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|species          = Human
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|race=[[Human]]
|origin            = [[Earth]]
|home planet=[[Earth]]
|brother          = Adeola Oshodi's father{{!}}Brother
|home era=[[21st century]]
|spouse            = Clive Jones
|appearances=[[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[42]]''<br>[[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'' / ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]''<br>[[DW]]:''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End]]''<br>[[NSA]]: ''[[The Story of Martha]]''
|child            = Tish Jones
|actor=[[Adjoa Andoh]]
|child2            = Martha Jones
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|child3            = Leo Jones
|grandchild        = Keisha Jones
|grandchild2      = August (Farewell, Sarah Jane)
|first            = Smith and Jones (TV story)
|appearances      = [[Francine Jones - list of appearances|'''''see list''''']]
|main actor        = Adjoa Andoh
|niece = Adeola Oshodi
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'''Francine Jones''' (née '''Oshodi''') was the mother of [[Tish Jones|Tish]], [[Martha Jones|Martha]] and [[Leo Jones]].


'''Francine Jones''' is the ex-wife of [[Clive Jones]], the mother of [[Tish Jones]], [[Martha Jones]], and [[Leo Jones]], the grandmother of [[Keisha Jones]], and the aunt of the late [[Adeola Oshodi]].
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Francine married [[Clive Jones]]. Their first child was [[Tish Jones|Letitia]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pirate Loop (novel)|The Pirate Loop]]'') who was followed by [[Martha Jones|Martha]] in [[1986]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]'') and [[Leo Jones|Leo]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') She lived and worked in [[London]], sometimes having important workmates around and told them of her children's ambitions. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Pirate Loop (novel)|The Pirate Loop]]'')


Just before Francine attended her son's 21st birthday, she fought with her ex-husband because he was bringing his girlfriend [[Annalise]]. Soon afterward, she learned that Martha and the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] had been transported to [[the Moon]]. At the party, Annalise made a comment about Martha going into the moon, starting another fight. ([[DW]]: ''[[Smith and Jones]]'')
Francine had a [[Adeola Oshodi's father|brother]] and through him a [[niece]], [[Adeola Oshodi]], who died in the [[Battle of Canary Wharf]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archives (novel)|The Torchwood Archives]]'', [[TV]]: ''[[Army of Ghosts (TV story)|Army of Ghosts]]'')


==[[The Master (Harold Saxon)|Mr Saxon]]==
The Joneses were [[divorce]]d by the [[2000s]] after Clive had an affair with [[Annalise]]. Whilst Francine accused Annalise of stealing her husband, Annalise claimed that she had been [[seduction|seduced]] by him and was "entirely innocent". Francine and Clive often argued. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') She became a grandmother when Leo had a daughter, [[Keisha Jones|Keisha]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Martha Jones' MySpace blog (short story)|Martha Jones' MySpace blog]]'')
She later phoned Martha to tell her that Tish had appeared on the news because she was an assistant to [[Richard Lazarus]]. That night, Francine met [[Tenth Doctor|the Doctor]]. She was soon after approached by a mysterious man, who told her that the Doctor was a highly dangerous individual. This led to Francine slapping the Doctor and telling him to stay away from Martha. After the Doctor stopped Lazarus and left with Martha, Francine left a message for her, telling her that the Doctor is bad news and is dangerous, as [[Harold Saxon]] had told her the news. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment]]'')


