"Doctor Who"
Human Nature (2007)

Director:

Charles Palmer

Writer:

Paul Cornell (written by)

TV Series:

"Doctor Who" (2005)

Original Air Date:

26 May 2007 (Season 3, Episode 8)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | Sci-Fi

Plot:

In 1913, Martha watches in jealousy from afar as The Doctor learns what it is to be human and to fall in love with the local school nurse, Joan Redfern.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel | Fish Out Of Water | Man With No Name | Space Opera | Telephone Booth

Cast

David Tennant	...	The Doctor / John Smith
Freema Agyeman	...	Martha Jones
Jessica Hynes	...	Joan Redfern
Rebekah Staton	...	Jenny
Thomas Sangster	...	Tim Latimer
Harry Lloyd	...	Baines
Tom Palmer	...	Hutchinson
Gerard Horan	...	Clark
Lauren Wilson	...	Lucy Cartwright
Pip Torrens	...	Rocastle
Matthew White	...	Phillips
Derek Smith	...	Doorman
Peter Bourke	...	Mr. Chambers

Directed by
Charles Palmer

Writing credits
Paul Cornell		(written by)

Produced by
Phil Collinson	....	executive producer
Russell T. Davies	....	executive producer
Julie Gardner	....	executive producer
Susie Liggat	....	producer

Original Music by
Murray Gold

Cinematography by
Rory Taylor		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Matthew Tabern

Casting by
Andy Pryor

Production Design by
Edward Thomas

Art Direction by
Arwel Jones		(supervising art director) (as Arwel Wyn Jones)

Set Decoration by
David Morison

Costume Design by
Louise Page

Makeup Department
Pam Mullins	....	makeup artist
John Munro	....	makeup artist
Steven Smith	....	makeup artist (as Steve Smith)
Barbara Southcott	....	makeup designer

Production Management
Chris Blatchford	....	post-production supervisor
Samantha Hall	....	post-production supervisor
Huw Jones	....	unit manager
Tracie Simpson	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Sarah Davies	....	third assistant director
Richard Harris	....	first assistant director
Steffan Morris	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Paul Aitken	....	property master
Adrian Anscombe	....	chief property master
Mark Cordory	....	props maker
Tim Dickel	....	stand-by art director
Rob Dicks	....	design assistant
Scott Fisher	....	construction chargehand
Bryan Griffiths	....	stand-by rigger
Penny Howarth	....	props maker
Matthew Hywel-Davies	....	construction manager
Allen Jones	....	construction chargehand
Barry Jones	....	senior propmaker
Paul Jones	....	stand-by carpenter
Jonathan Marquand Allison	....	art department production manager
Peter McKinstry	....	design assistant
Nick Murray	....	stand-by props
Stephen Nicholas	....	chief supervising art director
James North	....	associate designer
Matthew North	....	art department coordinator
Nicholas Robatto	....	props maker (as Nick Robatto)
Catherine Samuel	....	property buyer
Phil Shellard	....	stand-by props
Ellen Woods	....	stand-by painter

Sound Department
Kelly-Marie Angell	....	foley editor
Julian Howarth	....	sound recordist
Paul Jefferies	....	sound effects editor
Paul McFadden	....	supervising sound editor
Tim Ricketts	....	dubbing mixer
Doug Sinclair	....	sound editor
Bryn Thomas	....	boom operator
Jeff Welch	....	boom operator
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Howard Eaves	....	sound editor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Ben Ashmore	....	special effects coordinator
Henry Brook	....	special effects technician
Lisa Crawley	....	prosthetics technician
Neill Gorton	....	prosthetics designer
Lotta Haggqvist	....	on-set prosthetics supervisor (as Lotta Hagvist)
Danny Hargreaves	....	special effects technician
Paul Kelly	....	special effects supervisor
Rob Mayor	....	prosthetics supervisor

Visual Effects by
Tim Barter	....	digital compositor
Will Cohen	....	visual effects producer
Kate Cuffin	....	compositor
Dave Houghton	....	visual effects supervisor
Marie A. Jones	....	visual effects producer (as Marie Jones)
Arianna Lago	....	digital compositor
Marianne Paton	....	visual effects production assistant
Sara Bennett	....	2D visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
Jean-Claude Deguara	....	CG supervisor (uncredited)
Nicolas Hernandez	....	CG supervisor (uncredited)
Rebecca Johnson	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Jenna Powell	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Glenn Marks	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Ben Griffiths	....	electrician
Steven Hall	....	camera operator: second unit
Tom Hartley	....	assistant camera
Mark Hutchings	....	gaffer
Clive Johnson	....	electrician
Steve Rees	....	focus puller
John Robinson	....	grip
Steve Slocombe	....	best boy
Jamie Southcott	....	focus puller: second unit

