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To thank her for her help, The Doctor invites her to join him for a supposed single trip in his time machine the TARDIS, but later accepts her as his full-time ' companion', admitting that she was 'never just a passenger', and he even gives her the key to the TARDIS in the episode, ' 42'. When the hospital she works at is teleported to the Moon, medical student Martha helps save the day alongside an alien time traveller known only as The Doctor ( David Tennant).

#Docxtor who martha series#

Martha Jones is introduced in the third series (2007) of Doctor Who, first appearing in the episode ' Smith and Jones'.

Having faced the end of the world single-handedly during her time with The Doctor, Martha is recognised for her skills both in the field and in medicine.įreema Agyeman's first appearance in Doctor Who was in the second series (2006) episode, ' Army of Ghosts', where she played Adeola Oshodi, Martha's cousin. After returning to life on Earth, becoming engaged and finishing her medical degree, Martha finds a newfound level of independence when she is recruited into the paranormal military organisations UNIT, and briefly Torchwood. After well over a year (from the perspective of The Doctor and herself) travelling with The Doctor, Martha parts from The Doctor's company as she recognises how unhealthy their relationship has become. Within the series' narrative, Martha begins as a medical student who becomes The Doctor's time travelling companion after an incident at the hospital where she works. Martha was also intended to make guest appearances in the 2009 series of Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures, but could not due to the actress's other work commitments. According to the character's creator and executive producer Russell T Davies in his non-fiction book Doctor Who: The Writer's Tale, the character was developed from the beginning with the intention of appearing for a whole of the 2007 series, and to later make guest appearances in subsequent series and crossover appearances in the show's two spin-offs Martha subsequently made guest appearances in Torchwood series two and in Doctor Who series four in 2008 and special episode ' The End of Time' in 2010. She is a companion of the Tenth Doctor in Doctor Who, after Rose Tyler ( Billie Piper) and before Donna Noble ( Catherine Tate). Martha Jones is a fictional character played by Freema Agyeman in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who and its spin-off series, Torchwood.