Martha Jones is a woman built on determination, faith, and love.
From a young age she became fascinated with becoming a doctor, due to an arm break, and pursued that to an end beyond all else. She is inherently practical, often coming to point B as point A has barely been established, and often asks questions without fear of ‘sounding like an idiot’ because they need to be asked to figure out the next step in a problem. Martha also is very inquisitive, much like her asking questions without worry, she also fiddles with things, reads everything nearby, and tends to have leveled up spot more than most companions. Along with taking things in, Martha is able to accept them very quickly, having an open mind about people, ideas, and places, which causes her to form friendships on her and the Doctor’s travels, as well as being able to assimilate into the current situation fairly well, all things considered.
She is very intelligent, both in an abstract sense, as she remembers things, takes things in, comes up with plans, and implements them often before other people have really had the ability to come up with something else, and in the sense that other creatures have measured her intelligence as ‘high’.
Among other things, Martha is very able to rationalize the needs of the many, though that is a more recent development, likely fed by her time with the Doctor as it develops over the series, even in later appearances.
Martha is the oldest of three from a home split by divorce, though they all clearly love each other (Yelling aside) it’s also very clear that it’s a bit of a chaotic mess. As both the eldest and the child clearly determined to have the answers, Martha learned early on how to juggle her life and the lives of her family, and that sometimes you have to give up things in order to make other things work. She had the smallest room as a child, she has arguably the most responsibility of any of the kids to ‘make things work’, and she has a need to protect her family that overrides most things, including her own safety.
This tendency towards taking charge and putting others first clearly started with her family but ends up defining her through the rest of the series, sacrificing her knowledge of the safety of the people she cares about for the chance to save everyone, and becoming essentially a rallying cry for thousands, if not millions of people.
Over the past year, Martha’s become more desensitized to violence and death, having to push on even past the point when most would fail simply because she has no other choice. There is no one else and she has to. This doesn’t mean Martha’s lost her compassion or her love for people, she’s just had to put it aside on occasion to be able to survive. She’s listed as the only person to make it out of Japan alive, and she’s seen the entire world ravaged. There’s no way to get out of that without stepping back and trying to take it one day at a time, and knowing that you can’t save everyone. At least not now.
Martha’s also become better at lying over the past year, having to keep up a front of what her true plan was, and having to use information to manipulate when necessary, using the fact that a woman’s son was in captivity to make sure information would be leaked to the Master.
At the start of the series, it’s never quite clear how good Martha’s self esteem is, and it takes quite the beating from the Doctor, the various peoples on their travels, and the various ways in which she holds herself up to pretty high standards. As time goes on, it’s pretty clear, with some smaller lapses, Martha is very settled in herself, and even takes people’s judgments as a challenge. Say she can’t be a Doctor as a Black Woman in the early 1900’s? She’s going to give you a pretty badass speech including every bone of the hand and explaining exactly how well she knows what she knows. Think she can’t walk the earth and save the world? She’s going to laugh at you two seconds to doomsday.
She is able to push through remarkably hard times, both personally, physically, and in ways that effect the whole world, and is able to do it with a sense of compassion and kindness that sets her apart.
Compassion is one of Martha’s key attributes, even when she’s angry, or upset, or jealous, she’s able to overcome that either to celebrate with someone or to stand up for them. When she meets Rose, further down the line, a sticking point in her relationship with the Doctor, her first response is to be happy that he’s found her, because she knows he loved her and she loved him.
Martha is able to admit when she’s scared or hurt, though occasionally it does come out somewhat passive aggressively, or in some cases just aggressively, no passivity to it at all. She is able to stand up to people she cares about when she believes they are wrong, or even just when she is completely fed up, and even when at the absolute end of her rope, she’s able to continue on. It’s hard to make Martha legitimately angry, often getting more frustrated than anything else, and it’s mostly in relation to friends or family being in danger or hurt. Fear often is coupled with anger in Martha, making her quicker to lash out than usual or easier to upset, though she can work her way through it should the need be.
Again on the passive aggressiveness though, she is prone to sideways comments and snarky commentary when she doesn’t agree with something, sometimes going so far as to have every other statement in a conversation relate back to the problem at hand because she’s irritated about it.
Martha is also stubborn to a fault, not willing to let other people ignore what needs to be done, or let someone lie to her without explanation. At one point she flat out sits down and wont move until the Doctor talks to her, staring at him until he relents, simply because she has decided she deserves to know, and thinks he needs to let it out. This makes her one of the only people in the series to actually hear about the Doctor’s home post it’s destruction.
She has a need to be strong for the people she loves, and has a need to do what she does and do it well, be that being a Doctor, being a companion, or just being Martha.
Martha has an undeniable relentlessness in trying to make things work out, often looking like blind faith in the Doctor or the situation, but really it’s just that she wont let it go any differently. Stuck in the 1960’s? Get a job, figure out how to get the TARDIS back, and move on. Stuck with a 10th of the world’s population killed in a day and a crazy world dictator? Fix it through spreading a word. Have your father’s crazy girlfriend at your brother’s birthday? Rearrange the times so your mother and her don’t see each other. Though it doesn’t always work out for the best, it often does, and often because Martha just wouldn’t quit.
In short, Martha’s willing to do what needs to be done, willing to be there for people who need someone, and there, most importantly, to help.
