diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 205feef92..3a7c2d7ad 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ python:
   - "3.3"
 
 env:
-  - DJANGO="django==1.5 --use-mirrors"
-  - DJANGO="django==1.4.3 --use-mirrors"
-  - DJANGO="django==1.3.5 --use-mirrors"
+  - DJANGO="django==1.5.1 --use-mirrors"
+  - DJANGO="django==1.4.5 --use-mirrors"
+  - DJANGO="django==1.3.7 --use-mirrors"
 
 install:
   - pip install $DJANGO
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ install:
   - "if [[ ${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION::1} != '3' ]]; then pip install django-oauth-plus==2.0 --use-mirrors; fi"
   - "if [[ ${TRAVIS_PYTHON_VERSION::1} != '3' ]]; then pip install django-oauth2-provider==0.2.3 --use-mirrors; fi"
   - "if [[ ${DJANGO::11} == 'django==1.3' ]]; then pip install django-filter==0.5.4 --use-mirrors; fi"
-  - "if [[ ${DJANGO::11} != 'django==1.3' ]]; then pip install django-filter==0.6a1 --use-mirrors; fi"
+  - "if [[ ${DJANGO::11} != 'django==1.3' ]]; then pip install django-filter==0.6 --use-mirrors; fi"
   - export PYTHONPATH=.
 
 script:
@@ -27,10 +27,11 @@ script:
 matrix:
   exclude:
     - python: "3.2"
-      env: DJANGO="django==1.4.3 --use-mirrors"
+      env: DJANGO="django==1.4.5 --use-mirrors"
     - python: "3.2"
-      env: DJANGO="django==1.3.5 --use-mirrors"
+      env: DJANGO="django==1.3.7 --use-mirrors"
     - python: "3.3"
-      env: DJANGO="django==1.4.3 --use-mirrors"
+      env: DJANGO="django==1.4.5 --use-mirrors"
     - python: "3.3"
-      env: DJANGO="django==1.3.5 --use-mirrors"
+      env: DJANGO="django==1.3.7 --use-mirrors"
+
diff --git a/docs/topics/credits.md b/docs/topics/credits.md
index 62f113c2f..bba78ba8c 100644
--- a/docs/topics/credits.md
+++ b/docs/topics/credits.md
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ The following people have helped make REST framework great.
 * Marlon Bailey - [avinash240]
 * James Summerfield - [jsummerfield]
 * Andy Freeland - [rouge8]
+* Craig de Stigter - [craigds]
+* Pablo Recio - [pyriku]
+* Brian Zambrano - [brianz]
 * Òscar Vilaplana - [grimborg]
 * Ryan Kaskel - [ryankask]
 
@@ -286,5 +289,8 @@ You can also contact [@_tomchristie][twitter] directly on twitter.
 [avinash240]: https://github.com/avinash240
 [jsummerfield]: https://github.com/jsummerfield
 [rouge8]: https://github.com/rouge8
+[craigds]: https://github.com/craigds
+[pyriku]: https://github.com/pyriku
+[brianz]: https://github.com/brianz
 [grimborg]: https://github.com/grimborg
 [ryankask]: https://github.com/ryankask
diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 49d2a6d5d..491aa7eda 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import warnings
 from django.core import validators
 from django.core.exceptions import ValidationError
 from django.conf import settings
+from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
 from django import forms
 from django.forms import widgets
 from django.utils.encoding import is_protected_type
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ def get_component(obj, attr_name):
     return that attribute on the object.
     """
     if isinstance(obj, dict):
-        val = obj[attr_name]
+        val = obj.get(attr_name)
     else:
         val = getattr(obj, attr_name)
 
