Comments | locker_monster: Doctor Who fic: Mistaken Deity (1/1)

locker_monster

Doctor Who fic: Mistaken Deity (1/1)

Mar 06, 2016 22:17

Title: Mistaken Deity (1/1)
Rating: G
Word Count: 995
Characters: Donna, Ten
Timeline: Set post-"The Fires of Pompeii"
Summary: Donna discovers a relic from their adventure in Pompeii.
Disclaimer: It all belongs to the BBC.
A/N: Entry for who_contest's "Anachronism" challenge.

( She had done her best to get him to explain what was going on, but the Time Lord had thought showing her would be more fun. So here they were, on the Moon, in some unknown century, in a museum that was closed for the night. )

doctor who, fanfic, donna noble, ten

Comments 9

a_phoenixdragon March 7 2016, 19:06:19 UTC

Beautiful...so, so well done!

*HUGS*

locker_monster March 9 2016, 18:00:00 UTC

Thank you! I really struggled to find the right tone for this. I didn't want to make light of what happened in Pompeii.

serenityslady March 8 2016, 16:18:53 UTC

Lovely. Really, really lovely. I had often wondered if that slab would be survived the ages.

locker_monster March 9 2016, 18:03:14 UTC

Thanks! Caecilius knew his marble, so I'm sure the carving was made to last. ;-)

dancingdragon3 March 20 2016, 02:16:30 UTC

One moment of kindness from you changed their lives. Your compassion, their gratitude, it's forever frozen in time.

OMG, that legit made me tear up. Especially knowing what happens to Donna. That was so moving, and well written, and just a perfect missing scene. Also, one of my favorite episodes, and my favorite companion. So, seriously, thank you for this.

locker_monster March 20 2016, 17:43:31 UTC

Aw, thanks for reading. Yeah, since Donna can't remember her adventures with the Doctor, I like the notion that her influence still lives on and all that she did is never forgotten.

dm12 April 6 2016, 19:22:19 UTC

Nicely done! That was the episode that set the tone of how very good Donna was for the Doctor. How she literally shared his burden, then worked within the system to try and do what she could to save someone.

As the Doctor said when he returned Donna at the end, while she could remember nothing, the entire universe will remember her. This moment, her compassion and their gratitude, frozen in time.... you said it beautifully.

locker_monster April 7 2016, 16:23:43 UTC

Aw, thank you. The end of "The Fires of Pompeii" is definitely one of the great scenes between the Doctor and Donna. The marble relief from their adventure is just one of those things that can spark so many fic ideas.

dm12 April 7 2016, 17:22:00 UTC

The whole episode was well done. From showcasing how Donna argues on behalf of others, isn't afraid to call the Doctor on his arrogance, gets the information she (and he) needs to get to the resolution, all the way to pushing that lever right along with him once she realizes it's the only way, then respecting his views on obeying the rules of Time, when she asked him to save someone. She knew the whole town was lost, but they still could do something.

A much more mature companion than the others that seem to travel with him, and a true breath of fresh air!

As for the marble relief, I've seen a few stories about it. One of them had post-metacrisis Donna visiting a museum display about Pompeii and she gets flashes of memory, sparking off a crisis. Others have them visiting Rome again where there is a whole worship cult around that... scary, actually!