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Personality revision
Date: 2013-06-11 04:58 pm (UTC)From a young age she became fascinated with becoming a doctor, due to an arm break, and pursued that to an end beyond all else. She is inherently practical, often coming to point B as point A has barely been established, and often asks questions without fear of ‘sounding like an idiot’ because they need to be asked to figure out the next step in a problem. Martha also is very inquisitive, much like her asking questions without worry, she also fiddles with things, reads everything nearby, and tends to have leveled up spot more than most companions. Along with taking things in, Martha is able to accept them very quickly, having an open mind about people, ideas, and places, which causes her to form friendships on her and the Doctor’s travels, as well as being able to assimilate into the current situation fairly well, all things considered.
She is very intelligent, both in an abstract sense, as she remembers things, takes things in, comes up with plans, and implements them often before other people have really had the ability to come up with something else, and in the sense that other creatures have measured her intelligence as ‘high’.
Among other things, Martha is very able to rationalize the needs of the many, though that is a more recent development, likely fed by her time with the Doctor as it develops over the series, even in later appearances.
Martha is the oldest of three from a home split by divorce, though they all clearly love each other (Yelling aside) it’s also very clear that it’s a bit of a chaotic mess. As both the eldest and the child clearly determined to have the answers, Martha learned early on how to juggle her life and the lives of her family, and that sometimes you have to give up things in order to make other things work. She had the smallest room as a child, she has arguably the most responsibility of any of the kids to ‘make things work’, and she has a need to protect her family that overrides most things, including her own safety.
This tendency towards taking charge and putting others first clearly started with her family but ends up defining her through the rest of the series, sacrificing her knowledge of the safety of the people she cares about for the chance to save everyone, and becoming essentially a rallying cry for thousands, if not millions of people.
Over the past year, Martha’s become more desensitized to violence and death, having to push on even past the point when most would fail simply because she has no other choice. There is no one else and she has to. This doesn’t mean Martha’s lost her compassion or her love for people, she’s just had to put it aside on occasion to be able to survive. She’s listed as the only person to make it out of Japan alive, and she’s seen the entire world ravaged. There’s no way to get out of that without stepping back and trying to take it one day at a time, and knowing that you can’t save everyone. At least not now.
Martha’s also become better at lying over the past year, having to keep up a front of what her true plan was, and having to use information to manipulate when necessary, using the fact that a woman’s son was in captivity to make sure information would be leaked to the Master.
At the start of the series, it’s never quite clear how good Martha’s self esteem is, and it takes quite the beating from the Doctor, the various peoples on their travels, and the various ways in which she holds herself up to pretty high standards. As time goes on, it’s pretty clear, with some smaller lapses, Martha is very settled in herself, and even takes people’s judgments as a challenge. Say she can’t be a Doctor as a Black Woman in the early 1900’s? She’s going to give you a pretty badass speech including every bone of the hand and explaining exactly how well she knows what she knows. Think she can’t walk the earth and save the world? She’s going to laugh at you two seconds to doomsday.
She is able to push through remarkably hard times, both personally, physically, and in ways that effect the whole world, and is able to do it with a sense of compassion and kindness that sets her apart.
Compassion is one of Martha’s key attributes, even when she’s angry, or upset, or jealous, she’s able to overcome that either to celebrate with someone or to stand up for them. When she meets Rose, further down the line, a sticking point in her relationship with the Doctor, her first response is to be happy that he’s found her, because she knows he loved her and she loved him.
Martha is able to admit when she’s scared or hurt, though occasionally it does come out somewhat passive aggressively, or in some cases just aggressively, no passivity to it at all. She is able to stand up to people she cares about when she believes they are wrong, or even just when she is completely fed up, and even when at the absolute end of her rope, she’s able to continue on. It’s hard to make Martha legitimately angry, often getting more frustrated than anything else, and it’s mostly in relation to friends or family being in danger or hurt. Fear often is coupled with anger in Martha, making her quicker to lash out than usual or easier to upset, though she can work her way through it should the need be.
Again on the passive aggressiveness though, she is prone to sideways comments and snarky commentary when she doesn’t agree with something, sometimes going so far as to have every other statement in a conversation relate back to the problem at hand because she’s irritated about it.
Martha is also stubborn to a fault, not willing to let other people ignore what needs to be done, or let someone lie to her without explanation. At one point she flat out sits down and wont move until the Doctor talks to her, staring at him until he relents, simply because she has decided she deserves to know, and thinks he needs to let it out. This makes her one of the only people in the series to actually hear about the Doctor’s home post it’s destruction.
She has a need to be strong for the people she loves, and has a need to do what she does and do it well, be that being a Doctor, being a companion, or just being Martha.
Martha has an undeniable relentlessness in trying to make things work out, often looking like blind faith in the Doctor or the situation, but really it’s just that she wont let it go any differently. Stuck in the 1960’s? Get a job, figure out how to get the TARDIS back, and move on. Stuck with a 10th of the world’s population killed in a day and a crazy world dictator? Fix it through spreading a word. Have your father’s crazy girlfriend at your brother’s birthday? Rearrange the times so your mother and her don’t see each other. Though it doesn’t always work out for the best, it often does, and often because Martha just wouldn’t quit.
In short, Martha’s willing to do what needs to be done, willing to be there for people who need someone, and there, most importantly, to help.