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{{first pic|TheHappyCouple.jpg|[[Peter Dalton]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s marriage is formalised at a wedding ceremony. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')}}
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{{first pic|TheHappyCouple.jpg|[[Peter Dalton]] and [[Sarah Jane Smith]]'s marriage is formalised at a [[wedding]] ceremony. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')}}
'''Marriage''' was the union of persons. It was usually made formal by a [[wedding]] service.
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'''Marriage''' was the union of persons. It was usually made formal by a [[wedding]] service. [[Divorce]] was the dissolution of marriage.
   
[[Donna Noble]]'s marriage to [[Lance Bennett]] was prevented when the [[huon particle]]s within her caused her to vanish while walking up the aisle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride]]'') She later married [[Shaun Temple]] and received a [[lottery]] ticket from the [[Tenth Doctor]] as a wedding present. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
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On [[Gallifrey]], marriages served to strengthen [[alliance]]s between the [[Great Houses]], and to maintain the [[Chapter]]s' power. [[Andred]] was the first [[Time Lord]] to marry an outsider, [[Leela]] of the [[Sevateem]]. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Spirit (audio story)|Spirit]]'')
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[[Donna Noble]]'s marriage to [[Lance Bennett]] was prevented when the [[huon particle]]s within her caused her to vanish while walking up the aisle. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Runaway Bride (TV story)|The Runaway Bride]]'') She later married [[Shaun Temple]] and received a [[lottery]] ticket from the [[Tenth Doctor]] as a wedding present. ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'')
   
 
After [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] were married, Amy remembered the [[Eleventh Doctor]] back into existence. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
 
After [[Amy Pond]] and [[Rory Williams]] were married, Amy remembered the [[Eleventh Doctor]] back into existence. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Big Bang (TV story)|The Big Bang]]'')
   
[[The Trickster]] arranged for [[Sarah Jane Smith]] to meet and fall in love with [[Peter Dalton]]. Once they were married, she would forget about defending the Earth and the Trickster could feed on the chaos. Peter revoked his deal with the Trickster, thus defeating it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
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[[The Trickster]] arranged for [[Sarah Jane Smith]] to meet and fall in love with [[Peter Dalton]]. Once they were married, she would forget about defending the Earth and the Trickster could feed on the chaos. Peter revoked his deal with the Trickster, thus defeating it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith (TV story)|The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith]]'')
   
Madame [[Vastra]] and [[Jenny Flint]] described themselves as married. However, given they lived in Victorian London, it is unclear whether this was ever made official. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]''; ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
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Madame [[Vastra]] and [[Jenny Flint]] described themselves as married. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Snowmen (TV story)|The Snowmen]]'', ''[[Deep Breath (TV story)|Deep Breath]]'')
   
[[Jack Harkness]] is known to have been married to a woman at least once. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth]]'')
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[[Jack Harkness]] married at least one woman in his long lifetime, [[Lucia Moretti]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Children of Earth: Day Three (TV story)|Children of Earth: Day Three]]'')
   
 
During a shared dream with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald]] once stated that other than [[Danny Pink]], she could only imagine marrying one other man, "but he was impossible". ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'') Earlier in her travels with the Doctor, Clara received a wedding proposal from Emperor [[Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI]] (a.k.a. "Porridge"), but she declined his offer. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'')
 
During a shared dream with the [[Twelfth Doctor]], [[Clara Oswald]] once stated that other than [[Danny Pink]], she could only imagine marrying one other man, "but he was impossible". ([[TV]]: ''[[Last Christmas (TV story)|Last Christmas]]'') Earlier in her travels with the Doctor, Clara received a wedding proposal from Emperor [[Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI]] (a.k.a. "Porridge"), but she declined his offer. ([[TV]]: ''[[Nightmare in Silver (TV story)|Nightmare in Silver]]'')
   
