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|image = [[File:Nephew.jpg|250px]]
|image = Nephew close up (TDW).jpg
|individual name = Nephew
|species = Ood
|species = [[Ood]]
|aka = [[Rory Williams]]
|home planet = [[Ood Sphere]], possibly [[House]]
|only = The Doctor's Wife
|appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]''
|actor = Paul Kasey
|actor = [[Paul Kasey]]}}'''Nephew''' was an [[Ood]] that lived with [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] and [[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]] on an asteroid - actually an accretion to a sentient lifeform called [[House]].
|voice actor = Silas Carson
|origin= [[Ood Sphere]]
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'''Nephew''' was an [[Ood]] who lived with [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] and [[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]] on an [[asteroid]] — actually an accretion to a sentient [[lifeform]] called [[House (The Doctor's Wife)|House]].


==Biography==
== Biography ==
Nephew - like all there - was brought to House through a rift in spacetime. When he arrived, he was broken, but House fixed him. There he lived with Auntie, Uncle and [[Idris]]. He tended to Auntie's and Uncle's worries in the manner of an enslaved Ood. However, unlike [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] and [[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]], he did not possess any obvious signs of being "repaired" by House. [[Eleventh Doctor|The Doctor]] attempted to fix his [[translation sphere]], but it didn't last very long, and only picked up [[Time Lord]] [[Hypercube|hypercube]] transmissions, not the Ood's thoughts.
Nephew like [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]], [[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]] and [[Idris]] — was brought to House through a [[Time rift|rift in space-time]]. When he arrived, he was broken, but House fixed him. There he lived with Auntie, Uncle and [[Idris]]. He tended to Auntie's and Uncle's worries in the manner of an enslaved Ood. However, unlike [[Auntie (The Doctor's Wife)|Auntie]] and [[Uncle (The Doctor's Wife)|Uncle]], he did not possess any obvious signs of being "repaired" by House. The [[Eleventh Doctor]] attempted to fix his [[translation sphere]], but it didn't work very long and only picked up [[Time Lord]] [[hypercube]] transmissions, not the Ood's thoughts.


Nephew also has the ability to drain people's minds and souls. This may have been a natural ability of Oodkind or something House gave him.
Nephew also had the ability to drain people's minds and souls. This may have been a natural ability of Oodkind or something House gave him.


Soon after the Doctor, [[Amy Pond|Amy]] and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] arrived on the asteroid, Nephew became possessed by House and chased Amy and Rory through the [[the Doctor's TARDIS|TARDIS]] corridors. He eventually met his demise in the control room used by the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s when the Doctor and Idris' makeshift TARDIS materialised in the space he was standing in, rending him apart at an atomic level. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')
Soon after the Doctor, [[Amy Pond|Amy]], and [[Rory Williams|Rory]] arrived on the asteroid, Nephew was possessed by House. He chased Amy and Rory through [[the Doctor's TARDIS|the TARDIS]] corridors. He met his demise in the control room used by the [[Ninth Doctor|Ninth]] and [[Tenth Doctor]]s when the Doctor and Idris' makeshift TARDIS materialised in the space he was standing in, rending him apart at an atomic level. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Wife]]'')


''As he had a translation sphere in the place of his hindbrain, Nephew was presumably one of the many Ood slaves of the [[Second Great and Bountiful Human Empire]] before his arrival on House. This would make the story set before the 42nd century, unless Nephew has been there for a very long time, assuming the progression of time in the bubble universe is similar to that in the true universe.''
== Behind the scenes ==
According to ''[[The Doctor Who Companion: The Eleventh Doctor Vol. 3]]'', [[Neil Gaiman]] originally created a new alien for Nephew, but was asked to choose a previously established race when the budget didn't allow for the creation of a new monster.
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Latest revision as of 18:35, 8 November 2024

Nephew was an Ood who lived with Auntie and Uncle on an asteroid — actually an accretion to a sentient lifeform called House.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Nephew — like Auntie, Uncle and Idris — was brought to House through a rift in space-time. When he arrived, he was broken, but House fixed him. There he lived with Auntie, Uncle and Idris. He tended to Auntie's and Uncle's worries in the manner of an enslaved Ood. However, unlike Auntie and Uncle, he did not possess any obvious signs of being "repaired" by House. The Eleventh Doctor attempted to fix his translation sphere, but it didn't work very long and only picked up Time Lord hypercube transmissions, not the Ood's thoughts.

Nephew also had the ability to drain people's minds and souls. This may have been a natural ability of Oodkind or something House gave him.

Soon after the Doctor, Amy, and Rory arrived on the asteroid, Nephew was possessed by House. He chased Amy and Rory through the TARDIS corridors. He met his demise in the control room used by the Ninth and Tenth Doctors when the Doctor and Idris' makeshift TARDIS materialised in the space he was standing in, rending him apart at an atomic level. (TV: The Doctor's Wife)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

According to The Doctor Who Companion: The Eleventh Doctor Vol. 3, Neil Gaiman originally created a new alien for Nephew, but was asked to choose a previously established race when the budget didn't allow for the creation of a new monster.