@@ -407,6 +408,8 @@ class ChoiceField(WritableField):
     def __init__(self, choices=(), *args, **kwargs):
         super(ChoiceField, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
         self.choices = choices
+        if not self.required:
+            self.choices = BLANK_CHOICE_DASH + self.choices
 
     def _get_choices(self):
         return self._choices
diff --git a/rest_framework/relations.py b/rest_framework/relations.py
index c4b790d47..884b954c4 100644
--- a/rest_framework/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/relations.py
@@ -221,12 +221,20 @@ class PrimaryKeyRelatedField(RelatedField):
     def field_to_native(self, obj, field_name):
         if self.many:
             # To-many relationship
-            try:
+
+            queryset = None
+            if not self.source:
                 # Prefer obj.serializable_value for performance reasons
-                queryset = obj.serializable_value(self.source or field_name)
-            except AttributeError:
+                try:
+                    queryset = obj.serializable_value(field_name)
+                except AttributeError:
+                    pass
+            if queryset is None:
                 # RelatedManager (reverse relationship)
-                queryset = getattr(obj, self.source or field_name)
+                source = self.source or field_name
+                queryset = obj
+                for component in source.split('.'):
+                    queryset = get_component(queryset, component)
 
             # Forward relationship
             return [self.to_native(item.pk) for item in queryset.all()]
diff --git a/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py b/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py
index 9b519f271..9dd7b545e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py
+++ b/rest_framework/runtests/settings.py
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ DEBUG = True
 TEMPLATE_DEBUG = DEBUG
 DEBUG_PROPAGATE_EXCEPTIONS = True
 
+ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']
+
 ADMINS = (
     # ('Your Name', 'your_email@domain.com'),
 )
diff --git a/rest_framework/serializers.py b/rest_framework/serializers.py
index 7707de7a7..500bb3066 100644
--- a/rest_framework/serializers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/serializers.py
@@ -705,15 +705,14 @@ class ModelSerializer(Serializer):
         Creates a default instance of a basic non-relational field.
         """
         kwargs = {}
-        has_default = model_field.has_default()
 
-        if model_field.null or model_field.blank or has_default:
+        if model_field.null or model_field.blank:
             kwargs['required'] = False
 
         if isinstance(model_field, models.AutoField) or not model_field.editable:
             kwargs['read_only'] = True
 
-        if has_default:
+        if model_field.has_default():
             kwargs['default'] = model_field.get_default()
 
         if issubclass(model_field.__class__, models.TextField):
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/fields.py b/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
index 5b5ce835a..6b1cdfc77 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
@@ -659,3 +659,29 @@ class DecimalFieldTest(TestCase):
 
         self.assertFalse(s.is_valid())
         self.assertEqual(s.errors,  {'decimal_field': ['Ensure that there are no more than 4 digits in total.']})
+
+
+class ChoiceFieldTests(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests for the ChoiceField options generator
+    """
+
+    SAMPLE_CHOICES = [
+        ('red', 'Red'),
+        ('green', 'Green'),
+        ('blue', 'Blue'),
+    ]
+
+    def test_choices_required(self):
+        """
+        Make sure proper choices are rendered if field is required
+        """
+        f = serializers.ChoiceField(required=True, choices=self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
+        self.assertEqual(f.choices, self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
+
+    def test_choices_not_required(self):
+        """
+        Make sure proper choices (plus blank) are rendered if the field isn't required
+        """
+        f = serializers.ChoiceField(required=False, choices=self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
+        self.assertEqual(f.choices, models.fields.BLANK_CHOICE_DASH + self.SAMPLE_CHOICES)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/relations.py b/rest_framework/tests/relations.py
index cbf93c65e..d19219c90 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/relations.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/relations.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.db import models
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import serializers
+from rest_framework.tests.models import BlogPost
 
 
 class NullModel(models.Model):
@@ -33,7 +34,7 @@ class FieldTests(TestCase):
         self.assertRaises(serializers.ValidationError, field.from_native, [])
 