Several of the Doctor's companions are known to have married following their travels with him. Examples include [[Peri Brown]] marrying King [[Yrcanos]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]''; [[Martha Jones]] and [[Mickey Smith]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]); [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]], [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]''); [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]] (''Death of the Doctor''); [[Jo Grant]] and [[Clifford Jones]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', ''Death of the Doctor); and [[Vicki Pallister]] to [[Troilus]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]''). By the time he encountered the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the 1990s, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] had finally married his longtime girlfriend, [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]] ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]], ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'').
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Several of the Doctor's companions are known to have married following their TARDIS travels. Examples include [[Peri Brown]] marrying King [[Yrcanos]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Ultimate Foe (TV story)|The Ultimate Foe]]'') [[Martha Jones]] and [[Mickey Smith]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') [[Ian Chesterton]] and [[Barbara Wright]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'', [[COMIC]]: ''[[Hunters of the Burning Stone (comic story)|Hunters of the Burning Stone]]'') [[Ben Jackson]] and [[Polly Wright]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') [[Jo Grant]] and [[Clifford Jones]]; ([[TV]]: ''[[The Green Death (TV story)|The Green Death]]'', ''[[Death of the Doctor (TV story)|Death of the Doctor]]'') and [[Vicki Pallister]] to [[Troilus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Myth Makers (TV story)|The Myth Makers]]'') By the time he encountered the [[Seventh Doctor]] in the 1990s, [[Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart|Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart]] had finally married his longtime girlfriend, [[Doris Lethbridge-Stewart|Doris]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Planet of the Spiders (TV story)|Planet of the Spiders]]'', ''[[Battlefield (TV story)|Battlefield]]'')
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[[The Doctor]] was known to have been married at least four times. ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]'') This list included [[Scarlette]], [[Elizabeth I]], [[Marilyn Monroe]], [[Cleopatra]] and [[River Song]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Adventuress of Henrietta Street (novel)|The Adventuress of Henrietta Street]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]'') The [[Ninth Doctor]] once implied he married [[Lady Mary Wortley Montagu]] for love, but left it ambiguous. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Only Human (novel)|Only Human]]'') River engaged in polygamy during her marriage with the Doctor, marrying [[Ramone]], [[Stephen Fry]] and King [[Hydroflax]], though the marriage to Hydroflax was part of a scam to retrieve a rare diamond he contained within his body armour. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')
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The [[Aplan]]s engaged in self marrying until the church enacted laws against it. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Time of Angels (TV story)|The Time of Angels]]'') River Song also stated she married herself on every planet where self marriage was allowed. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Someone I Once Knew (audio story)|Someone I Once Knew]]'')
   
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In some times and places, there were certain limitations on whom a person was allowed to marry. In the [[United States of America|United States]] in [[1969]], President [[Richard Nixon]] was willing to allow [[Canton Everett Delaware III]] to marry his black partner, saying he was more "[[liberal]]" than people would think. He quickly changed his mind, however, upon learning said partner was a man, his reason being "I think the [[moon]] is far enough for now". ([[TV]]: ''[[Day of the Moon (TV story)|Day of the Moon]]'') By the [[21st century]], at least in the [[United Kingdom]], these restrictions were rarely an issue; [[Donna Noble]] and [[Shaun Temple]] - a white woman and a black man - were married in [[2010]], ([[TV]]: ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') and [[Laura (The Power of Three)|Laura]], a friend of [[Amy Pond]], became engaged to her girlfriend during the [[The Year of the Slow Invasion]], and were married the following [[June]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Power of Three (TV story)|The Power of Three]]'')
[[The Doctor]] is known to have been married at least four times ([[TV]]: ''[[Death in Heaven (TV story)|Death in Heaven]]''). This list includes [[Cleopatra]], [[Elizabeth I]], [[Marilyn Monroe]] and [[River Song]] ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'', ''[[The Day of the Doctor (TV story)|The Day of the Doctor]]'', ''[[A Christmas Carol (TV story)|A Christmas Carol]]'', ''[[The Wedding of River Song (TV story)|The Wedding of River Song]]''). River, for her part, engaged in polygamy during her marriage with the Doctor, marrying [[Ramone]], [[Stephen Fry]] and King [[Hydroflax]] while married to the Doctor, though the marriage to Hydroflax was part of a scam to retrieve a rare diamond he contained within his body armour. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Husbands of River Song (TV story)|The Husbands of River Song]]'')
 
   
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Marriage between people of differing faiths have also been the target of disapproval or outright hatred. During the [[Partition of India]] in [[1947]], [[Prem]], a [[Hindu]] who intended to marry [[Umbreen]], a [[Muslim]], was killed by his [[Manish|own brother]] over the planned union. [[Bhakti]], the holy man that was to officiate the marriage, was also killed. ([[TV]]: ''[[Demons of the Punjab (TV story)|Demons of the Punjab]]'')
   
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== Behind the scenes ==
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Although there have been many occasions in which married couples have been involved with ''Doctor Who'' and related productions in front of and behind the lens or microphone, a few real-life marriages worth noting include [[Jon Pertwee]] and [[Jean Marsh]] (who were married in the 1950s, years before either appeared on the series); [[Tom Baker]] and [[Lalla Ward]] (who wed during a break in production on [[TV]]: ''[[The Keeper of Traken (TV story)|The Keeper of Traken]]'' but divorced a year and a half later); and [[David Tennant]] and his [[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'' co-star [[Georgia Moffett]] (also the daughter of [[Peter Davison]]). [[Caroline John]] was also married to [[The Master|Master]] actor [[Geoffrey Beevers]] until her death.
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Revision as of 02:06, 22 December 2019

Marriage
TheHappyCouple

Peter Dalton and Sarah Jane Smith's marriage is formalised at a wedding ceremony. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)

Marriage was the union of persons. It was usually made formal by a wedding service. Divorce was the dissolution of marriage.

