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|image=Martha(StonesOfBlood).jpg
|image = Martha(StonesOfBlood).jpg
|species=Human
|species=Human
|origin = [[Earth]]
|origin = [[Earth]]
|only = The Stones of Blood (TV story)
|first = The Stones of Blood (TV story)
|appearances = [[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood]]'', [[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (audio story)|The Stones of Blood]]''
|actor = Elaine Ives-Cameron
|actor = Elaine Ives-Cameron
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'''Martha''' was a member of the [[cult]] of [[Cessair of Diplos|the Cailleach]] under [[Leonard de Vries]] in [[1978]]. She was unwilling to sacrifice the [[Fourth Doctor]] to the goddess, and after he escaped, an [[Ogri]] killed her and de Vries. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'')
'''Martha Vickers''' ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (audio story)|The Stones of Blood]]'') was a member of the [[cult]] of [[Cessair of Diplos|the Cailleach]] under [[Leonard de Vries]] in [[1978]].  
 
== Biography ==
Martha was a local schoolteacher who had joined the cult due to her friendship with de Vries, and because the cult brought colour into her dull life. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood (novelisation)|Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood]]'')
 
Martha was unwilling to sacrifice the [[Fourth Doctor]] to the goddess, and after he escaped, an [[Ogri]] killed her and de Vries. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stones of Blood (TV story)|The Stones of Blood]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
* Martha is given the surname Vickers for [[David Fisher]]'s [[The Stones of Blood (audio story)|audiobook]] and the 2022 novelisation. This was not derived from any information given in the televised version.
* In the audiobook and the 2022 novelisation, there is no mention of Martha being a schoolteacher, as in [[Terrance Dicks]]'s adaptation. Instead, she is described as being a member of the local [[Women's Institute]].
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Latest revision as of 16:08, 3 April 2023

Martha Vickers (AUDIO: The Stones of Blood) was a member of the cult of the Cailleach under Leonard de Vries in 1978.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Martha was a local schoolteacher who had joined the cult due to her friendship with de Vries, and because the cult brought colour into her dull life. (PROSE: Doctor Who and the Stones of Blood)

Martha was unwilling to sacrifice the Fourth Doctor to the goddess, and after he escaped, an Ogri killed her and de Vries. (TV: The Stones of Blood)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  • Martha is given the surname Vickers for David Fisher's audiobook and the 2022 novelisation. This was not derived from any information given in the televised version.
  • In the audiobook and the 2022 novelisation, there is no mention of Martha being a schoolteacher, as in Terrance Dicks's adaptation. Instead, she is described as being a member of the local Women's Institute.