Re: [scifinoir2] News For Martha Jones Fans - Dr. Who/torchwoord

[Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)]

No episodes online?

Martin wrote:
> Tracey, I've been told that it is, by folks watching it. I can't, because I'm 
> a poor man.
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> "Tracey de Morsella (formerly Tracey L. Minor)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:    
>                            anyone here what Torchwood?  Scifi addict that I 
> am, you know I have 
>  been checking it out. So far, I think this season is better than last 
>  season.
>  
>  Exclusive: 'Torchwood' Hub Means A New Martha
>  
>  By ALAN STANLEY BLAIR
>  Source: SyFy Portal
>  Feb-20-2008
>  
>  This story contains MODERATE SPOILERS for Season 2 of "Torchwood" and 
>  the upcoming fourth season of "Doctor Who."
>  
>  Her name is Martha Jones, and last year she saved the world. But at the 
>  end of her 13-episode stint as The Doctor’s companion, BBC bosses 
>  announced that Freema Agyeman would be giving up her full-time role on 
>  the series to make way for the return of Catherine Tate.
>  
>  The news both disheartened and elated Martha Jones fans, because 
>  although the character will have a reduced part in the upcoming fourth 
>  season of "Doctor Who," she will have an additional three-episode run on 
>  the adult-themed spinoff for BBC Two and BBC America, "Torchwood."
>  
>  This announcement caused quite a media stir within the British press as 
>  tabloids had already made a variety of outlandish claims about her 
>  future with the series. However, in an exclusive interview with SyFy 
>  Portal, Agyeman set the record straight as to why she’ll be stepping 
>  into the Hub instead of the Tardis.
>  
>  "The decision was character based 100 percent," Agyeman told SyFy 
>  Portal’s Alan Stanley Blair. "In this business, no one has to do anyone 
>  any favors, and if they weren’t happy, I’d be completely away. The 
>  rumors of my departure came five weeks before the press announcement on 
>  the future of the series and it happened without any of the facts. I was 
>  hugely pleased with the decision to go to ‘Torchwood.’ And gosh, going 
>  back to ‘Who’ as well. There was no scandal, no ill feelings in any way. 
>  The tabloids put two and two together and came up with five and a half."
>  
>  So, beginning with the sixth episode of “Torchwood,” the now fully 
>  qualified Dr. Martha Jones will take on the weird, the wacky and the 
>  paranormal from Cardiff Bay as part of Team Torchwood. But don’t expect 
>  to see a darker Martha, especially since the BBC believes she’ll attract 
>  a slightly younger audience.
>  
>  "They are very mindful that I’ll be going between the two shows," 
>  Agyeman said. "We know Martha has a large youth following so we’ve been 
>  mindful that we’re not having sex or swearing in case some of the 
>  younger fans tune in. Even though there is a pre-watershed edit we can’t 
>  control who will tune in."
>  
>  In the episode, Martha (who is now working for alien specialists UNIT 
>  that was established in the original run of "Doctor Who") receives a 
>  call from Capt. Jack Harkness (John Barrowman) following a string of 
>  unexplained deaths. As a UNIT operative, she has also been looking into 
>  the events and has more information than Torchwood does making her a 
>  valuable asset to solving the case.
>  
>  "There is a really nice arc in those three episodes actually," she 
>  said. "Jack calls Martha to give them a hand in Episode 6 and because 
>  Martha is in UNIT now, she has a little bit more information that he 
>  needs. And the consequences of that ends in a great cliff-hanger leading 
>  into episode seven so it’s really like a good two-parter. By the end of 
>  Episode 8, she’s part of the team. It is a very natural progression of 
>  the character that I’m really pleased with.”
>  
>  Of course, with both shows being such different entities, how much of 
>  the old “Doctor Who” dynamic crosses over with Martha? When Barrowman 
>  initially returned to “Doctor Who” for its final three episodes last 
>  season, we saw a lighter side to him than what was the norm for the 
>  Torchwood leader. And Agyeman confirmed that the same holds true for Martha.
>  
>  “You take this character into a different environment and you wonder how 
>  people take to that,” she said. “These are all new experiences for an 
>  all-new character in a new environment. She’s harder, more qualified and 
>  able to do things alone without looking to The Doctor. She’s very 
>  different and she’ll be very different again when she’s about him. 
>  Because when you are with different people you behave differently. 
>  That’s how I perceived it and that’s how I tried to play it.”
>  
>  And as a result, fans can only expect a few references to their history 
>  over the three-episode arc.
>  
>  "It’s touched on but not discussed -- mostly in a lovely moment between 
>  the two characters,” she hinted. “It would be weird if they didn’t 
> talk 
>  about it, but the team don’t even know where he [Jack] went when he 
