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WARNING : moderate spoiler for Doctor Who , season 14 , installment 7 , " The Legend of Ruby Sunday " !
Summary
Doctor Whoseason 14 , episode 7 , " The Legend of Ruby Sunday " has revealed entropy that further complicates what we know about the Doctor ’s minor . The very first episode ofDoctor Who , back in 1963 , bring out that the First Doctor ( William Hartnell ) and his granddaughter Susan ( Carole Ann Ford ) were living on Earth after flee their home planet for reasons nameless . Over 60 age later , in " The Legend of Ruby Sunday " , the interview is led to believe that the Doctor ’s granddaughter Susan could be Susan Triad , played by Susan Twist .
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Everything Doctor Who Has Revealed About The Doctor’s Children
From the very start ofDoctor Whoit ’s always been implicit that the Doctor had been a father , because William Hartnell ’s Doctor was a grandad . However , there were never denotative reference work to the Doctor being a parent until Russell T Davies revivedDoctor Whoin 2005 . The first reference to the Doctor being a parent was inSteven Moffat ’s very firstDoctor Whoepisode , " The Empty Child " , when the Ninth Doctor ( Christopher Eccleston ) and Dr. Constantine ( Richard Wilson ) commiserated both losing children and grandchildren in war .
It ’s therefore always been widely accepted that the Doctor has had tike who were likely killed or lose in the Time War .
InDoctor Whoseason 12 , installment 11 , " Fear Her " , the Tenth Doctor ( David Tennant ) offhandedly mentioned being a begetter , but never gave a further account . Years later , inDoctor Whoseason 7 , episode 7 , " A Good Man Goes to War " , the Eleventh Doctor ( Matt Smith ) reject to answer the dubiousness of whether he ever had children . It ’s therefore always been widely accepted thatthe Doctor has had children who were likely killed or lost in the Time War . The Tenth Doctor much confirms this fact inDoctor Whoseason 4 , episode 6 , " The Doctor ’s Daughter " , when he says :
I can see them . The gob they left , all the pain in the neck that filled it . I just do n’t know if I can face that every day .
Clara Oswald ( Jenna Coleman ) further confirmed this inDoctor Whoseason 8 , episode 12 , " end in Heaven " , when she pretended to be the Doctor . circumvent by Cybermen , she said that the Doctor ’s children and grandchildren were missing , dare dead follow the Time War . Clara also added thatthe Doctor had a non - Gallifreyan child , Jenny(Georgia Moffet ) , support via genetic conveyance . Then , finally , the Fifteenth Doctor tells Ruby Sunday ( Millie Gibson ) that he had nipper and a granddaughter inDoctor Whoseason 14 , sequence 2 , " The Devil ’s Chord " , which is what makes his revelation about Susan ’s parents so strange .
TheDoctor WhonovelFather Timeby Lance Parkin told the story of the Earthbound Eighth Doctor raising an adopted girl send for Miranda Dawkins .
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The Doctor’s Children Haven’t Been Born Yet (According To Fifteen)
For all theDoctor Whomysteries answer by season 14 , episode 7 , Russell T Davies could n’t resist muddy the water when it come to the Doctor ’s tike . Asked about his granddaughter by Kate Lethbridge - Stewart ( Jemma Redgrave ) , the Doctor explains that he does n’t have children " yet " . From a analogue view , this is a reversal of what ’s previously been give away about the Doctor ’s children , but given that the Doctor is a Time Lord , linear position never cover the full floor . The Doctor and Kate ’s dialog substitution give some clues as to how both things can be reliable :
Kate : But , you intend you could have a granddaughter before a daughter ?
The Doctor : spirit of a Time Lord …
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This Book of Revelation does imply that a future version of the Doctor could square up down and have baby , one of whom goes on to have Susan . This would mean that the Doctor ’s life is a closed grommet , with some event sending Susan back to the start of her grandfather ’s journeying through clock time and space . It ’s highly unlikely thatDoctor Whowill ever let on Susan ’s parent , nor the female parent of the Doctor ’s fry . However , much like Trenzalore during the Steven Moffat earned run average , the birthing of the Doctor ’s children could be a fixed close point for the story of The Last of the Time Lords .
The mystery of Mrs. Flood has been part of Doctor Who since the 2023 Christmas special , and the show just offered a huge possible clue .
