Well, well well! We arrive at Martha Jones' (Freema Agyeman) first appearance on Doctor Who! Unless you don't count her cameo in the "Army of Ghosts" as a Torchwood worker (meant to be Martha's cousin, Adeola). We have a traditional inter-planet episode, where the Judoon are searching for a Florence (they can't look for her on Earth, so they transport the hospital she is in, where Martha works, to the moon) , who we later find out is posing in human form as Florence Finnigan, to execute her, just chucking in there that they're like "the police force of the universe". Trouble breaks out because the plasmavore is sucking up human blood, so she appears human to the Judoon, and the Doctor is the only other non human life form in the transported hospital. Florence ends up drinking the Doctor's blood, and the Judoon manage to catch her, but the Doctor has been drained of blood, so he is dead. But before the Judoon execute Florence, she has altered the MRI scanner so it will destroy all life on the moon. The Judoon evacuate the moon, leaving all the humans helpless and running out of air. Martha performs mouth to mouth on the Doctor, and he saves the day, and Martha returns to Earth with all her Earthy family troubles. Obviously, the Doctor asks Martha if she would like to come with him, after showing her that it can travel in time. He is offering only one trip, as he does not want Martha to replace Rose (sad face), and declares that he prefers to travel alone. This is the traditional "get a new companion episode" but it was rather enjoyable.
Scares: 1/5 Adventure: 4.5/5
Thrills: 1.5/5 Story: 4/5
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