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[kathkin]

That's the trouble with regeneration. You never know what you're going to get.

But once he got over the shock of the changed appearance, and the post-regenerative trauma, of course, it was quite interesting to see how he’d react to things.

His whole outlook on life would change. He’d see everything differently.

Especially people, he’d noticed

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[kathkin]

I think it can be TARDIS or Tardis. I use them both, interchangeably. But I may edit this post.

And... I don't think it's relevant whether or not he knew who she was from the start. This was supposed to be about how his feelings about her, and how they change rather a lot when he regenerates. Which he wouldn't have been expecting, would he?

[kathkin]

Well... if his personality changes with his regeneration, then surely the way he interacts with people would change, and then, it would follow, his relationships with them and possibly his feelings towards them. Five doesn't interact with Tegan the same way Four does.
Obviously Five didn't suddenly develop feelings for Tegan when he regenerated. But... if he hadn't regenerated, d'you think we'd be writing Fourgan right about now? I doubt it, somehow.
Am I making sense now?

[lilacfree]

That was a charming little short. I felt it had a good flavor of the Fifth Doctor's character.

Aside: I once posed the question of how to spell TARDIS (Tardis, T.A.R.D.I.S.) on the canon_fodder lj. I've seen it actually spelled 'Tardis' in the show, in the Hartnell era Christmas episode. I was told that it is English style to spell an acronym that way. I dunno. I'm a provincial American.

[kathkin]

Thank you. ^_^

*points to above comment for her views on TARDIS/Tardis*

[bondi_blue]

Congrats on writing something short and yet good! It's really tough for me to write something short and at the same time, grab a reader. I liked it a lot. :D I

[kathkin]

Thank you. ^_^ I was going to make it a little longer, but then... I didn't.

[bondi_blue]

Actually, some stories are better when they're short, depending on what it's about. Once I wrote a LotR story--a Frodo POV. It was too long and drawn out. Then once I edited it, it was much better as a short story. Again, I really liked this story and you did a great job with the Doctor's feelings for Tegan. I love your icon and btw, do you mind if I friend you? I'd really like to have more friends who are DW fans. :)

[kathkin]

I do think this works better shorter. The other stuff I was going to put in involved Nyssa and Adric, which would have been going off the point a little.
Thanks again (I think there's a link to the person who made my icon on my profile, btw). And yeah, you're welcome to friend me!