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|name= Joan Redfern | |name= Joan Redfern | ||
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|origin= [[Earth]] | |origin= [[Earth]] | ||
| | |appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]'' <br /> [[Other]]: ''[[The Women of Doctor Who]]'' (archive footage) | ||
|actor= | |actor= Jessica Hynes | ||
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'''Nurse Joan Redfern''', widow of [[Oliver Redfern]], was a nurse at [[Farringham School for Boys]], where [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] was working during 1913. | |||
== Biography == | |||
Her husband, [[Oliver Redfern|Oliver]], died in the [[Boer Wars]] at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]]. | |||
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 with Rose and Martha 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. | |||
In an alternative future viewed by John Smith and her, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they livedlong, happy lives together. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'') | |||
In the true timeline, nearly one century later in the end of [[2009]] or Spring [[2010]], Joan Redfern's great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]] published the Journal of Impossible Things as a true story told from Joan's perspective and told Joan's story to people wanting to purchase the book, so Joan would be remembered. She was visited by the Doctor before he regenerated into his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. She said that, in the end, Joan Redfern was happy and asked if he was. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | |||
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Revision as of 20:48, 14 August 2012
Nurse Joan Redfern, widow of Oliver Redfern, was a nurse at Farringham School for Boys, where John Smith was working during 1913.
Biography
Her husband, Oliver, died in the Boer Wars at the Battle of Spion Kop.
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 with Rose and Martha 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.
In an alternative future viewed by John Smith and her, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they livedlong, happy lives together. (DW: Human Nature / The Family of Blood)
In the true timeline, nearly one century later in the end of 2009 or Spring 2010, Joan Redfern's great-granddaughter Verity Newman published the Journal of Impossible Things as a true story told from Joan's perspective and told Joan's story to people wanting to purchase the book, so Joan would be remembered. She was visited by the Doctor before he regenerated into his eleventh incarnation. She said that, in the end, Joan Redfern was happy and asked if he was. (DW: The End of Time)
