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| job title = [[Actor]] | | job title = [[Actor]] | ||
| role = [[Ruth Clayton]]/[[Fugitive Doctor]] | | role = [[Ruth Clayton]]/[[Fugitive Doctor]] | ||
| story = ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'', ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'', ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'', ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'', ''[[The Final Act ( | | story = ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'', ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'', ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]'', ''[[The Power of the Doctor (TV story)|The Power of the Doctor]]'', ''[[Coda - The Final Act (audio story)|Coda - The Final Act]]'' | ||
| time =2020-present | | time =2020-present | ||
| non dwu = ''The Crouches'', ''Holby City'', ''Back to Life'' | | non dwu = ''The Crouches'', ''Holby City'', ''Back to Life'' | ||
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'''Jo Martin''' (born [[29 April (people)|29 April]]<ref>https:// | '''Jo Martin''' (born [[29 April (people)|29 April]]<ref>'"[https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho/status/1519994981385179137 No time to be tired. Still work to do out there - lives at stake, armies being born. People need the Doctor" ✨ A very happy birthday to the Fugitive Doctor, @therealjomartin ! 🎉]' [https://twitter.com/bbcdoctorwho Doctor Who] on [https://x.com/ Twitter], posted 29 April 2022.</ref>) played the [[Fugitive Doctor]] in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' television stories ''[[Fugitive of the Judoon (TV story)|Fugitive of the Judoon]]'', ''[[The Timeless Children (TV story)|The Timeless Children]]'' and ''[[Once, Upon Time (TV story)|Once, Upon Time]]''. alongside [[Jodie Whittaker]]'s [[Thirteenth Doctor]]. She had also portrayed [[Ruth Clayton]], a disguised version of the Fugitive Doctor, in ''Fugitive of the Judoon''. She debuted on audio as the Fugitive Doctor in [[Big Finish Productions|''Big Finish'']]'s ''[[Once and Future]]: [[Coda - The Final Act (audio story)|Coda - The Final Act]]'', and will have a series of audios focusing on [[The Fugitive Doctor (audio series)|''the Fugitive Doctor'']] starting in January.<ref>[https://www.bigfinish.com/releases/v/doctor-who-the-fugitive-doctor-most-wanted-2668 The official ''Most Wanted'' page] at [https://www.bigfinish.com bigfinish.com].</ref> | ||
She was the second [[person of colour|non-white actor]] to be cast in the role of [[the Doctor]] in the DWU and the first to be explicitly portrayed as the Doctor; [[Steven Moffat]] stated in a [[2008]] email exchange with [[Russell T Davies]] that [[Doctor Moon]], played by Anglo-Jamaican actor [[Colin Salmon]], was similarly intended to be a future incarnation of the Doctor, but this goes unstated in ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[Showrunner Showdown]]'') | She was the second [[person of colour|non-white actor]] to be cast in the role of [[the Doctor]] in the DWU and the first to be explicitly portrayed as the Doctor; [[Steven Moffat]] stated in a [[2008]] email exchange with [[Russell T Davies]] that [[Doctor Moon]], played by Anglo-Jamaican actor [[Colin Salmon]], was similarly intended to be a future incarnation of the Doctor, but this goes unstated in ''[[Silence in the Library (TV story)|Silence in the Library]]''/''[[Forest of the Dead (TV story)|Forest of the Dead]]''. ([[REF]]: ''[[Showrunner Showdown]]'') | ||
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In an interview with [[DWM 549]], Martin mentioned that she had watched the show as a child, and had always wanted a part in it. | In an interview with [[DWM 549]], Martin mentioned that she had watched the show as a child, and had always wanted a part in it. | ||
== Career == | ==Career== | ||
At the time of her ''Doctor Who'' appearance, Martin was perhaps better known as Max McGerry in the hospital drama series ''Holby City'' (1999–2022). | At the time of her ''Doctor Who'' appearance, Martin was perhaps better known as Max McGerry in the hospital drama series ''Holby City'' (1999–2022). | ||
== External links == | ==External links== | ||
{{imdb name|id=1080139}} | {{imdb name|id=1080139}} | ||
{{twitter|therealjomartin}}{{Instagram|msjomartin}} | {{twitter|therealjomartin}}{{Instagram|msjomartin}} | ||
*[https://www.threads.net/@msjomartin Official Threads account] | |||
==Footnotes== | |||
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[[Category:Doctor Who semi-regular cast]] | [[Category:Doctor Who semi-regular cast]] | ||
[[Category:Actors who portrayed multiple incarnations of the Doctor]] | [[Category:Actors who portrayed multiple incarnations of the Doctor]] | ||
[[Category:Post-2005 Doctor Who cast reprising their roles at Big Finish]] | |||
[[Category:Actors who have voiced for the Doctor]] | |||
[[Category:Once and Future voice actors]] | |||
Latest revision as of 21:17, 23 November 2024
Jo Martin (born 29 April[1]) played the Fugitive Doctor in the Doctor Who television stories Fugitive of the Judoon, The Timeless Children and Once, Upon Time. alongside Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor. She had also portrayed Ruth Clayton, a disguised version of the Fugitive Doctor, in Fugitive of the Judoon. She debuted on audio as the Fugitive Doctor in Big Finish's Once and Future: Coda - The Final Act, and will have a series of audios focusing on the Fugitive Doctor starting in January.[2]
She was the second non-white actor to be cast in the role of the Doctor in the DWU and the first to be explicitly portrayed as the Doctor; Steven Moffat stated in a 2008 email exchange with Russell T Davies that Doctor Moon, played by Anglo-Jamaican actor Colin Salmon, was similarly intended to be a future incarnation of the Doctor, but this goes unstated in Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead. (REF: Showrunner Showdown)
In an interview with DWM 549, Martin mentioned that she had watched the show as a child, and had always wanted a part in it.
Career[[edit] | [edit source]]
At the time of her Doctor Who appearance, Martin was perhaps better known as Max McGerry in the hospital drama series Holby City (1999–2022).
External links[[edit] | [edit source]]
- Jo Martin at the Internet Movie Database
- Official Twitter account
- Official Instagram account
- Official Threads account
