Changes: John (Knock Knock)

Revision as of 12:22, 14 June 2020

You may wish to consult John for other, similarly-named pages.

John, also referred to simply as the Landlord, was the landlord of a large house in England.

Biography

During his childhood, John's mother Eliza contracted a terminal illness. One day, he found peculiar bugs in his garden and showed them to Eliza. Overnight, the insects (revealed to be Dryads) came to life at the sound of high pitched frequencies and healed Eliza by gradually transforming her into wood. Realising it was the only way to keep her alive, John lured various students to live in his house by allowing many people to stay whilst also being affordable so the Dryads could consume them and stabilise Eliza. Judging by the evidence the Twelfth Doctor found, he had been periodically harvesting university students every 20 years since at least 1957.

When Bill moved in with her friends in 2017, they noticed something strange about the landlord as well as the old-fashioned and creaky house. With help from the Doctor, they soon found out his secret and convinced Eliza to end it, since she was his parent and had the power to do as such. As such, she ordered the Dryads to eat her and John, and as a result caused all of them to swarm out of the house, removing all the wood and making the house uninhabitable. (TV: Knock Knock)

Personality

At first, John appeared as a calm, collected yet discreet landlord. However, he quickly became more sinister and intimidating, such as when he sharply told Harry the tower was out of bounds and even throwing a menacing glare his way. He was quick to justify his own cruel actions in order to keep Eliza preserved by the Dryads. However, as events progressed, John's facade eventually melted down and revealed his child-like personality in front of his parent, that of a child desperately wanting to save his mother by any means necessary. (TV: Knock Knock)

Behind the scenes

John Knock Knock — The subtitle, visible uniquely only in the subtitles of the BBC iPlayer.

The name of the character is never made obvious in the episode and thus is only whispered once by Eliza. Furthermore, the name is only made obvious in the subtitles of BBC iPlayer.

@@ Line 1: / Line 1: @@
 {{Infobox Individual
-|name        = John
+|main alias  =
-|main alias  = The Landlord
 |image       = The Landlord Knock Knock.jpg
 |species     = Human
 |job         = Landlord
-|mother      = Eliza (Knock Knock){{!}}Eliza
+|mother      = Eliza (Knock Knock)
 |only        = Knock Knock (TV story)
 |main actor  = David Suchet
 |other actor = Tate Pitchie-Cooper
+|clip        = The Doctor Meets The Landlord Knock Knock Doctor Who BBC
-}}
+|clip2       = The Wooden Lady Knock Knock Doctor Who BBC
-'''John''', often referred to simply as '''the Landlord''', was the [[landlord]] of a large [[11 Cardinal Road|house]] in [[England]].
+|bts         = David Suchet On Being The Landlord - Doctor Who Series 10
+}}{{dab page|John}}
+'''John''', also referred to simply as '''the Landlord''', was the [[landlord]] of a large [[11 Cardinal Road|house]] in [[England]].
 == Biography ==
-In his childhood, his mother was dying of a terminal illness. One day, he found perculiar bugs in his garden and showed them to his mother, [[Eliza (Knock Knock)|Eliza]]. Over night, the insects (revealed to be [[Dryad]]s) came to life at the sound of high pitched frequencies, and healed Eliza by gradually transforming her into wood. Realising it was the only way to keep her alive, John lured various students to live in his house by allowing many people to stay whilst also being affordable so the Dryads could consume them and stabilise Eliza. Judging by the evidence the [[Twelfth Doctor]] found, he had been periodically harvesting university students every 20 years since at least [[1957]].
+During his childhood, John's mother [[Eliza (Knock Knock)|Eliza]] contracted a terminal illness. One day, he found peculiar bugs in his garden and showed them to Eliza. Overnight, the insects (revealed to be [[Dryad]]s) came to life at the sound of high pitched frequencies and healed Eliza by gradually transforming her into wood. Realising it was the only way to keep her alive, John lured various students to live in his house by allowing many people to stay whilst also being affordable so the Dryads could consume them and stabilise Eliza. Judging by the evidence the [[Twelfth Doctor]] found, he had been periodically harvesting university students every 20 years since at least [[1957]].
-When [[Bill Potts|Bill]] moved in with her friends in [[2017]], they noticed something strange about the landlord as well as the old fashioned and creaky house. With help from the Doctor, they soon found out his secret and convinced Eliza to end it, since she was parent and had the power to do such, as life isn't really worth living in isolation. As such, she ordered the Dryards to eat her and John, and as a result caused all of them to swarm out of the house, removing all the wood and making the house uninhabitable. ([[TV]]: ''[[Knock Knock (TV story)|Knock Knock]]'')
+When [[Bill Potts|Bill]] moved in with her friends in [[2017]], they noticed something strange about the landlord as well as the old-fashioned and creaky house. With help from the Doctor, they soon found out his secret and convinced Eliza to end it, since she was his parent and had the power to do as such. As such, she ordered the Dryads to eat her and John, and as a result caused all of them to swarm out of the house, removing all the wood and making the house uninhabitable. ([[TV]]: ''[[Knock Knock (TV story)|Knock Knock]]'')
 == Personality ==
-At first, John appeared as a calm, collected yet discreet landlord. However, he quickly became more sinister and intimidating, such as when he sharply told Harry the tower was out of bounds and even throwing a menacing glare his way. He was quick to justify his own cruel actions in order to keep Eliza preserved by the Dryads. However, as events progressed, John eventually revealed his child-like tendencies, desperately wanting to save his mother by any means necessary. ([[TV]]: ''[[Knock Knock (TV story)|Knock Knock]]'')
+At first, John appeared as a calm, collected yet discreet landlord. However, he quickly became more sinister and intimidating, such as when he sharply told Harry the tower was out of bounds and even throwing a menacing glare his way. He was quick to justify his own cruel actions in order to keep Eliza preserved by the Dryads. However, as events progressed, John's facade eventually melted down and revealed his child-like personality in front of his parent, that of a child desperately wanting to save his mother by any means necessary. ([[TV]]: ''[[Knock Knock (TV story)|Knock Knock]]'')
+== Behind the scenes ==
+[[File:John Knock Knock.JPG|thumb|left|The subtitle, visible uniquely only in the subtitles of the [[BBC iPlayer]].]]
+* The name of the character is never made obvious in the episode and thus is only whispered once by [[Eliza (Knock Knock)|Eliza]]. Furthermore, the name is only made obvious in the subtitles of [[BBC iPlayer]].
+[[es:John (Knock Knock)]]
 [[Category:Human landpersons]]
 [[Category:20th century individuals]]