The nature of man
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| title | The nature of man | ||
| Original title | Human Nature | ||
| Country of production | United Kingdom | ||
| original language | English | ||
| length | 45 minutes | ||
| classification | Season 3, episode 8 new series: 36th episode in total, including classic series: 732th episode in total ( list ) |
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| First broadcast | May 26, 2007 on BBC One | ||
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October 10, 2012 on FOX Channel | ||
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| Director | Charles Palmer | ||
| script | Paul Cornell | ||
| production | Susie Liggat | ||
| music | Murray Gold | ||
| camera | Ernest Vincze | ||
| cut | Jamie McCoan | ||
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The nature of the people (English original title: Human Nature ) is the eighth episode of the third season of the new series of the British science fiction series Doctor Who . It is the first part of a two-part series written by Paul Cornell ; the second is called blood ties . The episodes are based on the 1995 Doctor Who novel Human Nature .
The episode was nominated together with the sequel in 2008 for the Hugo Award in the category Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form , but could not prevail against the tenth episode of the third season ( Don't Blink ) written by Steven Moffat .
action
The tenth doctor ( David Tennant ) runs to the TARDIS with his companion Martha Jones ( Freema Agyeman ) after they have been shot at by an unrecognizable enemy. The doctor explains to Martha that they are being persecuted by the "family of blood" who need the doctor's life to ensure their own survival. So that the family cannot persecute him, he must transform into a person and wait until the family dies. He gives Martha a list of instructions that she should follow. Martha also receives a pocket watch and he tells her that her survival depends on it.
Then he transforms into a human with a special device.
They landed in England in 1913. The doctor took the name John Smith and worked from then on as a teacher, Martha as a maid. John Smith keeps having dreams in which he travels through time as the doctor with the TARDIS and Martha in 2007. He writes this down in a book. He is also in love with the nurse Joan Redfern ( Jessica Hynes ), to whom he also shares his stories. Martha doesn't know what to do when the doctor falls in love, as he hadn't given her any instructions about this. John Smith has the clock in his apartment, but a perception filter prevents him from worrying about it further. Timothy Latimer ( Thomas Sangster ), a young student with ASW , discovers the pocket watch and takes it into his possession.
The Blood Family was able to track the Doctor to Earth, land their spaceship in a nearby forest and protect it with an invisibility shield. She chooses people to take on their shape. When Timothy opens the watch and sees the doctor's memories, it can be tracked by the family. They try to get information from Martha, who is trying to find the pocket watch after realizing it has been discovered by the family. Martha speaks to John and tries to awaken the Timelord in him, but only causes him to get mad at her and fire her. John asks Joan Redfern if she would like to go to a dance with him that night, and she agrees. At the ball, Martha tries again to get John to remember by showing him items from his past, such as the sonic screwdriver. Now that it is clear that John Smith is the Doctor, the family disrupts the ball and confronts it. In the final scene they take Martha and Joan hostage and give John the choice of either becoming a Timelord again or watching his companions die.
criticism
The episode has an average rating of 8.9 out of 10 on the Internet Movie Database .
IGN's Travis Fickett praised the writing style of the episode's script. He also noted that the family was creepy but could appear ridiculous to older viewers. He awarded 9.1 out of 10 possible points.
Awards
- 2008: Nomination in the category Best Dramatic Presentation - Short Form
Constellation Awards
- 2008: Best Male Performance in a 2007 Science Fiction Television episode for David Tennant
Web links
- Human Nature at the BBC (English)
- The nature of man in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Hugo Awards 2008. In: www.thehugoawards.org. Accessed August 12, 2016 .
- ^ Travis Fickett: Doctor Who "Human Nature" Review. In: ign.com . August 28, 2007, accessed August 12, 2016 .
- ↑ Looking Back At ... The 2008 Constellation Awards. In: constellations.tcon.ca. Accessed August 12, 2016 .
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