";s:4:"text";s:25480:"I'd say that's pretty confirmatory he isn't human, regardless of his robot body. DOCTOR: You have a problem, I believe. Enthusiastically. (TV: Smile) However, he'd grown fond of Bill over time and excitedly greeted her after not seeing Bill for six months. Nardole is a Rare Drop in the level The Husbands of River Song (Season 9)and a 100% Drop in the level King Hydroflax (No pink gems) (The Husbands of River Song). During Husbands of River Song, he got his head lopped off and stuck on a robot body, making him a cyborg. [3] On 14 June 2016, it was confirmed that Nardole would return in the 2016 Christmas special, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio", as the Doctor's companion and stay in this role in the tenth series until the finale. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. As a refresher, Nardole was introduced in "The Husbands of River Song" as River Song's assistant in the human colony Mendorax Dellora, which might as well have been nicknamed "Christmas Town. When he introduces Bill to the Doctor's chambers, a screw or bolt appears to fall out of him, indicating a cybernetic body. He's an alien cyborg, we just don't know what his species is. In Extremis (S10E06) we learn that following the last meeting of River Song and The Doctor on Darillium, The Doctor reassembled Nardole by glueing his head onto a body with an apparently cheap pair of lungs (as discovered in The Pyramid at the End of the … His origin is unknown, they can make do joke/story with him and the audience can believe it. Nardole is a fictional character created by Steven Moffat and portrayed by Matt Lucas in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. This is your homepage which is what most visitors will see when they first visit your shop. Nardole's backstory kind of doesn't make much sense but I don't really care because it's being played for humor and Matt Lucas is doing such a good job. The Doctor was thinking and said to himself "a human time machine now thats new" Nardole was checking the readings from the timey wimey detector "sir" said nardole with a worried face. He was amazing in the past three episodes. Moffat has said that he (the Doctor) probably can't remember any more. Nardole is More Devious. The Doctor kept him around because he was lonely and to respect Rivers wishes. But Bill, Nardole, and the Doctor make it to the control room, where a monk that looks a bit different from the rest is hooked up to a machine and broadcasting lies. well in an infinite universe there is and will be alot of aliens that look similar, also i guess ( i don't know anything about science so dont quote me on this) if a single unthinking, unconsciouse living...THING thats only purpose is to replicate evolves into the creatures we are on this planet why wouldnt it on other planets? Nardole is introduced in the 2015 Christmas special "The Husbands of River Song" as the employee of the Doctor's wife River Song (Alex Kingston). The Doctor build him a new robotic body after his body got destroyed by Hydroflax. Like him, she is Gallifreyan. DOCTOR: Park her close. I'm pretty confused why people treat this as a mystery. Nardole has not normally got a lot of time for humans, but he has developed a closeness with this particular human so he’s sad. The subsequent episodes of "Extremis", "The Pyramid at the End of the World" and "The Lie of the Land", following a story arc over the three episodes, establish that Nardole came to assist the Doctor on instructions left by River Song before she died, and he has taken it as his mission to keep the Doctor in line as the last request of River Song, to the point that he refers to himself as "the only person legally qualified to kick the Doctor's arse". In battle with the Cybermen, Nardole repeatedly proves his computer and combat talents, rigging powerful explosions throughout the countryside. So the question of 'human or not?' I doubt either will be back as a regular companion but I wouldn't rule out seeing them again at some point (maybe even the Christmas Special). So it could be a historic season for the long-running show. I would hope that once he's regenerated the Doctor would go back and get Nardole and the remaining humans (even Blue Guy if the Doctor can forgive him for shooting Bill) off the Colony Ship before they are overrun by Cybermen even if we don't get to see it. Also, according to the sonic sunglasses, he's 237 years old. These include only organic beings. It's exactly as you said. To Missy’s chagrin, Nardole accompanies them. Nardole spent 24 years on Darillium with the Doctor and River, and then >70 years on Earth guarding the Vault with the Doctor, and his biological parts haven't appeared to age at all. In Paul Cornell’s novelisation of the story, it is revealed that the Cybermen stopped being a threat not long after the Doctor left and Nardole lived to an old age with several wives and children. Actually, he said "I got your lungs cheap", which gives a rather different implication. Which is to say not human at all, just a really really low budget alien species. I got them for cheap," implying human lungs were cheaper than his species lungs. 