Martha later phoned Francine, unaware that the phones were being bugged by [[Miss Dexter]], a woman who worked for Harold Saxon. ([[DW]]: ''[[42]]'')
Before Leo's twenty-first birthday party in the 2000s,{{note|According to the episode ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'', [[Martha Jones]]' present day during [[Series 3 (Doctor Who 2005)|series 3]] of ''[[Doctor Who]]'' takes place over a six-day period, with {{Simm}} being elected three days after ''Smith and Jones'', and the [[Toclafane]] [[Toclafane invasion|invading Earth]] five days after ''Smith and Jones''. However, [[Aliens of London dating controversy|sources differ on which dates these stories are set]]. According to [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Paradox Moon (short story)|The Paradox Moon]]'', the Toclafane invasion happens on [[23 June]] [[2007]], placing the events of ''Smith and Jones'' on [[18 June]]. According to [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Hysteria (audio story)|Hysteria]]'', ''Smith and Jones'' takes place in [[2008]], with a [[UNIT]] mission log in [[AUDIO]]: ''[[Recruits (audio story)|Recruits]]'' referring to the recovery of moon rocks from [[Royal Hope Hospital]] in [[March]] 2008. A newspaper clipping in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (short story)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'' places ''Smith and Jones'' on a [[Sunday]] [[4 June]], thus placing the Toclafane invasion on [[Friday]] [[9 June]]. In the real world, these dates do not fall on a Sunday and Friday in either 2007 or 2008.}} Francine complained about Annalise's presence, worried about how the family would look in front of everybody. At the party, she argued with Annalise when she accused Martha of lying about the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] being taken to [[the Moon]], starting a heated argument in which she called the younger woman orange. Martha left during it and joined the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')


Harold Saxon, who was actually [[The Master]], had Miss Dexter use Francine to call Martha, in an attempt to lure her into a trap. When the plan failed, Francine was betrayed by Miss Dexter and kidnapped along with the rest of her family. Francine, Clive and Tish were taken to the [[Valiant]], where the Master released the [[Toclafane]] and sent them to decimate the [[Earth]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums]]'')
=== Association with Saxon ===
Francine later met the Doctor the following day at [[Richard Lazarus]]' party. She was suspicious of him, especially after she was approached by [[Mysterious man (The Lazarus Experiment)|a mysterious man]] who told her that the Doctor was dangerous, citing information from {{Simm|n=Harold Saxon}}. After Lazarus' death, she slapped him and told him to keep away from her daughter, who she later called to tell her to keep her distance. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'')


Francine and her family were held on the Valiant as servants and hostages, while the Master continued to obsess over capturing and executing Martha. When the Master was stopped by Martha the Doctor, and [[The Year That Never Was|time was reversed]], Francine attempted to kill the Master, but was talked out of it by the Doctor, who reminded her that she was better than him and would not stoop to killing. She was one of the only few who remembered the Master and had knowledge of alien life. She was later seen in the window of her home when Martha decided to leave the Doctor, silently acknowledging him with a small nod of her head.([[DW]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords]]'')
Martha called Francine from the [[SS Pentallian]] and asked for help with the [[quiz]] question doors, with Francine believing that she was at a [[pub quiz]]. Martha called her again later to tell her that she loved her, unaware that Francine was sat with [[Dexter (42)|Miss Dexter]] who had bugged the [[phone]] and was trying to get information on the Doctor. During a third phone call, Francine asked her to come round for tea. She told Dexter that she had already [[vote]]d. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'')


She was asked about by The Doctor when he met Martha again during the Sontaran crisis to which Martha replied "Well and recovering" from her year on the Valiant. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')
Francine and Clive both tried to get Martha to come home, pretending that they were thinking of getting back together. After Clive told Martha to run, he, Francine and Tish were taken away on Miss Dexter's orders and taken to the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]''. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')


==[[War in the Medusa Cascade]]==
=== The Year That Never Was ===
When the [[Dalek]]s attacked Earth and moved the planet to the [[Medusa Cascade]], Francine was at home when Martha teleported in and told her that [[Project Indigo]] helped her get in touch with her feelings and teleported her there. Francine's laptop picked up a transmission from Harriet Jones home. Martha then teleported to [[Germany]] to activate the [[Osterhagen Key]] despite Francine begging her not go; When she could not stop her she questioned what the key would do to which Martha replied "I love you" before teleporting away. When Earth was moved back into the [[Sol System]], Francine was happy and went outside to see daylight again. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth]]'' / ''[[Journey's End]])''
Aboard the ''Valiant'', Francine witnessed the [[Toclafane]] [[Toclafane invasion|invasion]]. She tearfully apologised to Martha for her mistake in associating with the Master before Martha vanished, leaving her family confused and alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
[[Category:Humans|Jones, Francine]]
 
