How did the Doctor meet Madame Vastra?

At the behest of Scotland Yard, she tracked down Jack the Ripper in 1888 — and ate him. Immediately thereafter, she was summoned by the Eleventh Doctor to help rescue Amy Pond and her baby, Melody, from Demons Run. Vastra agreed to join him, intent on repaying the Doctor for changing her life when they had first met.

Where did the Doctor meet Vastra?

She was awoken due to construction in the London Underground, the Doctor stopped her from rampaging through London, and she became a detective-like character working with Scotland yard and "ate" Jack the Ripper.

How did the Doctor meet Strax?

According to The Brilliant Book 2012, a book that contains non-narrative based information; he met the Doctor on Earth in the past in an event which inspired the nursery-rhyme Humpty Dumpty, where Strax fell off a wall and was saved from death by the Eleventh Doctor. Strax is the first recurring Sontaran in Doctor Who.

How did the Doctor meet Jenny?

Georgia met her future husband David Tennant, who was playing the Tenth Doctor, on the set and they married in 2011. She was cast as Jenny after auditioning for a more minor part in the episode "The Unicorn and the Wasp", and impressing the series producers.

When did Madame Vastra meet Jenny?

We first encountered Jenny Flint in London during the 1880s where she appeared to be Vastra's maid. When the Doctor needed a small band of friends to help rescue Amy and her baby, Jenny didn't hesitate and looked delighted when Vastra said, 'Pack the cases… And we're going to need the swords! '

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Is Madame Vastra Alaya?

Madame Vastra is McIntosh's third Silurian character on the series. She played sisters Alaya and Restac in the 2010 episodes The Hungry Earth and Cold Blood, alongside Eleventh Doctor Matt Smith. She turned to Britain's foremost wildlife expert for acting inspiration.

When did Lorna Bucket meet the Doctor?

Lorna was born and raised in the Gamma Forests and first met the Eleventh Doctor when she was a young girl. She and her friend, Stefan, were pursued by a "massive, scaly creature" whose spaceship crash landed in the forest. The Doctor reached out his hand to Lorna, telling her to run.

Is Clara the Doctor's daughter?

Clara is the future child of the Doctor and River who's had her memory erased. The two Time Lords must be up to something on their nights away from River's prison cell.

Who is the best Doctor Who companion of all time?

Why did Jenny never come back Doctor Who?

Moffett told Doctor Who Magazine in 2015 that she was desperate to return and would be happy to play even a character with a single line, but that it was not likely, as her character had only ever been conceived as a one-off. Additionally, Russell T Davies jokingly told Steven Moffat that Jenny crashed into a moon.

Is Madame Vastra a Silurian?

Vastra. Vastra is a female Silurian warrior from prehistoric Earth who was awakened from hibernation in the 19th century when her lair was disturbed during the construction of the London Underground. Initially enraged, she slaughtered five commuters before being pacified by the Doctor.

What happened to the Lizard Lady in Doctor Who?

Madame Vastra is, in her own words, 'a lizard woman from the dawn of time' who currently lives in Victorian London where she's married to Jenny Flint.

Are there female sontarans?

Yet, as far as I can understand, there were no female Sontarans. As a species of clones that were bred by machines they seem to have only one gender. Consequently, Strax is shown to have little understanding of (human) gender.

Will Madame Vastra come back?

Big Finish is granting the wish of many a Doctor Who fan by giving the Paternoster Gang their own spin-off. Neve McIntosh, Catrin Stewart and Dan Starkey will return as Madame Vastra, Jenny and Strax the Sontaran for their own audio adventures.

What happened to Madame Vastra and Jenny?

As a favor for a friend of Madame Vastra, Jenny joined the gang on the adventure. They popped up again in The Name of the Doctor, during a psychic phone call with River Song. Then the trio went with him to Trenzalore in the episode before the 50th Anniversary.

Why does the TARDIS not like Clara?

In answering that question in Doctor Who Magazine, Moffat suggested that the TARDIS' dislike of the current companion may be due to her sceptical nature and how she did not seem suitably awed by the Doctor's spaceship. Or, as he said, “It's almost like it's all building to something…

Who is the oldest companion in Doctor Who?

The answer is Jamie from the classic series. Pulled from the article Companion: "In terms of consecutive individual episodes, Jamie McCrimmon is the easy winner with one hundred and thirteen episodes between The Highlanders and The War Games, outdistancing most Doctors, much less all other companions.

Does Clara have her own TARDIS?

Clara gets her own TARDIS and her own companion. She gets to adventure through the cosmos.

Does the Doctor love Clara or river?

River makes a point of it that she knows the Doctor doesn't love her, but the Doctor never confirms that. It also seems that anytime River claims the Doctor doesn't love her, the Doctor looks rather uncomfortable (or at least 12 did).

Is River a Time Lord?

No. River Song is not a Time Lord. The title and distinction belongs solely to those beings from the world of Gallifrey who have been indoctrinated, trained and introduced to the Time Vortex via a particular set of rituals, instruction and guidance.

Does the Doctor love Clara?

Both of them had ties to each other since their childhoods ⁠— thanks to time travel ⁠— and their relationship blossomed as she was the companion of his eleventh and twelfth incarnations. Soon enough, it became clear that Clara and the Doctor were most definitely in love with each other, despite not becoming lovers.

Who is Mels in Doctor Who?

Incarnations of Melody Pond

Melody Pond's second incarnation, going by Melody Zucker, or Mels for short, was Amy and Rory's childhood friend. Much like her friend, she believed Amelia's Raggedy Doctor to be real, rather than an imaginary friend.

What are the Headless Monks?

The Headless Monks are deadly warriors, first encountered as they traded with Dorium in the Prequel to A Good Man Goes to War. They later assisted Madame Kovarian on Demon's Run and were involved in the tragic battle that saw the deaths of both Strax and Lorna Bucket.

What does river tell the doctor in a good man goes to war?

River explains that in the Gamma Forests they don't have a word for "Pond," since "the only water in the forest is the river". She tells them "The Doctor will find your daughter and he will care for her whatever it takes.