2. I would guess from that that he's a long-lived alien species, which is fitting to be the companion of both River and the Doctor, as they too are of a race that lives for an extremely long time.His ability to hack computers with ease may or may not be related to his cyborg parts; the Doctor picked him up in 5343, so that could be common knowledge for the time. Nardole is a companion of the 12th Doctor. "those readings from the timey wimey detector just picked up something else" said nardole His head (and apparently lungs) are still human(?*). He's becoming increasing vague about his age, no longer defining it to the exact year. There's also been a lot of evidence to suggest Nardole is not exactly human. For the tenth series, which follows the two specials, Nardole remains the Doctor's assistant. Nardole is not robotic We don’t know precisely what sort of creature Nardole is, but I haven’t seen any evidence that he’s entirely (or even mostly) robotic. DOCTOR: Don't be alarmed, we don't have time. River and the Doctor had a child on Darillium but, due to circumstances, she was made human and placed on Earth. NARDOLE: Well, I'm not making any for her. She can make her own. It would be interesting to know what age those glasses would put the Doctor as. External links [edit | edit source] Nardole at the Doctor Who Legacy wiki Worst Christmas ever. Human Alien: Though it's not mentioned on screen pre-Series 10, according to Matt in Doctor Who Magazine #507, Nardole's not human, and is possessed of strange abilities and knowledge — making him the TV series' first non-human companion (not counting Handles) since the Fifth Doctor's era. Do the four and a half billion years count? I thought, in Pilot, he was showing Bill into the office, and his arm fell off and it was obviously a piece of machinery. However, there’s also Nardole in the TARDIS, another person who is familiar with time and space travel, so the Doctor has someone similar to him by his side. This was seemingly because he owed the Time Lord for effectively giving him back his body (or a close approximation thereof) after Nardole was decapitated and forcibly merged with a giant robot during their first meeting. (We now intercut with the Doctor, as required.) Nardole is the only regular companion introduced under Steven Moffat to have never died on screen. Was being conceived in the TARDIS during time travel change her species or her genetic predisposition to aging? Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. She sent him to keep an eye on The Doctor after her death. In several following episodes, Nardole repeatedly shows his resourcefulness and adaptability as he joins the Doctor and Bill on other trips, even once working with Missy to repair the TARDIS after it returns to Earth with Nardole inside it while leaving the Doctor and Bill on Mars in the Victorian era ("Empress of Mars"). The BBC site says that Nardole was human, but in a HoRS promo Matt Lucas refers to Nardole as alien. That's the sort of thing a non-human would say. Nardole Name Meaning Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, parentage, adoption, and even physical characteristics (like red hair). He was originally an associate of River Song. Bill Potts was the final companion of the Twelfth Doctor. In actual fact, Nardole is the first one to spot that Harmony Shoal hasn’t just built an office in every capital city…there’s one in New York, too. Press J to jump to the feed. In November 2015, it was announced that Matt Lucas would appear in "The Husbands of River Song" as a guest character named Nardole. [4] Steven Moffat said that Matt Lucas wanted to play Nardole again and so he used the chance to bring Lucas back as a regular. He is the first full-time alien companion of the revived series and the first in the series in over 30 years. Nardole protests, saying he's not human, and while I don't remember the exact quote, the Doctor says something along the lines of "Your lungs still are.". Oh, tidy up your room. In "Pyramid at the End of the World", the Doctor tells Nardole that the air is toxic and he needs to get back in the TARDIS. [2] Unlike most companions, Nardole rarely wishes to travel with the Doctor, instead staying safe on Earth in most episodes. You can change this text by editing the “Welcome” page via the “Pages” menu in your dashboard. All we really know about the 53rd century is that is an era where humanity has spread through the universe and crossbred with every species they can find. “You’ll be human, Missy,” the Doctor’s voice is firm The Doctor, Missy, and Nardole learn from Jorj that, two days previously, some of the human bridge crew had gone down to the lower level of the ship to start the engine reversal, but they never returned. He is a companion of the Twelfth Doctor, an incarnation of the alien time traveller known as The Doctor, played by Peter Capaldi. All we know is that he's cyborg. It wasn’t long before Nardole’s own head was placed on top of the King’s huge cyborg body. He may have meant not born on Erth. NARDOLE: I'm not human. Remember, in last year's Christmas special 'The Husbands of River Song', poor Nardole had his head lopped off and stuck on the cyborg Hydroflax's body. Nardole, a