[[Category:21st century individuals|Jones, Francine]]
During the [[The Year That Never Was]], Francine, Clive and Tish were held on the ''Valiant'' as [[slave]]s and [[hostage]]s whilst the Master hunted Martha down, watching the Master's atrocities such as the burning of [[Japan]]. Francine and Tish were forced to dress as [[maid]]s and were restrained by chains at night. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') At one point Francine attempted to escape out of an airlock but failed and was warned harm would come to Tish if she tried it again. Miss [[Beecham]] subsequently took cell samples from Francine and cloned her hundreds of times, sending the clones to reported sightings of Martha. Francine was later ordered by Toclafane to clean the cell where Beecham was executed for plotting against the Master, with her noting happily that Martha's continued freedom was making the Master angry. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Deceived (audio story)|Deceived]]'')
[[Category:Enemies of the Master|Jones, Francine]]
 
A year into the Master's rule, the family attempted a rebellion on the ''Valiant'' with [[Jack Harkness]] and the Doctor but failed, after which Francine was [[torture]]d into apologising.
 
Once the Doctor was restored and the Master's plans thwarted, Francine picked up a [[gun]] and threatened to kill him, but dropped it after the Doctor appealed to her better nature. Time was undone and Francine, Clive, Tish and Martha were some of the few to remember what had happened since [[Arthur Coleman Winters]]'s death. The Joneses were returned home, where Francine acknowledged the Doctor with a silent nod when Martha decided to leave him. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
 
=== War in the Medusa Cascade ===
[[File:MarthaAndMomSE.jpg|thumb|Francine and her daughter using the [[Sub-Wave Network]] during the [[21st century Dalek invasion|Dalek invasion]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'')]]
Martha told the Doctor that her family was "not so bad" and recovering. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')
 
Later, after [[Earth]] was moved by the [[Dalek]]s to the [[Medusa Cascade]], Martha returned to Francine using [[Project Indigo]]. Francine's [[laptop]] switched on thanks to the [[Sub-Wave Network]] being used by [[Harriet Jones]], connecting them to the former [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] and a number of the Doctor's friends. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Stolen Earth (TV story)|The Stolen Earth]]'') Martha left her to use the [[Osterhagen Key]], ignoring Francine's questions as to what it was.
 
When Earth was moved back into the [[solar system]], Francine was overjoyed, going outside and enjoying the [[sunlight]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'')
 
=== Later life ===
The Doctor later got Martha and Mickey a [[wedding gift]] which "reacted badly with [[champagne]]" and sent Francine "to the ceiling". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Tesseract (comic story)|Tesseract]]'')
 
Francine was met by [[River Song]] to talk about her history with the [[Tenth Doctor]], alongside [[Jackie Tyler]], [[Sylvia Noble]] and [[Wilfred Mott]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Judge, Jury and Executioner (short story)|Judge, Jury and Executioner]]'')
 
== Personality ==
Francine was an uptight, critical and demanding woman. She was irritated and embarrassed by Clive's relationship with Annalise, which she thought made the family look ridiculous. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') She soon got back together with her ex after being tormented and tortured by the Master. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
 
Francine was curious about what happened to Martha twelve hours before the events of [[Lazarus]]' experiment ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') and was very suspicious of the Doctor and his relationship with her daughter. Before she was captured and tortured by the Master, she deeply cynical towards him. She trusted people who told her the Doctor was dangerous which led to her prejudicing him and went as far to agree for them to tap the phonelines whilst she was talking to Martha. ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'', ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') But eventually she came to see her errors when the Master turned on her and captured her along with her family. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'') After the events of [[the Year That Never Was]], she sought to kill the Master on revenge;  but the Doctor stopped her, showing her she was becoming as him and revealing her [[hypocrisy]]. Francine finally saw the Doctor as the better person and realised with shame how wrong about him she was. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
=== Information from non-valid sources ===
During her imprisonment aboard the [[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]] during [[The Year That Never Was]], Francine was forced to serve her captors during their [[Christmas]] celebrations. Curiously, this account depicted her as a [[Catkind]], rather than as a human. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Doctor Whoah! (DWM 390 comic story)|''Doctor Whoah!'' 390}})
 
