Story: Returning Echoes by Plingo_kat

[tardisbigbang]

Title: Returning Echoes
Author: Plingo_kat
Fandom: New Who, Torchwood
Characters/Pairings: Ninth Doctor, Master, Torchwood Team
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 20,177
Betas:

Summary: It's never a good thing when you cross timelines with yourself, the Doctor knows. It gets even worse if you involve a bunch of stupid apes and an old enemy. And don't

Comments

[donutsweeper]

It's taken me awhile to get to your story (so many bigbangs, so little time) but I'm so glad I have! Some bits I loved:

"Well don't tell me anything," the Doctor said. Jack almost laughed in relief at the familiar tone of his voice, the one that said you were an idiot and would you please just shut up now?

That is a perfect, absolutely perfect, way of describing that tone of Nine's.

And may I say your description of coffee as "life-giving liquid" is spot-on and very, very true?

I love that the Doctor calls Jack "lad" like he did back in Boom Town. And banana reference FTW!

He had gone from a self-loathing conman to a hero. Rose from a shop-girl to intergalactic adventurer. The Doctor changed people. Made them better. Or perhaps just pulled the better part out of them, whether they wanted it or not. great look at how the Doctor affects his companions here

It didn't go unnoticed, the Doctor tucking the fact away in a file labeled "Jack Harkness" held in his mind. Little bits and pieces already in that particular folder were

[paranoidangel42]

I do like the idea of Nine meeting Jack before Jack does :)