Meet Martha Jones (CON episode)

Meet Martha Jones
Broadcast on:	BBC Three
Broadcast with:	Smith and Jones
Broadcast date:	31 March 2007 (Full length), 1 April 2007 (Cut Down)
Runtime:	38'43" (Full length), 13'11" (Cut Down), 4'15" (Vodcast)
Key crew
Narrator:	Anthony Head
Doctor Who Confidential
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Meet Martha Jones was the episode of Doctor Who Confidential broadcast in conjunction with Smith and Jones.

A condensed 5 minute version of this episode was made available to download in .mp4 format for seven days after broadcast, as part of a BBC trial of video podcasts or "vodcasts". It was later uploaded to the BBC's YouTube channel. Both of these were cropped into 4:3 aspect ratio.

Aspects of production covered

• Recording scenes within a real hospital.
• The casting of Freema Agyeman as Martha Jones.

Additional topics covered

• The press premiere of the episode.
• The difference between the Rose-Doctor dynamic and the Martha-Doctor dynamic.

People interviewed

• Russell T Davies, Head Writer, Doctor Who
• Jonathan, Harvey & Honey Ross, Doctor Who fans
• David Tennant, The Doctor
• Phil Collinson, Series Producer, Doctor Who
• Julie Gardner, Executive Producer, Doctor Who
• Freema Agyeman, Martha Jones
• Charles Palmer, Director, Episode 1
• Danny Hargreaves, Special Effects Supervisor
• Andy Pryor, Casting Director
• Boyd Hilton, TV Editor, Heat Magazine
• Caitlin Moran, Writer & Broadcaster
• Paul Morley, Writer & Broadcaster
• Kimmi Richards, Annalise
• Adjoa Andoh, Francine Jones
• Reggie Yates, Leo Jones
• Trevor Laird, Clive Jones
• Murray Gold, Composer
• Neill Gorton, Prosthetics Designer
• Paul Kasey, Judoon Captain
• Gustav Hoegen, Animatronics Technician
• Nicholas Briggs, Judoon Voices
• Ian Wylie, Journalist, Manchester Evening News
• Adam Woodyatt, Actor & Doctor Who fan
• Jo Whiley, Broadcaster & Doctor Who fan

Music list

• "Starz in Their Eyes" by Just Jack, Album: Overtones
• "It's Too Late" by Evermore vs Dirty South, Album: Twisted Disco
• "She Moves in Her Own Way" by The Kooks, Album: Inside In/Inside Out
• "Gravity's Rainbow" by The Klaxons, Album: Myths of the Near Future
• "Have You Met Miss Jones" by Robbie Williams, Album: Swing When You're Winning
• "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" by Elton John, Album: Greatest Hits 1970-2002
• "Creeping up the Backstairs" by The Fratellis, Album: Costello Music
• "Rudebox" by Robbie Williams, Album: Rudebox
• "When We Were Young" by The Killers, Album: Sam's Town
• "The Creeps (Fedde Le Grand Remix)" by Camille Jones, Album: Twisted Disco
• "Shine" by Take That, Album: Beautiful World

No licensed music was used for the "vodcast" version, instead it used the following pieces of stock music:

• "Phretburn Phrenzy" by Freddie Funk, Jasper Dagger & Badger Flap, Album: Cyberfunk X-SERIES XCD043
• "Teecha's Pet" by The Crow, Album: Zombie Hip Hop X-SERIES XCD078

Crew

Executive Producer   Mark Cossey

Executive Producers for Dr Who   Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner

Series Producer   Gillane Seaborne

Producer Zoë Rushton	Location Director Sarah T Davies

General production staff Assistant Producer - Geoff Evans, Hannah Williams Junior Researcher - Claire Jones Production Accountant - Elaine Stephenson Production Co-Ordinator - Rhiannon Cooper, Tors Grantham Production Executive - Paul Williams Production Manager - Kirsty Reid, Natalie Street Production Team Assistant - Gavin Chappelle, Alexandra Gibbs Researcher - Nathan Landeg, Jamie Lynch	Camera and lighting department Camera - Mat Bryant, Andrew Clifford, James Daniels, Dewi Davies, Eric Huyton, Nick Jardine, Oliver Russell Runner - Sam Jones Special and visual effects Colourist - Jon Everett	General post-production staff Edit Assistant - Christopher Moore Edit Producer - Mark Procter Editor - James Brailsford, Paul Kiff, Rob Mansell Post Production Co-ordinator - Vickie Mansell Sound Dubbing - Mark Ferda Sound - Nat Reid, Gareth Meirion, Kevin Meredith, Maz Tajiki, Phil Turner

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Not every person who worked on this episode was credited. The absence of a credit for a position doesn't necessarily mean the job wasn't required. The information above is based solely on observations of the actual end credits of the episodes as broadcast, and does not relay information from IMDB or other sources.

Notes

To maintain secrecy, Freema Agyeman was told initially that she would be auditioning for Torchwood. The plan had been to audition her with a script from the spinoff but none were ready for use, so they had to admit to her the true nature of the audition. Coincidentally, she would later appear in a Torchwood episode as Martha.

Elements retained in Cut Down

to be added

Home video releases

Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD cover.

The "Cut Down" version of this episode was included on the Doctor Who: The Complete Third Series DVD box set released on 5 November 2007.