The Story of Martha (short story)

The Story of Martha was a novella collection, the twenty-second Tenth Doctor book released and the first of the full-length New Series Adventures volumes to not be a single-storyline novel. It was the last to feature Martha Jones and was set during the Year That Never Was.

Publisher's summary
For a year, while the Master ruled over Earth, Martha Jones travelled the world telling people stories about the Doctor. She told people of how the Doctor has saved them before, and how he will save them again.

This is that story. It tells of Martha's travels from her arrival on Earth as the Toclafane attacked and decimated the population through to her return to Britain to face the Master. It tells how she spread the word and told people about the Doctor. The story of how she survived that terrible year.

But it's more than that. This is also a collection of the stories she tells - the stories of adventures she had with the Doctor that we haven't heard about before. The stories that inspired and saved the world. ..

Plot
to be added

Contents

 * The Weeping by David Roden
 * Breathing Space by Steve Lockley and Paul Lewis
 * The Frozen Wastes by Robert Shearman
 * Star-Crossed by Simon Jowett


 * Dan Abnett wrote the linking material.

Characters

 * Martha Jones
 * UCFA Griffin
 * ADC Dexter
 * Toclafane
 * Bob Rafferty
 * 'Yank' James Handley
 * Sean Jenks
 * Gordon 'Toffy' Bremner
 * The Doctor
 * Tom Milligan
 * Mathieu Vivier
 * Mathieu Vivier

In a Flashback
 * Jack Harkness
 * Francine Jones
 * Clive Jones
 * Tish Jones

In England
 * Aleesha
 * Lol Barker
 * Bowen

In Europe
 * USFA Brunol
 * Sylvie
 * Yves
 * Lisel
 * Antoine

In Turkey
 * Brigadier Erik Calvin
 * Pilot

In Japan
 * Tokami
 * Hito
 * Ono
 * Dmitri Korbov
 * The Drast

Continuity

 * and the events of TV: The Sound of Drums are mentioned.
 * The Master has the Toclafane burn the islands of Japan in this book. This was referenced by Tish Jones in TV: Last of the Time Lords. The attack was because of an alien species called the Drast settling there.
 * UNIT, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart and Sergeant John Benton are referenced.
 * The monuments of The Master seen in TV: Last of the Time Lords appear.
 * The Master's face being carved into Mount Rushmore is mentioned, as stated in TV: Last of the Time Lords.

Audio release

 * The story was released as an audiobook on 2x CD read by Freema Agyeman, containing only the overall linking narrative. The four short stories included in the book were released separately as download-only purchases.