character from Doctor Who, is a humanoid alien who acted as a kind of aide to the Doctor in his twelfth incarnation. When the series begins, with "The Pilot" (2017), the pair were based in a university in Bristol, where Nardole attempted to keep the Doctor to his oath to guard an alien vault beneath the university. Human. In the series finale, "World Enough and Time"/"The Doctor Falls", the Doctor's crew and Missy react to a distress call on board a Mondasian ship, which results in Bill being shot through the heart and converted into a Cyberman, due to the machinations of Missy's past incarnation, the Master (John Simm). Nardole currently has the following outfits: * The BBC site says that Nardole was human, but in a HoRS promo Matt Lucas refers to Nardole as alien. I got your lungs cheap. Jorj claims the ship only had 50 people two days ago, but Nardole … It was all said in the show. Nardole is ultimately dragged on an outer space adventure with the Doctor and Bill in "Oxygen". Which is to say not human at all, just a really really low budget alien species. He remained at St Luke’s University for a number of decades during which he didn’t appear to age. Matt Lucas | 2015 – 2017. But, isn't River a human too? And I think he said "your lungs are human. Many of the modern surnames in the dictionary can be traced back to Britain and Ireland. Her parents are both human. Nardole first met the Twelfth Doctor on Christmas Day 5343 on Mendorax Dellora, where a human colony had settled. Nardole is a Red Red Balanced companion with a Convert power. Nardole has not normally got a lot of time for humans, but he has developed a closeness with this particular human so he’s sad. He refused to make Bill tea because he's "not a slave for any human, that's for sure". I know that she regenerated (at least a couple of times), so I've never really understood River anyway. SPACE SHIP BRIDGE - DAY 1 - 10:32 5 * Nardole, dashing off to one of the consoles. The Doctor had rebuilt Nardole's original body, but various media is unclear whether Nardole is now a cyborg or purely organic. It's really common in Doctor Who for "aliens" to just be humans. may be more complex than it appears. DOCTOR: Oh, you're human enough. Welcome. Nardole was about as human as any of the passengers of the Titanic from Voyage of the Damned. The idea he is non-human has not been in the show itself, and in The Return of Dr. Mysterio, he shows a deep understanding of the cities of Earth, correctly pointing out New York is not a capital city on the map in the episode. Nardole was about as human as any of the passengers of the Titanic from Voyage of the Damned. The dynamic between the three is mind-boggling; the Doctor and Nardole are both aliens, whereas Bill is human with no experience of time travel. The ship is so large that several simulated countrysides exist within as solar farms, with dozens of villagers. Nardole has the following base attributes: Nardole has the following special power at each rank. Romanadevratnalundar: Usually called Romana. Ever since River’s death, he is always there, trying to keep the Doctor sane and honest, but mostly he succeeds in making the Doctor cross because he never knows when to stop talking. 1. He is the first full-time alien companion of the revived series and the first in the series in over 30 years. Nardole was capable of flying the TARDIS, a talent displayed by very few of the Doctor’s previous travelling companions. Even though you may consider Matt Lucas an authority on his character, he may have misspoken of Nardole being non-human. They escape the immediate clutches of the Cybermen due to Nardole commandeering a shuttle, which he pilots into higher levels of the colony ship. We'll probably never know. I found this gave Series Ten more dynamism and intrigue as a result. of both River and the Doctor, as they too are of a race that lives for an extremely long time. Sometimes they wear funny hats or stupid eyebrows, other times they don't even both explaining why this clearly human character is totally not a human u guise. ", A human born on another world is an alien to Earthlings, even if he's 100% biologically identical, Same as an American giving birth in Germany would have German children, Especially in our distant future, which is where he's clearly from, The impression that I've gotten is that he was human, but after the events of "The Husbands of River Song", the Doctor rebuilt him as a cyborg. ERICA: Who the hell are you? Nardole is the first televised non-human companion of the Doctor since Handles in TV: The Time of the Doctor, and the first full-time non-human companion of the revived series. I'm not a slave for any human, I can assure you. I don't know but I love Nardole. (My guesses would be from birth and no). He is a humanoid cyborg. At this time, he also called himself by the nickname of "Nardy". Nardole (Doctor Who) Missy (Doctor Who) River Song; AU; Post Darillium; River and the Doctor's child; Summary. Since he was River's assistant, he's probably from the 53rd century, right? In the subsequent Christmas episode, "The Return of Doctor Mysterio" (2016), Nardole appears again as the Doctor's companion. Mistaking him for a surgeon, the