 
-class TestManyRelateMixin(TestCase):
+class TestManyRelatedMixin(TestCase):
     def test_missing_many_to_many_related_field(self):
         '''
         Regression test for #632
@@ -45,3 +46,55 @@ class TestManyRelateMixin(TestCase):
         into = {}
         field.field_from_native({}, None, 'field_name', into)
         self.assertEqual(into['field_name'], [])
+
+
+# Regression tests for #694 (`source` attribute on related fields)
+
+class RelatedFieldSourceTests(TestCase):
+    def test_related_manager_source(self):
+        """
+        Relational fields should be able to use manager-returning methods as their source.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.RelatedField(many=True, source='get_blogposts_manager')
+
+        class ClassWithManagerMethod(object):
+            def get_blogposts_manager(self):
+                return BlogPost.objects
+
+        obj = ClassWithManagerMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, ['BlogPost object'])
+
+    def test_related_queryset_source(self):
+        """
+        Relational fields should be able to use queryset-returning methods as their source.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.RelatedField(many=True, source='get_blogposts_queryset')
+
+        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
+            def get_blogposts_queryset(self):
+                return BlogPost.objects.all()
+
+        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, ['BlogPost object'])
+
+    def test_dotted_source(self):
+        """
+        Source argument should support dotted.source notation.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.RelatedField(many=True, source='a.b.c')
+
+        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
+            a = {
+                'b': {
+                    'c': BlogPost.objects.all()
+                }
+            }
+
+        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, ['BlogPost object'])
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/relations_hyperlink.py b/rest_framework/tests/relations_hyperlink.py
index b1eed9a76..b3efbf524 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/relations_hyperlink.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/relations_hyperlink.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ from django.test.client import RequestFactory
 from rest_framework import serializers
 from rest_framework.compat import patterns, url
 from rest_framework.tests.models import (
+    BlogPost,
     ManyToManyTarget, ManyToManySource, ForeignKeyTarget, ForeignKeySource,
     NullableForeignKeySource, OneToOneTarget, NullableOneToOneSource
 )
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ def dummy_view(request, pk):
     pass
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    url(r'^dummyurl/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', dummy_view, name='dummy-url'),
     url(r'^manytomanysource/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', dummy_view, name='manytomanysource-detail'),
     url(r'^manytomanytarget/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', dummy_view, name='manytomanytarget-detail'),
     url(r'^foreignkeysource/(?P<pk>[0-9]+)/$', dummy_view, name='foreignkeysource-detail'),
@@ -451,3 +453,72 @@ class HyperlinkedNullableOneToOneTests(TestCase):
             {'url': 'http://testserver/onetoonetarget/2/', 'name': 'target-2', 'nullable_source': None},
         ]
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+
+# Regression tests for #694 (`source` attribute on related fields)
+
+class HyperlinkedRelatedFieldSourceTests(TestCase):
+    urls = 'rest_framework.tests.relations_hyperlink'
+
+    def test_related_manager_source(self):
+        """
+        Relational fields should be able to use manager-returning methods as their source.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField(
+            many=True,
+            source='get_blogposts_manager',
+            view_name='dummy-url',
+        )
+        field.context = {'request': request}
+
+        class ClassWithManagerMethod(object):
+            def get_blogposts_manager(self):
+                return BlogPost.objects
+
+        obj = ClassWithManagerMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, ['http://testserver/dummyurl/1/'])
+
+    def test_related_queryset_source(self):
+        """
+        Relational fields should be able to use queryset-returning methods as their source.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField(
+            many=True,
+            source='get_blogposts_queryset',
+            view_name='dummy-url',
+        )
+        field.context = {'request': request}
+
+        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
+            def get_blogposts_queryset(self):
+                return BlogPost.objects.all()
+
+        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, ['http://testserver/dummyurl/1/'])
+
+    def test_dotted_source(self):
+        """
+        Source argument should support dotted.source notation.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.HyperlinkedRelatedField(
+            many=True,
+            source='a.b.c',
+            view_name='dummy-url',
+        )
+        field.context = {'request': request}
+
+        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
+            a = {
+                'b': {
+                    'c': BlogPost.objects.all()
+                }
+            }
+
+        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, ['http://testserver/dummyurl/1/'])
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/relations_pk.py b/rest_framework/tests/relations_pk.py
index 5ce8b5671..0f8c52476 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/relations_pk.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/relations_pk.py
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import serializers
-from rest_framework.tests.models import ManyToManyTarget, ManyToManySource, ForeignKeyTarget, ForeignKeySource, NullableForeignKeySource, OneToOneTarget, NullableOneToOneSource
+from rest_framework.tests.models import (
+    BlogPost, ManyToManyTarget, ManyToManySource, ForeignKeyTarget, ForeignKeySource,
+    NullableForeignKeySource, OneToOneTarget, NullableOneToOneSource,
+)
 from rest_framework.compat import six
 
