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==Behind the | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
*The actress who potrayed Verity Newman also potrayed the character's great-grandmother Joan Redfern. | *The actress who potrayed Verity Newman also potrayed 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 [[DW]]: ''[[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 [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[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''. | *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''. | ||
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