bald, duffel-coat fan took the Time Lord to operate on King Hydroflax - who was married to River Song. He formally joined the Doctor after the Doctor took an oath to guard his Time Lord friend and arch-enemy Missy (Michelle Gomez) for a thousand years. NARDOLE: Oh, now he tells me. More or less. MISSY Time Lords are friends with each other, dear - everything else is cradle-snatching. When he walks out of the TARDIS bathroom and bumps into Bill, he mumbles in surprise, "Oh, human." (Nardole goes into the Tardis and shuts the door.) He hugs the Doctor and wishes him farewell before his pending regeneration. Nardole appeared to have a distaste for humans. "what is it Nardole" said the Doctor while still thinking. NARDOLE (Working at console) It’s a big one. Maybe alien to this era or planet, but biologically human? Nardole does so, unsure if he will ever see the Doctor again and knowing that the Cybermen will one day return to convert the human population. I had every expectation that Nardole was going to be a silly, inconsequential, irrelevant, poorly-executed, gimmicky joke through out the season. In the same story, Nardole narrowly escapes a deadly bacterial infection due to his alien biology, and he assists Bill and the Doctor in restoring free will to the Earth after history had been rewritten by the menacing alien "Monks". [5][2], Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who, "Two Doctor Who stars say goodbye to their characters", "Series 10: Nardole Is A Full-Time "Non-Human" Companion", "Matt Lucas to join Peter Capaldi and Pearl Mackie for Doctor Who series 10", "Moffat Explains Why He's Bringing Back Matt Lucas in Series 10", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nardole&oldid=982024029, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 October 2020, at 19:20. When the Doctor realises that to defeat the Cybermen he must destroy a whole level of the ship, he instructs Nardole to take the villagers to safety on another floor. CUT TO: 5 INT. One day she begins attending the Doctor's lectures and he can't help but begin teaching her himself. Susan: His first companion and also his grand daughter. Then the Doctor built him a new body out of some mechanical and some organic parts, making him a somewhat more organic cyborg. Nevertheless, he sometimes gets involved in the Doctor's adventures, mostly against his will. Lucas reprises the role briefly in "Twice Upon a Time", playing an avatar of Nardole made from Nardole's memories at the time of his death. Furthermore, Nardole became a window for an alien perspective on human affairs outside of the Doctor’s. Talking to Digital Spy, showrunner Steven Moffat revealed that although audiences might think Nardole is nothing more than a bumbling, lovable fool, there's a lot more to him than meets the eye. She shared a teacher-student relationship with him similar to that of Leela and Gabby Gonzalez, albeit on more official circumstances. Monitor me. NARDOLE (On monitor) On it! When she first encountered the Doctor, Bill was working as a canteen assistant at St Luke's University, seemingly destined for an unprivileged life. (The Return of Doctor Mysterio) Following his reassembly at least, Nardole had a longer-than-human lifespan. In Husbands of River Song (Christmas 2015) he was decapitated by the body of King Hydroflax who used him to find River Song. His compassionate side is so very human that it’s easy to see why his alien origins are forgotten. A community dedicated to discussions and news for Doctor Who. In the course of the episode, he is decapitated, with his head ending up as part of a cyborg body. Alien that looks human with a mechanical body that the Doctor built after he was decapitated. ...I half-expected the "stupid eyebrows" hyperlink to just be a picture of Capaldi's Doctor. He’s had five non-human companions as far as I know. It's really common in Doctor Who for "aliens" to just be humans. Nardole, do something non-irritating. Nardole initially appeared in the 2015 Christmas special "The Husbands of River Song", as a companion of River Song, before returning in the following episode "The Return of Doctor Mysterio", having become the Doctor's companion in the meantime. I'm fairly certain she's not a time lord. Part of the fun they're having with Nardole is that the audience doesn't know anything about him. Except about the execution - because it's actually been pulled off surprisingly well - which means that I have actually enjoyed Lucas' presence this season. Despite looking human, Nardole is an alien from the 54th century with cybernetic implants, belonging to a humanoid colony on the planet Mendorax Dellora. Despite looking human, Nardole is an alien from the 54th century with cybernetic implants, belonging to a humanoid colony on the planet Mendorax Dellora. We know he’s not human, because he objected to serving tea to humans: The fun they're having at Nardole's expense reminds me of how they handled Janet on "The Good Place. Nardole’s featured role marks the first time in a great while the Doctor has had a non-human in the squad. Would the glasses count from birth or from his last regeneration? 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