Most people would agree that David Tennant was a pretty creepy villain as Kilgrave, right? However, having watched him as the Doctor before made it even worse for me, because there were moments when his acting was just too familiar. So I'd imagine Jessica would certainly freakout if she met the time traveling alien and Trish would very much try to prevent that meeting if she didn't kill the man on sight.

Technically this is part of a series, but there is no need to have read any of the other stories to follow this one.

Also: If you've just seen one of these shows, it should be okay... I hope... ;)

Their destination is supposed to be a pacifist planet that managed to resolve every conflict with ridiculously commercialised sports spectacles that everyone could benefit from for about 300 years. Until a rematch of a game was announced that had such a clear winner that even the losers were blindsided by the decision. The incident made clear exactly how corrupted the system had become and within weeks there was a huge civil war across the entire planet. The first thing that was banned right after the fighting ended was all kinds of sport.

However, this is not where the TARDIS brings Martha and The Doctor. Instead, the time travelling space ship lands in Hell's Kitchen some time before Christmas where newspaper headlines about gang wars, corruption and disappearing children already indicate that this is not going to be the break from adventure Martha was hoping for.

In fact: "I'm not sure I actually believe that these planets you're babbling about all exist. We never end up where we want to go anyway. I think a lot of it must be completely made up, just to make me curious." That alien she somehow decided to travel with never seems to have much of a plan. He has this habit of making things up as they go along. But it's part of the appeal, she has to admit.

"Come on, you love it!" She rolls her eyes at his eyebrow-waggling. "I made you meet Shakespeare, didn't I? This is gonna be brilliant, too. And for your information: Dzklvcf is a very real, beautiful place and the Dzjbffians - a charming species really - will be quite insulted hearing that you doubt their entire existence. As soon as they find out on our next trip there..."

Yeah… sure they will. Also, she's pretty sure that planet was called differently half an hour ago. Or a century ago, it's hard to keep up with the timelines. But the Doctor's enthusiasm is just too infectious, so she finds herself smiling despite herself as he picks up a newspaper and makes an appreciative sound: "Oh, look at that! They have vigilantes in this area. Now, that should be fun, right?"

She's not so sure the "Devil of Hell's Kitchen" is a character she'd like to meet in the dark, to be honest. Who calls himself something like that and isn't a complete psychopath? Of course, the Doctor loves the idea of vigilantes. People challenging the powerful scumbags in society and breaking rules all over the place. They are right up his alley, unless they are breaking his rules, of course, which are:

No unnecessary violence. (Just run if there's trouble. And there will be.)

Don't wander off. (Although: why travel with companions then who seem to like doing just that?)

And this one is the hardest to accept: Don't interfere with established events. Who exactly decides whatever these fixed points in time are? What has to happen? Who can be saved? What tragedies should be prevented and which ones are necessary to learn from? Or is it maybe just random?

"Do you hear that?" Now there's not just that curious energy in his voice, but a hint of alarm. His eyes light up at the promise of a new mystery. Trouble. Right. "I think I can hear someone fighting…!"

He breaks into a sprint and Martha catches up with him fast. Three alleys down they find the origin of that noise and she curses the TARDIS for bringing them right to the Devil. Of course, the ship usually seems to bring them right where they're needed. Which means either the guy with the horns has to be locked away or he is going to need their help. Although right now she's leaning towards him being the bad guy. At least that's the logical conclusion if you see someone dressed up as satan apparently torturing someone. But if her journeys with the Doctor has taught her anything it is not to judge a book by its cover.

Her alien travel guide seems to be on the same page, though. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?!"

The Devil pushes the man he seems to be questioning roughly against the wall and holds him there. "I'm trying to find a missing kid. What's it to you?"

His voice sounds deep and dangerous, not like someone they should be provoking… "Doctor…" She wants to remind him that while he might just change his appearance when he gets killed, humans like herself only have one life to spend.

"You do know that it doesn't really work, right? Torture..."

Of course, the first thing he does is lecture the dangerous man with advanced fighting skills like an arrogant know-it-all. She's tempted to return to the TARDIS on her own, but someone has to look after this madman or she won't have a driver to bring her back home and become a real doctor. Fortunately the Devil he's talking to seems to be busy hitting someone else. "It does work when you know they're lying." He then punches the man again. "And you are, aren't you? You do know where they are keeping the boy. Tell me!"

So, he's doing it to save a child at least, but his punches aren't exactly reluctant. Martha has a feeling that the guy is enjoying this. Is he dressing up as a devil to punish people for their crimes?

"Stop it! There has to be another way to do this."

The vigilante really doesn't care for the distraction and now he looks like he will soon be losing his patience with them. Kicking the man who may be a criminal half heartedly he growls at the Doctor: "I wish there was another way… But I don't have time for this..."

"Give me his phone." The Doctor holds out his hand with an encouraging smile while the masked man seems to stare at him, his jaw tensed. "Please. Just let me try something. Your... interrogation will take longer."

It's not like she doesn't trust the Doctor. He knows what he's doing, but she certainly doesn't trust the guy who's hiding his face. How would he be able to see through that thing..? Is he even human?