Casting Department
Andy Brierley	....	casting associate
Kirsty Robertson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lindsay Bonaccorsi	....	costume supervisor
Sheenagh O'Maran	....	costume assistant (as Sheenagh O'Marah)
Marnie Ormiston	....	assistant costume designer
Kirsty Wilkinson	....	costume assistant

Editorial Department
Mark Bright	....	on-line editor
Marie Brown	....	post-production coordinator
Tim Hodges	....	assistant editor
Matt Mullins	....	assistant editor (as Matthew Mullins)
Mick Vincent	....	colorist

Music Department
Ron Grainer	....	composer: original theme music

Transportation Department
Wayne Humphreys	....	driver
Malcolm Kearney	....	driver

Other crew
Olivier Ager	....	production accountant
Lindsey Alford	....	script editor
Ailsa Berk	....	choreographer
Kath Blackman	....	contracts assistant
Lowri Denman	....	runner
Bronwen Evans	....	location scout
Siân Eve Goldsmith	....	production runner
Debi Griffiths	....	production assistant
Non Eleri Hughes	....	continuity
Kevin Myers	....	production secretary
Chris Rogers	....	finance manager
Julie Scott	....	production executive
Heddi-Joy Taylor	....	runner
Lowri Thomas	....	location manager
Christina Tom	....	trainee: Cyfle
Jess Van Niekerk	....	production coordinator
Endaf Emyr Williams	....	senior production accountant

Makeup Department
Stuart Bray	....	special makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Chris Hill	....	third assistant director
Alex Mercer	....	third assistant director

Sound Department
Colin Cooper	....	adr mixer
Dave Humphries	....	foley recordist
Richard Ostroff	....	boom operator

Special Effects by
Charlie Bluett	....	special effects senior technician
Benjamin M. Esterson	....	special effects coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Gareth Hughes	....	camera operator: second unit

Other crew
Ian Gruchfield	....	brand manager: BBC

Runtime:

45 min | 45 min (50 episodes)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG (DVD rating)

Trivia:

In John Smith's book, "A Journal of Impossible Things", sketches of previous actors who have played the Doctor are shown, marking the first time that the 2005 series has explicitly depicted the Doctors from "Doctor Who" (1963) and Doctor Who (1996) (TV). The actors depicted on screen were William Hartnell, Peter Davison, Colin Baker, Sylvester McCoy and Paul McGann. Images of the Journal that were published on the BBC website reveal that the other remaining Doctors, Tom Baker, Jon Pertwee, Patrick Troughton, Christopher Eccleston, and David Tennant himself, were also illustrated on the page.

Goofs:

Factual errors: School boys are shown firing a .303 Vickers machine gun, which had a range of 4,500 yards. An outdoor firing range would always have a slope of earth or sand behind the targets to stop dead all bullets fired down the range. Not only is there no such slope behind the boys targets, but we can see they're firing down into a valley full of buildings, well within the 4.5km (2.8mi) range of the gun, jeopardizing the lives of the villagers!

Quotes:

[final lines]
Son of Mine: Have you enjoyed it, Doctor? Being human? Has it taught you wonderful things? Has it made you better? Richer? Wiser? Then let's see you answer this: Which one of them do you want us to kill? Maid, or matron? Your friend, or your lover? Your choice!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Doctor Who: Utopia (#3.11)" (2007)

Shockingly Sophisticated And Intelligent

In the early 1990s Virgin books started to publish a range called The New Adventures Of Doctor Who . These so called New Adventures were supposed to continue the saga of DOCTOR WHO the television series but I never ever bought a copy because I didn't consider the range to be canonical and just seemed to be a way of parting fans of their money . They were just glorified fan fiction something I had zero interest . When the BBC confirmed one of the stories of series three was to b an adaptation of Paul Cornell's NA book Human Nature I rolled my eyes : " Couldn't they employ people to write original scripts ? " I asked myself . " Dear oh dear the show won't have long to survive if they've got to do this "

It seems after watching this episode that apologies of some sort are in order to the production team . Far from being a debacle of any sort Cornell and co have crafted a very sophisticated and intelligent piece of fantasy television . Not only that they succeeded in showing why DOCTOR WHO is the most remarkable show in the history of television . unlike the preceding episode 42 Human Nature is entirely original , it doesn't remind you of any story you have ever seen before . It's also an episode full of character development for the Doctor . Nostalgia plays a part too with a quick flashback sequence and a picture book reference to previous Doctors and adventures , along with an in joke to Sydney Newman and Verity Lambert . But perhaps the show's greatest strength is one of imagery and millions of children will never EVER look upon scarecrows in the same way again

There are one or two flaws to the story . One involves internal logic in that if the Doctor trusts Martha so much then why doesn't he let her keep the watch ? Talking of Martha it becomes clear that despite her best efforts Freema Agyeman seems to be spouting dialogue that was originally written for Rose Tyler and just to point out that she's not a lame reference to Martha being black is added . But these are minor flaws in an episode that rightly deserves to be called a classic