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Hannah Martin Rebecca
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Hannah
Amelia Rose Martin 1992-1999
Lived: 26,
32
Ramsay Street
Born: c. 1983/'84
Parents: Philip and Julie
Martin
Siblings:
Michael and Debbie Family Tree: Martin
Occupation: Student
Hannah
Martin was born in the country after her mother and father,
Julie and Philip, had just married. Philip had two older children,
Debbie and Michael, from his first marriage and as they were
older, Philip always indulged Hannah and affectionately called
her 'button'. Although Hannah had a normal sisterly relationship
with Debbie, she was never liked or welcomed by Michael, who
felt Philip devoted all his time and love to his new wife
and child. As a result, Hannah grew up quite scared of her
older brother, and greeted her parents' decision to send him
away to boarding school with great enthusiasm.
At
the age of eight, Hannah found herself having to adjust to
life in the city after Philip was made redundant and the family
moved to Julie's home town of Erinsborough to live with her
family at No. 26 Ramsay Street. Hannah soon settled into life
in the suburbs as a friendship developed between her and neighbour
Toby Mangel. Hannah also had the love and affection of her
grandfather, Jim and great-grandmother,
Helen, who were both thrilled
to have a little one in the house again to dote on.
However,
Hannah longed to return to the countryside after she was nearly
kidnapped by a strange man one afternoon while she was out
selling lollipops for charity with Toby. The man tried to
force Hannah into his car, but Toby arrived on the scene in
the nick of time, and saved Hannah from any harm. Further
drama followed when a few days later, Hannah realised the
man who had tried to abduct her was in her own house - it
was Julie's old boss, Raymond Chambers who Julie had invited
over for tea in the hope of getting a job with him. A shocked
Hannah desperately tried to tell her parents that Raymond
had been her would-be abductor, but it took them a while to
believe her. A court case ensued, where tensions rolled over
onto Ramsay Street when neighbourCameron Hudson took Chambers
on as his client. A further blow was dealt to the Martins
when Chambers was cleared of the crime, but he was caught
trying to abduct another girl a few weeks later, and Hannah
was vindicated.
Hannah's
feud with Michael was revived when he arrived home for the
school holidays and began to make things difficult for his
younger sister. Michael spiked Hannah's orange juice with
some of Jim's vodka, resulting in Hannah falling unconscious.
Michael was soon packed away to boarding school again, but
on his next visit posed a grave threat to Julie's safety by
undertaking a complex plan to kill his stepmother. Julie eventually
rumbled Michael's plan just in time, and he fled Erinsborough
to avoid the wrath of his father, and the police, who were
looking for him in connection with some local crimes. When
Michael next showed up, Hannah was so scared of him that she
called the police to report her brother's return, and he was
later sentenced to six months in a detention centre.
The
Martins were on the move again soon, but this time it was
only a few doors down to No. 32, which Helen had bought as
an investment and had agreed to rent to Julie and Philip.
Hannah soon made some addition to the family with her pet
dog, Holly, and cat, Crackers. However, her real penchant
for animals was demonstrated when she fell in love with horses
and pleaded with her parents for a horse. Julie and Philip
were dead against the idea but Julie eventually worked out
a deal with a local family, the Goughs, to let Hannah care
for their horse, Painter.
After
Julie found out that Jim wasn't her natural father and she
was, in fact, the product of a rape, she was so disgusted
with herself that she became irrational and depressed, and
threw a bewildered Philip out of the house. As her parents'
marriage crumbled, Hannah was faced with the possibility of
Philip and Debbie leaving for Perth. She was so upset by the
idea that she started wetting the bed, and after Julie came
to terms with her parentage and realised she didn't want to
lose her marriage, Hannah was relieved to see her parents
reconcile and Philip back home at No. 32.
