‘Doctor Who’s Martha Jones Never Deserved the Hate

The Doctor has had no shortage of friends over the past sixty years.

With Doctor Who’s continually evolving cast list there have been many stand-out faces, and many we’d love to forget, but there’s one companion in particular, who back in 2007, received far more hate than she deserved.

When the cult BBC sci-fi show returned for its third season, it had the hard task of replacing fan-favorite companion Rose Tyler (Billie Piper), whose romantic feelings for David Tennant’s Tenth Doctor had fans sobbing come her sudden departure in Season 2’s finale, “Doomsday.” After a brief Christmas adventure that introduced the equally iconic Donna Noble (Catherine Tate), the Doctor suddenly found himself trapped in a hospital on the moon being hunted by space-police Rhinos, the Judoon – just another day in the office for Tennant’s Doctor, right? Caught in the middle of it all, is a young…

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