Doctor Who - Martha Jones - Ode to Martha Jones
Medium: Television
Fandom: Doctor Who
Subject: Martha Jones
Title: Ode to Martha Jones
Warnings: possible spoilers for S4 of Doctor Who
Notes: Because Martha is brilliant, and she had to deal with all of the Doctor's emotional baggage, but still came out on top.
This is an attempt at following chronological order of Martha's year with the Doctor, though several of the songs apply to multiple parts of what she experienced.
01. Holding Out for a Hero - Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life
THE DOCTOR: How are you feeling? Are you alright?
MARTHA: Running on adrenaline.
THE DOCTOR: Welcome to my world.
02. I'm Not That Girl - Idina Menzel
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl
THE DOCTOR: Well, sometimes I have guests. I mean, some friends travelling alongside me. I had… it was recently… a friend of mine. Rose, her name was. Rose… and… we were together. Anyway.
MARTHA: Where is she now?
THE DOCTOR: With her family. Happy. She’s fine. She… Not that you’re replacing her!
MARTHA: I never said I was.
03. Life Less Ordinary - Carbon Leaf
The night you came into my life
Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me
You blew away my storm and strife
And shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me.
CHEEN: I never even asked, where’s home?
MARTHA: A long way away. I didn’t really think, I just followed the Doctor and… they don’t even know where I am, my mum and dad. If I died here, they’d never know
MILO: So, who is he then, this Doctor?
MARTHA: I don’t know. Well, not really. There’s so much he never says.
04. Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Marissa Janet Winokur
Ma, you always taught me
What was right from wrong
And now I just wanna give it a try
Mama, I've been in the nest for far too long
So please give a push and Mama, watch me fly
THE DOCTOR: Ahh, Mrs. Jones! We still haven't finished out chat.
(Francine slaps the Doctor across the face)
FRANCINE: Keep away from my daughter!
MARTHA: Mum what are you doing!?!
THE DOCTOR: (to himself) All their mothers, every time...
FRANCINE: He is dangerous! I’ve been told things.
MARTHA: What are you talking about?
FRANCINE: Look around you. Nothing but death and destruction!
MARTHA: This isn’t his fault. He saved us, all of us!
05. Bigger Than My Body - John Mayer
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fuse to dry
JOHN SMITH: Sometimes I have these extraordinary dreams.
MARTHA: What about, sir?
JOHN SMITH: I dream I’m this… adventurer. This daredevil. A madman. The Doctor, I’m called, and, last night, I dreamt that you were there. As my… companion.
MARTHA: Teacher and a housemaid, sir? That’s impossible
06. All About You - Cosmic Blush
When it's all about you
what about me?
Don't I deserve to be happy?
When its all about you
what about me?
You can't change what you can't see
MARTHA: What about the stuff you didn’t tell me? What about women? I know you didn’t think of that. What the hell am I supposed to do then?
THE DOCTOR: (on the recording) Thank you.
MARTHA: You had to, didn’t you? You had to go and fall in love with a human... and it wasn’t me.
07. Beauty and the Mess - Nickel Creek
Ain't that what you want them to know?
all they get of you is what they get out of the show
the rest is mine, I guess, the beauty and the mess
to hide
JOHN SMITH: (to Martha) You’re this Doctor’s companion. Can’t you help? What exactly do you do for him? Why does he need you?
MARTHA: Because he’s lonely.
JOHN SMITH: And that’s what you want me to become?
08. Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
MARTHA: (as the village hall clears; to John Smith) Go on, just shift.
JOHN SMITH: What about you?
MARTHA: Mr. Smith, I think you should escort your lady friend to safety, don’t you?
09. The Heart of Me - Alexa Ray Joel
Break right through
right through the heart of me
it could be so easy
it could be just what I need,
and if you just don't understand
all that I want and who I am
maybe the world might see
all of this love in me
MARTHA: I travelled across the world, from the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe and everywhere I went, I saw people just like you living as slaves, but if Martha Jones became a legend, then that’s wrong, because my name isn’t important. There’s someone else. The man who sent me out there, the man who told me to walk the Earth and his name… is the Doctor. He has saved your lives so many times and you never even knew he was there. He never stops, he never stays, he never asks to be thanked, but I’ve seen him. I know him. I love him, and I know what he can do.
10. I Saved the World Today - The Eurythmics
Hey hey I saved the world today
Everybody's happy now
The bad thing's gone away
And everybody's happy now
The good thing's here to stay
Please let it stay
MILLIGAN: There's a lot of people depending on you. You're a bit of a legend.
MARTHA: And what does the legend say?
MILLIGAN: You sailed the Atlantic, walked across America, that you were the only person to get out of Japan alive. Martha Jones, they say, she's going to save the world. Bit late for that.
...
MARTHA: I told them that if everyone thinks of one word at one specific time…
THE MASTER: Nothing will happen! Is that your weapon, prayer?
