himself once again a father.Caught in the middle of a war between the Humans and the Hath in the planet Messaline, the Doctor finds himself once again a father.
- Jenny
- (as Georgia Moffett)
- Soldier
- (as Olalekan Lawal Jr.)
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Takran Soldier
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Stephen Greenhorn
- Sydney Newman(uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGeorgia Tennant, daughter of Doctor Who (1963)'s Fifth Doctor Peter Davison, plays The Doctor's Daughter (actually a clone created from his DNA). While filming she met David Tennant who was then the Tenth Doctor. The following year they started dating. In 2010 she fell pregnant, giving birth to a daughter Olive Tennant in March 2011. She and Tennant married in December 2011. So, in truth, The Doctor's Daughter is The Doctor's Daughter, had The Doctor's Daughter, and had The Doctor's Granddaughter.
- GoofsWhen Jenny does somersaults through the laser beams, the last two beams are level horizontally and the higher beam is lower than her foot so she should have broken it.
- Quotes
The Doctor: Call me old fashioned, but if you really wanted peace couldn't you just stop fighting?
Lieutenent Cobb: Only when we have the Source. It will give us the power to erase every stinking Hath off the face of this planet.
The Doctor: Hang on, a second ago it was peace in our time and now you're talking about genocide!
Lieutenent Cobb: For us, that means the same thing!
The Doctor: Then you need to get yourself a better dictionary. When you do, look up genocide. You'll see a little picture of me there and the caption'll read 'over my dead body!'
- ConnectionsFeatured in Doctor Who Confidential: Sins of the Fathers (2008)
- SoundtracksDoctor Who Theme
(uncredited)
Written by Ron Grainer
Arranged by Murray Gold
Performed by BBC National Orchestra of Wales
With two companions on board, the Tardis decides to lead an adventure of its own and transports the Doctor (David Tennant), Donna (Catherine Tate) and Martha (Freema Agyeman) to the planet Messaline, where a war between the humans and the fish like Hath has raged for generations. Before they're appraised of what's going on though, the Doctor is placed into a biological sampler and a new soldier, Jenny (Georgia Tennant) is cloned from him. The Doctor takes an instant dislike Jenny due to her militaristic imprint, but also as he reminds her of a family lost long ago.
As I say, this one is more notable for the meeting of David Tennant with his future wife, Georgia Moffett. The title of the episode is an in-joke itself, for those who knew that Moffett is the daughter of former Doctor, Peter Davison. She closely resembles her mother throughout this episode, the American actress Sandra Dickinson, who has an iconic British science fiction role of her own, that of Trillian in "The Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy". Whilst she's charming in this, Jenny isn't particularly interesting and I'm not disappointed about the fact the character hasn't really been mentioned again since, not in the main show, anyway.
There are some clever ideas in this episode. The idea of a cloned army and imprinted memories giving a false narrative about the war they are fighting, a reminder that the Doctor once had an actual family. . . But I can't help but feel that everything about this episode is contrived around the idea of casting that specific actress to play that specific role, and the story being retrofitted around that, even down to the "Wrath of Kahn" ending.
Like all of this season so far, fine, if unremarkable.
- southdavid
- Jan 17, 2022
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- Newbridge Memorial Hall, Newport, Wales, UK(Human encampment)
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- Runtime45 minutes
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