Drabble: Divine Intervention [Spoilers for 4.02]

[wendymr]

Story: Divine Intervention
Author: wmr    wendymr
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble
Rated: G
Disclaimer: Playing with the BBC's characters again.
Spoilers: The Fires of Pompeii, Voyage of the Damned
Summary: Does she know what she's asking?

An alternative interpretation of a scene in FoP, inspired by a comment in sensiblecat's review of the episode, and by a brief

Comments

[nightrider101]

Wow. This is definitely food for thought.

His people burned; no magical gods to rescue them.

*sniff* Very powerful writing, Wendy. Thanks for sharing!

[wendymr]

Thank you very much! :)

[tvnerdgirl]

LOVE the last line.

[wendymr]

Thank you! It's a darker interpretation of that scene, but I thought it would be interesting to explore :)

[torn_eledhwen]

Hmmm, interesting thought. What does it make them? Has this set a precedent in Donna's mind? Does she understand what he said about flux and fixed points?

I hope this is going to be a theme, because it's an interesting one to explore. Great drabble.

[wendymr]

Yes, there are so many possible consequences of this view of things, aren't there? Who lives, who dies? Who decides? And what of the next time Donna sees someone dying? I think I'd like to see them do something with this, but then they probably feel they already have with Father's Day.

[karmi_zag]

Like always brilliant :)

But why he can save whole family in Pompeii, but couldn't let Pete Tyler live?

"...there's a man alive in the world who wasn't alive before. An ordinary man. That's the most important thing in creation! The whole world's different because he's alive!"

[nina_ds]

But why he can save whole family in Pompeii, but couldn't let Pete Tyler live?

I have to agree - that bothered me, too, and logically, he was right with Pete and wrong with the family, especially since there were four of them.

[wendymr]

Responded to that point here. I do think it's different from Pete's situation, though it still raises that whole moral question: does he have the right to decide who lives and who dies?

[nina_ds]

I think that's where my issue lies: the Doctor's right to decide and his attitude toward it. It's not even any one incident, but the accumulation of various things that have happened and the way they juxtapose each other. I think a lot of that was rattled by S3...but then, I had a couple of moments in S2, too, and it really does go all the way back to Harriet in TCI. Sigh.

[abstruse_fangrl]

Excellent, especially this line:

His people burned; no magical gods to rescue them.

[wendymr]

Thank you! :)