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| {{you may|Joan Redfern (novel character)|n1=Joan's namesake from the original novel}} | | {{character stub}} |
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| |species=Human | | |species=Human |
| |job = Nurse
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| |origin= [[Earth]] | | |origin= [[Earth]] |
| |first = Human Nature (TV story) | | |only= Human Nature (novel) |
| |appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]''
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| |actor= Jessica Hynes | | }}{{you may|Joan Redfern (TV character)|n1=the character based off her in the television adaptation of the story}} |
| |clip = The Journal of Impossible Things - Human Nature - Doctor Who - 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]]'') |
| |clip2 = The life of John Smith - Doctor Who - Human Nature - Series 3 - BBC | |
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| '''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]]. | |
| == History ==
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| Her husband, [[Oliver Redfern|Oliver]], died in the [[Boer Wars|Boer War]] at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]] in [[January]] [[1900]].
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| 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. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
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| 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]]'')
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| === Alternate timeline ===
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| In [[alternate timeline|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]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
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