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'''Francine Jones''' was 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 [[Adeola Oshodi]].
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'''Francine Jones''' (née '''Oshodi''') was the mother of [[Tish Jones|Tish]], [[Martha Jones|Martha]] and [[Leo Jones]].


== Biography ==
== Biography ==
=== Before Harold Saxon ===
=== Early life ===
Before Francine attended her son's twenty-first birthday, she was engaged in a dispute with her ex-husband because he was bringing his young girlfriend [[Annalise]]. Soon afterwards, she learned that Martha and the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] had been transported to [[the Moon]]. At the party, she stuck up for her daughter when Annalise made a comment suggesting Martha had lied about going to the moon. This grew into a heated argument which exasperated Martha, after which she left with the [[Tenth Doctor]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')
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]]'')


=== Contacting Saxon ===
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]]'')
She later phoned Martha to tell her that Tish had appeared on the news because she was an assistant to [[Richard Lazarus]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'') She attended the launch of his de-ageing device with her son Leo and enountered the Doctor, who, unknown to her, had been travelling the universe with her daughter. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') She was initially suspicious of the Doctor because of his social awkwardness. This suspicion was exacerbated when she was approached by a [[mysterious man (The Lazarus Experiment)|mysterious man]], who told her the Doctor was highly dangerous. 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 daughter, telling her that the Doctor was bad news and dangerous. [[Harold Saxon]] had told her this. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'')


The Doctor gave Martha a [[superphone]]. She phoned Francine from the deck of the [[SS Pentallian]] for help with the quiz question doors. Francine told Martha that Elvis had more number one singles than [[the Beatles]], helping [[Riley Vashtee]] and her with their mission, although Francine believed Martha to be in a [[pub quiz]]. Martha later phoned Francine when her life was in danger, to tell her that she loved her, unaware the phones were bugged by [[Dexter (42)|Miss Dexter]], who worked for Harold Saxon. As Francine tried to extract more information about Martha's whereabouts, her daughter hung up, leaving a worried Francine in the dark ([[TV]]: ''[[42 (TV story)|42]]'')
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]]'')


Harold Saxon, who was actually [[the Master]], had Miss Dexter use Francine to call Martha to lure her into a trap. When the plan failed, Francine was betrayed by Miss Dexter and kidnapped with the rest of her family. Francine, Clive and Tish were taken to the ''[[Valiant (aircraft carrier)|Valiant]]'' where, after taunting the Joneses, the Master released the [[Toclafane]] and sent them to decimate the [[Earth]]. Francine realised how dreadful a mistake she had made and tearfully apologised to Martha, who then vanished completely from the deck, leaving her family confused and alone. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sound of Drums (TV story)|The Sound of Drums]]'')
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]]'')
 
=== 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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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]]'')


=== The Year That Never Was ===
=== The Year That Never Was ===
Francine and her family were held on the ''Valiant'' as servants and hostages while the Master continued to obsess over capturing and executing Martha. Francine and Tish were humiliated, dressed as maids and restrained by chains at night. She saw "half the planet slaughtered" and the burning of [[Japan]]. In that year aboard the ''Valiant'', Francine — along with Jack Harkness, the Doctor, Clive and Tish — staged a failed rebellion against the Master. She was tortured into an apology. When the Master's plans unravelled and the Doctor restored, along with [[The Year That Never Was|time itself]], Francine tried to kill him. The Doctor talked her out of it by appealing to her better nature. She was one of the few who remembered the Master and knew 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 nod of her head. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
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]]'')
 
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]]'')
 
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.


==== Aftermath ====
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]]'')
The Doctor asked about her when he met Martha again during the Sontaran crisis. Martha replied, "Well and recovering". ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')


=== War in the Medusa Cascade ===
=== 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]]'')]]
[[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]]'')]]
When the [[Dalek]]s attacked Earth and moved the planet to the [[Medusa Cascade]], Francine was at home, alone. Martha, using [[Project Indigo]], teleported to the house. Francine's laptop then picked up a transmission from [[Harriet Jones]], who informed Martha, among others, of the plan to bring the Doctor to Earth. ([[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.


After making contact with the Doctor, Martha planned to teleport to [[Germany]] to activate the [[Osterhagen Key]], despite Francine begging her not go. When she could not stop her daughter, she asked what the key would do, to which Martha replied, "I love you," before teleporting away. 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]]'')
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 ===
=== Later life ===
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== Personality ==
== Personality ==
Francine had a very strong personality. She was an uptight, critical and demanding woman. She was also curious about what happened to Martha twelve hours before the events of [[Lazarus]]'s 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 disliked the Doctor, being antagonistic and cynical towards him, and wanted to know who he was and what he was doing with Martha. She trusted people who told her the Doctor was dangerous 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]]'') She also had a stressful life. Her ex-husband dated [[Annalise|a very young woman]] who was about the same age as Martha. This annoyed her even though they were no longer married. She soon got back together with her ex after being tormented and tortured by the Master who she came to hate and despise for his evil. After the events of [[the Year That Never Was]], her feelings towards the Doctor changed significantly and she no longer disliked him as she came to respect him realising they she has judged him unfairly. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'')
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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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.