>  vanished. In ‘Torchwood’ he is a much more mysterious character and the 
>  team aren’t privy to all the details of his past. They don’t know how he 
>  knows Martha. But the audience do and so can enjoy it.”
>  
>  When she joined the series, Agyeman felt she had a good idea of what to 
>  expect with regards to production, writing and acting – unfortunately 
>  she wasn’t quite prepared for John “The Prankster” Barrowman who 
>  welcomed her to the series in his own special way. And he did it with a 
>  song.
>  
>  “There is always something with John, but half of it is rude so I 
>  won’t go into it,” Agyeman said with a laugh. “I don’t know anyone 
> with 
>  such a natural energy like him. For my first day he prepared a lovely 
>  song about Martha preaching about The Doctor and traveling the world. 
>  And then after a year she was doing it with a banjo. They are all just 
>  so witty on the show with a lot of laughter on the set and I feel so 
>  fortunate to be a part of it.”
>  
>  Following her adventures in Cardiff, Martha will again travel in space 
>  and time with The Doctor and his new companion Donna Noble (Catherine Tate).
>  
>  “In ‘Torchwood,’ Jack calls her up as they are looking into the same 
>  deaths and they join forces to work. And then in ‘Doctor Who’ Martha 
>  calls The Doctor for help using the phone he left her last year," she said.
>  
>  The BBC advertising campaign for the return of the series is already 
>  well in motion with a rather epic trailer attached to almost every film 
>  currently being shown in British cinemas. The footage shows plenty of 
>  action including a naked Martha coming out of a pod covered in goo, the 
>  return of Billie Piper, and also Catherine Tate behind bars. What is it 
>  all about? Not even Agyeman knows the full story.
>  
>  "I haven’t seen it [the trailer] myself but that sounds like a brilliant 
>  montage," Agyeman exclaimed with a touch of laughter. "I don’t know what 
>  it’s about … I know what my bit is about. I haven’t worked with Billie 
>  yet but I’m a huge fan of the 'Catherine Tate Show' and I wasn’t 
>  disappointed. She’s such a warm, funny and generous person and was 
>  actually the only thing different between working on Seasons 3 and 4. It 
>  was actually like she’d never gone after the Christmas episode and there 
>  is a great dynamic between the three of us and she’s doing a fabulous job.
>  
>  "The two seasons aren’t hugely apart. I met a lot of people doing Season 
>  2 and I met lots on my first stay, carving out a little niche if you 
>  like. Coming back was surprisingly easier because nothing is different 
>  apart from Catherine. It was great seeing David [Tennant] again, the 
>  crew again and the whole thing is like going back to school after the 
>  holidays. Never did it feel overwhelming and I was overjoyed to be back.
>  
>  Despite confirmation from the showrunners that fan favorites The Ood 
>  will make a comeback -- as well as classic series villains The Sontarans 
>  -- there are rumors circulating via the increasingly unreliable British 
>  tabloids that all of the Doctors will be coming together for a single 
>  purpose: to fight Davros (who will apparently be played by Sir Ben 
>  Kingsley).
>  
>  Nothing has been confirmed by the Beeb and all signs point toward 
>  another fabrication by the papers to grab some headlines. As for the 
>  true plot of the final episodes, Agyeman remains coy and says fans will 
>  just need to wait and see.
>  
>  "I hadn’t read the script for Episode 13 until recently and I’ve been 
>  asked so many things about it. But now I’ve read it and I’m going to 
>  have to flat out lie to you – I’m going to let you wait and see.”
>  
>  Agyeman was able to provide a few exclusive spoilers about what to 
>  expect from the series when she returns that you won’t find anywhere 
>  else – we might be seeing a slightly different looking Martha at some 
>  point thanks to some interesting makeup effects.
>  
>  "I get to use prosthetics and that was quite exciting,” she said. “There 
>  are two different sets on two different body parts. One is on the torso 
>  area, which was quite ticklish, and one on the face. That really made me 
>  have a high admiration for those boys who do it every day on ‘Doctor 
> Who.’
>  
>  “I love working in that family and it’s been such a great opportunity 
> … 
>  there might be more from Martha."
>  
>  “Doctor Who” is still a while away, but for now fans can catch her on 
>  BBC Three’s documentary "Bizarre ER," a show that has a "nice little 
>  Doctor link and is all about weird things that happen in the ER.” 
>  Agyeman is doing the voiceover for the series and will take a look at 
>  some of the more interesting things that have been seen in accident and 
>  emergency units. And no, Judoon invasions aren’t included.
>  
>  “I’d like to leave a message for the fans and say I’m so grateful for 
>  all their support and I really hope they like the transition Martha has 
>  gone through and that they get some enjoyment out of it,” Agyeman added.
>  
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