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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early life === | === Early life === | ||
Martha Jones was born on [[14 September]] [[1984]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archives]]'') to [[Francine Jones|Francine]] and [[Clive Jones]]. According to another account, she was born in [[1986]]. She had an older [[sister]] named | Martha Jones was born on [[14 September]] [[1984]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Torchwood Archives]]'') to [[Francine Jones|Francine]] and [[Clive Jones]]. According to another account, she was born in [[1986]]. She had an older [[sister]] named [[Tish Jones|Tish]], a younger [[brother]], [[Leo Jones|Leo]], and a [[niece]], [[Keisha Jones]], who was Leo's daughter. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen Wastes (short story)|The Frozen Wastes]]'') Francine chose the name [[Martha (name)|Martha]] simply because she liked the sound of it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]'') When she was a child, Leo pushed the [[swing]] so hard that she flew off the seat and broke her [[arm]]. Going to the hospital and looking at [[X-ray]]s fascinated her, which was when she decided she wanted to become a [[doctor]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Frozen Wastes (short story)|The Frozen Wastes]]'') Martha grew up with her mother when her parents [[divorce]]d and was often forced to play peacekeeper in continual family arguments. Tish and Leo also lived with them, with Martha sleeping in their home's smallest room. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Wooden Heart (novel)|Wooden Heart]]'') Martha devoured [[Annette Billingsley]]'s ''[[The Troubleseekers]]'', a [[32 (number)|thirty-two]] [[book]] series, around the age of eight; they were the first books that she ever read. She later read ''[[Harry Potter]]'' and ''[[His Dark Instruments]]''. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage (short story)|The Mystery of the Haunted Cottage]]'') Martha had three [[trumpet]] lessons in Year 6 of [[primary school]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[House Pests (comic story)|House Pests]]'') | ||
When Francine invited guests to [[dinner]], Martha and her sister were expected to "perform" for the guests by handing out nibbles while Francine bragged that Martha was going to be a leading surgeon. Martha hated the attention and it caused friction between her and Tish, who embraced the attention. | When Francine invited guests to [[dinner]], Martha and her sister were expected to "perform" for the guests by handing out nibbles while Francine bragged that Martha was going to be a leading surgeon. Martha hated the attention and it caused friction between her and Tish, who embraced the attention. | ||
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==== First meeting ==== | ==== First meeting ==== | ||
[[File:SpaceshipMadeOfWood.jpg|thumb|Martha first sees the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')]] | [[File:SpaceshipMadeOfWood.jpg|thumb|Martha first sees the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'')]] | ||
Martha first met the [[Tenth Doctor]] on [[4 June]] [[2008]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') on her way to her job as a student doctor at the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] in [[London]], where she was studying under [[B. Stoker|Mr Stoker]]. Without introducing himself, the Doctor merely took off his tie and said, "Like so, see?", before walking off. Unbeknownst to Martha at the time, he was demonstrating the nature of [[time travel]]. She met him again at the [[hospital]], where he was posing as a patient named John | Martha first met the [[Tenth Doctor]] on [[4 June]] [[2008]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Secret Lives of Monsters (novel)|The Secret Lives of Monsters]]'') on her way to her job as a student doctor at the [[Royal Hope Hospital]] in [[London]], where she was studying under [[B. Stoker|Mr Stoker]]. Without introducing himself, the Doctor merely took off his tie and said, "Like so, see?", before walking off. Unbeknownst to Martha at the time, he was demonstrating the nature of [[time travel]]. She met him again at the [[hospital]], where he was posing as a patient named [[The Doctor's aliases|John Smith]], not realising that the man she saw earlier was a future version of him; she also listened to his heartbeat, discovering that he had [[Binary vascular system|two hearts]], but stayed quiet about it. | ||
