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|origin     = [[Earth]]
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|spouse     = Arthur Redfern
|spouse2 = Oliver Redfern
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|partner = John Smith (Seventh Doctor)
|job        = Teacher{{!}}Science teacher
|partner2 = John Smith (Tenth Doctor)
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|affiliation = Hulton College
|actor= Jessica Hynes
|affiliation2= Farringham School for Boys
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|first       = Prelude Human Nature (short story)
|clip2 = The life of John Smith - Doctor Who - Human Nature - Series 3 - BBC
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}}'''Joan Redfern''' was a [[widow]] who worked at a [[school]] in [[Norfolk]]. In the early [[20th century]], she fell in love with [[the Doctor]], who had transformed himself into a [[human]] called "John Smith"; however, Smith's transformation back into the Doctor put an end to their relationship. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
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|clip2       = The life of John Smith - Doctor Who - Human Nature - Series 3 - BBC
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'''Joan Redfern''' was a [[widow]] who lived and worked at a [[school]] in [[Farringham]]. In the early [[20th century]], she fell in love with John Smith, who was really [[the Doctor]], going under the alias of [[John Smith]].


This happened "many times" in "different ways" throughout the Doctor's life, ([[WC]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Mirror (webcast)|The Shadow in the Mirror]]'') including to the [[Seventh Doctor]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') and the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
Due to the events recurring in "many different ways", ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Shadow of a Doubt (audio story)|Shadow of a Doubt]]'') in one iterations of events, Joan had fallen in love with the [[Seventh Doctor]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') while in another iteration, with the [[Tenth Doctor|Tenth]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
 
The Joan Redfern encountered by the former's [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|human identity]] was a [[science]] [[teacher]] at [[Hulton College]], near [[Farringham]], and the widow of [[Arthur Redfern]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') meanwhile, when [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|the Tenth Doctor's human avatar]] became romantically involved with her, she was the [[Matron]] of [[Farringham School for Boys]] and the widow of an [[Oliver Redfern]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
Joan's husband died in combat ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]] in [[January]] [[1900]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'') By one account, his name was [[Arthur Redfern|Arthur]]; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') by another, it was [[Oliver Redfern|Oliver]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
[[Arthur Redfern|Joan's husband]] died in combat ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'') at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]] in [[January]] [[1900]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')


=== Meeting the Tenth Doctor ===
=== Meeting the Tenth Doctor ===
In one "instantiation" of the alien family's encounter with the Doctor, ([[WC]]: ''[[The Shadow in the Mirror (webcast)|The Shadow in the Mirror]]'') Joan worked as a [[nurse]] at [[Farringham School for Boys]] from [[September]] to [[November]] [[1913]]. While there, she met and fell in love with [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]]. He showed her a [[A Journal of Impossible Things (Human Nature)|journal]] in which he had written down his dreams, which were really echoes of [[the Doctor]]'s adventures with [[Rose Tyler]] and [[Martha Jones]], and later took her to a dance. However, their affair was interrupted by the arrival of the [[Family of Blood]], who were looking for the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')
By one account, Joan worked as a [[nurse]] at [[Farringham School for Boys]] from [[September]] to [[November]] [[1913]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'')


When John Smith was forced to open the [[biodata module|fob watch]] and let the Doctor's mind take over his body again, Joan was devastated, considering that Smith had "died", robbing them of the future they could have had, a normal life which the Doctor would never know for all his adventures. After the Family were defeated, she had a tense interview with the Tenth Doctor, during which she made her position clear that John Smith was not him and was dead because of him, making any further association between her and the Doctor uncountenanceable. She also berated the Doctor for having chosen Farringham "on a whim" as the place to lure the Family of Blood, and consequently caused the needless deaths of all the [[human]]s the Family had killed before the Doctor's return. After she coldly dismissed him, she broke down sobbing, clutching John's journal. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
While at Farringham, John Smith fell in love with her. He showed her a journal in which he had written down his dreams, which were his adventures before he was human. After John Smith became the [[Tenth Doctor]] again, she asked him if he could change back into John. He said yes, but when she asked if he would he said no. When he asked her to join him as a [[companion]], she dismissed the idea immediately, saying that John Smith was dead and the Doctor just looked like him. She then asked the Doctor, "If you hadn't decided to come here on a whim, would any of these people have died?" He looked at her without answering. She dismissed him and, after he left, broke down, clutching John's journal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
 