The Doctor Has At Least One Grandchild - Susan
No matter the timey wimey nature of her blood , the Doctor definitelydoeshave a granddaughter - Susan Foreman - whom he left Gallifrey with . The Doctor and Susan traveled together , and eventually parted when she was left on Earth to serve rebuild Earth following a Dalek invasion in 2150 AD . The Doctor choose to leave Susan behind because her partner , David Campbell , could give his granddaughter a stable life . However , some accounts have question if Susan is even the Doctor ’s biological granddaughter , with spinoff medium aim several alternative theory .
The 1983 short story , nativity of a Renegade , write by then - handwriting editorEric Saward give away that Susan was a descendant of Rassilon , the founder of Time Lord club . In this account , the Doctor took Susan away from Gallifrey to duck Rassilon ’s political opposite . Although part of an prescribed piece of product , theDoctor Who 20th Anniversary Special , and write byDoctor Who ’s playscript editor , parentage of a Renegadehas been ignored by canyon . The mention to Susan inDoctor Whoseason 14confirm without a doubt that she ’s the Doctor ’s biologic granddaughter .
What Happened To Jenny, The Doctor’s Daughter
The Doctor also has a confirmed daughter , Jenny , who was created by cloning technology on the planet Messaline . Their progenation machines could grow full - size humans to help fight their never - cease war against the Hath . In that esteem , the progenation machines inDoctor Whoseason 4 , sequence 6 , " The Doctor ’s Daughter " bear a resemblance to the Gallifreyan loom from boom media . In variousDoctor Whonovels by Marc Platt likeCat ’s CradleandLungbarrow , it was asserted thatGallifreyan child are n’t made by biological procreation , they ’re genetically " thread " on heavy loom . However , this fact has never been confirmed on - screen door .
Georgia Moffet , who played Jenny , was the material - life daughter of Fifth Doctor role player Peter Davison , and she later on married David Tennant .
While the Tenth Doctor shin to accept his cloned daughter at first , he and Jenny did eventually bond . deplorably , tragedy struck , and Jenny was gun down by the increasingly cark General Cobb . As Jenny was a compounding of Gallifreyan and human DNA , the Doctor did n’t believe that she could regenerate . Therefore , he , Donna Noble ( Catherine Tate ) and Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman ) give Jenny ’s body to be buried on Messaline . However , Jenny was able to renew to an extent that healed her wounds , and she jell out across the stars to be a hero like her father .
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The Doctor ’s girl , Jenny , was the Doctor ’s only kid and was a dear fictitious character . Despite this , Jenny has never reappeared in Doctor Who .
Are Any Of The Doctor’s Children Still Alive?
It ’s even possible that Jenny could turn out to be Susan ’s female parent further down the line , as Carole Ann Ford left the show long before Time Lord biological science was even thought up .
InDoctor Whoseason 14 , episode 2 , " The Devil ’s Chord " , the Fifteenth Doctor speculated that the Master ’s genocide may even have affected Time Lords who were n’t on Gallifrey at the time . This would have in mind that any of the Doctor ’s children , retiring , present or futurity , would be deadened following the upshot of " The Timeless Children " . However , as she ’s not fully Gallifreyan , the Doctor ’s daughter Jenny would have been spare from this circumstances . It ’s even potential that Jenny could turn out to be Susan ’s female parent further down the occupation , as Carole Ann Ford left the show long before Time Lord biological science was even thought up .
So , Jenny is the only one of the Doctor ’s children who remains alive in theDoctor Whouniverse . Tragically for both role , the Doctor is n’t even aware that Jenny ’s still alive , while the Doctor ’s girl has no means of tag her father down as he never stays in one place and sentence for long enough . As for the Doctor ’s granddaugher Susan and her parents , they remain missing presumed utter follow the dual catastrophes of theTime War against the Daleksand the Master ’s race murder .
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Episode
Disney+ Release Date
" Space Babies " & " The Devil ’s Chord "
May 10
" microphone boom "
May 17
" 73 yard "
May 24
" Dot & Bubble "
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May 31
" Rogue "
June 7
" The Legend of Ruby Sunday "
June 14
" Empire of Death "
June 21
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The latest Doctor Who series introduces the Fifteenth Doctor , joined by young fellow Ruby Sunday .
