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The Doctor & Parenthood?
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Just wonderin'... :rolleyes:
The subject of parents in the Whoniverse even for the younger children?
It often seems the case that our 'heroes' are missing their parents [we saw Amy's only briefly at the end of Season 5 & Clara's mother/possibly father too has died]; or we never see them on-screen [Angie & Artie's father was around, but unseen & apparently always working]; or they were stolen away from their parents as in River Song's case. Wasn't Sarah-Jane Smith an orphan by the time she met the Doctor too (for Classic TV fans!
)? Finally it seems like a running in-joke that the Doctor doesn't necessarily get on with his companion's mother, at least not until he's gained her trust. 
I wonder if there's a subliminal message in there somewhere for us viewers.
The subject of parents in the Whoniverse even for the younger children?
It often seems the case that our 'heroes' are missing their parents [we saw Amy's only briefly at the end of Season 5 & Clara's mother/possibly father too has died]; or we never see them on-screen [Angie & Artie's father was around, but unseen & apparently always working]; or they were stolen away from their parents as in River Song's case. Wasn't Sarah-Jane Smith an orphan by the time she met the Doctor too (for Classic TV fans!
)? Finally it seems like a running in-joke that the Doctor doesn't necessarily get on with his companion's mother, at least not until he's gained her trust. I wonder if there's a subliminal message in there somewhere for us viewers.
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