Stories Television Doctor Who (2005-2022) Doctor Who S4 Episode: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 The Doctor’s Daughter 1 image Overview Characters How to Watch Reviews 1 Statistics Quotes 2 Transcript Overview First aired Saturday, May 10, 2008 Production Code 4.6 Written by Stephen Greenhorn Directed by Alice Troughton Runtime 45 minutes Time Travel Future Tropes (Potential Spoilers!) Human Colony, War Location (Potential Spoilers!) Messaline UK Viewers 7.33 million Appreciation Index 88 Synopsis Just after finally defeating the Sontarans on modern-day Earth, the Doctor's TARDIS takes the Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble and Martha Jones on an unexpected trip to the barren planet Messaline. Arriving right in the middle of a war between humans and Hath, the Doctor meets someone he thought he never would: his daughter. Can the Doctor accept this clone as his offspring, and can he stop the war before it all ends in massacre on both sides? Watch Watched Favourite Favourited Add Review Edit Review Log a repeat Skip Skipped Unowned Owned Owned Save to my list Saved Characters Tenth Doctor David Tennant Donna Noble Catherine Tate Martha Jones Freema Agyeman Jenny First Appearance Hath Show All Characters (5) How to watch The Doctor’s Daughter: Watch on iPlayer Blu-Ray Series 4 [Steelbook] Blu-Ray Series 4 DVD The Complete Fourth Series DVD Series 4 Volume 2: The Sontaran Stratagem – The Poison Sky – The Doctor‘s Daughter – The Unicorn and the Wasp Reviews Add Review Edit Review Sort: Newest First Oldest First Most Likes Highest Rating Lowest Rating Username (A-Z) Username (Z-A) Spoilers First Spoilers Last 1 review 24 April 2024 · 314 words Review by 15thDoctor Spoilers This review contains spoilers! This should be an epic given its deliberately provocative title, and its premise which was pitched as "a story which changes The Doctor". We should have been talking about this one for years to come. Yet it ended up being totally forgettable fluff in what has up until this point been a particularly good series. The pacing is relentlessly poor. The last 20 minutes in particular. The story keeps feeling like it is about to end with one scene bolted onto the next, almost as an afterthought, or to extend the screen time. The paper thin plot lacks focus and intrigue, or at least I was never truly invested in anything I saw onscreen. It isn't helped by the fact that The Doctor initially seems completely nonplussed and a even bit disappointed in the fact his offspring exists. We are not invited to deeply care about them or believe they have much of a bond. She inexplicable has incredible gymnastic skills(??) and doesn't seem to reflect much of either The Doctor or any Time Lord qualities. She is then pointlessly killed, then miraculously brought back to life - leaving the viewer feeling like the whole thing was a waste of time. The saving grace is that it is all a bit of fun. The Hath are a good creature design. The concept of generation after generation *feeling* like they have been fighting a war forever but in fact have only been fight for a week is hilarious... not sure it really holds up to scrutiny (wouldn't these clones be dropping like flies onscreen?) Putting Martha for the whole episode with characters who can only communicate with gargles seems like a perfect way to waste her big return - making it all but impossible to have any meaningful character moments with Donna and The Doctor. Sums up this story well I suppose - a wasted opportunity! Like Liked 0 Open in new window Statistics AVG. Rating606 members 3.22 / 5 Trakt.tv AVG. Rating1,170 votes 4.03 / 5 The Time Scales AVG. Rating185 votes 3.15 / 5 Member Statistics Watched 1301 Favourited 53 Reviewed 1 Saved 1 Skipped 0 Owned 11 Quotes Add Quote Link to Quote Favourite Tags: Funny DONNA: Not what you'd call a natural parent, are you? DOCTOR: They stole a tissue sample at gunpoint and processed it. It's not what I call natural parenting. DONNA: Rubbish. My friend Nerys fathered twins with a turkey baster. Don't bother her. — The Doctor’s Daughter Show All Quotes (2) Open in new window Transcript Needs checking [TARDIS] (Everyone is hanging on to the console.) DONNA: What the hell's it doing?DOCTOR: The control's not working. (He gets thrown about and gets a look at the jar at the base of the time rotor.) DOCTOR: I don't know where we're going, but my old hand's very excited about it.DONNA: I thought that was just some freaky alien thing. You telling me it's yours?DOCTOR: Well.MARTHA: It got cut off. He grew a new one.DONNA: You are completely impossible.DOCTOR: Not impossible. Just a bit unlikely. Show Full Transcript Open in new window