 
@@ -421,3 +424,55 @@ class PKNullableOneToOneTests(TestCase):
             {'id': 2, 'name': 'target-2', 'nullable_source': 1},
         ]
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
+
+# Regression tests for #694 (`source` attribute on related fields)
+
+class PrimaryKeyRelatedFieldSourceTests(TestCase):
+    def test_related_manager_source(self):
+        """
+        Relational fields should be able to use manager-returning methods as their source.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, source='get_blogposts_manager')
+
+        class ClassWithManagerMethod(object):
+            def get_blogposts_manager(self):
+                return BlogPost.objects
+
+        obj = ClassWithManagerMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, [1])
+
+    def test_related_queryset_source(self):
+        """
+        Relational fields should be able to use queryset-returning methods as their source.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, source='get_blogposts_queryset')
+
+        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
+            def get_blogposts_queryset(self):
+                return BlogPost.objects.all()
+
+        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, [1])
+
+    def test_dotted_source(self):
+        """
+        Source argument should support dotted.source notation.
+        """
+        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
+        field = serializers.PrimaryKeyRelatedField(many=True, source='a.b.c')
+
+        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
+            a = {
+                'b': {
+                    'c': BlogPost.objects.all()
+                }
+            }
+
+        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
+        value = field.field_to_native(obj, 'field_name')
+        self.assertEqual(value, [1])
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index db3881f9a..d0a8570ca 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import unicode_literals
+from django.db import models
+from django.db.models.fields import BLANK_CHOICE_DASH
 from django.utils.datastructures import MultiValueDict
 from django.test import TestCase
 from rest_framework import serializers
@@ -43,6 +45,17 @@ class CommentSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
         return instance
 
 
+class NamesSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    first = serializers.CharField()
+    last = serializers.CharField(required=False, default='')
+    initials = serializers.CharField(required=False, default='')
+
+
+class PersonIdentifierSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
+    ssn = serializers.CharField()
+    names = NamesSerializer(source='names', required=False)
+
+
 class BookSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     isbn = serializers.RegexField(regex=r'^[0-9]{13}$', error_messages={'invalid': 'isbn has to be exact 13 numbers'})
 
@@ -153,6 +166,42 @@ class BasicTests(TestCase):
         self.assertFalse(serializer.object is expected)
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data['sub_comment'], 'And Merry Christmas!')
 
