Martha Jones is reunited with Captain Jack Harkness as she teams up with Torchwood to help them solve a series of mysterious deaths in Cardiff - coming to BBC Two in January - we can’t wait, she looks fantastic!
New face for Torchwood, New look for Martha
Pictured here as she steps into the Hub for the first time, a more grown up and worldly-wise Martha brings her medical knowledge and the expertise learnt during her travels with The Doctor to help Torchwood do battle against an alien threat.
Freema Agyeman says: “Martha has grown up a lot since Doctor Who. She’s now a fully qualified doctor and a bit hardened by life experiences. When she finds out that Captain Jack needs her help, she joins Torchwood for a while. She continues to develop her knowledge of alien intelligence, but this time keeping her feet on the ground.
“These will be invaluable skills to take back with her on future adventures with The Doctor. She outgrew The Doctor, in a sense, and so the next time they meet it will be in a more professional capacity. I’m so proud of her journey and who she has become.
“And for me as an actress, it’s a great new challenge to be able to broaden and expand Martha as she develops in other directions for this more adult series. The Torchwood team are fabulous to work with and have made me very welcome.”
Creator of Torchwood, Russell T Davies, says: “Freema is a wonderful actress and we want to give her the chance to add another dimension to Martha. She is going to cause some waves in the team – especially as she joins Torchwood at a point when everything is going to change for one of them.”
Freema is one of many special guest stars appearing in the new series of Torchwood.
Richard Briers is the latest to join the line-up, playing Parker, a reclusive millionaire who is the keeper of alien secrets, much later in the series.
Alan Dale (Ugly Betty, Lost) and James Marsters (Buffy The Vampire Slayer) have also been confirmed.
The second series of Torchwood begins on BBC Two in the New Year and Martha will be starring half way through the series, appearing in three episodes.
Torchwood is executive produced by Russell T Davies and Julie Gardner, Head of Drama, BBC Wales. The producer is Richard Stokes and the series is filmed in Cardiff.
She looks great! I can’t wait for January!
Yoohoo..She looks sizzling…and rather sure of herself,in a good way,mind You.
She looks rather sharp too and more classy than the rest of the crew…
go! freema u rock gal ur da best have fun in torchwood
i can’t wait for TORCHWOOD!
I watched season 1 and it was great but with freema in WOW!
it’s gona b gr8.
Freema looks smart
Is it just me or do some the crew look like they just been stuck into the picture if you get what I mean lol
Wow that is such a cool picture! They all look really good together!! I’m so looking forward to the series!
DB ’s comments are really touching. Nice to know Freema inspires such loyalty from her fans…If I’m ever in a pinch, I want DB on my side…
omg i was an extra down at the bay in torchwood today it was a scene with the guy who plays owen and his little boy was there he was sooo cute freema wasnt around tho
The Torchwood series will finally be shown in Canada starting in the Fall of 2007. I have followed the Doctor Who series since the Tom Baker days and have fully enjoyed Martha as the latest companion to the Doctor. Still I feel that the Doctor was a bit of an a**hole with Martha and was not always kind to her. I think she did the right thing by leaving and branching out to finish her education and play a more important part with the Torchwood crew. She is going to rock in this show and I think Torchwood will be a big hit in the US and Canada. Even though she will return to Doctor Who more mature, I have a feeling that sparks will fly for the Doctor when she returns