Finally the Doctor brings life for once. His daughter's rather cute, I wonder when we'll see her again.
Also, a concrete statement that the Doctor was a father once, thus explaining Susan.
[ May 12, 2008, 03:36 PM: Message edited by: Fabrux ]
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
He already mentioned being a dad once in the second season. No details about that are released, but at least this time he certainly relates it to his entire family dying in the Time War.
And Jenny was very well introduced. It has return visit written all over it, dunnit?
Mark
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
The implication seemed to be that she was revived by the terraforming stuff, so I'm a little disappointed that there was no real explanation given for her failure to regenerate. The "maybe she wasn't enough like you" theory was kind of lame.
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
Wasn't it explained somewhere that you have to be an actual Time Lord to get the regenerations? Perhaps Jenny was created as a "regular" Gallifreyan and not a Time Lord.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Well then why would the Doctor seam to think it was a possibility? Clearly she didn't regenerate anyway, as her face and body were unchanged. So the terraform idea is probably what happened, contrived though it may be.
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
Shouldn't this be 4x06, not 4x05?
The fluffy energy stuff escaping from her mouth was basically the same as the fluffy energy stuff that the Doctor spewed out following his regeneration. That, combined with his ability to regrow things within a few hours of regeneration, leads me to think that she only regenerated the damaged areas just like he did. Doubt she's got Captain Jack-esque invulnerability, though.
It's been implied in the original series and several books that the Time Lords are not an actual race, but that Gallifreyans are "granted" twelve regenerations upon becoming a Time Lord. We don't actually know HOW regeneration works, but it's generally accepted that Gallifreyans as a race are not born innately able to regenerate.
Mark
Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mark Nguyen: Shouldn't this be 4x06, not 4x05?
I don't know what you're talking about.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"The fluffy energy stuff escaping from her mouth was basically the same as the fluffy energy stuff that the Doctor spewed out following his regeneration."
I think what the Doctor expelled was the energy he absorbed from Rose that she had absorbed from the TARDIS. Which, as I recall, was bright orange. What came out of Jenny (shouldn't it be "Genny"?) certainly appeared to be the same yellow and green stuff that came out of the terraforming ball.
Posted by Reverend (Member # 335) on :
Wasn't that what actually killed him though? And I say again, if Gallifreyans don't naturally regenerate then why would The Doctor act like it was a possibility?
Posted by Mark Nguyen (Member # 469) on :
He might be thinking that since he's already GOT altered DNA, that Jenny would have enough in her to do so. I personally think that he was simply grief-stricken after losing someone he had JUST accepted as his offspring, that he would knee-jerkedly think that Jenny should be able to regenerate. It's almost jarring when the Doctor DOESN'T have the answer, isn't it? Both Martha and Donna showed him up in this episode, in that sense.
Mark
Posted by HerbShrump (Member # 1230) on :
quote:Originally posted by Fabrux: His daughter's rather cute
Understatement.
Posted by Mars Needs Women (Member # 1505) on :
Tell me about it. Although I felt the ending had spin-off written all over it.
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