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Before Leo's twenty-first birthday party, 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]]'')
Before Leo's twenty-first birthday party, 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]]'')


=== Contacting Saxon ===
=== Association with Saxon ===
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]]'')
In [[2008]], Francine attended Leo's twenty-first birthday party and argued with Annalise after, among other things, Annalise accused Martha of lying about going to [[the Moon]]. During the argument, Martha left with the [[Tenth Doctor]], ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') whom she met the following day at [[Richard Lazarus]]'s 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's 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]]'')


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]]'')
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]]'')


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]]'')
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]]'')


==== Aftermath ====
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. They attempted a rebellion with [[Jack Harkness]] and the Doctor but failed, after which Francine was [[torture]]d into apologising.
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]]'')
 
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 ===
=== 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]]'')
In [[2009]], the Doctor asked Martha how her family were doing. She told him that they were "not so bad" and recovering. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'')
 
Later that year, 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 ===

Revision as of 13:26, 9 June 2020

Francine Jones was the mother of Tish, Martha and Leo Jones.

Biography

Early life

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 in 1987. (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)

The Joneses were divorced by 2008 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 circa 2006 when Leo had a daughter, Keisha. (PROSE: Martha Jones' MySpace blog)

Before Leo's twenty-first birthday party, 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

In 2008, Francine attended Leo's twenty-first birthday party and argued with Annalise after, among other things, Annalise accused Martha of lying about going to the Moon. During the argument, Martha left with the Tenth Doctor, (TV: Smith and Jones) whom she met the following day at Richard Lazarus's 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's 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

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. They attempted a rebellion 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

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

In 2009, the Doctor asked Martha how her family were doing. She told him that they were "not so bad" and recovering. (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem)

Later that year, 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

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

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) 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, The Sound of Drums) She also had a stressful life. Her ex-husband dated 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)