Doctor Who Drabble: Responsibility

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Title: Responsibility
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Martha Jones, Tenth Doctor, The Master, Martha’s Family, Jack.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 328: Ignorance Is Bliss at dw100.
Spoilers: Smith and Jones, The Sound of Drums/Last of the Time Lords.
Summary: Martha feels weighted down with responsibility.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.




Back before she’d first left earth with the Doctor, Martha’s biggest worries had been her father’s mid-life crisis, and whether or not she’d pass her medical exams. Now, those things had paled to insignificance. An insane Time Lord was holding her family, the Doctor, and Jack prisoner aboard a flying aircraft carrier, torturing people for pleasure while he worked on destroying the earth.


On top of that, everyone was depending on her to spread word of the Doctor so he could set things right.


If she succeeded, most people would never remember any of this. They were the lucky ones.



The End

Comments

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

The trauma Martha went through.:(

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I can't begin to imagine how physically, mentally, and emotionally exhausting it must have been.

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Who knows how many times Martha had to spread the word around about the Doctor.

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She walked the earth for a year, so I'd say an awful lot, and all that walking, hiding, scrounging for food... That takes courage that I'm sure I wouldn't have.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yeah. It was pretty full on! The Doctor owed her alot. But at least her family got closer. It's just sad the situation they went through in order to do so.

[bk_forever]

That was the small silver lining to it all.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I always focus on that. I'd hope that the Jones's would have got their act together eventually.

The hardships they went through resulted in them getting there sooner.

[bk_forever]

They realised their family was the most important thing.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yes it is but it's not easy for some.

[bk_forever]

True, and they have to live with the memories.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yes. So they will cope with making positive ones for the near future.:)

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Best way to deal with bad memories.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Gratitude.:)