The Doctor rarely makes references to his family within Doctor Who. In the early days of the show, the Doctor had a granddaughter called Susan who travelled with him in the TARDIS. So the Doctor did have a family back on Gallifrey. However, the Doctor also had a genetically engineered daughter called Jenny on the planet Messaline – the product of a very short war!

The Doctor’s Daughter

★★★☆☆

TX: 10/05/2008

Written by Stephen Greenhorn    Directed by Alice Troughton

The Tenth Doctor, Donna and Martha accidentally arrive on the planet Messaline in the middle of a war between the humans (led by General Cobb) and the Hath. The Doctor’s hand is placed inside a progenation machine and a DNA sample is taken and used to create a new soldier. A woman later named Jenny, the Doctor’s genetically engineered daughter! The soldiers are created over and over again in the progenation machines as the war goes on and more soldiers are killed. This means that the human army has mythologised their own history and the length of the war. Donna deduces from the codes on the walls of the human encampments that they are completion dates and that the war has only lasted for 7 days! Martha braves the surface of Messaline with the brave Hath Peck who sacrifices himself to protect Martha. The time travellers are reunited at the source, a terraforming device that both sides of the war want. The Doctor smashes the orb containing the terraforming gases, this releases them breathing new life into the barren planet. But, the angered General Cobb (who was hoping for a less peaceful resolution to the war) shoots Jenny, who apparently dies in the Doctor’s arms. The Doctor is about to shoot Cobb in revenge, but he decides not to. The Doctor spares Cobb and shows him mercy even though Cobb killed Jenny because the Doctor is a good man. Strong people build others up, they don’t kick others down. They lead by example. After the TARDIS departs however, Jenny is seemingly revived by the source. She steals a spaceship and flies off to have adventures of her own, just like her dad. It’s time for another gentle reminder that David Tennant is the best Doctor! David Tennant is the best Doctor, it’s a fact not an opinion! You either think that Tennant is the best Doctor or you’re wrong! There will never be a better Doctor than David Tennant! If I were married, I would happily hand over my wife to David Tennant, he would deserve her for being the best Doctor! I am the mother and the father of all David Tennant basic bitches! David Tennant is both objectively and subjectively the best Doctor!