Thursday, January 10, 2013

NuWho - Series 3, Episode 8 - Human Nature (Season 29, Story 185a)

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Quotes
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Martha: It's Monday, November 14th, 1913. And you're completely human. As human as they come.
John Smith: Hm. That's me. Completely human.

"I dream that I'm this...adventurer.  This Dare Devil, a madman.  The Doctor, I'm called. And last night I dreamt that you were there...as my companion." ~ John Smith

"I sometimes think how magical life would be if stories like this were true." ~ John Smith

"Head in the clouds, that one." ~ Jenny

"That's the Box. The Blue Box. It's always there. Like a magic carpet. This funny little box that transports me to faraway places." ~ John Smith

"Who is he Martha?  It's like he's left the kettle on. Like he know he has something to get back to, but he can't remember what." ~ Nurse Redfern

Nurse Redfern:  Where did you learn to draw?
John Smith:  Gallifrey
Nurse Redfern:  Is that in Ireland?
John Smith: Yes, yes it must be.

"It's all becoming clear now. The Doctor is doing the things you'd like to be doing." ~ Nurse Joan Redfern

"Which one of them do you want us to kill—your friend or your lover?" ~ Brother of Mine

"You had to, didn't you? You had to go and fall in love with a human. And it isn't me." ~ Martha Jones

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Trivia
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When the Doctor is speaking to Joan he names his parents as Sydney and Verity. This is clearly a reference to Sydney Newman, the original creator of Doctor Who, and Verity Lambert, the first producer.

This is the first occurrence of an explicitly racist comment within the new series directed at a companion.

John Smith is seen to be eating a pear.  During the video instructions that the Doctor has recorded for Martha, a deleted scene for the episode reveals that instruction number five stated that the Doctor hated pears (before a number of improvised statements by Tennant that were intended to be "fast forwarded" when shown). The declaration of the Doctor's distaste for pears was removed, and the fast forward implemented just before this instruction was said, as the BBC felt that it may encourage children to stop eating pears.

The watch at one point is heard to say the first and the last of the Time Lords, this could be a reference to the Cartmell masterplan which culminated in the seventh Doctor novel Lungbarrow.

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Trailer
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