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Introducing Martha Jones - Radio Times, April 2007 |
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Freema Agyeman and David Tennant explain how the Doctor's new companion fits into his life.
Freema Agyeman… on Martha
"Martha is very different from
Rose. She's
academic and very independent.
She has her own flat and she's almost
qualified to be a doctor, whereas
Rose was living at home with her
mum, and there was that feeling of
slight disgruntlement with her life.
She was searching for something
when the Doctor came along and
helped her find herself.
"With Martha, it's more a sense
of interruption. She seems very
grounded and happy with where
she's at, then the Doctor comes along
and kind of blows everything out of
the water for her. She goes with him
more out of curiosity than need.
"She comes from this bustling family,
and when we first see her, they're all
turning to her for advice. Even though
she's not the eldest, she seems to be
the boss. Martha has an old head on
young shoulders and that's what
makes her more challenging of the
Doctor. She wants answers.
"We're all slightly different around
different people, so Martha brings
out different facets of the Doctor that
maybe the audience hasn't seen
before. There's a freshness and an
openness and a directness to Martha.
She's quite tough."
… on Martha's love life
"Is there a frisson with the Doctor?
Yes, there's definitely an attraction
on her part. When she meets him, he's
heartbroken in the wake of Rose. Rose
loved the Doctor and he loved her. They
had an amazing relationship. Martha
does see that he's been very touched,
and very early on she thinks that she
can do something to woo that broken
heart. But later on, she realises it's
probably one-way traffic."
David Tennant on the Doctor
"The Doctor probably thinks he's over
Rose, but I think Martha would disagree.
That's where the Doctor and Martha's
relationship starts: him thinking he
doesn't really need a new best friend,
and Martha realising he probably does.
"It's different from the Doctor and
Rose, where he was looking for someone.
Now, it's turned the other way. Martha
makes herself quite indispensable early
on. She's much more front-foot about the
fact that she's noticed the Doctor wearing
tight trousers and things, and that
disconcerts him rather. He's used to a
slightly more asexual outlook! Whatever
Rose might have thought, she kept it
more to herself. Martha's a bit more on
the nose. It's an interesting new dynamic.
"That's always the challenge, isn't it?
Because essentially it's got to be the
same dynamic, yet to make the show live
it's got to be new, and Russell [T Davies],
as with everything, manages to hit that
balance beautifully. Also, obviously,
Freema's a very different actress, and
that gives it a different vibe, too.
"It's one of the things that has given
this show the longevity it has; that it's
essentially the same format, just slightly
reinventing the wheel each time, finding
new ways of telling that story. And putting
a new relationship at the heart of it just
spices things up a little bit."
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