Hannah
had found herself in various life threatening situations as
she grew up in Erinsborough, including being trapped in a
burning cottage with Beth Brennan and on a building site with
her classmate Nicholas Greenway. But it was only when her
aunt Lucy Robinson gave her
a piece of Ayers Rock that Hannah started to suspect she was
cursed. Debbie's boyfriend, Rick
Alessi, told Hannah that it was bad luck to take any piece
of the rock from its natural environment, and when Debbie
was nearly electrocuted by a hairdryer hours later, Hannah
was convinced the curse applied to her. In an attempt at ridding
herself of the cursed rock, Hannah threw it over the back
fence into No. 30's garden but accidentally smashed a window.
She initially refused to own up to what had happened, but
after Beth - who was living at No. 30 - commented on all the
strange goings on in the house since the piece of Uluru had
been thrown in her window, Hannah began to feel guilty. And
after the rock then found itself in No. 28 and later No. 24,
Hannah owned up once and for all, and was hugely relieved
when Helen suggested they go on a trip to Ayers Rock and return
the piece of Uluru to its rightful home.
No
sooner had the apparent curse been lifted than Hannah found
herself in a life or death situation in the middle of the
bush with Philip while on a camping trip. While playing fetch
with Holly, Hannah slipped down a rocky ledge. Philip managed
to pull her to safety, but he ended up slipping further down
the rocks and broke his foot. Hannah ran to the car to call
for help but discovered they had left the mobile phone at
home and as a last resort, she sent Holly to find help, while
she tended to Philip's injury. Holly made her way to a roadhouse
not far from Philip and Hannah's campsite and attracted the
attention of a father and son, who contacted Julie after reading
the Martins' phone number on Holly's collar. Julie then alerted
the rescue authorities and there was relief all around when
Hannah and Philip were found safely.
When
Michael was released from the detention centre, the Martin
family made a concerted effort to make him feel as welcome
as possible this time round, with Julie particularly keen
to put her past problems with Michael behind them. However,
Hannah resented all the attention everyone was lavishing on
Michael, and when he accidentally hurt Holly while playing
with her in the backyard, Hannah accused him of always hurting
people and told him she didn't want him home. Hannah's outburst
prompted Michael to decide to move on and find somewhere else
to live. But just before he was set to depart, Hannah apologised
for the way she had treated him, and agreed to give him a
chance. Michael was delighted by Hannah's extension of the
olive branch and for the first time, Hannah started to see
Michael as a proper big brother as opposed to someone to be
fearful of.
As
Hannah began blossoming into a young teenager, she started
at Erinsborough High School, where she regularly found herself
having to ward off the advances of Robert Dong. It was here
that Hannah also made herself a best friend in the form of
Miranda Starvaggi, who she got up to all sorts of scrapes
with. At home, things were changing again. The family had
moved back across to the Robinson house after Helen needed
to sell No. 32 to raise the finances to buy into Lassiter's.
Hannah welcomed the move since it meant she would see more
of her gran, and was also distracted by her sudden obsession
with ballet classes.
Tragedy
struck for Hannah when Julie died suddenly following a fall
from a tower while away on a murder mystery weekend with Philip
and Debbie. It took Hannah a long time to take in her mother's
death, and was often heard talking to 'Julie' in the kitchen.
Hannah's grief was compounded by the fact that Jim had died
the year previously having suffered a massive heart attack
after playing with Hannah in the garden. She had blamed herself
for her grandfather's death and now that her mother was dead
too, Hannah felt as if everyone close to her was dying. Luckily,
the love and support provided to her by Helen enabled Hannah
to get through the dark days following her mother's death,
and she was also helped by the arrival of 14 year-old Billy
Kennedy, who moved in next door with his family. Hannah
and Billy quickly became friends, and spent their time riding
Painter and fishing for tadpoles. They also found an old abandoned
hut near Lassiter's which they turned into their own clubhouse.
And as they got to know each other better, Hannah started
to develop a crush on an unsuspecting Billy.
