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Saturday 20 Mar 2010
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The Character of "Jenny" (Doctor Who)
A reflection of the character of "Jenny" (taken from Wikipedia) PDF Print E-mail

Georgia as JennyMartin Anderson of Den of Geek! has suggested that the creation of a daughter character for the Doctor was a move designed to lay to rest decades long speculation that the Doctor himself might one day regenerate into a female form. He deems the act of reviving the character at the end of the episode to be "a pretty cheap trick", but asserts that; "this is outshone by the big surprise at Jenny's career-choice at the conclusion of The Doctor’s Daughter. Wow." Newsround's Lizo Mzimba opines that Moffett's appearance as Jenny is "superb", while Doctor Who producer Phil Collinson has hailed the introduction of Jenny as the Doctor's daughter: "One of the best pre-title sequences we've ever had." Despite reviewing the episode "The Doctor's Daughter" poorly as a whole, Digital Spy's Ben Rawson-Jones argues that Jenny "deserved a stronger narrative context for her debut", and that Georgia Moffett portrayed the character with "the right spirit, arrogance and compassion that befits a sprog of the Time Lord."

Ian Berriman, writing for SFX, is somewhat more critical of the character, stating: "we’re not given much time to get to know Jenny (and you always suspect she’s a redshirt), so her “death” is not as affecting as it could have been." The Stage's Mark Wright is similarly critical of the character and her conception, writing: "I’ll admit to feeling cheated that she isn’t the real thing and it’s a bit of techno-gubbins malarkey to give the Doctor something to emote against. I don’t quite buy the bond that springs up between the Doctor and Georgia Moffett’s Jenny (a name she is given rather quickly). She is a genetically engineered soldier with military tactics and skills programmed in, and knows what to do with a gun, much to the Doctor’s horror. But why does he care, she isn’t really his daughter?"

AnGeorgia as Jennyderson, Berriman, Wright, and The Times' Andrew Billen all speculate that the character is likely to return to the series in the future, with Anderson assessing that the episode's ending left "vast scope" for the return of the character in her own spin-off: "Moffett herself has the obvious credentials due to her real-life dad, and she’s certainly young, attractive and athletic enough to cross quite a few barriers in viewer demographics." Billen adds: "If Jenny [...] does not spin off into, at least, her own comic books, I shall be surprised."

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Jenny - TARDIS Wiki PDF Print E-mail

From The TARDIS Wiki.

Jenny was the artificially-created "daughter" of the Doctor created from his genes.

Biography

A short war waged on the planet Messaline between Humans and Hath. The Humans and Hath used progenation machines to instantly create mentally programmed young adults from DNA of a single parent. When the Doctor (with Donna and Martha) arrived on Messaline, he had Jenny made from him against his will from a skin sample just prior to an ambush by Hath.

Georgia as JennyThe then-nameless Jenny pushed a button which triggered an explosion, causing the collapse of the tunnel that cut the group off from the Hath and from Martha. Shortly after, Jenny, was named by the Doctor's companion Donna Noble from the Doctor's original description of her as a 'generated anomaly'.

Jenny's commander, Cobb, had Jenny locked up with the Doctor and Donna. While in this cell, Donna proved to the Doctor that Jenny was indeed his daughter; she listened to Jenny's heartbeat and found that, like the Doctor, she had two hearts. Jenny helped the others by kissing Cline and then taking his pistol. The Doctor found his daughter very capable though inclined towards violence, though convinced her not to kill Cobb when she had the chance.

As the three of them made their way towards the Source, which Cobb and the Hath both sought, Jenny spoke with the Doctor about the possibility of traveling with him, and he told her that he would never leave her. The Doctor told the respective parties to end the war, whereupon General Cobb aimed his gun and shot at him. Jenny here showed her compassion by standing in the way of the bullet. She was shot through one of her hearts, and died, but did not regenerate.

While laying in state, however, Jenny returned to life, stole a shuttlecraft, and left Messaline, determined to save other worlds and to do "an awful lot of running" like her father. (DW: The Doctor's Daughter)

Davros tried to manipulate the Doctor when he moved the Earth to the Medusa Cascade by asking the Doctor how many people have died in his name. Jenny is one of the people he thinks of. The Doctor is unaware of Jenny's revival.

Personality

Jenny showed a lot of the brilliance, lust for life and determination typical of her father. Though programming had made her military-minded and goal-oriented, she soon adopted the Doctor's values and principles, though she could also challenge him.

Inherited characteristics

Like her father, Jenny has two hearts. She also had reflexes, precision timing and acrobatic ability far beyond that of almost any Human. After her death, she shortly returned to life, expelling a "breath" of pure energy, though, unlike other Time Lords undergoing regeneration, she did not change physically.

Georgia as JennyThis could be speculated to be either an equivalent of a Time Lord's post-regenerative healing ability,an effect of dying while in proximity of the Source, or possibly that her "Birth" was counted as a regeneration. She could also have had an excess of energy like recently post-regenerative Time Lords as she was only recently 'born'. The 'breath' that she expelled appeared very similar to the gas in the Source, suggesting that the terraforming device aided her in returning to life and that she can't truly regenerate. Another theory is that she did what the Doctor did in the stolen earth and threw the energy at the nearest object with her genetic code DW: Journey's End. However, this is unlikely as Jenny was unlikely aware she had this power. Alternatively, it could have been a by-product of the progenation machine; as it was not designed to replicate beings as complex as Time Lords, it could be that it just did the best it could to copy the regeneration process. Thus, she can heal herself to an impressive extent, but the Doctor's genetic code was too complicated to replicate completely. It could also be that she is not a full Time Lord, being created from the progenation machine; thus, she is not capable of full regeneration, but merely of healing herself. Or maybe she's not old enough to regenerate yet.

