Joan Redfern: Difference between revisions

From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m (Robot: Cosmetic changes)
Tag: apiedit
No edit summary
Tag: sourceedit
Line 1: Line 1:
{{you may|Joan Redfern (novel character)|n1=Joan's namesake from the original novel}}
{{Infobox Individual
{{Infobox Individual
|name= Joan Redfern
|name= Joan Redfern
|image=Redfern.jpg
|alias=
|alias=
|image=Joan Redfern novel.jpg
|species=Human
|species=Human
|job = Nurse
|origin= [[Earth]]
|origin= [[Earth]]
|appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]''
|only= Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature
|actor= Jessica Hynes
|actor=
|clip = The Journal of Impossible Things - Human Nature - Doctor Who - BBC
}}{{you may|Joan Redfern (TV character)|n1=the character based off her in the television adaptation of the story}}
|clip2 = The life of John Smith - Doctor Who - Human Nature - Series 3 - BBC
'''Joan Redfern''' was a science teacher at [[Hulton College]], near [[Farringham]] in [[Norfolk]]. She was [[widow]]ed when her husband, [[Arthur Redfern]], died in war. In [[April]] [[1914]], she gave her [[cat]] [[Wolsey]] to [[Bernice Summerfield]] following her encounter with the [[Seventh Doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Human Nature (novel)|Human Nature]]'')
}}
'''Matron Joan Redfern''', widow of [[Oliver Redfern]], was a nurse at [[Farringham School for Boys]], where [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] worked from [[September]] to [[November]] [[1913]].


Her husband, [[Oliver Redfern|Oliver]], died in the [[Boer Wars|Boer War]] at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]] in [[January]] [[1900]].
{{DEFAULTSORT:Redfern, Joan}}
 
{{character stub}}
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.
[[es:Joan Redfern (novela)]]
 
[[Category:Human science teachers]]
In an alternative future viewed by her and John Smith, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they lived long, happy lives together. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
 
In the proper timeline, Joan'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 [[Tenth Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. She said that, in the end, Joan was happy and asked if he was. The Doctor left without answering. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
{{NameSort}}
 
[[Category:Human nurses]]
[[Category:19th century individuals]]
[[Category:20th century individuals]]
[[Category:20th century individuals]]
[[Category:Farringham staff]]
[[Category:Human biological mothers]]
[[es:Joan Redfern (televisión)]]

Revision as of 01:09, 23 May 2017

Joan Redfern was a science teacher at Hulton College, near Farringham in Norfolk. She was widowed when her husband, Arthur Redfern, died in war. In April 1914, she gave her cat Wolsey to Bernice Summerfield following her encounter with the Seventh Doctor. (PROSE: Human Nature)


CharStub.png