When
the new school term started, Billy came to Hannah's rescue
after school tough girl Packo locked Hannah's plait into her
locker door. But Billy became increasingly uncomfortable with
Hannah following him everywhere by the end of the day, especially
since he was a year above her in school and it didn't look
good for him to be hanging around with a 12 year-old. Matters
were complicated further when Mark
Gottlieb rallied the local kids to attend the parish dance,
and Hannah refused to go after hearing Billy was taking Nicole
Cahill. However, Mark managed to persuade her to go after
suggesting to her that Billy was probably only taking Nicole
to make Hannah jealous. But the dance turned into a disaster
when Hannah told Nicole that Billy was only there with her
because he was trying to make her jealous, prompting Nicole
to tease Hannah at the end of the night about her dress and
being a mummy's girl, culminating in a brawl between the two
girls on the dance floor. Philip was disgusted with Hannah
over her behaviour at the dance, and made her go over to the
Kennedys the next day to apologise to Billy. Billy reluctantly
accepted her apology, but upset Hannah further by telling
her she couldn't come down to the club house with him later
that day. Hannah followed him down anyway, but was furious
when Billy refused to let her in because Nicole was there
with him. Hannah returned home in tears, but Philip comforted
her, trying to assure her that she'd get over Billy in time.
Hannah
faced further upset when Philip started seeing Molly Harrison,
a woman he met in his newsagency. Devastated that her father
could even think about seeing someone else after Julie's death,
Hannah refused to give her blessing to the relationship, and
decided to demonstrate her disapproval of the couple when
Philip invited Molly over for a family dinner. Hannah made
some tomato punch for everyone, and spike Molly's punch with
chilli powder. But Hannah quickly regretted her actions after
Molly had a bad reaction to the mixture, and was nearly sick.
Philip immediately pointed the finger of suspicion at Hannah,
and exploded in a furious rage at his daughter. Hannah accused
Philip of not caring about anyone but himself, and Philip
responded to her outbursts by forbidding her to go horse riding
or to her ballet classes. Helen was also forced to confront
Hannah about her recent attitude after witnessing her great-granddaughter
being rude and dismissive of Robert while they were doing
their homework together. But Hannah insisted that she was
only speaking to people the way they spoke to her. Philip
eventually decided to stop seeing Molly because of the hurt
it was causing Hannah, and the sacrifice made Hannah realise
how selfish she had been, and she apologised to Philip for
her recent behaviour.
Surprisingly,
Hannah responded to Philip's next romance in a much more positive
manner. Jen Handley was already
familiar to the family through her friendship with Cody
Willis, who had moved in with the Robinsons after her
family moved to Darwin. When Philip started seeing Jen, he
was blown away by Hannah's acceptance of her as part of their
lives, and she even took Jen with her to buy her first bra.
Philip was thrilled at the maturity and selflessness with
which Hannah was handling his relationship with Jen, and in
time, he invited Jen to move in with the family - with Hannah's
blessing.
When
Lucy returned home after her international modelling career
had failed, Hannah immediately suspected something was up
with her aunt. Gone was Lucy's bubbly demeanour and in its
place was a moody, selfish young woman, with a fondness for
a stiff vodka. It transpired that Lucy had become addicted
to drink and drugs after her career bombed, and the family
rallied around her to help her overcome her addiction. But
a further shock was in store when Hannah came across a copy
of porn magazine Ambrosia in the clubhouse with Cody
and they discovered Lucy was the centrefold. Hannah confronted
Billy and Toadfish Rebecchi
about leaving the magazine lying around her cubby house, and
threatened to tell their parents about it. But Toadie told
Hannah that he'd tell everyone about her aunt's career as
a centrefold unless she kept quiet. Hannah decided to take
drastic steps to protect Lucy from exposure, and went to the
newsagency after school to take all the copies of Ambrosia
off the shelves. But Philip caught Hannah putting the magazines
into her school bag, and demanded to know what she was up
to. Hannah told Philip that she had been forced into taking
the magazines from the shop as a dare from some boys at school,
and a furious Philip banned her from riding Painter for a
month as punishment. It was only when Hannah lashed out at
Lucy for being a hypocrite that the family realised Hannah
was hiding something, and after Hannah told Lucy about her
discovery, Lucy confessed all to Helen and Philip, explaining
that she had posed for the pictures while at her lowest ebb
in Europe. Hannah and Lucy put their differences behind them,
and stood side by side as bridesmaids when Helen married Reuben
White shortly afterwards.
