The title is such a tease! Are we possibly going to meet the actual daughter of the Doctor? Is she Susan's mother?? Are we finally going to find out what happened to Susan??? Well...no. No we are not. Because she's not really the Doctor's daughter as such. She's grown from a sample of his DNA to help the humans wage their war against the Hath. Bit disappointing.
It at least gives the Doctor the chance to reflect about his own family. The Doctor's family has always been something of a secret. Obviously we know he had a granddaughter called Susan so he was obviously a father once too. In one episode he even mentions he had a brother...but this was not the Master as was a potential idea back in the third Doctor's era.
His reluctance to accept Jenny as his daughter seems a bit cold hearted at first until his discussion with Donna explains that the reason he is the way he is with her is that she is a reminder of everything he has lost. Donna's comment of "you talk all the time but you don't say anything" brilliantly sums up the mysterious nature of the Doctor.
The second thing I wanted to discuss was the casting of Jenny, the Doctor's daughter. She is played by Georgia Moffat who is the daughter of Peter Moffat, Peter Moffat being the real name of Peter Davison (the fifth Doctor!) so therefore she sort of really is the Doctor's daughter! Now add to this the fact that David Tennant went on to marry her and have a child!
So to sum up, that child has a mother who is also his sister and his dad and grandad are the same person! Timey-wimey, incesty-westy!
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