Book info

• Title Doctor Who: The Story of Martha
• Author Dan Abnett
• Year 2008
• Genre Science Fiction

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...

Thoughts

This was so good. These Doctor Who books can be really hit or miss, or if we’re being honest, quite middle of the road, but this one was so good. This follows Martha on that year where she has to travel the world and spread the word of the Doctor in order to save humanity. Even though it’s a Doctor-lite story (there are four mini stories scattered throughout to get your fix of the time traveller, but this is really about Martha), it’s really captivating and well done - to understand how humanity deals with this situation when he’s not there, to see how one person really can make a difference, it’s just a great read.

Rating: 5 / 5