I remember that yeah, because I remember being like "What, Rose was in awe of the Doctor? When was this?" Only someone like Donna could have been less "in awe" of the Doctor than Rose, because Donna was neither awed by the godlike powers or all that impressed with the man. Rose was impressed by the man, but he was impressed, *awed* by her too so was hardly as if they weren't still equals.

So if I recall my reaction to Freema's statement, I...got kind of pissed off about it because the only way it made sense was that maybe Martha's intellect was going to make her more the Doctor's equal and they meant to overlook how Rose was awesome but not book smart. After this season though, that quote just makes no sense.