== Footnotes ==
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Latest revision as of 18:19, 20 July 2024

Francine Jones
Appearances

Francine Jones (née Oshodi) was the mother of Tish, Martha and Leo Jones.

Biography[[edit] | [edit source]]

Early life[[edit] | [edit source]]

Francine married Clive Jones. Their first child was Letitia, (PROSE: The Pirate Loop) who was followed by Martha in 1986 (PROSE: Wooden Heart) and Leo. (TV: Smith and Jones) She lived and worked in London, sometimes having important workmates around and told them of her children's ambitions. (PROSE: The Pirate Loop)

Francine had a brother and through him a niece, Adeola Oshodi, who died in the Battle of Canary Wharf. (PROSE: The Torchwood Archives, TV: Army of Ghosts)

The Joneses were divorced by the 2000s after Clive had an affair with Annalise. Whilst Francine accused Annalise of stealing her husband, Annalise claimed that she had been seduced by him and was "entirely innocent". Francine and Clive often argued. (TV: Smith and Jones) She became a grandmother when Leo had a daughter, Keisha. (PROSE: Martha Jones' MySpace blog)

Before Leo's twenty-first birthday party in the 2000s,[nb 1] Francine complained about Annalise's presence, worried about how the family would look in front of everybody. At the party, she argued with Annalise when she accused Martha of lying about the Royal Hope Hospital being taken to the Moon, starting a heated argument in which she called the younger woman orange. Martha left during it and joined the Tenth Doctor. (TV: Smith and Jones)

Association with Saxon[[edit] | [edit source]]

Francine later met the Doctor the following day at Richard Lazarus' party. She was suspicious of him, especially after she was approached by a mysterious man who told her that the Doctor was dangerous, citing information from Harold Saxon. After Lazarus' death, she slapped him and told him to keep away from her daughter, who she later called to tell her to keep her distance. (TV: The Lazarus Experiment)

Martha called Francine from the SS Pentallian and asked for help with the quiz question doors, with Francine believing that she was at a pub quiz. Martha called her again later to tell her that she loved her, unaware that Francine was sat with Miss Dexter who had bugged the phone and was trying to get information on the Doctor. During a third phone call, Francine asked her to come round for tea. She told Dexter that she had already voted. (TV: 42)

Francine and Clive both tried to get Martha to come home, pretending that they were thinking of getting back together. After Clive told Martha to run, he, Francine and Tish were taken away on Miss Dexter's orders and taken to the Valiant. (TV: The Sound of Drums)

The Year That Never Was[[edit] | [edit source]]

Aboard the Valiant, Francine witnessed the Toclafane invasion. She tearfully apologised to Martha for her mistake in associating with the Master before Martha vanished, leaving her family confused and alone. (TV: The Sound of Drums)

During the The Year That Never Was, Francine, Clive and Tish were held on the Valiant as slaves and hostages whilst the Master hunted Martha down, watching the Master's atrocities such as the burning of Japan. Francine and Tish were forced to dress as maids and were restrained by chains at night. (TV: Last of the Time Lords) At one point Francine attempted to escape out of an airlock but failed and was warned harm would come to Tish if she tried it again. Miss Beecham subsequently took cell samples from Francine and cloned her hundreds of times, sending the clones to reported sightings of Martha. Francine was later ordered by Toclafane to clean the cell where Beecham was executed for plotting against the Master, with her noting happily that Martha's continued freedom was making the Master angry. (AUDIO: Deceived)

A year into the Master's rule, the family attempted a rebellion on the Valiant with Jack Harkness and the Doctor but failed, after which Francine was tortured into apologising.

