doctor who/hitchhiker's guide; the people you meet (the things are also people) 2/3

[owlyscribblings]

Characters: Nine, Rose, Arthur, Ford
Rating: PG
Words: 3260 + 4094 & counting
Disclaimer: Anything you recognise belongs to the BBC or Douglas Adams (or both).
Summary: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy has something to say on the subject of chance meetings. This may or may not be it.

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

Great stuff - you've caught the HHG2G tone perfectly, and the Doctor and Rose are very good too. I really like the mix of humour with the darker undertones of the 'planetary issues'

Particularly liked: Alcohol is, of course, the cause of more effects than almost anything else in the universe. On a small, easily-overlooked planet which Arthur Dent held in some regard, a civilization that once spanned two million square miles and five hundred toga-wearing years went to bits because the people who were supposed to be running things found drinking fermented fruit juices and engaging in a variety of moistly interpersonal activities far more interesting than all that governing business. Something quite similar occurred in the Omega Centauri cluster, seventeen thousand light-years away; that empire stretched across three star systems, and their activities had rather different ins and outs, but on the whole your average galactic history student would have a hard time telling the two societies apart on a multiple-guess quiz. which Douglas Adams could have written, and

"Think so. Very rocky? Lot like a quarry?" Ford nodded. "Yeah," the Doctor said, "think I've been there.", for obvious Old Skool Fan reasons.

[significantowl]

thank you very much!

I figured every fic needs at least one quarry joke. :D