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Fic: UNIT Strange Weapons

Jul 14, 2009 21:02

Title: UNIT: Strange Weapons
Author: lost_spook
Rating: All Ages / Teen
Characters: Colonel Crichton, Bambera, Sarah Jane Smith, K9

Summary: UNIT 1985: Good scientific advisors are hard to find. Dr Webber discovers why when he’s expected to deal with zombies, aliens and Torchwood on his second day and his only help is a tin dog and a ghost. Colonel ( Read more... )

unit, doctor who, sarah jane smith, 1980s unit, fannish scribbles, colonel crichton, torchwood, winifred bambera, k9

Comments 9

jjpor July 14 2009, 21:18:46 UTC

I'm looking forward to reading this; I've been hankering after more Crichton fic ever since that one, and Sarah Jane, Bambera et al sound great. I haven't gotten around to reading the Colby/Leela stuff you posted the other day, but it's on my to-catch-up-with list.

lost_spook July 15 2009, 18:10:22 UTC

Thanks. Writing it longhand kept me happy amid the chaos and otherwise ficlessness of last week.

The Colby/Leela stuff is mostly scenes and it's all my fault for sending them to Africa. Next time I entertain myself with throwaway pieces I must remember not to include other characters and murders. I must also remind myself that AUs are bad for me, as I tend not to let go of things easily!

jjpor July 15 2009, 20:45:42 UTC

I sympathise completely; I speak as someone who is currently writing Torchwood fic centred around a couple of very minor supporting characters who a) nobody else remembers and b) couldn't care less about if they do. I don't know, the Colbys and Crichtons (and indeed Geralds and Harriets) often interest me more than some of the spotlight characters.

Still, some people seem to dig the oldy-timy stiff-upper-lipped alien fighter stuff; makes me wonder if original fic along similar lines might be a worthwhile project, but I can't really afford that sort of proliferation when I'm just trying to get some stuff done.

lost_spook July 15 2009, 21:10:49 UTC

Obviously, the five-minute cameos are one thing (that's the Crichtons and the Geralds and Harriets) but DW has all these film-length stories featuring characters who often get a lot of screen time (like Colby, Poul, Litefoot & Jagop and so on) - I only wonder that more people don't end up writing fic about them. :-D The cameos are, of course, even more fun. Heh.

I'm glad that you're writing something original and, yes, note that for Future Reference and progress with the current one - probably a sound plan. (Oldy-timy - is that the technical term for it?)

persiflage_1 July 15 2009, 05:12:07 UTC

We luffs teh Brig! :D

Beta-ish comments:

The funding’s nearly come to an end on that search post of yours

Shouldn't that be 'research post'?

He knelt down and packed up the machine.

"picked"

lost_spook July 15 2009, 07:06:39 UTC

1. Oh, yes,, it was.

2. No, he packed up the machine! He didn't pick it up till later. I'll have to make myself clearer, still, but I meant what I typed for a wonder. :-D

Thanks! Always much appreciated.

persiflage_1 July 15 2009, 07:09:21 UTC

No worries. I can't turn off beta-mode in my brain, alas!

belantana July 16 2009, 23:18:32 UTC

YAY spiky orange aliens, mind-controlled zombies and hapless scientific advisors! I also quite like Bambera. :)

lost_spook July 17 2009, 16:12:22 UTC

Thanks! :-) Bambera is, of course, a Real DW Character (unlike far too many of the others in this). (See the 7th Doctor story Battlefield in which she's the new Brigadier and gets an admirer -an AU Arthurian knight called Ancelyn. Bambera/Ancelyn is great fun. It's very odd to write Bambera and have no Ancelyn in this.)

Crichton is too, but he was only onscreen for 5 minutes. Heh.