When
Hannah and Miranda became obsessed with pop star Dayle, they
set up their own fan club and started holding meetings of
the fans at Hannah's. But the first meeting proved disastrous
when one of the girls knocked over a portrait of the recently
deceased Reuben that Helen had left on an easel to dry. After
clearing the house of her friends, Hannah showed Lucy the
damage done to Helen's painting of Rueben, and Lucy encouraged
her to tell Helen the truth about what happened. Philip was
furious with Hannah when she told him what she had done, especially
since she had thrown the 'Dayle' party at No. 26 without permission.
Hannah went on to demonstrate a cunning side to her character
when she came up with a plan to meet Dayle in the flesh. Hannah
wrote the pop star a letter telling him she was dying and
her last wish was to meet him. The plan worked, and Hannah
was ecstatic when Dayle showed up on Ramsay Street to meet
her. But Dayle's visit was cut short by the intrusion of Philip,
who quickly set the record straight with Dayle. Hannah was
taught a lesson when the press photographer arrived to take
photos of the meeting and Dayle's manager decided to turn
Hannah's lies to his advantage and do a story about how desperate
one little girl was to meet her idol. Afterwards, Hannah admitted
her shame to Philip and Helen, and most notably to Jen, who
had lost a younger sister to a terminal illness some years
before.
When
Hannah left school early one afternoon in tears, Philip was
concerned about her and asked Lucy to have a word with her
after Hannah refused to speak to him. Lucy thought she had
sorted things out after Hannah told her she had read an interview
with Dayle in which he said he preferred blonde girls and
that had upset her. However, Helen realised the real reason
for Hannah's behaviour the next morning when she noticed her
bloodstained clothes in the washing machine, and she told
Philip that Hannah had had her first period. Philip decided
to spend the afternoon alone with Hannah to talk it over with
her, and Hannah was pleasantly surprised at how well her father
was able to handle the situation. Philip even treated Hannah
to a meal that night at Chez Chez to celebrate her becoming
a woman, and Hannah told Philip that she was sure Julie would
be happy with the way he was filling in for her.
In
keeping with her ascension into womanhood, Hannah shocked
Helen and Philip by sporting a love bite on her neck. Helen
was horrified by the love bite until Hannah admitted that
she had faked it in order to keep up with Miranda, who had
got one from her new boyfriend, Daniel. Helen convinced Hannah
that she didn't need a love bite to keep up with Miranda,
and Hannah bravely agreed to face school without one. Miranda's
admission that she had faked her love bite too made Hannah
feel a lot better, but she remained uncomfortable around Miranda
and Daniel, and enlisted Annalise Hartman's help in making
her look more attractive to the boys at school. Annalise gave
Hannah some make-up tips, but Hannah took the advice to extremes
and plied the make-up on her face. And she horrified Philip
and Helen when they arrived home to find Hannah had cut up
her school uniform and gone gothic. Philip was furious with
his daughter for her behaviour, and refused to let her adopt
the new image. Hannah was cheered up considerably, however,
when she found an anonymous love letter in her school bag,
proclaiming how attracted the secret admirer was to her. Hannah
and Miranda quickly set out to uncover the secret admirer
and after ruling out Robert - much to Hannah's relief - the
girls discovered the letter had either beenwritten by the
class dork, Eddie, or the class spunk, Lance
Hails, after Robert recognised the handwriting as being
like theirs. Convinced that it couldn't have been Eddie, Hannah
approached Lance to thank him for the letter. But Lance had
no idea what she was talking about, and when Hannah produced
the letter, he realised that he had accidentally put the love
letter he had written to Jacquie Boyd in Hannah's bag instead
- leaving both Hannah and Lance feeling awkward and embarrassed.
To take her mind of Lance, Miranda lined Hannah up with Daniel's
mate, Ollie, but he tried to get heavy with Hannah at a house
party and she had to be saved by Billy. Hannah's lengthy friendship
with Miranda suffered in the wake of the incident, after Miranda
dismissed Hannah as behaving like a little girl.
Hannah
finally got herself a boyfriend when Lance finished with Jacquie
and asked her out. Soon after they got together, Lance started
showering Hannah with expensive gifts, which turned out to
be his mother's belongings. Hannah was furious when Lance
revealed the truth to her, but he explained that he figured
his mum had enough jewellery to start with, and Hannah forgave
him when he presented her with a brand new ring that he had
bought for her out of his own money. The relationship eventually
fizzled out, however, after Lance began to boast to his mates
in the boys' locker room about his relationship with Hannah,
and didn't set them straight after they believed he and Hannah
had gone all the way.
Hannah
was devastated when Philip and Jen split up, and Jen moved
out. Hannah pleaded with her to stay, but Jen insisted there
was no hope for reconciliation between her and Philip. She
did promise Hannah that she'd be always there for her if she
needed her, however, but Hannah refused to accept Philip's
decision to break up with Jen, and took her anger out on him
at every opportunity. Just as Hannah had started to get over
Jen's departure, she was landed with a huge shock when Cody
was killed in a tragic shooting incident. Hannah could barely
believe that yet another person she was close to had died,
but she was supported through the ordeal by Georgia Brown,
a troubled teen Philip had taken in as part of a Crisis Care
programme. Hannah and George had initially hated each other,
but the death of Cody brought them closer together, and by
the time Georgia returned to her father, they were friends.
Debbie's return from a year in the States with their aunt
Rosemary Daniels also gave
Hannah a huge boost, and she was thrilled to have her big
sister back.
When
Hannah and new best friend Zoe Tan decided to try out for
places on the Erinsborough High team on television quiz show
Brainorama, Hannah was convinced she had no chance of
making the team. But when she found herself in the same room
as the questions set by teacher Susan
Kennedy to select who would compete, Hannah was faced
with the dilemma of whether or not to sneak a peek at them.
In class, Hannah got all the answers correct having memorised
the notes and was immediately chosen for the team. But on
television, Zoe was left to answer all the questions and Hannah
realised that cheating would never get her anywhere in life.
More trouble followed for Hannah when she and Zoe began to
shoplift. Although Zoe was the main protagonist, Hannah still
participated and was lucky enough to escape with a caution
after they were caught trying to rob a dress from a clothes
store in the mall. But the girls weren't so lucky the next
time when they decided to pinch some chocolate from the Coffee
Shop only to be caught by Kristy who called an angry Philip
down to the shop.
An
unlikely friendship was forged between Hannah and Toadie after
they spent the day wagging school together at the clubhouse.
The bond was strengthened at the school dance when they bumped
into each other on the staircase, wallowing in pity over their
disastrous dates. But Toadie landed Hannah in hot water when
he left her holding his cigarette while he went to get his
coat and she was caught by Mr. McKenna. Philip was furious
with Hannah for smoking, and her attempts at explaining how
she had been simply holding the cigarette for a friend failed
to placate Philip after she refused to name the friend. Toadie
eventually owned up to being the one who was really smoking
at the dance, but McKenna refused to lift Hannah's punishment
at school since she had lied to him and Hannah and Toadie
found themselves having to clean the school toilets for the
duration of the cleaner's strike.
Love
blossomed for Hannah when Philip took in Casper Mack as part
of the Crisis Care programme. Casper was a shy boy, who had
little experience around girls, and as a result, initially
appeared rude and ignorant to Hannah. But after Hannah confronted
Casper about why he never wanted to be around her, she was
surprised when he revealed that, in fact, he fancied her and
was just too shy to say anything. They started dating, and
even managed to keep seeing each other after Casper returned
to his family. However, Hannah was convinced Casper would
want to dump her after she was told by the dentist she needed
braces. She pleaded with Philip not to get the braces for
her, but he insisted it was necessary and tried to assure
her that Casper would still like her. Hannah's suspicions
appeared to be confirmed when Casper refused to kiss her after
she first had the braces put on and she resolved to try and
go about her life without opening her mouth to speak. But
Casper explained that he hadn't kissed her because they hadn't
had any privacy since she had got the braces, and as soon
as they were alone, they made up for lost time.
Hannah
was shocked to arrive home from school for lunch one afternoon
and find Helen unconscious on the kitchen floor after suffering
a stroke. Helen was rushed to hospital, and Hannah, Philip
and Debbie kept a bedside vigil. Much to their relief, Helen
pulled through, although she faced several months of rehabilitation
and the stroke had left her severely restricted in her movements.
Hannah was thrilled that her precious gran had survived, and
proved to be of enormous emotional and physical support to
Helen in the months that followed.
Romance
blossomed for Philip when he hired Ruth Wilkinson as a physiotherapist
for Helen. Hannah was pleased to see Philip find some happiness
again, and was surprised to learn that Ruth was also Lance's
mother, and thus, the relationship between Philip and Ruth
brought Lance back into Hannah's life. However, this time
round, the two remained simply friends, especially since it
looked as if they would one day become step-siblings.
Hannah
made a new friend when French exchange student Claire Girard
came to stay with the Bishops next door. Claire had a penchant
for mischief and soon had Hannah up to all sorts of mischief
around the neighbourhood, most notably re-igniting the old
Ramsay/Robinson feud, this time between Philip and Madge.
As part of a school project on her ancestors, Hannah delved
into her great-great-great grandfather's diaries and uncovered
the Robinson family's historic claim that Ramsay Street should
have actually been named after them. The diaries claimed that
Jack Ramsay had cheated in the card game to decide who the
street should be named after, and Hannah and Claire decided
to balance things out - and wind Madge up in the process -
by replacing the Ramsay Street sign with one reading 'Robinson
Street'. As the feud took centre stage between the two families
again, Helen was finally released from hospital after a lengthy
spell to spend her birthday at home with the family. Helen
immediately set about mending the rift between the two families
once and for all by summoning Madge and Harold
over to watch the video of the marriage of Scott
and Charlene - the ultimate
union of the two clans as one. After the rift had healed,
the champagne started flowing at No. 26 and Hannah was thrilled
to have Helen back home. As she started feeling tired, Helen
decided to take a nap beside Hannah on the sofa, but as the
evening wore on, Hannah began to realise that Helen was no
longer asleep and had actually passed away. When Karl
Kennedy called in to check on Helen, he confirmed Hannah's
worst fears, and the Martins were thrown into mourning.
Helen's
death devastated Hannah, and unable to handle the situation,
she ran away. Philip desperately tried to find her as the
relatives started to arrive for Helen's funeral, and pleaded
with Claire to tell him if she knew of Hannah's whereabouts.
Claire had no idea where Hannah had gone, but Toadie had a
hunch that she may be at the old club house, and led Claire
down there to check it out. Luckily, Hannah was there, and
Toadie left Claire to talk to her. Hannah had retreated to
the clubhouse to look through old photos, and reflect on her
gran's passing. Claire comforted Hannah, and after talking
of her own experiences of losing her grandmother, Claire managed
to get Hannah to go home. Once safely back at home, Hannah
was supported in her grief by Rosemary, who gave her Helen's
wedding ring as a special keepsake. It was to be a huge source
of comfort for Hannah from that point on, and as long as she
had the ring, Hannah always felt that her beloved gran was
with her.
After
the first months following Helen's death saw Hannah and Philip
alone at No. 26, the house soon filled up again after Philip
and Ruth got married and she moved in with Lance and Anne.
Hannah experienced a difficult period of adjustment to the
new additions to the household, especially after Michael unwittingly
suggested Hannah remove Julie's photographs from around the
house and Ruth started re-arranging the furniture. The final
straw came for Hannah when Ruth almost sold an old doll of
Hannah's at a garage sale, and she was devastated at the prospect
of losing the rag doll because Julie had given it to her.
Ruth apologised to Hannah for the mistake, and assured her
that she was in no way trying to erase Julie from her life.
Still, Hannah had a tough time coping with the Wilkinsons
integration into her family, and as tensions continued with
Ruth, Hannah announced to Philip that she wanted to go to
France for six months to stay with Claire and her family.
Philip was against the idea initially, but as he realised
how determined Hannah was to go, he was forced to accept her
wishes and grant her his blessing. Just before she was due
to leave, Hannah was shocked when Paul
McClain declared his love for her. Hannah had always liked
Paul ever since he had been fostered by Madge and Harold,
and moved in next door. But she had never thought Paul liked
her in the same way, so his admission on the eve of her departure
for France caused Hannah to re-evaluate her decision to leave.
Hannah was provided with a sympathetic ear from Rosemary,
who had stopped off in Erinsborough to accompany Hannah on
her journey to France, and she helped Hannah realise that
if things were serious between her and Paul, then the relationship
could resume when she returns. Hannah took her aunt's advice
on board, and decided to press ahead with her travel plans.
In a tearful goodbye at the airport, Hannah kissed Paul, and
said her farewells to Philip, who she allowed call her 'Button'
for the occasion that was in it, before flying off for the
trip of a lifetime in France.
Upon
her return to Erinsborough six months later, Hannah had changed
considerably. For starters, her curly locks were gone, and
replaced by a new short-cropped hair do. And Hannah had developed
an air of arrogance while on her travels, as well as an admirer
in the form of Claire's older brother, Pascal. Basically,
she was missing France and longed to return, and the discovery
that Paul had been seeing Jade Cleary while she was away failed
to make her re-adjustment to life in Erinsborough any better.
Gradually, Hannah settled back in though, and after a few
weeks, she and Paul had gotten back together after Paul prepared
a special dinner for her at the Coffee Shop one night. They
split up again a few months later when Paul began to spend
all his time on his new hobby, BMX bike riding. Hannah instead
turned her attentions to Teabag Teasdale, a rival of Paul's
on the BMX track, but Philip disapproved of Tea-bag and made
it clear to Hannah that there was to be no romance between
them.
It
was a huge shock to Hannah when Philip and Ruth announced
their plans to sell up and move to Darwin, where Philip had
landed a job. Hannah was dead against the idea of leaving
her hometown, and told Philip in no uncertain terms that she
wouldn't be going with him up north. Her determination to
stay was increased when she realised Lance and Anne were staying
behind, and she tried to convince Philip and Ruth to let them
all stay behind at No. 26. After that idea was rejected, Hannah
asked Madge and Harold if she could stay with them, but they
were full up with Paul and Tad Reeves.
As a last resort, Hannah accepted Tea-Bag's invitation to
stay at his place, but after visiting the dump with Philip,
Hannah declined the offer.
With
no other alternatives, Hannah was forced to accept that her
future lay elsewhere, and she began packing to leave Ramsay
Street. On her final day in Ramsay Street, panic set in when
Hannah misplaced Helen's ring and she was convinced it was
a sign that the move would be a disaster. Luckily, Ruth found
the ring in one of the packed boxes, and returned it to a
relieved Hannah, before having a heart-to-heart with Hannah
about how much the move meant to Philip. Hannah felt better
about going in light of the talk with Ruth, and spent her
final night in her cubby house out the back yard with Paul.
Here, Hannah reflected on her time growing up in the Robinson
house with Helen, Julie, Debbie and Michael, and she and Paul
vowed to always stay in touch. The following day, Hannah bid
a tearful farewell to her friends and neighbours as she left
the street she grew up in and that was so special to her for
the final time.
Trivia Notes
• In one of the show's most blatant rewritings of its own history,
Hannah Martin was born in 1984, a year before her parents
had met one another!
• In 2005, Hannah made a cameo appearance in Annalise's 20th Anniversary Documentary
• Click here to read our interview with Rebecca Ritters
Tenure 1726-3189, 3288-3419, 4773
Magic
Moments
Episode 3418: The Martins' Departure
Biography
by Moe
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