By Owen Quinn author of the Time Warriors ad Zombie Blues
So who didn’t ask the question during the 60th anniversary, where the hell is Martha Jones?
Now when she left the Doctor in The Last of the Time Lords, we met up with her in The Sontaran Strategem where the Doctor had arranged for her to join UNIT. When we met her again for the last time in the End of Time, she was out alien hunting with one Mickey Smith, her now husband. Many hoped she would make an appearance as Kate Stewart began a new programme of recruiting the Doctor’s old companions to work for UNIT and help defend the Earth.
And now we finally get to see her again in the brand new spin off The War Between the Land and the Sea (a working title apparently). We can only speculate as to whether Kate Stewart, Mel, Ace, Tegan or Donna join her for this limited series. The story will be set in a small English town when the Sea Devils raise their aquatic heads again to claim back their world. I cannot be the only one excited by this.
While Martha has already met Donna but not the others. Having Martha fight alongside Ace, Tegan and maybe bring Graham back too given he fancies Ace, would be heaven. Tegan has already met the Samurai version of the Sea Devils in the far future along with the Silurians so surely we need her expertise. Not forgetting Jo Grant of course who battled the monsters alongside the third Doctor, Jon Pertwee. The opportunity to do these types of things should not be squandered so let’s hope it delivers as well as Torchwood and the Sarah Jane Adventures did.
The Time Warriors and Beyond 