To her surprise, though, the man does reach inside his victim's jacket to search for something. Then, to everyone's surprise, the guy he tortured uses this moment to attack him with a brick against the head. In the struggle the phone falls to the ground, but it slides too far out of reach and the criminal decides to leave it and make a run for it. At first the vigilante starts to follow him, but it looks like his head took more damage than it seemed. After Martha picks up the phone she sees him holding his head with one hand and steadying himself against the wall with the other. He curses softly and then turns back around to them.

"Please, tell me you can open that." His voice now sounds a lot less menacing, almost gentle.

Before he uses the sonic screwdriver to unlock the phone, the Doctor points it at this Daredevil guy with a frown. "You should probably go to a hospital. You have a broken bone and maybe a concussion now…"

Suddenly the vigilante is back to being the scary man in the dark again, standing tall in front of the Doctor and warning him: "This is none of your business. Open the phone or I'll make you. A child's life is at stake here. I'm not joking!"

"I'm not joking either. You really shouldn't be fighting criminals like this." He raises his eyebrows, still reading his scan curiously. "Then again, going by how often your bones have already been broken and healed badly, you never go to the hospital. So, never mind."

The Doctor takes the phone then and reluctantly opens it with his buzzing screwdriver muttering darkly… "There's no need for violence. I promise you'll regret it."

"Oh, I know I will…" And again he sounds more tired than scary.

The Doctor is just browsing through the phone when they hear footsteps approach. A woman in a costume with cat ears - probably that Hellcat person - appears around the corner yelling: "Shit, you lost the other one, too?!"

Martha expects the vigilante to blame the Doctor for this, since it kind of is his fault. But the Devil's head is held low and he swallows as if he's blaming himself, not really the man he was arguing with before. "Yeah… but this guy thinks he can find something in the man's phone."

The woman only glances at the Doctor who's still searching through the messages. Her focus is on the guy she's working with, so when she reaches them she first inspects his head carefully. "This doesn't look good, Devil Boy…"

"It's fine. You're bleeding, too." It's weird, Martha doesn't see any wound on the woman or tear in her costume, so she has no idea what he's seeing.

"Yeah… well, they tried to hit me with a car, but I was too fast." There's a cocky smile spreading on her face. "I told Jessica to look out for them."

That's when the Doctor suddenly looks up with a huge grin: "I knew all this sounded familiar. You're talking about Jessica Jones, aren't you..? This is brilliant! Then you must be Matt Murdock and Trish-"

And that's when the woman suddenly knocks him out with a fast hook, looking back at "Matt" with a pale expression that is even visible with half her face under the mask. "Did he give you any orders?"

"What?" Daredevil seems just as confused as Martha by this turn of events.

"You can't just punch someone unconscious like that…!" This has gotten out of control fast.

"He's not just anyone. He's psychopath!" Wow, that woman is not joking. She's very convinced that she knows the Doctor. Could it actually be that she does, somehow? That she saw him do something that looked very dubious, maybe?

"Hey, calm down." Looks like the Devil guy is the voice of reason between those two. Who would have thought? "What are you talking about? He didn't seem dangerous before.…" Yeah, you were the dangerous masked freak who was torturing someone, Martha agrees. But she doesn't say anything. Some hero.

"That…" The crazy cat lady points at the Doctor, her arm trembling, voice now wavering. "...is Kilgrave." She's clearly terrified.

The name also seems to mean something to her partner, because he now pales as well. No, that can't be right. Sure, the Doctor is known by many names and some of them make people tremble with fear, but only the bad guys and despite their tendency to use violence, people who want to save kids are usually not too bad.

"Hang on a second….", Martha starts carefully. "Um… who's this Kilgrave guy supposed to be? I think you're making a mistake here…"

Suddenly the redhead with the cat mask turns to her angrily. "He looks and sounds exactly like him. That is a mind controlling mass murderer."

"Isn't Kilgrave supposed to be dead?" Finally a helpful comment. Maybe this Devil of Hell's Kitchen charcter isn't so bad after all.

"He wouldn't be the first to come back from the dead though, would he? And he knew Jessica's name!" Martha has never heard of this Jessica woman. Maybe she traveled in the TARDIS, too? The masked man seems to actually consider this crazy idea of the Doctor being this evil mastermind. "You especially won't be able to live with the things he's gonna make you do. Jessica can't go through that again. Please, trust me and let me kill him…!"

"Woah… no! Seriously, you've got the wrong man here. The Doctor is against violence and he'd never try to take anyone's free will. I won't let you kill him." Martha has her head held high, but she can imagine the woman now raising her eyebrows at her under her mask.

"Oh really…? And how exactly are you going to stop me? Did he maybe order you to attack anyone who threatens him..?" The woman now holds her hand like a claw making sharp little knives appear on each fingertip and holding them against the Doctor's throat.

This is enough. Martha then grabs the sonic screwdriver and points it at the woman. She can't know that it's not exactly a weapon. "Leave him alone."

"So, you ARE threatening me now?"

"Only because YOU want to kill a man who can't even defend himself right now."

Suddenly the Devil steps in front of Martha, facing the crazy cat lady. "Please, I don't think she actually intends to hurt anyone with that thing." He tries to make her lower that claw. "And did Kilgrave even have two hearts like this man…?"

Now the woman looks like this piece of information actually throws her off for a second. But then the Doctor begins to stirr - probably earlier than they expected - and everything happens way too fast. Before Martha can react and help her friend, Daredevil knocks her out. And she just started to trust the guy.