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The impetus to say that Susan was not actually the Doctor's descendant comes from the belief that the Doctor is asexual (and thus, could not have any actual offspring). This belief was widely held among fans in the 1980s and 1990s, and was also the official policy of producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] (who was often quoted as saying, "There's no hanky-panky in the TARDIS"). Thus, this retcon by script editor [[Eric Saward]] was in tune with the intentions of the production team of the 1980s, even if it was at odds with the intentions of the original 1960s production team. | The impetus to say that Susan was not actually the Doctor's descendant comes from the belief that the Doctor is asexual (and thus, could not have any actual offspring). This belief was widely held among fans in the 1980s and 1990s, and was also the official policy of producer [[John Nathan-Turner]] (who was often quoted as saying, "There's no hanky-panky in the TARDIS"). Thus, this retcon by script editor [[Eric Saward]] was in tune with the intentions of the production team of the 1980s, even if it was at odds with the intentions of the original 1960s production team. | ||
Of course, the revival of ''Doctor Who'' in the 21st century has shown the Doctor to be a sexual and occasionally flirtatious being, and the Doctor has referred to himself as having been a father (in [[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]''), so the notion of him also being a grandfather is generally no longer considered an issue. The 2013 episode [[TV | Of course, the revival of ''Doctor Who'' in the 21st century has shown the Doctor to be a sexual and occasionally flirtatious being, and the Doctor has referred to himself as having been a father (in [[TV]]: ''[[Fear Her (TV story)|Fear Her]]'' and ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]''), so the notion of him also being a grandfather is generally no longer considered an issue. The 2013 episode [[TV]]: ''[[The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)|The Rings of Akhaten]]'' has the Doctor, for the first time since the revival began, explicitly saying he has a granddaughter. | ||
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