Jenny (Doctor Who)

For the character associated with the Eleventh Doctor, see Jenny Flint.

Jenny
Doctor Who character
Portrayed byGeorgia Moffett
In-universe information
SpeciesTime Lord
RelativesThe Doctor (parent)
HomeMessaline
Home era60120724 (New Byzantine Calendar)
Appears in"The Doctor's Daughter" (2008)

Jenny, portrayed by Georgia Tennant (credited as Georgia Moffett, her maiden name), is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She appeared in the episode "The Doctor's Daughter", originally broadcast 10 May 2008. Jenny is the daughter[1] of the series protagonist the Doctor, a product of altered DNA extracted from a tissue sample of his tenth incarnation's hand. The character was created by writer Stephen Greenhorn.

Georgia Tennant (then-Moffett) was cast as Jenny after auditioning for a smaller part in the episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", and impressing the series producers.[2] The character was generally well received by reviewers, with many speculating that she would return to the franchise.[3][4][5][6] Moffett also expressed an interest in this possibility.[7]

The fictional Doctor's daughter was played by a real Doctor's daughter; actress Georgia Moffett (her father's legal surname) is the daughter of actor Peter Davison, who portrayed the Doctor's fifth incarnation from 1981 to 1984. Moffett met David Tennant – playing the tenth incarnation of the Doctor – on the set; they began a relationship, and married in 2011, when she changed her name to Georgia Tennant.

  1. ^ Writer Stephen Greenhorn, Director Alice Troughton, Producer Phil Collinson (10 May 2008). "The Doctor's Daughter". Doctor Who. Cardiff. BBC. BBC One. Progenation. Reproduction from a single organism. Means one parent is biological mother and father. You take a sample of diploid cells, split them into haploids, then recombine them in a different arrangement and grow. Very quickly, apparently.
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