Doctor Who Event: No "One-Dimensional" Fugitive Doctor Like TV: Martin
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Doctor Who Event: No "One-Dimensional" Fugitive Doctor Like TV: Martin
Jo Martin explains how Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker presents a multi-layered Fugitive Doctor, not the "one-dimensional" TV version.
Published Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:37:09 -0500
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- Jo Martin says Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker gives the Fugitive Doctor more nuance than her hard-line TV appearances.
- Martin teases layers, vulnerability, regrets, and humor, making the Fugitive Doctor more multi-dimensional.
- Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker launches June 25, sending Jo Martin’s Doctor against Daleks, Cybermen, and more.
- The Doctor Who multimedia event spans comics, audio, books, games, and UNIT stories as Circuit Breaker unfolds.
We're a week away from BBC Studios rolling out its latest multi-platform adventure, "Circuit Breaker," and it couldn't come soon enough. With the Christmas Special canceled, Russell T. Davies and Bad Wolf departing, and the long-running show being sent out to tender, Doctor Who fans could use a fun escape right about now. The epic adventure finds the Fugitive Doctor (Jo Martin) taking on the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, a rogue Weeping Angel – and a big bad that's hiding in the shadows – to save the very fabric of reality from being torn apart. Before the epic adventure kicks off on June 25th (we have all the details below), Martin shared with Radio Times some of the things that are most exciting her about the multimedia crossover.
"There are so many layers to her, and we're just finding these layers, which has been a real gift and a real joy. She's not one-dimensional, which is what she kind of veers on in her TV appearances, really – you don't see all the other things that make her tick, "Martin shared. "I think that in all my TV appearances, she's very decisive, she knows what [she's doing], it's a very hard line, and no nonsense. And I think with Big Finish and with 'Circuit Breaker,' we've got room to breathe and room for more nuance and room for making her a far more multi-dimensional character."
"There's so much more to her than just that, and the fact that she does have a vulnerable side, and she does question herself, and she does have regrets sometimes, and thinks, 'Was that the best way to deal with that?' I think that's really nice for 'Doctor Who' fans to see that side of her, because it makes it all the better when she does switch back into this decisive, hard-line Doctor," Martin added, noting that the Fugitive Doctor we've seen so far has had a bit of personal shield up. "We all have stuff that we do to mask or to hide other bits of ourselves, and I think sometimes she uses her sarcasm and her humour to hide behind, and so to have this opportunity now to flesh her out and to explore more and to lean more into her backstory is just incredible."
"Doctor Who: Circuit Breaker" Intel – What You Need to Know
In the depths of UNIT's most secure facility, the Black Archive, familiar objects have been pulled through time and space, surrounded by a dangerous energy signature threatening to tear reality apart. With time running out, newly appointed Head of the Black Archive, Osgood (Ingrid Oliver) and her assistant Andrew (Omari Douglas) turn to the only person who can help… the Doctor (Jo Martin).
This is no ordinary crisis, and not the Time Lord they are familiar with. As the Doctor confronts her most infamous enemies, such as the Daleks, Cybermen, Sontarans, and a rogue Weeping Angel, she is forced to complete a mission with an insidious presence lurking in the shadows.
Secrets begin to surface, and trust between UNIT and the Doctor begins to erode as those who idolise her start to question if she really is the Time Lord they thought they knew…
June 25th: Calling the Doctor – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
July 8th: Adversary of the Daleks – Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
July 23rd: The Honourable Society – Doctor Who Magazine issue 632, written by Jason Quinn and illustrated by Anthony Williams
July 30th: The Deadliest Weapon – BBC Audiobooks Audio Original written by Steve Lyons, narrated by Jo Martin with David Banks as the Cyber-Leader
August 4th: Dawn of the Daleks –Titan Comics, written by Dulce M. Montoya and Dan Watters, with stunning art from Roberta Ingranata and Sami Kivelä
August 6th: Castling – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
August 17th: Don't Blink! – UNIT website written by Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson
August 20th: The Doctor and the Three Witches – Puffin book written by Janelle McCurdy
August 27th: Moment Mori – East Side Games written by Mario Mentasti
August 31st: The Black Archive Files – Circuit Breaker DVD release
September 3rd: The Kaleidoscope – Penguin Random House book written by Jo Martin
September 22nd: Full Circuit – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
September 24th: Short Circuits – Big Finish audio story written by Robert Valentine
Fans can follow every twist via the Doctor Who website and official channels and The Whoniverse Show, with the first chapter of the epic story launching on the in-universe UNIT website on June 25th.
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