[Teresa Edgerton]

It's interesting the way people have such different reactions to the same characters. Everyone in my family finds Martha almost unbearable, and we all loved Rose.

To me, Rose always seemed more natural and believable, and Martha conceited and pouty. She made it plain that she took it for granted that just because she was beautiful and she wanted the Doctor, he should want her -- never mind that he was still emotionally involved with the memory of Rose. She seemed to think he should just drop whatever he was feeling and respond to her.

Maybe if there had been no Rose I would have liked Martha better; probably I would have felt some sympathy because she had such a crush on a man who was usually so emotionally detached. But the fact that I think Freema can't act would still have been a factor.

I thought I would like her better on Torchwood, where her annoying attitude toward the Doctor wouldn't come into it. But on Torchwood she struck me as full-of-herself and smug. There were moments where she and Jack would smile at each other, and I knew the audience was supposed to feel some sort of emotional buzz at seeing them back together after all they had been through because of the Master, and now they were reunited. It was like they were on stage, the music came up, and everyone paused to give the audience time to applaud. And I just wanted them to get on with the story.

So, no, I'm not fond of Martha. And I adored Rose.