Martha knows that the Doctor isn't interested in her. She's told him that she's only interested in humans. But when he shows no interest in her in the bedroom, she gets offended.
Actually, I thought she got offended at something else altogether, and so did half of fandom, which is: "Rose would know what to do." Mind you, I thought the Doctor meant "Rose would know, and I don't", but the way Martha heard it, and a lot of viewers, was "Rose would know, and you don't". And that is definitely something to feel offended by. There is not much worse you can tell a new aquaintance than "Past Person In My Life would be so much better in this situation than you are".
Be honest: if in the early stages of their relationship the Doctor had said something like this to Rose - "Sarah Jane/Ace/Romana/Insert Absent Companion of Choice would know" - how would you have taken it?
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Date: 2007-04-09 07:23 am (UTC)Actually, I thought she got offended at something else altogether, and so did half of fandom, which is: "Rose would know what to do." Mind you, I thought the Doctor meant "Rose would know, and I don't", but the way Martha heard it, and a lot of viewers, was "Rose would know, and you don't". And that is definitely something to feel offended by. There is not much worse you can tell a new aquaintance than "Past Person In My Life would be so much better in this situation than you are".
Be honest: if in the early stages of their relationship the Doctor had said something like this to Rose - "Sarah Jane/Ace/Romana/Insert Absent Companion of Choice would know" - how would you have taken it?