J is for... Jenny (2)

 

A young woman who was created from the Doctor's DNA on the planet Messaline. A long-running war was being waged on this world between two factions of colonists. One group were humans from Earth, whilst the others were the piscine Hath, who had arrived with them. Casualties were so high that both sides used machines which could clone their soldiers, producing fully formed adults who were pre-programmed to begin fighting immediately. When the Doctor, Donna and Martha stumbled into the middle of this conflict, the TARDIS having been inexplicably dragged off course, some human soldiers forced the Doctor's hand into the device's gene collector. The result was a young, blond-haired woman. Donna gave her the name Jenny, as she was a generated anomaly according to the Doctor. He denied any connection with jenny save for the use of his genes, but Donna saw her as his child. It transpired that she had two hearts like the Doctor. The Doctor deduced that it was Jenny's existence which had pulled the TARDIS off course, as it thought it recognised another Time Lord.

Jenny was extremely strong, and had other talents such as gymnastic abilities. These helped them to get to the location of the Source - an object which both sides were fighting to achieve. It transpired that the war had only been raging for a few days, but the casualties were such that many new generations of fighter had been created since, who had forgotten their own history. Jenny was shot dead saving the Doctor's life, when he was attacked by General Cobb, who could not stand for the war to end without a human victory.

After the Doctor and his companions had left Messaline, Jenny regenerated and came back to life, but did not change appearance or personality. She set off alone to explore the universe.

Played by: Georgia Moffett. Appearances: The Doctor's Daughter (2008).

• Moffett really was the Doctor's daughter, being the child of Fifth Doctor Peter Davison (who's real surname is Moffett). She later married David Tennant, so is now also the Doctor's wife. her mother is Sandra Dickinson.
• Georgia would later voice one of the characters in 2009's animated Doctor Who story "Dreamland".
• Whilst Jenny has never returned to the TV series, the character has featured in several audio spin-off adventures.