Once the Doctor was restored and the Master's plans thwarted, Francine picked up a gun and threatened to kill him, but dropped it after the Doctor appealed to her better nature. Time was undone and Francine, Clive, Tish and Martha were some of the few to remember what had happened since Arthur Coleman Winters's death. The Joneses were returned home, where Francine acknowledged the Doctor with a silent nod when Martha decided to leave him. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

War in the Medusa Cascade[[edit] | [edit source]]

Francine and her daughter using the Sub-Wave Network during the Dalek invasion. (TV: The Stolen Earth)

Martha told the Doctor that her family was "not so bad" and recovering. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem)

Later, after Earth was moved by the Daleks to the Medusa Cascade, Martha returned to Francine using Project Indigo. Francine's laptop switched on thanks to the Sub-Wave Network being used by Harriet Jones, connecting them to the former Prime Minister and a number of the Doctor's friends. (TV: The Stolen Earth) Martha left her to use the Osterhagen Key, ignoring Francine's questions as to what it was.

When Earth was moved back into the solar system, Francine was overjoyed, going outside and enjoying the sunlight. (TV: Journey's End)

Later life[[edit] | [edit source]]

The Doctor later got Martha and Mickey a wedding gift which "reacted badly with champagne" and sent Francine "to the ceiling". (COMIC: Tesseract)

Francine was met by River Song to talk about her history with the Tenth Doctor, alongside Jackie Tyler, Sylvia Noble and Wilfred Mott. (PROSE: Judge, Jury and Executioner)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Francine was an uptight, critical and demanding woman. She was irritated and embarrassed by Clive's relationship with Annalise, which she thought made the family look ridiculous. (TV: Smith and Jones) She soon got back together with her ex after being tormented and tortured by the Master. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

Francine was curious about what happened to Martha twelve hours before the events of Lazarus' experiment (TV: The Lazarus Experiment) and was very suspicious of the Doctor and his relationship with her daughter. Before she was captured and tortured by the Master, she deeply cynical towards him. She trusted people who told her the Doctor was dangerous which led to her prejudicing him and went as far to agree for them to tap the phonelines whilst she was talking to Martha. (TV: 42, The Sound of Drums) But eventually she came to see her errors when the Master turned on her and captured her along with her family. (TV: The Sound of Drums) After the events of the Year That Never Was, she sought to kill the Master on revenge; but the Doctor stopped her, showing her she was becoming as him and revealing her hypocrisy. Francine finally saw the Doctor as the better person and realised with shame how wrong about him she was. (TV: Last of the Time Lords)

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

Information from non-valid sources[[edit] | [edit source]]

During her imprisonment aboard the Valiant during The Year That Never Was, Francine was forced to serve her captors during their Christmas celebrations. Curiously, this account depicted her as a Catkind, rather than as a human. (COMIC: Doctor Whoah! 390 [+]Loading...["Doctor Whoah! (DWM 390 comic story)","''Doctor Whoah!'' 390"])

Footnotes[[edit] | [edit source]]

  1. ↑ According to the episode The Sound of Drums, Martha Jones' present day during series 3 of Doctor Who takes place over a six-day period, with the Saxon Master being elected three days after Smith and Jones, and the Toclafane invading Earth five days after Smith and Jones. However, sources differ on which dates these stories are set. According to PROSE: The Paradox Moon, the Toclafane invasion happens on 23 June 2007, placing the events of Smith and Jones on 18 June. According to AUDIO: Hysteria, Smith and Jones takes place in 2008, with a UNIT mission log in AUDIO: Recruits referring to the recovery of moon rocks from Royal Hope Hospital in March 2008. A newspaper clipping in PROSE: The Secret Lives of Monsters places Smith and Jones on a Sunday 4 June, thus placing the Toclafane invasion on Friday 9 June. In the real world, these dates do not fall on a Sunday and Friday in either 2007 or 2008.
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