The Women of Doctor Who Page #5

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the Doctor has to

take on human form

and not realize that

he's the Doctor

and, of course, he falls in love

with this incredible woman

called Joan Redfern.

Joan, lovely Joan.

What I like about her --

she's just a very normal lady

and someone who's

quite sensitive.

"Joan."

Joan?

That's my name.

Well, obviously.

Everything has to be done

in the right way.

She doesn't want to be seen

to be being unseemly.

I thinks he's so sympathetic

and she's so beautiful,

like, there's so much humanity

to that portrayal.

Joan is a perfect

woman for him,

if he's not a Time Lord.

Unfortunately, he is.

Truth be told, when

it's just you and me,

I'd much rather you

called me "Nurse Redfern."

"Matron" sounds rather,

well, matronly.

Ah -- ah, "Nurse Redfern"

it is, then.

Though, we've known each

other all of two months,

you could even say

"Joan."

Joan?

That's my name.

Well, obviously.

The cool thing about when

the Doctor was with Joan is

that he was just

completely human

and we finally

get to see

what the Doctor

would be like,

if he wasn't

a charming,

all-knowing,

all-adventure-all-

the-time kind of guy.

And, it turns out, he's

just a bumbling nerd.

Well,

I should imagine

that you'd be, um --

I mean, I never thought

you'd be one for --

I mean, there's no reason

why you shouldn't.

If you do --

you may not --

I --

I probably won't.

But even if I did,

then I couldn't --

um, I mean, I wouldn't want to --

The stairs.

What about the stairs?

They're right behind you.

Ooh!

Without the Time Lord

knowledge,

our Doctor is very

insecure

and Joan Redfern

kind of coaxes it

out of him.

And you can see that,

for the first time,

the Doctor

is falling in love

as a human being

and he falls in love

with her.

But when the Doctor became

the Doctor again,

Joan was like

"I don't want any of that"

because it wasn't

the same person.

I can't.

Please come with me.

I can't.

Why not?

John Smith is dead,

and you look like him.

But he's here,

inside,

if you look

in my eyes.

Answer me this --

just one question,

that's all --

if the Doctor had never

visited us, if he'd

never chosen this place,

on a whim...

would anyone here

have died?

Why can't she

come with him?

Well, because

she doesn't want

to marry an alien being, she

wants this nice teacher guy.

All right. Yeah,

he can't have everything.

Sorry, Mr. Magic.

She decides not

to go with him

because she liked the man

who he was before.

She says no. She's like

"because you're not

"the guy I fell

in love with.

"You are someone who

selfishly landed here

"and got people killed

and that is not the man

I fell in love with."

So, once again,

we have

a woman refusing the Doctor,

which is very rare.

"The Doctor's Daughter"

is Jenny

and she pops up almost

literally out of nowhere.

The Doctor shows up

on this planet

and they take

a tissue sample

and, suddenly,

there she is, full-grown.

- What's going on?

- Leave him alone!

They stick his hand

in this weird --

I don't know,

contraption

and, while he's

going through it,

he's explaining to us

that, like,

"oh! It's taking

a tissue sample."

Ow!

And extrapolated it.

Some kind

of accelerator?

Agh!

Are you

all right?

I don't know.

That's just --

and then,

all of a sudden,

this, like, gorgeous

16-year-old girl

walks out of this

unit

and he's like

"Oh! That's

my daughter."

Arm yourself.

Where did she

come from?

From me.

From you?

How?

Who is she?

Well, she's --

well...

She's my daughter.

Hello, Dad.

They just create

fully grown human beings

out of tissue samples

from other people,

which is weird.

Now he's a father,

which is a great way

to have a kid.

All those years, he didn't

have to not sleep

because the kid was

up, crying,

or having to go to school

because of chickenpox.

Hello, Dad.

In the same way that Jenny

came out of nowhere,

at the end

of the episode,

she kind of awesomely

goes into nowhere.

It's very sad.

The Doctor gets a clone

and so then there's

another Time Lord

and you think about the

potential for adventures

and everything that he could've

taught her and shown her

and then it's snatched

away so quickly.

Jenny,

be strong, now.

You need to hold on.

Do you hear me?

We've got things to do,

you and me, eh?

Eh?

We can go anywhere.

Everywhere.

You choose.

That sounds good.

In kind of a real-life

"Doctor Who" episode,

Georgia Moffett,

who plays Jenny,

is the daughter

of Peter Davison,

who's the fifth Doctor;

and she's the wife

of David Tennant,

who is

the tenth Doctor.

So it's this kind of amazing

meeting of real life

and the fiction of

"Doctor Who."

There's so much weird

sort of "Doctor Who" looping

going on with that

that it's --

he married

his own daughter...

He married his own

daughter.

But I'm fine with it.

It is all wrapped up

in timey-wimey in real life.

Yeah, I --

it's a conundrum.

Amy Pond was

supersexy

and feisty.

She states what she wants

and goes for it.

I really wasn't

suggesting anything

quite so...

long-term.

I think what the show does

a really great job of is

not having the women

just sort of be

these passive accessories

to the male lead

of the show.

They're always very strong

women, in their own way.

Amy Pond was the first

companion since Rose

to just be like

supersexy

and hot

and feisty and crazy.

I love the fact that she's

got this edge to her

that's really, like, kickarse,

like, she's really --

like, you just

get the sense

that you shouldn't

mess with her.

Amy's interesting because

she's the first companion

we meet as a child.

He showed up

when she was a kid,

said,

"Oh, come with me,"

she said okay, and then

he ditched her for 12 years

And then ditched

her again for 2 years.

All that stuff

that happened --

the hospital,

the spaceships,

Prisoner Zero --

Oh, don't worry,

that's just the beginning,

there's loads more.

Yeah, but those things,

those amazing things,

all that stuff.

That was

two years ago!

Ohh...Oops.

Yeah.

So that's --

14 years!

14 years since

fish custard.

Amy Pond,

the girl who waited,

you've waited

long enough.

When I was a kid,

you said there was

a swimming pool.

She's been waiting

all her life for him

and so, when,

finally,

the opportunity

comes up,

she jumps at it.

And then waits

another two years

and jumps

at it again.

There's something

weird about her,

that she wants

to stick with that guy.

The previous companions

for the Doctor

have been a lover,

they've been a friend,

they've been an admirer,

and Amy Pond is

a groupie,

she's a fan.

She's been a fan of the Doctor

since she was a kid.

And people thought she was crazy

for her whole adult life

because she keeps talking

about this guy

who's clearly a made-up,

imaginary, friend.

That's the most interesting

setup for a companion

that they've ever had,

I think,

having her have an imaginary

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