Many years later, Joan's diary was found by her great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]]. Verity published ''[[A Journal of Impossible Things (The End of Time)|A Journal of Impossible Things]]'', the story of Joan's romance with the Doctor which Verity told people who bought the book. As his [[regeneration]] into the [[Eleventh Doctor]] approached, the Doctor bought Joan's book and asked Verity, who realised who he was, if Joan was happy in the end. Verity confirmed that Joan did live a happy life after the Doctor left, but the Doctor left without answering when Verity asked if he too had been happy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')


=== Meeting the Seventh Doctor ===
=== Meeting the Seventh Doctor ===
[[File:Joan Redfern novel.jpg|thumb|left|Joan Redfern as the Seventh Doctor knew her. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')]]
By another account, she worked at [[Hulton College]] as a [[science]] [[teacher]] in [[April]] [[1914]]. At this time, she was 48 years old. She and John Smith played [[whist]] together.
By another account, Joan Redfern was working as a [[science]] [[teacher]] at [[Hulton College]] in early [[1914]]. She became involved with [[John Smith (Seventh Doctor)|John Smith]], the [[Seventh Doctor]]'s human identity. In [[April]], after meeting the Seventh Doctor himself, she gave her cat [[Wolsey]] to his [[companion]] [[Bernice Summerfield]], to remember her by. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')


==== Legacy ====
Following her encounter with the [[Seventh Doctor]], she gave her [[cat]] [[Wolsey]] to [[Bernice Summerfield]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
Many years later, Joan's diary was found by her great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]]. Verity published ''[[A Journal of Impossible Things (The End of Time)|A Journal of Impossible Things]]'', the story of Joan's romance with the Doctor which Verity told people who bought the book. As his [[regeneration]] into the [[Eleventh Doctor]] approached, the Doctor bought Joan's book and asked Verity, who realised who he was, if Joan was happy in the end. Verity confirmed that Joan did live a happy life after the Doctor left, but the Doctor left without answering when Verity asked if he too had been happy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
 
=== Alternate timeline ===
In [[alternate timeline|an alternative future]] viewed by Joan and the Tenth Doctor incarnation of John Smith, she became his wife. They had three children and a number of grandchildren as they lived long, happy lives together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')


==== Alternate timeline ====
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In [[alternate timeline|an alternative future]] viewed by Joan and John Smith, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they lived long, happy lives together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')
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Joan Redfern was a widow who lived and worked at a school in Farringham. In the early 20th century, she fell in love with John Smith, who was really the Doctor, going under the alias of John Smith.

Due to the events recurring in "many different ways", (AUDIO: Shadow of a Doubt) in one iterations of events, Joan had fallen in love with the Seventh Doctor, (PROSE: Human Nature) while in another iteration, with the Tenth. (TV: Human Nature, The Family of Blood)

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Joan's husband died in combat (PROSE: Human Nature) at the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900. (TV: Human Nature)

Meeting the Tenth Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

By one account, Joan worked as a nurse at Farringham School for Boys from September to November 1913. (TV: Human Nature)

While at Farringham, John Smith fell in love with her. He showed her a journal in which he had written down his dreams, which were his adventures before he was human. After John Smith became the Tenth Doctor again, she asked him if he could change back into John. He said yes, but when she asked if he would he said no. When he asked her to join him as a companion, she dismissed the idea immediately, saying that John Smith was dead and the Doctor just looked like him. She then asked the Doctor, "If you hadn't decided to come here on a whim, would any of these people have died?" He looked at her without answering. She dismissed him and, after he left, broke down, clutching John's journal. (TV: Human Nature, The Family of Blood)

Many years later, Joan's diary was found by her great-granddaughter Verity Newman. Verity published A Journal of Impossible Things, the story of Joan's romance with the Doctor which Verity told people who bought the book. As his regeneration into the Eleventh Doctor approached, the Doctor bought Joan's book and asked Verity, who realised who he was, if Joan was happy in the end. Verity confirmed that Joan did live a happy life after the Doctor left, but the Doctor left without answering when Verity asked if he too had been happy. (TV: The End of Time)

Meeting the Seventh Doctor[[edit] | [edit source]]

By another account, she worked at Hulton College as a science teacher in April 1914. At this time, she was 48 years old. She and John Smith played whist together.

Following her encounter with the Seventh Doctor, she gave her cat Wolsey to Bernice Summerfield. (PROSE: Human Nature)

Alternate timeline[[edit] | [edit source]]

In an alternative future viewed by Joan and the Tenth Doctor incarnation of John Smith, she became his wife. They had three children and a number of grandchildren as they lived long, happy lives together. (TV: The Family of Blood)

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