1,142
edits
Verity Newman: Difference between revisions
From Tardis Wiki, the free Doctor Who reference
m
lk fix
No edit summary |
m (lk fix) |
||
| Line 6: | Line 6: | ||
| home planet = [[Earth]] | | home planet = [[Earth]] | ||
| home era = [[21st century]] | | home era = [[21st century]] | ||
| appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time]]'' | | appearances = [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' | ||
| actor = [[Jessica Hynes]] | | actor = [[Jessica Hynes]] | ||
}} | }} | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
'''Verity Newman''' was the great-grandaughter of [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]], a nurse that the Doctor had met in the year [[1913]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'') One day when she was searching out her attic, she found the journal which had been written by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], when he was in the form of [[John Smith (television)|John Smith]]. She was credited as the author of "[[Journal of Impossible Things|A Journal of Impossible Things]]", which was based on the writings of John Smith and Joan Redfern. | '''Verity Newman''' was the great-grandaughter of [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]], a nurse that the Doctor had met in the year [[1913]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'') One day when she was searching out her attic, she found the journal which had been written by [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]], when he was in the form of [[John Smith (television)|John Smith]]. She was credited as the author of "[[Journal of Impossible Things|A Journal of Impossible Things]]", which was based on the writings of John Smith and Joan Redfern. | ||
Near the end of his tenth incarnation, the Doctor went to a book signing of hers. She asked him who to sign it to, and he replied "the Doctor". She then realised it was the same man as in her book. She told the Doctor her great-grandmother died happily when he asked, asking him, in turn, if he was happy. Much to her shock, the "dying" Tenth Doctor simply walked away sadly, without giving her a reply. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time]]'') | Near the end of his tenth incarnation, the Doctor went to a book signing of hers. She asked him who to sign it to, and he replied "the Doctor". She then realised it was the same man as in her book. She told the Doctor her great-grandmother died happily when he asked, asking him, in turn, if he was happy. Much to her shock, the "dying" Tenth Doctor simply walked away sadly, without giving her a reply. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') | ||
:''It is not clear why the Doctor choose to visit Verity Newman and ask about her great-grandmother. This gives rise to a number of possibilities about the full nature of John Smith's relationship with Joan. An unlikely, but possible explanation would be that Verity's grandparent was a child fathered by [[John Smith]]. Given that the Doctor was human at the time, any offspring would also be Human, and not Time Lord.'' | :''It is not clear why the Doctor choose to visit Verity Newman and ask about her great-grandmother. This gives rise to a number of possibilities about the full nature of John Smith's relationship with Joan. An unlikely, but possible explanation would be that Verity's grandparent was a child fathered by [[John Smith]]. Given that the Doctor was human at the time, any offspring would also be Human, and not Time Lord.'' | ||