On Gallifrey, marriages served to strengthen alliances between the Great Houses, and to maintain the Chapters' power. Andred was the first Time Lord to marry an outsider, Leela of the Sevateem. (AUDIO: Spirit)

Donna Noble's marriage to Lance Bennett was prevented when the huon particles within her caused her to vanish while walking up the aisle. (TV: The Runaway Bride) She later married Shaun Temple and received a lottery ticket from the Tenth Doctor as a wedding present. (TV: The End of Time)

After Amy Pond and Rory Williams were married, Amy remembered the Eleventh Doctor back into existence. (TV: The Big Bang)

The Trickster arranged for Sarah Jane Smith to meet and fall in love with Peter Dalton. Once they were married, she would forget about defending the Earth and the Trickster could feed on the chaos. Peter revoked his deal with the Trickster, thus defeating it. (TV: The Wedding of Sarah Jane Smith)

Madame Vastra and Jenny Flint described themselves as married. (TV: The Snowmen, Deep Breath)

Jack Harkness married at least one woman in his long lifetime, Lucia Moretti. (TV: Children of Earth: Day Three)

During a shared dream with the Twelfth Doctor, Clara Oswald once stated that other than Danny Pink, she could only imagine marrying one other man, "but he was impossible". (TV: Last Christmas) Earlier in her travels with the Doctor, Clara received a wedding proposal from Emperor Ludens Nimrod Kendrick Cord Longstaff XLI (a.k.a. "Porridge"), but she declined his offer. (TV: Nightmare in Silver)

Several of the Doctor's companions are known to have married following their TARDIS travels. Examples include Peri Brown marrying King Yrcanos; (TV: The Ultimate Foe) Martha Jones and Mickey Smith; (TV: The End of Time) Ian Chesterton and Barbara Wright; (TV: Death of the Doctor, COMIC: Hunters of the Burning Stone) Ben Jackson and Polly Wright; (TV: Death of the Doctor) Jo Grant and Clifford Jones; (TV: The Green Death, Death of the Doctor) and Vicki Pallister to Troilus. (TV: The Myth Makers) By the time he encountered the Seventh Doctor in the 1990s, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart had finally married his longtime girlfriend, Doris. (TV: Planet of the Spiders, Battlefield)

The Doctor was known to have been married at least four times. (TV: Death in Heaven) This list included Scarlette, Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Cleopatra and River Song. (PROSE: The Adventuress of Henrietta Street, TV: The Day of the Doctor, A Christmas Carol, The Husbands of River Song, The Wedding of River Song) The Ninth Doctor once implied he married Lady Mary Wortley Montagu for love, but left it ambiguous. (PROSE: Only Human) River engaged in polygamy during her marriage with the Doctor, marrying Ramone, Stephen Fry and King Hydroflax, though the marriage to Hydroflax was part of a scam to retrieve a rare diamond he contained within his body armour. (TV: The Husbands of River Song)

The Aplans engaged in self marrying until the church enacted laws against it. (TV: The Time of Angels) River Song also stated she married herself on every planet where self marriage was allowed. (AUDIO: Someone I Once Knew)

In some times and places, there were certain limitations on whom a person was allowed to marry. In the United States in 1969, President Richard Nixon was willing to allow Canton Everett Delaware III to marry his black partner, saying he was more "liberal" than people would think. He quickly changed his mind, however, upon learning said partner was a man, his reason being "I think the moon is far enough for now". (TV: Day of the Moon) By the 21st century, at least in the United Kingdom, these restrictions were rarely an issue; Donna Noble and Shaun Temple - a white woman and a black man - were married in 2010, (TV: The End of Time) and Laura, a friend of Amy Pond, became engaged to her girlfriend during the The Year of the Slow Invasion, and were married the following June. (TV: The Power of Three)

Marriage between people of differing faiths have also been the target of disapproval or outright hatred. During the Partition of India in 1947, Prem, a Hindu who intended to marry Umbreen, a Muslim, was killed by his own brother over the planned union. Bhakti, the holy man that was to officiate the marriage, was also killed. (TV: Demons of the Punjab)

Behind the scenes

Although there have been many occasions in which married couples have been involved with Doctor Who and related productions in front of and behind the lens or microphone, a few real-life marriages worth noting include Jon Pertwee and Jean Marsh (who were married in the 1950s, years before either appeared on the series); Tom Baker and Lalla Ward (who wed during a break in production on TV: The Keeper of Traken but divorced a year and a half later); and David Tennant and his TV: The Doctor's Daughter co-star Georgia Moffett (also the daughter of Peter Davison). Caroline John was also married to Master actor Geoffrey Beevers until her death.