Later that same day the hospital was transported to [[the Moon]] by the [[Judoon]]. Calm while those around her panicked, Martha worked with the Doctor to track down the [[Plasmavore]], "[[Florence Finnegan]]", for whom the Judoon were searching. During this encounter, the Doctor was quickly impressed with Martha's reasoning and intelligence, such as when she deduced that opening the windows wouldn't result in the air being sucked out; it would've happened already anyway if it were going to happen at all as the windows weren't airtight. Despite listening to his heartbeat, however, Martha was sceptical about him being an alien, until the Judoon's scanners confirmed that he wasn't [[human]]. | Later that same day the hospital was transported to [[the Moon]] by the [[Judoon]]. Calm while those around her panicked, Martha worked with the Doctor to track down the [[Plasmavore]], "[[Florence Finnegan]]", for whom the Judoon were searching. During this encounter, the Doctor was quickly impressed with Martha's reasoning and intelligence, such as when she deduced that opening the windows wouldn't result in the air being sucked out; it would've happened already anyway if it were going to happen at all as the windows weren't airtight. Despite listening to his heartbeat, however, Martha was sceptical about him being an alien, until the Judoon's scanners confirmed that he wasn't [[human]]. | ||
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=== Legacy === | === Legacy === | ||
The Doctor felt some guilt regarding Martha while in his eleventh incarnation. ([[TV]]: ''[[Let's Kill Hitler (TV story)|Let's Kill Hitler]]'') | |||
[[Alice O'Donnell]], a native of the year 2119, knew of Martha, [[Rose Tyler|Rose]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] as a past companions of the Doctor due to her work in military intelligence. When the Twelfth Doctor took her back to 1980, O'Donnell voiced her doubt that Martha would have vomited following her first trip in the TARDIS as her colleague [[Mason Bennett]] had done. ([[TV]]: ''[[Before the Flood (TV story)|Before the Flood]]'') | |||
Shortly before his regeneration began, the [[Twelfth Doctor]] dreamt of Martha saying his name. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor Falls (TV story)|The Doctor Falls]]'') | |||
== Personality == | == Personality == | ||
Martha was an intelligent, brave and kind-hearted woman with a great sense of humour. When she was a prisoner of the Daleks, one of them confirmed that she possessed high intelligence. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'') The Doctor was impressed with her theory about having air on the Moon, and he asked her to join him in the hospital balcony to see if they could breathe. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'') She rose to every challenge the Doctor gave her: watching after him while he was human, and walking the world for a year. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]'', ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') | |||
Martha was willing to accept and defend non-humans as friends. She greeted unusual looking species with wonder and even treated injuries. ([[TV]]: ''[[Utopia (TV story)|Utopia]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') She quickly adapted pattern of speech and gesture to communicate more effectively with other species. ([[TV]]: ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'') | |||
Martha quickly developed a crush on the Doctor and always wondered if he even noticed her. Martha was envious of [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] when the Doctor made himself a human named [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] and fell in love with her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') | Martha quickly developed a crush on the Doctor and always wondered if he even noticed her. Martha was envious of [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]] when the Doctor made himself a human named [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]] and fell in love with her. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'') | ||
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== Skills == | == Skills == | ||
Martha had a scientific mind. Her knowledge, analytical and problem solving skills were frequently on display. ([[TV]]: ''[[Smith and Jones (TV story)|Smith and Jones]]'', ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'', ''[[Daleks in Manhattan (TV story)|Daleks in Manhattan]]'', ''[[The Lazarus Experiment (TV story)|The Lazarus Experiment]]'', ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'' ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'') Her knowledge and logic allowed her to execute very complicated coordinated plans based on very little information from the Doctor. ([[TV]]: ''[[Last of the Time Lords (TV story)|Last of the Time Lords]]'') She was shown to competently speak German. ([[TV]]: ''[[Journey's End (TV story)|Journey's End]]'') She also proved handy with a gun. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'', ''[[The End of Time (TV story)|The End of Time]]'') Of course, her medical skills were her most developed, especially after the experience she gained with aliens and other unusual medical situations, finding her working with organisations such as [[Unified Intelligence Taskforce|UNIT]] and [[Torchwood Three]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Doctor's Daughter (TV story)|The Doctor's Daughter]]'', ''[[The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)|The Sontaran Stratagem]]'', ''[[Reset (TV story)|Reset]]'', ''[[A Day in the Death (TV story)|A Day in the Death]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == |