I put it badly there, I meant in terms of Martha not having the Doctor's romantic love, because that's what fandom seem obsessed with with now *rollseyes* So it sometimes feels like people are taking the attitude that it doesn't matter whether or not Martha left the series kicking ass, all that really matters is that the Doctor didn't fall in love with her, and that therefore proves that she was never allowed to measure up to Rose. The arguments on casual viewers watching through the Doctor's eyes, and so if he saw Martha as less than Rose, we would be encouraged to do the same, and it was only through the Doctor falling in love that would validate Martha as a companion *blinks*

And totally on how Martha should return. I could see the Doctor being flustered if she waltzes in to the Tardis being really self-possessed, having become a Doctor, and being a couple with Tom or something. Hee