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== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
* The actress who portrayed Verity Newman, [[Jessica Hynes]], also portrayed the character's great-grandmother Joan Redfern. | * The actress who portrayed Verity Newman, [[Jessica Hynes]], also portrayed the character's great-grandmother Joan Redfern. | ||
* Verity Newman gets her name from [[Verity Lambert]] (the first producer of ''Doctor Who'') and [[Sydney Newman]] (more or less the "creator" of ''Doctor Who''). The names "Sydney" and "Verity" were used previously in [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'', as the names of the parents of the human John Smith. | * Verity Newman gets her name from [[Verity Lambert]] (the first producer of ''Doctor Who'') and [[Sydney Newman]] (more or less the "creator" of ''Doctor Who''). The names "Sydney" and "Verity" were used previously in [[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', as the names of the parents of the human John Smith. | ||
* As pointed out in [[Doctor Who Confidential]], John Smith truly loved Joan, and the Doctor seemed to care about Joan and her well-being following the events with the [[Family of Blood]], but did not share John Smith's romantic feelings towards her. | * As pointed out in [[Doctor Who Confidential]], John Smith truly loved Joan, and the Doctor seemed to care about Joan and her well-being following the events with the [[Family of Blood]], but did not share John Smith's romantic feelings towards her. | ||