"Human Nature" is the eighth episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the first episode of a two-part story written by Paul Cornell (who also wrote "Father's Day"), adapted from his 1995 Doctor Who novel Human Nature. The episode was first broadcast on 26 May 2007.
Along with its continuation, "The Family of Blood", it was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Sh...
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"Human Nature" is the eighth episode of the third series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It is the first episode of a two-part story written by Paul Cornell (who also wrote "Father's Day"), adapted from his 1995 Doctor Who novel Human Nature. The episode was first broadcast on 26 May 2007.
Along with its continuation, "The Family of Blood", it was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form in 2008.
England, 1913. An ordinary schoolteacher called John Smith is disturbed by extraordinary dreams of adventures in time and space — and a mysterious blue box. However, when strange lights in the sky herald the arrival of "The Family", Smith's maid, Martha, has to convince him that he alone can save the world, that he is The Doctor, the man he dreams about.
The Doctor and Martha narrowly escape an attack by the Family of Blood who are seeking the Doctor's Time Lord life force to prevent themselves from dying out. As the Doctor...
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