January 29, 2025
Five years since her debut in ‘Fugitive of the Judoon’, Jo Martin speaks to Doctor Who Magazine about her past – and future – adventures
The Fugitive Doctor made her explosive onscreen debut five years ago in Series 12’s Fugitive of the Judoon. Played by Jo Martin, the background of this straight-talking, authoritative incarnation of the Time Lord remains shrouded in mystery.
Ahead of her debut series of audio dramas with Big Finish, Jo Martin spoke to Doctor Who Magazine about the Fugitive Doctor’s further adventures, and how fans have reacted to her ambiguous origins…
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Jo Martin on the mystery surrounding the Fugitive Doctor:
“I don’t know if there’ll be a resolution. I’d say there’ll be more of the Fugitive Doctor as the years go on… there’ll be more teasing. I think it would be a misstep to resolve the whole thing, and say it’s this and it’s that, put everything in cement. I think, leave it fluid…
“I think a lot of fans want to know – where in the canon do I come? They’ll come and ask me on train journeys! I’m like, ‘Listen, you’ll have to ask Mr Chibnall, because I didn’t write this’. All I know is that, when I took the job and they were trying to explain my Doctor to me, I was told how it was going to work – that I was the first Doctor…”
Find out more in the latest issue of Doctor Who Magazine.
Inside this issue:
- RUSSELL T DAVIES on the writers joining him for the Fifteenth Doctor’s second season.
- With Jon Pertwee’s debut season coming to Blu-ray, we speak to the team behind the release about the remastered episodes and the Special Features included on the set.
- The Fugitive Doctor is back! JO MARTIN talks about stepping out from the shadow of the Thirteenth Doctor as she embarks on a series of her own adventures on audio.
- Script to Screen – exec producer JOEL COLLINS, production designer PHIL SIMMS, visual effects supervisor SEB BARKER and others explain how they built the Time Hotel.
- MICKEY LEWIS shares his experiences of playing some of the Doctor’s most terrifying adversaries.
- We take a look at the history of lost First Doctor adventure The Savages – soon to be released as an animation.
- Actor John Lord speaks about taking on the role of a Yeti – among his other roles.
- A tribute to the Doctor Who work of designer Ken Ledsham.
- Join us as we play mobile game Lost in Time – including the crossover with Star Trek: Lower Decks.
- A fond look at the peculiarities of fan favourite Genesis of the Daleks.
- Gary Gillatt considers how dinosaurs have had a colossal impact on Doctor Who.
- Back to 1977… how script editor Robert Holmes was targeted by the tabloids!
- The Fact of Fiction looks at the concluding episodes of 1968’s The Dominators.
- The continuing adventures of the Doctor and Ruby in the comic strip!
Regular features
- Gallifrey Guardian – our news round-up including casting on the new series.
- Shelf Life – featuring reviews of the latest audio releases.
- Other Worlds – the essential guide to new stories in Doctor Who’s expanded universe.
- Prizes to be won including Blu-rays of Joy to the World and The Collection – Season 9!
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