Subject: Oops, replied to wrong place (nm)
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Posted on: 2009-10-29 11:49:00 UTC
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Question about the fic I'm tackling by
on 2009-10-29 05:43:00 UTC
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Could the Doctor and a Human have viable offspring? One Sue seems to be the Doctor's daughter by the other, Sarah Jane's cousin.
I know the novelization of The Five Doctors mentions David and Susan having children, but I don't know if that's canon. Besides, they could just be adopted. -
Susan? by
on 2009-11-02 02:50:00 UTC
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I'm not really into the Doctor Who fandom, but isn't Susan from Season 1 referred to as the Doctor's granddaughter? I understand that that has been named canon/uncanon by various people, but it seems like a viable choice even if it isn't realistic.
Maybe someone more familiar with DW canon could expand on Susan?
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Seconding everyone else by
on 2009-10-29 20:27:00 UTC
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Unless there are canonical hybrids, then no, they're not going to be able to reproduce.
For a start, the one thing everyone knows about Gallifreyans is they have two hearts, right? Humans have one. Anyone want to work out how the maternal-to-foetal bloodflow issue is going to work? -
Re: Question about the fic I'm tackling by
on 2009-10-29 13:13:00 UTC
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Well, if you take the biological definition by
on 2009-10-29 09:55:00 UTC
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Re: Well, if you take the biological definition by
on 2009-10-29 11:48:00 UTC
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Humans and Gallifreyans could be genetically similar enough to produce offspring, but if you go by RW biology, they'd be as fertile as a mule or a liger, i.e. not at all.
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*nitpicks* by
on 2009-10-29 20:25:00 UTC
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'Selaface, 'genetically similar enough to produce offspring' is actually one definition of a species. So, uh, for that to work, Humans and Gallifreyans would actually have to be the same species. Because they are two different species, ergo they are NOT genetically similar enough to produce offspring.
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Oops, replied to wrong place (nm) by
on 2009-10-29 11:49:00 UTC
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