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===Travels with the Doctor===

The Doctor took Martha to [[1599]] where they met [[William Shakespeare]], who flirted with her and called her his {{w|Shakespeare's sonnets#The Dark Lady|"Dark Lady"}}. The three of them used a "spell" to defeat a trio of witch-like [[Carrionite]]s who were using Shakespeare's play ''[[Love's Labour's Won]]'' as a spell to bring other Carrionites to Earth; Martha's use of the word "[[Harry Potter|Expelliarmus]]" when Shakespeare was unable to think of the right word to end on proved vital in defeating them. The Carrionites, along with the play, were sealed away. ([[TV]]: ''[[The Shakespeare Code (TV story)|The Shakespeare Code]]'')

Martha's next trip was to [[New New York]], where they landed in the [[New New York Undercity|Undercity]]. Learning the Doctor had also visited [[New Earth (New Earth)|New Earth]] with Rose, Martha worried she was a "rebound" companion. Martha was kidnapped by a couple driving through the Motorway who wanted a third passenger to use an express lane; the three of them were later almost killed by the [[Macra]], but escaped when the Doctor opened up the Motorway. After the two were reunited, Martha witnessed the death of the [[Face of Boe]] and heard his final words, "You are not alone". Before they departed New Earth, The Doctor told Martha about his [[Gallifrey|home planet]] and the [[Last Great Time War]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Gridlock (TV story)|Gridlock]]'')

The Doctor and Martha visited the [[Great Solar Shield]], which was used to partially block sunlight from 21st century Earth to ease the effect of global warming. A race called the [[Silhouette (species)|Silhouettes]] began leeching energy from the Shield and its crew. The colour in Martha's shirt scared off the Silhouettes, who instead began heading for Earth. The Doctor realigned the Shield's prismatic mirrors to refract a rainbow towards the Silhouettes, scaring them off. This caused the Silhouettes to flee and the Great Solar Shield's crew were returned to Earth in the TARDIS. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Sunscreen (comic story)|Sunscreen]]'')

To escape the [[Family of Blood]], who were hunting him, the Doctor used the [[Chameleon Arch]] to turn himself into a human with no memory or knowledge of the Doctor, containing his true self inside a fob watch. Before doing so, the Doctor recorded a video of instructions for Martha to follow so she might reference them in the future. He then became [[John Smith (Tenth Doctor)|John Smith]], a teacher at an [[England|English]] public school in [[1913]], where Martha took a job as a maid at the school to keep an eye on him, hiding the TARDIS in a shed. Martha watched helplessly as Smith fell in love with the school nurse, [[Joan Redfern (TV character)|Joan Redfern]], as he had not mentioned falling in love in his instructions. exclaiming he "had to go and fall in love with a human and it wasn't [her]". When the Family of Blood tracked them down after student [[Tim Latimer]] opened the fob watch, wreaking havoc on the town and school, Martha convinced John Smith to sacrifice his human life and love by reverting to the Doctor. He defeated the Family of Blood, left a heartbroken Joan and rejoined Martha in the TARDIS. ([[TV]]: ''[[Human Nature (TV story)|Human Nature]]''/''[[The Family of Blood (TV story)|The Family of Blood]]'')