The Doctor's Daughter

Season 4, Episode 6, Aired
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Location: Messaline
Date: 60120724 (New Byzantine Calendar)
Enemies: The Hath

''The Doctor lands on the remote planet Messaline as a generations-old war rages and the threat of genocide looms. When Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, the Doctor, Donna and a new friend must race to save her and stop a bloody conflict.moreless
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  • Spoilers! Instant clones, endless chase scenes, time paradoxes, and inconsistent regenerations!

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    By jschufm, Jun 05, 2011 Report Abuse
    "The Doctor's Daughter" is the worst Doctor Who episode to date! As a series, Doctor Who has never relied on any time paradox phenomena. To be sure, The Master recently built a paradox machine using a TARDIS and a million spare parts, but it is a "cope out" to use a paradox! "Oh, it's just a paradox", chirps The Doctor! This is some of the poorest writing to date! And, what's with the regeneration without changing the actress? I guess Ms. Davison-Moffett gets a sequel with her original face! This episode is a dog! Maybe Steven Moffat will pick better writers next season!moreless

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  • This was just to promote a spin off.

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    By dalekmonster, Apr 07, 2011 Report Abuse
    I have never thought about doctor who and spin off shows cause you don't see it coming. Until now. How obvious is it a spin off with the Doctors daughter is going to be aired. Doctor who is getting axed after this season till 2012. Guess whats going to take that space. Torchwood a very good spin off although aethiest coments are made way to much. But honestly if you didn't see the ending coming you had to be dumb. Well thats a little harsh cause it was a complicated ending but we all knew she was going to die. She died came back to life and now is going to have her own show. I can't really think of a bit I enjoyed. Maybe when Donna and the alien were on the surface but not much action here even though its a war episode! I fail to see how this could be a good episode. Oh yes and of course its a little shot at mankind here because of that fool who shot her. If we all didn't see that coming. This is a real low point for the series. It can't get any worse than this.moreless

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  • The doctor meets his daughter

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    By exterminator25, Jun 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    The doctor, Martha and donna are trapped in the tardis that is going somewhere random. The doctor is taken to a cloning machine and from him, comes his daughter, Jenny. The nteam that cloned Jenny are at war with the hath, a fish like race that bubble. The hath capture martha and martha helps the hath (they're really the good guys) and they keep coming across numbers to realise that the war has been going on for only a week. OMG! The two tribes are brought together and stop the war, but one guy shoots Jenny, killing her. Jenny revives later when the doctor leaves and leaves herself.moreless

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  • Filler except for the Dr's tasty daughter... ;)

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    By AvatarBlue, Jun 18, 2010 Report Abuse
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    Firstly Tennant is going out with his on-screen daughter! Did see that coming! Doh!!

    As for this episode. Its more or less a filler episode to flush out more of the Dr. character and allow Martha to leave after her golden handshake tour! Will she be back? Hope so.

    Just like the previous 2parter, this episode uses a stable plot arc/device - the trapped on a ship. This time with two warring factions. Again the Dr. goes through the motions to sort out a war of misunderstanding. The locations are based around a crashlanded colony ship and do the job of providing a claustrophobic atmosphere to the conflict, a conflict that is not all that it seems. This provides a good little twist to the ending which was unforseen, but pointed to by Tates endless preoccupation with the numbered rooms!

    The fish aliens (Hath) are different if wierd!

    Overall however, its just doesnt offer anything new except introduces us to the Dr.s genetically cloned daughter who is the only bright spark of the whole 45 mins. Thankfully, just like Arnie - she'll be back!moreless

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  • Nothing special at all.

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    By ben-the-hen, Jun 18, 2010 Report Abuse
    This episode is probably the worst of the season apart from Voyage of the Damned. It was pointless and was basically a filler episode.

    It didn't contribute to anything in the rest of the season and left a lot of unanswered questions.

    The storyline was thin and the acting was bad. The end where Jenny was shot was so predictable and wasn't emotionally moving at all.

    The very end was weak with the cheesy lines and the flying off into the distance. It wasn't a realistic episode. It was dark and confined which didn't make it enjoyable viewing.

    Not at all good. Very Sorry.moreless

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    • Jenny's impressive acrobatics in the laser beam corridor was inspired by Britney Spears' Toxic video. Edit
    • Despite only being heard as bubbles and not translated on-screen, all the Hath dialogue was scripted. Edit
    • Georgia Moffett who stars as "Jenny" in this episode originally auditioned for the part of the Ninth Doctor's companion, Rose Tyler. Edit

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    • Overnight UK viewing figures for this episode were 6.6 million, with the final viewing figure at 7.33 million. Edit
    • International Air Dates:

      United States: 6 June 2008 Australia: 10 August 2008 Edit

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    • The Doctor: There could still be something real in that temple, something that's become a myth, a piece of technology, a weapon. Donna: So the source could be a weapon and we've just given directions to Captain Nut-job! Edit
    • The Doctor: I'm the Doctor, and I declare this war is over! Edit
    • (The Doctor and Donna drop Martha back home) Donna: Are you sure about this? Martha: Yeah. Positive. I can't do this anymore. You'll be the same one day. Donna: Not me, never! How could I ever go back to normal life after seeing all this? I'm gonna travel with that man forever. (Donna and Martha hug) Martha: Good luck. Donna: And you. The Doctor: We're making a habit of this. Martha: Yeah, and you'd think it'd get easier. All those things you've been ready to die for, I thought for a moment there you'd finally found something worth living for. The Doctor: Oh, there's always something worth living for, Martha. Edit

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    • Donna: So why are we suddenly in Kew Gardens? The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, are extensive gardens and botanical glasshouses between Richmond and Kew in southwest London, England, which are open as a tourist attraction as well as being an internationally important botanical research and education institution. Whilst it originated in the exotic garden at Kew Park formed by Lord Capel of Tewkesbury, the gardens were adopted as a national botanical garden in 1840. Edit
    • The Doctor: Maybe they're doing Miss Saigon. Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil which premiered in the West End of London in 1989. A reimagining of Puccini's Madame Butterfly, the story tells of a doomed love affair between an American GI and a Vietnamese bar girl set against the backdrop of the Vietnam War. Edit
    • Donna: Cool the beans, Rambo. Rambo was a series of movies about an elite military commando called John Rambo, played by Sylvester Stallone. Edit

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