Susan Dorothea White a woman, an Australian aboriginal. Her 'female disciples' are sitting to her right and left: women from all corners of the world..." and "...the image generates intense discussion". An American doctoral dissertation and a 1999 journal article analyse "The First Supper" as "a subversive postmodern ironic reading of Leonardo da Vinci's "The Last Supper"". White's 2012 painting "The Anatomy Lesson of Dr Freeman" references Rembrandt's The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by setting it in a contemporary university laboratory with each of the onlookers rendered as an anatomical prosection and skeleton. The painting was first exhibited in a 'circuito
The Doctor (Doctor Who) episodes. She is later revealed to be a dissident Time Lady, who opposed the Time Lord High Council's plan to escape the Time War. When she reveals her face to the Doctor, his reaction indicates that he recognises her. Julie Gardner, in the episode's commentary, states that while some have speculated that the Time Lady is the Doctor's mother, neither she nor Russell T. Davies are willing to comment on her identity. When later asked by Wilfred who she was, the Doctor evades answering the question, making their connection unclear. In "Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale – The Final Chapter",