20 Worst Moments In Modern Doctor Who

15. Martha Marries Mickey…? (The End of Time: Part 2)

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Poor Martha.

She spent the entirety of Series 3 playing second fiddle to Rose in the eyes of the Doctor, discovered her self-worth and removed herself from an unrequited love situation… only to be written into a marriage with none other than Rose’s rejected ex Mickey, seemingly for no other reason than they were two of the spare characters from RTD1, and he wanted to cram them both into The End of Time Part 2’s already overly self-indulgent farewell tour.

Martha was in a happy relationship with Tom Milligan for crying out loud! He was a great guy! And then you go and lump her with Mickey the Idiot for literally no reason? Did those two characters ever share a single line of dialogue together?

Come on Russell, you’re making this list way too easy.

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