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My love for Martha seems to have increased inversely in relation to my dislike of Rose. I didn't like Martha all that much when S3 was airing, but have revised my opinion on rewatches.



Martha's awesome is evident right from her introductory episode where she's not freaked out by the idea that they've been transported to the moon.



I like her smacking Joan down a bit in Family of Blood. Not that I don't like Joan - she's very much a woman of her time and as far as she knows, Martha is a servant with ideas above her station.



I like her quick thinking at the beginning of the episode and her comment that the Doctor is useless as a human.



I like that the Doctor trusts her to save him in 42 - and that she doesn't fall apart at the idea that trying to freeze out the sun might kill him.



I like that she's strong enough to work out that no matter how she feels about him, the Doctor is never going to feel the same - and that she's got the balls to walk away with her head held high.

But my favourite moment has to be the one towards the end of Last of the Time Lords where the Master is giving his victory speech - and she's able to throw him off track with just a smile and a giggle.



The list

Day 1 - Favourite Incarnation of the Doctor
Day 2 - Favourite Companion
Day 3 - Favourite Villain/Monster/Alien/Baddie of the Week
Day 4 - Favourite Character
Day 5 - Favourite Guest Star
Day 6 - Least Favourite Character
Day 7 - Favourite Episode
Day 8 - Favourite Series
Day 9 - Least Favourite Episode
Day 10 - Favourite Scene/Moment
Day 11 - Scene/Moment that makes you cry
Day 12 - Scene/Moment that makes you giggle
Day 13 - Favourite Era visited by The Doctor & Co.
Day 14 - Fave Doctor Moment
Day 15 - Fave Rose Moment
Day 16 - Fave Martha Moment
Day 17 - Fave Donna Moment
Day 18 - Fave Amy Moment
Day 19 - Favorite Ship
Day 20 - Prettiest Scene
Day 21 - Favourite Location
Day 22 - Something Silly
Day 23 - Something Epic
Day 24 - Favourite Accessory of the Doctor's
Day 25 - Favourite Tardis Team
Day 26 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'awww'
Day 27 - Scene/Moment that made you go 'argh'
Day 28 - Favourite Series Arc
Day 29 - Favourite Music/Song
Day 30 - Why Do YOU Love Doctor Who

Date: 2010-12-10 07:27 pm (UTC)
annissamazing: Ten's red Chucks (Default)
From: [personal profile] annissamazing
Great entry! Love Martha! I have more to say about this, but it'll need to wait.

Date: 2010-12-11 10:56 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com
Excellent. Not the wait though :)

Date: 2010-12-11 12:10 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] goldy-dollar.livejournal.com
I always get excited to see Martha getting some love. <3

I especially adore that last cap of her. SHE LAUGHED AT THE MASTER, YEAH GIRL.

Date: 2010-12-11 10:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com
SHE DID. And he was toast :-)

Date: 2010-12-11 05:11 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] radiantbaby.livejournal.com
MARTHA! *ahem* Sorry.

Date: 2010-12-11 09:39 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com
That's okay :) I think that Martha is generally getting a lot more love now than she did when she was on the show and that's A Good Thing.

Date: 2010-12-12 05:23 pm (UTC)
quaggy: Elizabeth looking back at Mr. Darcy (Martha)
From: [personal profile] quaggy
I can't believe I missed this when you first posted!!

I'm with you. I didn't like Martha that much when I first met her, but now she's hand down my favorite character. Donna & Ten are a close 2nd & 3rd, but I actually watch the Tourchwood episodes with Martha long after I gave up on the show just because she was in them. I think the difference is that Rose wore how special she was on her sleeve, while Martha was all levels of kick-ass and thinking it was perfectly ordinary. More importantly, she was her own woman, independent and awesome in her own right.

Date: 2010-12-12 05:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] caz963.livejournal.com
Ah, well, it's hard to keep up when I'm rambling on every day!

Martha really has grown on me. I know a lot of people didn't like her because she wasn't Rose - but that's not how it was for me. I didn't like her because it seemed like a case of "same old, same old" and I'd had enough of "amazingly pretty young woman moons over the Doctor" TYVM. But by the time of Human Nature I'd started to warm to her and on the times I've rewatched the series I've liked her more and more.

Date: 2010-12-14 12:35 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nostalgia-lj.livejournal.com
I just realised the other day that one reason I love The Lodger is that it gives us the Doctor-as-human thing that Human Nature doesn't. People seem to think it does somehow but I have never quite understood why. Also my weird narrative kink for "the Doctor does something incredibly mundane and domestic and is crap at it."

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