Other information

The presence of Jenny drew the TARDIS to Messaline, paradoxically, before her creation, so that she, in effect caused herself to exist. (DW: The Doctor's Daughter)

As the Doctor is Jenny's father many of her relatives are unknown. She is the Doctor's youngest child as he states that he had fathered children and had a family before, making Jenny their sister on some level (or more accurately their half-sister as, assuming the Doctor's other children were born naturally, they would have the same father as Jenny but a different mother, since Jenny did not actually have a mother). (DW: The Empty Child, DW: Fear Her, DW: The Doctor's Daughter) Susan Foreman, the Doctor's granddaughter who travelled with him during his first incarnation and the only other relative other than Jenny to appear on screen, is technically Jenny's niece. (DW: An Unearthly Child, DW: The Empty Child)

Behind the Scenes

Jenny was played by Georgia Moffett, the daughter of Peter Davison, alias the Fifth Doctor.

Georgia MoffettIt was Steven Moffat who suggested that Jenny be brought back to life at the end of the episode. There are rumours that Moffat has expressed interest in Jenny either returning to Doctor Who or having her own spin-off series. Georgia Moffett has also expressed interest in the character returning.

There has been lots of talk of who will be the new companion to the Doctor in series five, many people are wanting Jenny to fill the role. The Sun newspaper have published that she will be in one of the 2009 specials.

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19th March 2010

Added a new article under Conventions for Georgia's appearance as a guest at Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21 in February. Added some photos of Georgia being interviewed by the Podshock Team (courtesy of Rachel McCauley) to the Gallifrey One 2010 Page and added links to Rachel's website to the Links Page. Added smaller versions of the photos to the General Gallery One Page (miscellaneous section).

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Podshock 187 Available

The full interview of Georgia at the Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21 North American Convention is now available as an audio podcast.

Doctor Who: Podshock Episode 187 is now available for subscription through iTunes, or for download from the Gallifreyan Embassy's website.

More details - and photos from the interview - are on the Gallifrey One: Blackjack 21 2010 Page in the Conventions Section.

 
New DW Audiobook

A new Doctor Who audiobook was released by BBC Audio on Wednesday 3rd March 2010. Entitled "Doctor Who: Autonomy", it is a 10th Doctor Adventure adapted from the book by Daniel Blythe and is narrated by Georgia.

An older audiobook - Red Dawn - is being offered for purchase and download from Big Finish.

More details on the Audiobooks Page.

 
DWM Special V6

In Their Own Words Volume 6 is the latest in the Doctor Who Magazine Special Editions to cover episodes of Doctor Who through the years 1997 to 2009. This, of course means that the 10th Doctor epsiode The Doctor's Daughter is included in the publication, featuring Georgia as Jenny.

The full cover pic is in the Doctor Who Magazine Section.

 
City of Spires

Doctor Who : City of Spires, the Sixth Doctor audio adventure from Big Finish has released some details about the 2CD set. The CD story goes on sale on 30th April 2010 and stars Colin Baker as The Doctor, Frazer Hines as Jaime and Georgia Moffett as Alice.

More details in the Doctor Who Section.

 
Dreamland DVD

Dreamland, the Doctor Who animated adventure is released on DVD. The two disc set comprises of the 45 minute Dreamland adventure, plus the three part documentary Doctor Who Greatest Moments.

The DVD is released on Feb 1st in the UK and May 4th in North America and is available through the Online Shop.

 
Doctor Who DVD Files

The latest issue of The Doctor Who DVD Files (Issue 24) was released on December 2nd 2009 by G.E.Fabbri. The issue focuses on The Doctor's daughter Jenny, who, of course, was played in the story by Georgia. The DW DVD Files Page has more...

 
The Doctor's Daughter Video Clips

There's a new section to the website - The Doctor's Daughter Video Gallery. Some clips from the actual episode, along with some behind-the-scenes clips from the accompanying Doctor Who Confidential documentary.

 
DWO Interview

A short interview conducted by Doctor Who Online reveals some of Georgia's plans for next year and her love for Lionel Richie!

The Interviews Section has more!

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Syfy to air Merlin

Syfy has acquired the basic cable rights to U.K. series "Merlin", with all 26 episodes of the first two seasons to be shown in April 2010.

 
White Van Man

Georgia is to star with Will Mellor and Clive Mantle in a new sitcom made by ITV Studios for BBC Three. The Sitcom - called White Van Man - centers around Ollie, an aspiring restaurateur whose dreams are dashed when his father suffers a heart attack and he has to take over the family painting and decorating business.

More details in the White Van Man Section.

 
Merlin

Georgia has appeared in Merlin as Lady Vivian. The Merlin Section has the episode details, the Merlin Gallery and Merlin Video Sections have screencaps and short video clips from the episode.

Added to the Merlin Gallery - six high quality production stills of Georgia as Lady Vivian.

Just added! An interview with Bradley James where he talks about Episode 10.

 

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The Fan Forum

Georgia Moffett | The Fan Forum is now "open for business"!! The Forum allows fans to discuss, comment and generally chat about Georgia's work.

There are forums there for her work on Casualty, The Bill and her other TV shows - and a dedicated Doctor Who forum with boards not only to discuss her performance in The Doctor's Daughter, but Dreamland, Red Dawn and the audio book, Snowglobe 7.

More on the Forum (Web) Page, or visit the Forum itself.

 
Georgia Wallpapers

How would you like to have the Doctor's Daughter on your desktop?! You can now with the new Desktop Wallpaper Section!!

There's a few Georgia Wallpapers to choose from on the website: all in various sizes to fit desktops or mobile phones (cellphones).