in books, martha appears in the "new series adventures" series of "doctor who" novels, published by bbc books. the first book published was a "quick reads" novel, "made of steel" by terrance dicks (published before her first television appearance), and the character subsequently appeared in all novels in the series, starting with "sting of the zygons" by stephen cole and most recently in "the many hands" by dale smith. freema aygeman appears as the character on the cover of every novel. in late 2008 "the story of martha", a collection of stories focusing on martha's adventures between "the sound of drums" and "last of the time lords", will be published.