MARTHA: Right across the world, one word, just one thought at one moment ... but with fifteen satellites.
THE MASTER: What?
CAPTAIN JACK: The Archangel Network.
MARTHA: A telepathic field, binding the whole human race together, with all of them, every single person on Earth thinking the same thing at the same time and that word ... is Doctor.
11. The Best Damn Thing - Avril Lavigne
Like it or not, even though she's a lot like me
We're not the same
And yeah yeah yeah I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
MARTHA: I spent a lot of time with you thinking I was second best, but you know what? I am good.
12. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) - John Mayer
Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever will get you through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you
MARTHA: The thing is, it's like my friend Vicky. She lived with this bloke, student house, there were five of them all packed in and this bloke was called Sean, and she loved him. She absolutely adored him, spent all day long talking about him...
THE DOCTOR: Is this going anywhere?
MARTHA: Yes! ‘Cause he never looked at her twice. I mean, he liked her, but that was it, and she wasted years pining after him. Years of her life, ‘cause whilst he was round, she never looked at anyone else, and I told her, I always said to her time and time again, I said ‘get out'. So this is me... getting out.
13. I Wish You Well - Josie and the Pussycats
What made me think
That I could survive
All the wear and tear?
It's not my thing
To stand here and pose
For some William Tell
I wish you well
I wish you love, oh
I wish myself
All of the above
14. Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
MARTHA: (on why she’s staying behind) I spent all these years training to be a doctor, now I’ve got people to look after. They saw half the planet slaughtered and they’re devastated. I can’t leave them.
15. Back for the Fight - Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls
I’ll choose every time I move,
To make one step closer home to you.
‘Cause this circumstance has split,
Us up and it’s killing me.
But if you can wait, I’ll be right,
Back for the fight.
I chose this one in reference to Martha's return mid-season four, as well as her work for UNIT as shown on Torchwood. She's still continuing the Doctor's work.
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Fandom: Doctor Who
Subject: Martha Jones
Title: Ode to Martha Jones
Warnings: possible spoilers for S4 of Doctor Who
Notes: Because Martha is brilliant, and she had to deal with all of the Doctor's emotional baggage, but still came out on top.
This is an attempt at following chronological order of Martha's year with the Doctor, though several of the songs apply to multiple parts of what she experienced.
01. Holding Out for a Hero - Meatloaf and Bonnie Tyler
I need a hero
I'm holding out for a hero till the morning light
He's gotta be sure and he's gotta be soon
And he's gotta be larger than life
Larger than life
THE DOCTOR: How are you feeling? Are you alright?
MARTHA: Running on adrenaline.
THE DOCTOR: Welcome to my world.
02. I'm Not That Girl - Idina Menzel
Gold hair with a gentle curl
That's the girl he chose
And Heaven knows
I'm not that girl
THE DOCTOR: Well, sometimes I have guests. I mean, some friends travelling alongside me. I had… it was recently… a friend of mine. Rose, her name was. Rose… and… we were together. Anyway.
MARTHA: Where is she now?
THE DOCTOR: With her family. Happy. She’s fine. She… Not that you’re replacing her!
MARTHA: I never said I was.
03. Life Less Ordinary - Carbon Leaf
The night you came into my life
Well it took the bones of me, took the bones of me
You blew away my storm and strife
And shook the bones of me, shook the bones of me.
CHEEN: I never even asked, where’s home?
MARTHA: A long way away. I didn’t really think, I just followed the Doctor and… they don’t even know where I am, my mum and dad. If I died here, they’d never know
MILO: So, who is he then, this Doctor?
MARTHA: I don’t know. Well, not really. There’s so much he never says.
04. Mama, I'm a Big Girl Now - Marissa Janet Winokur
Ma, you always taught me
What was right from wrong
And now I just wanna give it a try
Mama, I've been in the nest for far too long
So please give a push and Mama, watch me fly
THE DOCTOR: Ahh, Mrs. Jones! We still haven't finished out chat.
(Francine slaps the Doctor across the face)
FRANCINE: Keep away from my daughter!
MARTHA: Mum what are you doing!?!
THE DOCTOR: (to himself) All their mothers, every time...
FRANCINE: He is dangerous! I’ve been told things.
MARTHA: What are you talking about?
FRANCINE: Look around you. Nothing but death and destruction!
MARTHA: This isn’t his fault. He saved us, all of us!
05. Bigger Than My Body - John Mayer
Yes, I'm grounded
Got my wings clipped
I'm surrounded (by)
All this pavement
Guess I'll circle
While I'm waiting
For my fuse to dry
JOHN SMITH: Sometimes I have these extraordinary dreams.
MARTHA: What about, sir?
JOHN SMITH: I dream I’m this… adventurer. This daredevil. A madman. The Doctor, I’m called, and, last night, I dreamt that you were there. As my… companion.
MARTHA: Teacher and a housemaid, sir? That’s impossible
06. All About You - Cosmic Blush
When it's all about you
what about me?
