History Recap / DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter

'''Original air date:''' May 10, 2008

'''Production code:''' 4.6

Written by Stephen Greenhorn.

** As a matter of fact, Moffet was also friends with the daughter of Creator/ColinBaker growing up. Which means that a Doctor's daughter who played with the Doctor's daughter, played the Doctor's daughter, then had the Doctor's daughter. [[MindScrew Confused yet?]]

* ExactWords: Cobb told the Doctor and his companions that the war with the Hath had gone on for "many generations". Turns it it had only gone on for roughly a week; the cloning machine can create hundreds of "generations" of soldiers every day. Also a bit of [[invoked]]FridgeHorror when you stop and realize what that means — human beings (and presumably the Hath) don't really die that quickly or easily. Considering there's no one around to correct the mistaken mythology that the clones have all created, this means that every last person who was part of the original expedition died. Probably quite violently in the initial bout of mistrust-caused upheaval, and that the cloning machines were initially used as a last resort by both the humans and Hath to tip the balance when their initial numbers were getting very thin. It also means that both sides of the survivors of the initial expedition had gotten so mistrusting of each other that they literally programmed the clones to think fighting each other was their main goal and purpose for existing. Talk about brainwashing.

* ActorAllusion: A complicated blend of this and RealLifeRelative. Creator/GeorgiaMoffett, who plays Jenny, is Fifth Doctor Creator/PeterDavison's real-life daughter. Peter Davison is Creator/DavidTennant's favourite Doctor and pretty much the reason he became an actor in the first place. Georgia Moffett is now David Tennant's wife, and their first child together was a little girl. OR, as it's phrased on Georgia Moffett's page: [[Creator/PeterDavison A Doctor's daughter]] [[Recap/DoctorWhoS30E6TheDoctorsDaughter who played the Doctor's daughter]] [[Creator/DavidTennant and then had the Doctor's daughter.]] If that sentence confused you, join the club. And if it didn't, [[TimeyWimeyBall you've probably been watching this show too much]].

* ExactWords: Cobb told the Doctor and his companions that the war with the Hath had gone on for "many generations". Turns it it had only gone on for roughly a week; the cloning machine can create hundreds of "generations" of soldiers every day. Also a bit of FridgeHorror when you stop and realize what that means — human beings (and presumably the Hath) don't really die that quickly or easily. Considering there's no one around to correct the mistaken mythology that the clones have all created, this means that every last person who was part of the original expedition died. Probably quite violently in the initial bout of mistrust-caused upheaval, and that the cloning machines were initially used as a last resort by both the humans and Hath to tip the balance when their initial numbers were getting very thin. It also means that both sides of the survivors of the initial expedition had gotten so mistrusting of each other that they literally programmed the clones to think fighting each other was their main goal and purpose for existing. Talk about brainwashing.

* WritersCannotDoMath: The story takes place over roughly half a day of constant skirmishing and the soldiers clone en mass once, with one more small batch at the beginning. How did they burn through more than six hundred generations in less than a week? Alternately, ''massive'' FridgeHorror.

* CloningBlues: Averted. None of the clones have any angst about being clones.

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend: Donna and the Doctor, [[RunningGag yet again]], are mistaken for a couple by Cobb, and they again deny it.

* MistakenForRomance: The Doctor and Donna (again). Cobb thinks Donna is "the Doctor's woman", and Jenny feels the need to double-check.

The one where future [[Creator/DavidTennant husband]] and [[Creator/GeorgiaMoffett wife]] get to act together [[CastIncest as father and daughter...]]

Travelling back to Earth, Martha expresses her happiness at not being involved in any more death and destruction and warns Donna about the dangers of companionship. Donna laughs it off, saying she wants to travel with the Doctor forever, and she and the Doctor head back out into the wide galaxy, while Martha goes off to [[Recap/TorchwoodS2E6Reset help out Torchwood Three for a while]]. Just before the credits roll, however, it turns out the Doctor didn't wait quite long enough. Jenny wakes up (with the same face), revived by either regeneration or the terraforming gas, and, much like her father, rambles on for a few minutes as she takes the last spaceship on Messaline to head out and travel the stars.

* ActionGirl: Jenny, Jenny, Jenny and Jenny. She was born to be a soldier and has the added advantage of being a Time Lady — what can you expect?

* {{Fanservice}}: Creator/GeorgiaMoffett, meet tight T-shirt and what appear to be leather pants!

** Martha's Hath friend jumps into quicksand in order to get her out and sinks (he doesn't get better).

* TheUnintelligible: All we hear when the Hath "speak" is bubbly noises, but Martha seems to understand them — because of the TARDIS translator?

** As a matter of fact, Moffet was also friends with the daughter of Creator/ColinBaker growing up. Which means that [[UpToEleven a Doctor's daughter who played with the Doctor's daughter, played the Doctor's daughter, then had the Doctor's daughter.]] [[MindScrew Confused yet?]]

'''Jenny:''' Then how are we different?[[note]]For one thing, the Doctor regrets it. See next Trope. OTOH, that comeback might spoil the Aesop.[[/note]]

* ExactWords: Cobb told the Doctor and his companions that the war with the Hath had gone on for "many generations". Turns it it had only gone on for roughly a week; the cloning machine can create hundreds of "generations" of soldiers every day. Also a bit of FridgeHorror when you stop and realize what that means — human beings (and presumably the Hath) don't really die that quickly or easily. Considering there's no one around to correct the mistaken mythology that the clones have all created, this means that every last person who was part of the original expedition died. Probably quite violently in the initial bout of mistrust-caused upheaval, and that the cloning machines were initially used as a last resort by both the humans and hath to tip the balance when their initial numbers were getting very thin. It also means that both sides of the survivors of the initial expedition had gotten so mistrusting of each other that they literally programmed the clones to think fighting each other was their main goal and purpose for existing. Talk about brainwashing.

'''Jenny:''' Then how are we different?

* DistractedByTheSexy: Jenny lures a guard close enough to the bars of their cell for her to kiss him and simultaneously grab his gun, making him open the door. Donna wants to try it on the next guard, but the Doctor shoots her down. She is not amused.
-->'''Donna:''' I have picked up a few... womanly wiles over the years.\\
'''The Doctor:''' Let's save your wiles for later, in case of emergency.

They all travel together to the humans' base. Along the way, Martha is kidnapped by the Hath, but Jenny causes an explosion, meaning the Doctor and Donna can't get her back. Here the storyline splits.

** As a matter of fact, Moffet was also friends with the daughter of Creator/ColinBaker growing up. Which means that [[UpToEleven a Doctor's daughter who was friends with the Doctor's daughter and played the Doctor's daughter then had the Doctor's daughter.]] [[MindScrew Confused yet?]]

* PunnyName: Donna bases the name "Jenny" on the Doctor's "genetic anomaly" comment.

* LikeParentLikeChild: Jenny's final scene has her steal a ship and run away to the stars. Does that sound ''[[NotSoDifferent familiar]]'', Doctor?

* NotSoDifferent: