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==Creation and casting==
In 1987, ''Home and Away'' producers asked Thomson to audition for a role, after they watched him in an advertisement for soft drinks.<ref>{{cite web|last=Moir|first=Jan|title=Next door Neighbours|url=
When Thomson won the role of Martin he was thankful because he had not achieved high grades in his studies.<ref name=lookincraig/> After he had read his first scripts for Martin, Thomson travelled to West Australia to research the role. Martin is portrayed as a "yobbo" and Thomson believed that the area was ideal to observe "yobbos" socialising. He told a writer from ''[[Look-in]]'' that Martin was directly based on the people he had seen on his trip.<ref name=lookincraig/>
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{{cquote|Lance and Martin provide the comic relief in Summer Bay, and are always coming up with madcap - and usually totally disastrous - schemes. Martin may be a lifelong contender for 'Nerd of the Year', and who can blame him with a family like his.|4=''Clive Hopwood on Martin''.<ref>[[#refHopwood|Hopwood 1990]], p.8.</ref><ref name=craig/>}}
In his book ''Home and Away Annual'', Kesta Desmond describes Martin as a "beach bum" and who a big ego because he sees himself as one of the most attractive men in Summer Bay. When Martin faces rejection from females who do appreciate his "charm", his "confidence remains undented".<ref>[[#refKesta|Kesta 1990]], p.10.</ref> As Martin is also characterised as a "yob", Thomson said that members of the public assume he is going to behave like Martin.<ref name=fifty/> Thomson described Martin as being "completely over the top, and very different from the rest of the cast. I really like playing comedy."<ref>[[#refKesta|Kesta 1990]], p.55.</ref> Thomson later said that "Martin's like every other bully, he fancies himself as a boxer and thinks he's tough. In fact, he's a coward".<ref>{{cite news|last=Clifford|first=Murray|title=Soap stars describe the terror of stardom - The price of fame|url=
Thomson told the reporter from ''Look-in'' that he was nothing like his character.<ref name=lookincraig/> Martin does not know how to have a good time because he is a "dag"; and is forever thinking up ideas which eventually fail. Martin also has the tendency to act "quite selfish" and he is "very greedy".<ref name=lookincraig/> Thomson said that he disliked his character's greediness even though he always knew that was how ''Home and Away'' intended to portray him. Martin is not "really a bad guy" either, and Thomson said that everyone needed to treat him as "a bit of a joke" and that he would never chose to spend time with Martin.<ref name=lookincraig/>
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