Don't I deserve to be happy?
When its all about you
what about me?
You can't change what you can't see
MARTHA: What about the stuff you didn’t tell me? What about women? I know you didn’t think of that. What the hell am I supposed to do then?
THE DOCTOR: (on the recording) Thank you.
MARTHA: You had to, didn’t you? You had to go and fall in love with a human... and it wasn’t me.
07. Beauty and the Mess - Nickel Creek
Ain't that what you want them to know?
all they get of you is what they get out of the show
the rest is mine, I guess, the beauty and the mess
to hide
JOHN SMITH: (to Martha) You’re this Doctor’s companion. Can’t you help? What exactly do you do for him? Why does he need you?
MARTHA: Because he’s lonely.
JOHN SMITH: And that’s what you want me to become?
08. Defying Gravity - Idina Menzel
Something has changed within me
Something is not the same
I'm through with playing by
The rules of someone else's game
Too late for second-guessing
Too late to go back to sleep
It's time to trust my instincts
Close my eyes
And leap...
MARTHA: (as the village hall clears; to John Smith) Go on, just shift.
JOHN SMITH: What about you?
MARTHA: Mr. Smith, I think you should escort your lady friend to safety, don’t you?
09. The Heart of Me - Alexa Ray Joel
Break right through
right through the heart of me
it could be so easy
it could be just what I need,
and if you just don't understand
all that I want and who I am
maybe the world might see
all of this love in me
MARTHA: I travelled across the world, from the ruins of New York, to the fusion mills of China, right across the radiation pits of Europe and everywhere I went, I saw people just like you living as slaves, but if Martha Jones became a legend, then that’s wrong, because my name isn’t important. There’s someone else. The man who sent me out there, the man who told me to walk the Earth and his name… is the Doctor. He has saved your lives so many times and you never even knew he was there. He never stops, he never stays, he never asks to be thanked, but I’ve seen him. I know him. I love him, and I know what he can do.
10. I Saved the World Today - The Eurythmics
Hey hey I saved the world today
Everybody's happy now
The bad thing's gone away
And everybody's happy now
The good thing's here to stay
Please let it stay
MILLIGAN: There's a lot of people depending on you. You're a bit of a legend.
MARTHA: And what does the legend say?
MILLIGAN: You sailed the Atlantic, walked across America, that you were the only person to get out of Japan alive. Martha Jones, they say, she's going to save the world. Bit late for that.
...
MARTHA: I told them that if everyone thinks of one word at one specific time…
THE MASTER: Nothing will happen! Is that your weapon, prayer?
MARTHA: Right across the world, one word, just one thought at one moment ... but with fifteen satellites.
THE MASTER: What?
CAPTAIN JACK: The Archangel Network.
MARTHA: A telepathic field, binding the whole human race together, with all of them, every single person on Earth thinking the same thing at the same time and that word ... is Doctor.
11. The Best Damn Thing - Avril Lavigne
Like it or not, even though she's a lot like me
We're not the same
And yeah yeah yeah I'm a lot to handle
You don't know trouble, I'm a hell of a scandal
Me, I'm a scene, I'm a drama queen
I'm the best damn thing that your eyes have ever seen
MARTHA: I spent a lot of time with you thinking I was second best, but you know what? I am good.
12. I Don't Trust Myself (With Loving You) - John Mayer
Hold on to whatever you find baby
Hold on to whatever will get you through
Hold on to whatever you find baby
I don't trust myself with loving you
MARTHA: The thing is, it's like my friend Vicky. She lived with this bloke, student house, there were five of them all packed in and this bloke was called Sean, and she loved him. She absolutely adored him, spent all day long talking about him...
THE DOCTOR: Is this going anywhere?
MARTHA: Yes! ‘Cause he never looked at her twice. I mean, he liked her, but that was it, and she wasted years pining after him. Years of her life, ‘cause whilst he was round, she never looked at anyone else, and I told her, I always said to her time and time again, I said ‘get out'. So this is me... getting out.
13. I Wish You Well - Josie and the Pussycats
What made me think
That I could survive
All the wear and tear?
It's not my thing
To stand here and pose
For some William Tell
I wish you well
I wish you love, oh
I wish myself
All of the above
14. Big Girls Don't Cry - Fergie
I hope you know, I hope you know
That this has nothing to do with you
It's personal, myself and I
We've got some straightenin' out to do
MARTHA: (on why she’s staying behind) I spent all these years training to be a doctor, now I’ve got people to look after. They saw half the planet slaughtered and they’re devastated. I can’t leave them.
15. Back for the Fight - Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls
I’ll choose every time I move,
To make one step closer home to you.
‘Cause this circumstance has split,
Us up and it’s killing me.
But if you can wait, I’ll be right,
Back for the fight.
I chose this one in reference to Martha's return mid-season four, as well as her work for UNIT as shown on Torchwood. She's still continuing the Doctor's work.
.zip @ sendspace