+    def test_create_nested(self):
+        """Test a serializer with nested data."""
+        names = {'first': 'John', 'last': 'Doe', 'initials': 'jd'}
+        data = {'ssn': '1234567890', 'names': names}
+        serializer = PersonIdentifierSerializer(data=data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.is_valid(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.object, data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.object is data)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['names'], names)
+
+    def test_create_partial_nested(self):
+        """Test a serializer with nested data which has missing fields."""
+        names = {'first': 'John'}
+        data = {'ssn': '1234567890', 'names': names}
+        serializer = PersonIdentifierSerializer(data=data)
+
+        expected_names = {'first': 'John', 'last': '', 'initials': ''}
+        data['names'] = expected_names
+
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.is_valid(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.object, data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.object is expected_names)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data['names'], expected_names)
+
+    def test_null_nested(self):
+        """Test a serializer with a nonexistent nested field"""
+        data = {'ssn': '1234567890'}
+        serializer = PersonIdentifierSerializer(data=data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.is_valid(), True)
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.object, data)
+        self.assertFalse(serializer.object is data)
+        expected = {'ssn': '1234567890', 'names': None}
+        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
+
     def test_update(self):
         serializer = CommentSerializer(self.comment, data=self.data)
         expected = self.comment
@@ -871,23 +920,6 @@ class RelatedTraversalTest(TestCase):
 
         self.assertEqual(serializer.data, expected)
 
-    def test_queryset_nested_traversal(self):
-        """
-        Relational fields should be able to use methods as their source.
-        """
-        BlogPost.objects.create(title='blah')
-
-        class QuerysetMethodSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
-            blogposts = serializers.RelatedField(many=True, source='get_all_blogposts')
-
-        class ClassWithQuerysetMethod(object):
-            def get_all_blogposts(self):
-                return BlogPost.objects
-
-        obj = ClassWithQuerysetMethod()
-        serializer = QuerysetMethodSerializer(obj)
-        self.assertEqual(serializer.data, {'blogposts': ['BlogPost object']})
-
 
 class SerializerMethodFieldTests(TestCase):
     def setUp(self):
@@ -1018,6 +1050,73 @@ class SerializerPickleTests(TestCase):
         repr(pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(data, 0)))
 
 
+# test for issue #725
+class SeveralChoicesModel(models.Model):
+    color = models.CharField(
+        max_length=10,
+        choices=[('red', 'Red'), ('green', 'Green'), ('blue', 'Blue')],
+        blank=False
+    )
+    drink = models.CharField(
+        max_length=10,
+        choices=[('beer', 'Beer'), ('wine', 'Wine'), ('cider', 'Cider')],
+        blank=False,
+        default='beer'
+    )
+    os = models.CharField(
+        max_length=10,
+        choices=[('linux', 'Linux'), ('osx', 'OSX'), ('windows', 'Windows')],
+        blank=True
+    )
+    music_genre = models.CharField(
+        max_length=10,
+        choices=[('rock', 'Rock'), ('metal', 'Metal'), ('grunge', 'Grunge')],
+        blank=True,
+        default='metal'
+    )
+
+
+class SerializerChoiceFields(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        super(SerializerChoiceFields, self).setUp()
+
+        class SeveralChoicesSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
+            class Meta:
+                model = SeveralChoicesModel
+                fields = ('color', 'drink', 'os', 'music_genre')
+
+        self.several_choices_serializer = SeveralChoicesSerializer
+
+    def test_choices_blank_false_not_default(self):
+        serializer = self.several_choices_serializer()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.fields['color'].choices,
+            [('red', 'Red'), ('green', 'Green'), ('blue', 'Blue')]
+        )
+
+    def test_choices_blank_false_with_default(self):
+        serializer = self.several_choices_serializer()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.fields['drink'].choices,
+            [('beer', 'Beer'), ('wine', 'Wine'), ('cider', 'Cider')]
+        )
+
+    def test_choices_blank_true_not_default(self):
+        serializer = self.several_choices_serializer()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.fields['os'].choices,
+            BLANK_CHOICE_DASH + [('linux', 'Linux'), ('osx', 'OSX'), ('windows', 'Windows')]
+        )
+
+    def test_choices_blank_true_with_default(self):
+        serializer = self.several_choices_serializer()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            serializer.fields['music_genre'].choices,
+            BLANK_CHOICE_DASH + [('rock', 'Rock'), ('metal', 'Metal'), ('grunge', 'Grunge')]
+        )
+
+
 class DepthTest(TestCase):
     def test_implicit_nesting(self):