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FIC: the waste lands [Doctor Who / SGA]

Jun 14, 2009 19:23

Title: the waste lands
Author: vanitashaze
Rating: PG-13
Fandoms: Stargate: Atlantis & Doctor Who
Pairings: River Song / the Doctor
Prompt: Atlantis in its heyday.
Notes: Title taken from the T.S. Eliot poem of the same name; the People are, if you didn't pick that up already, the Ancients. This story was slated for a slot on the 13th, but is actually being ( Read more... )

Comments 6

cofax7 June 15 2009, 02:42:57 UTC

Oh, that was very neat.

kernezelda June 15 2009, 11:35:51 UTC

This is brilliant! I love the time-crossing, and how Roni is of the People, and no one else is, or can be. I love the scenes of the biologists, and the way they regard their creations, and are puzzled by their creations. The introduction of a predator! And the consequences.

I love the Doctor running through it, and giving Roni the key to creating the Wraith, and how the two of them meet and meet again, what she knows about him that he doesn't yet.

Very neat idea.

pogrebin June 17 2009, 21:12:39 UTC

Oh, love. This is just absolutely fantastic. I've had this tab open ever since you posted it, really wanted to give it the time it deserved. Your stories aren't something to be skimmed. And God, did you deliver on this prompt. There are so many hints of Doctor Who-canon here, and they're interweaved so brilliantly with Atlantis. Yes, of course River Song would be People, Ancients. And of course the Ancients and the Time Lords would have met in the past that loops into the future. This-- this-- gives me a rationale that I believe for him to tell her his name. They are equals, in destruction too, he does not tell his name because it is power, but he does not tell his name because it is also his shame, is it not?

And oh, of course, the wraith (the Wraith) were intentional rather than experiments. An attempt to restore equilibrium to an ecosystem, an elegant solution to a sloppy human problem. This just cuts right to the heart of the casual callousness of the Ancients. And Roni/River as the creator of them-- the Doctor pulling her onto ( ... )

oxoniensis June 17 2009, 22:06:16 UTC

Wow, what a fascinating, twisting story - I loved that!

ext_196117 June 29 2009, 04:28:40 UTC

This is awesome, and is three times more awesome after I googled the Who background I didn't know.