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futuresoon July 24 2007, 17:03:11 UTC
“Hey,” Rose asked, some time after they’d returned from the glittering, infinite libraries of Enebe, “you know pretty much everything about the universe, right?”

“Not everything,” the Doctor said, affronted. “You can’t know everything, you’d go mad. I knew a fellow who tried to learn everything there was, and his head just popped right off.”

“You’re making that up,” Rose said scornfully.

“Cross my heart and swear to die. Anyway, no, don’t know everything, don’t want to know everything. Be a bit boring, knowing everything. There’d never be anything else to do.”

“But you know a lot, though,” Rose persisted. “You know stuff about every single planet we go to and you definitely know stuff about human history that wasn’t in the textbooks.”

“Did I ever tell you about the time I met Louis XIV? No, wait, you probably don’t want to know.”

“That’s my point, though! You know so much, and not just about humans. You could go anywhere in the universe, and we do, yeah, but we always end up coming back to Earth. What d’ye always want to hang ( ... )

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indyhat July 25 2007, 06:14:32 UTC
This is terrific - both character voices are spot-on and I can picture it all very clearly in my head :) Nicely done!

(one very minor nitpick: in the UK, it's always cross my heart and hope to die, but otherwise, this is perfect :)

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futuresoon July 25 2007, 06:21:26 UTC
Thanks! :D Clearly, never having written Rose before is no match for having seen the first season four times. And, man, I knew I'd mess up on the British somewhere or another. *goes to edit that*

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indyhat July 25 2007, 06:25:12 UTC
*g*

Honestly, I think just watching the episodes is the way to go, every time. You get a handle on who talks how. That's all I did to write Thompson ... *twitches*

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futuresoon July 25 2007, 06:26:43 UTC
*pats* There, there. It's all over now. Until you have to write him again. Be grateful I didn't go with my other prompt for your fic meme.

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indyhat July 25 2007, 06:28:00 UTC
Good lord, woman - what was your other prompt??

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futuresoon July 25 2007, 06:30:12 UTC
Thompson/Claude. On-the-job training.

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indyhat July 25 2007, 06:34:49 UTC
I hate you so much right now.

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futuresoon July 25 2007, 16:54:57 UTC
I do what I do best. *tips hat*

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indyhat July 25 2007, 16:58:14 UTC
Heh. BTW am just trying to wrap up your Claude + Bennet family story now - hoping to post it soon.

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