Changes: Joan Redfern

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You may be looking for Joan's namesake from the original novel.

Matron Joan Redfern, widow of Oliver Redfern, was a nurse at Farringham School for Boys, where John Smith worked from September to November 1913.

History

Her husband, Oliver, died in the Boer War at the Battle of Spion Kop in January 1900.

While at Farringham, John Smith fell in love with her. He showed her a journal in which he had written down his dreams, which were his adventures with Rose and Martha before he was human. After John Smith became the Tenth Doctor again, she asked him if he could change back into John. He said yes, but when she asked if he would he said no. When he asked her to join him as a companion, she dismissed the idea immediately, saying that John Smith was dead and the Doctor just looked like him. She then asked the Doctor, "If you hadn't decided to come here on a whim, would any of these people have died?" He looked at her without answering. She dismissed him and, after he left, broke down, clutching John's journal. (TV: Human Nature, The Family of Blood)

Many years later, Joan's diary was found by her great-granddaughter Verity Newman. Verity published A Journal of Impossible Things, the story of Joan's romance with the Doctor which Verity told people who bought the book. As his regeneration into the Eleventh Doctor approached, the Doctor bought Joan's book and asked Verity, who realised who he was, if Joan was happy in the end. Verity confirmed that Joan did live a happy life after the Doctor left, but the Doctor left without answering when Verity asked if he too had been happy. (TV: The End of Time)

Alternate timeline

In an alternative future viewed by her and John Smith, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they lived long, happy lives together. (TV: The Family of Blood)

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+|image=Redfern.jpg
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-|species=[[Human]]
+|species=Human
+|job = Nurse
-|home planet= [[Earth]]
-|home era= [[20th century]]
+|origin= [[Earth]]
+|partner = John Smith (Tenth Doctor)
-|appearances= [[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood]]''
+|first = Human Nature (TV story)
-|mentions = [[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'' (indirect)
+|appearances= [[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]''
-|actor= [[Jessica Hynes]]
+|actor= Jessica Hynes
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+|clip2 = The life of John Smith - Doctor Who - Human Nature - Series 3 - BBC
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+'''Matron Joan Redfern''', widow of [[Oliver Redfern]], was a nurse at [[Farringham School for Boys]], where [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] worked from [[September]] to [[November]] [[1913]].
+== History ==
+Her husband, [[Oliver Redfern|Oliver]], died in the [[Boer Wars|Boer War]] at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]] in [[January]] [[1900]].
+While at Farringham, John Smith fell in love with her. He showed her a journal in which he had written down his dreams, which were his adventures with Rose and Martha before he was human. After John Smith became the [[Tenth Doctor]] again, she asked him if he could change back into John. He said yes, but when she asked if he would he said no. When he asked her to join him as a [[companion]], she dismissed the idea immediately, saying that John Smith was dead and the Doctor just looked like him. She then asked the Doctor, "If you hadn't decided to come here on a whim, would any of these people have died?" He looked at her without answering. She dismissed him and, after he left, broke down, clutching John's journal. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
-'''Nurse Joan Redfern''', widow of [[Oliver Redfern]], was a nurse at [[Farringham School for Boys]], where [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] was working during 1913.
-== Biography ==
-Her husband, [[Oliver Redfern|Oliver]], died in the [[Boer Wars]] at the [[Battle of Spion Kop]].
+Many years later, Joan's diary was found by her great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]]. Verity published ''[[A Journal of Impossible Things (The End of Time)|A Journal of Impossible Things]]'', the story of Joan's romance with the Doctor which Verity told people who bought the book. As his [[regeneration]] into the [[Eleventh Doctor]] approached, the Doctor bought Joan's book and asked Verity, who realised who he was, if Joan was happy in the end. Verity confirmed that Joan did live a happy life after the Doctor left, but the Doctor left without answering when Verity asked if he too had been happy. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
-While at Farringham, John Smith fell in love with her. He showed her a journal in which he had written down his dreams, which were his adventures with Rose and Martha before he was human. After John Smith became the [[Tenth Doctor]] again, she asked him if he could change back into John. He said yes, but when she asked if he would he said no. When he asked her to join him as a [[companion]], she dismissed the idea immediately, saying that John Smith was dead and the Doctor just looked like him. She then asked the Doctor, "If you hadn't decided to come here on a whim, would any of these people have died?" He looked at her without answering. She dismissed him and, after he left, broke down, clutching John's journal.
+=== Alternate timeline ===
-In an alternative future viewed by John Smith and her, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they livedlong, happy lives together. ([[DW]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'' / ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
+In [[alternate timeline|an alternative future]] viewed by her and John Smith, she became his wife. They had two children and a number of grandchildren as they lived long, happy lives together. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood]]'')
+{{NameSort}}
-In the true timeline, nearly one century later in the end of [[2009]] or Spring [[2010]], Joan Redfern's great-granddaughter [[Verity Newman]] published the Journal of Impossible Things as a true story told from Joan's perspective and told Joan's story to people wanting to purchase the book, so Joan would be remembered. She was visited by the Doctor before he regenerated into his [[Eleventh Doctor|eleventh incarnation]]. She said that, in the end, Joan Redfern was happy and asked if he was. ([[DW]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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-[[Category:20th century individuals|Redfern, Joan]]
+[[Category:Human nurses]]
-[[Category:Human parents]]
+[[Category:19th century individuals]]
-[[Category:Tenth Doctor allies]]
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+[[Category:Farringham staff]]
+[[Category:Human biological mothers]]
+[[Category:The Doctor's romances]]