In honour of Mother’s Day – and because we forgot to get flowers – we salute the best mothers in Doctor Who…

 

Amy Pond

Poor Amy gets practically no time at all to actually be a mother to Melody/River, but in fairness it is difficult to do any good quality parenting when an alien cult is busy kidnapping and brainwashing your daughter in order to kill your best friend.

That’s not to say she’s not a fantastic mum: based on the way she keeps the Doctor and hubby Rory in check you can imagine she’d have no problem with a kid, and by the speech she gives to Melody in ‘A Good Man Goes to War’ she clearly loves Melody. And, just like any mum, she’s quick to defend her offspring: ‘She’s a good girl!’ she tells the Doctor in ‘The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe’.

 

Gwen Cooper

Alright, this is a bit of a cheat, as she wasn’t a mum when she appeared in ‘The Stolen Earth’/’Journey’s End’, but Torchwood‘s Gwen is now a mother and part of the modern Who canon, so it’d be wrong not to give her a mention.

And really, if shooting at a helicopter while holding your ridiculously cute baby doesn’t count as being an awesome mum, then we don’t know what does.

 

Jackie Tyler

Though at times more Albert Square than Mandragora Helix, Rose’s mum Jackie (Camille Coduri) kept the 9th and 10th incarnations of the Doctor in check, making sure that he didn’t put Rose in danger and scolding/slapping him when he did.

No matter how far Rose travelled she was always there to welcome her back home, with Jackie serving as a reminder to the viewers that there were consequences to being a companion, and that it wasn’t so easy to simply drop everything and run off into Time and Space.

 

Sarah Jane Smith

Sarah Jane is the ultimate mum in the Whoniverse, both to its characters and to the fans; her presence being as reassuring as a packed lunch. As well as adopting aliens Luke and Sky, she’s practically been a second mum to Bannerman Road’s Maria, Clyde, and Rani, and treats them all as if they were her own.

Though she’ll always be that young ambitious reporter, there are times when she adopts an almost motherly tone with the new Doctors too; whether it’s reminding Tennant’s Time Lord that ‘everything has it’s time’ in School Reunion, or becoming exasperated with yet another regeneration with a ‘Oh you’ve done it again!’ in Death of the Doctor.

Ultimately she’s the ideal mum – adventurous, smart, stern when she needs to be, and always fiercely protective of the people around her.

 

Who’s your favourite mum in Doctor Who? Let us know below…