DW ficlet: Spoilers (1/1)

[torn_eledhwen]

Big spoilers in this for "Silence in the Library" - and every chance this will be thoroughly Jossed by Saturday's episode. What the heck, I can speculate.

Comments

[persiflage_1]

Ooh neat !!

Interesting that you've gone with the same idea that I have (on occasion) gone with - ie. Ten not having a regular travelling companion...

[torn_eledhwen]

Thanks! I'm pretty sure that's where River fits in. Otherwise, why the diary?

[persiflage_1]

Why indeed ?!

[lurker1860]

Brilliant!

Is it Saturday yet?

[torn_eledhwen]

No, but I wish it was! Thanks for commenting. :)

[gloriatempest]

Wow. I liked her a lot more in your fic than I did in the episode. :O)

[torn_eledhwen]

Thank you! I liked her in the episode - I can't wait to find out a bit more about her canonically speaking.

[fiducia]

Very nice!! I like this view from River's perspective. LOVELY! I can't wait to...watch the next ep on YouTube cuz I'm in the US and our SciFi channel is about 3-4 eps behind. DOH! Tee hee.

[torn_eledhwen]

Well, I'm in NZ, so am in a similar position! :) They haven't even started screening the new series here yet. Thanks for the comment!

[hence_the_name]

Oooh, I love how you've written River here, and her view of the Doctor. This especially struck me:

She’s learned over the years that the Doctor, for all his charm and energy and intelligence, is an inveterate liar.

YES. She sees him so clearly. I'm really interested to learn more about her character as well.

[torn_eledhwen]

I'm pleased you liked that description of him. Because I think he is a liar - he lies to everyone, constantly, including himself.

[hence_the_name]

Because I think he is a liar - he lies to everyone, constantly, including himself.

Yes, exactly. But I also like how you understand his dishonesty--it's almost always aimed at protecting someone (or himself)--and, as you write, he wouldn't be himself if he was scrupulously honest.

[torn_eledhwen]

Mmm. Particularly in this episode - he lies to Donna three times, I think (once about the psychic paper, once rather unsuccessfully about the helmets, and once about the teleports) and each time it's because he think it's best for her. Wrong, wrong, wrong, of course, but he's not being malicious or anything. Notably, though, he doesn't lie so much to people he doesn't know; so he doesn't lie to River at any point (I think), doesn't even try and pretend he knows her. Complicated bloke, the Doctor.