The Story of Martha (anthology)

The Story of Martha (anthology)

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The Story of Martha
Doctor:	[[doctor::Tenth Doctor]]
Companion(s):	Martha Jones
Main enemy:	The Master The Drast Toclafane
Main setting:	May 2008 - May 2009 (The Year That Never Was)
Key crew
Publisher:	[[publisher::BBC Books]]
Writers:	Dan Abnett (with David Roden, Steve Lockley, Paul Lewis, Robert Shearman & Simon Jowett)
Release details
Release number:	28
Release date:	26th December 2008
Format:	Hardcover book
ISBN:	ISBN 978-1846075612

The Story of Martha was the twenty-second Tenth Doctor novel to be released. It was the last to feature Martha Jones and was set during The Year That Never Was.

Publisher's summary

For a year, while the Master ruled over Earth, Martha Jones travelled the world telling people stories about the Doctor. She told people of how the Doctor has saved them before, and how he will save them again.

This is that story. It tells of Martha's travels from her arrival on Earth as the Toclafane attacked and decimated the population through to her return to Britain to face the Master. It tells how she spread the word and told people about the Doctor. The story of how she survived that terrible year.

But it's more than that. This is also a collection of the stories she tells - the stories of adventures she had with the Doctor that we haven't heard about before. The stories that inspired and saved the world . . .

Contents

• The Weeping by David Roden
• Breathing Space by Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis
• The Frozen Wastes by Robert Shearman
• Star-Crossed by Simon Jowett

Dan Abnett wrote the linking material.

Characters

Main Characters

• Martha Jones
• The Toclafane

In a Flashback

• The Doctor
• The Master
• Jack Harkness
• Francine Jones
• Clive Jones
• Tish Jones

In England

• Aleesha
• UCF Griffin
• Miss Dexter

In Europe

• Methieu
• Brigadier Erik Calvin

In Japan

• Tokami
• Hito
• Dmitri Korbov

References

• The plant that the Drast have control of is called Koban. A koban is a japanese police box.

Notes

• This is the first multiple-author release in the current BBC Books line. The short story format makes it the first release of its kind by BBC Books since it passed its Short Trips series on to Big Finish Productions.
• Discounting created-for-novels companions Bernice Summerfield and Roz Forrester (subjects of a series of novels and an entry in the Virgin Decalogs series, respectively), this is the first licensed, book-length release to focus on a single TV companion since Harry Sullivan's War more than two decades earlier.
• This is also the first time the current BBC Books line has published a novel based upon a televised episode, although it is not a novelisation.
• This release marks the first time a former companion has returned to the covers of the TDA line after having been replaced by the new companion. In this case, Martha returns after having been replaced for several books by Donna Noble. It is also the last TDA release until the beginning of the eleventh Doctor novels in 2010: all releases in 2009 feature the Doctor travelling alone.
• This novel also features another alien species called The Drast.

Continuity

• The Master and the events of DW: The Sound of Drums are mentioned.
• The Master (Harold Saxon) has the Toclafane burn the islands of Japan in this book. This was referenced by Tish Jones in Last of the Time Lords. The attack was because of an alien species called the Drast settling there.
• UNIT, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant John Benton are referenced.
• The monuments of The Master seen in Last of the Time Lords appear.
• The Master's face being carved into Mount Rushmore is mentioned, as stated in Last of the Time Lords

Timeline

• This story is set during: DW: Last of the Time Lords

Audio release

• The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Freema Agyeman.