Doctor Who ficlet - SPOILERS
Hoo, I'm on a roll!
Saw "The Stolen Earth" yesterday on YouTube, and this morning, after I was woken up at 3:30 by a BIG boom of thunder and couldn't go back to sleep, this surfaced in my brain.
WARNING: If you are a Doctor Who fan who hasn't seen "Stolen Earth" yet and doesn't want to be spoiled, DON'T READ THIS! Otherwise...
Bad Timing by Sue DeNimme
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and its characters are the property of the BBC. No copyrights were harmed in the making of this fanfic.
Summary: The Doctor's thoughts in the last moments of "The Stolen Earth".
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!
This can't be happening, now of all times! Right bang in the middle of the worst crisis he's ever faced! His friends are depending on him, Earth is depending on him, the universe is depending on him. They need him strong and focused, not disoriented, vulnerable, and half off his head, as he always is afterwards, and there's no reason to think this time will be any different.
He should have seen that Dalek, should have dodged -- but no, all his attention had been on the slender golden figure running toward him. Rose, his lost Rose, suddenly, impossibly restored to him. Then a flash of white, and instead of her being in his arms again, he is in hers, on the ground, and he can't move for the agony, and he can barely feel her tears falling on his face, and then she and Jack are half carrying, half dragging him into the TARDIS.
Donna must be terrified. He's never talked to her about this, never prepared her. He is grateful to hear Rose explaining. Dear Rose...
No! He liked this incarnation! He's not ready!
Of course, that's what he always thinks.
But he has no choice in the matter, his body wants to live and doesn't care what it looks like, doesn't care about the situation or his companions. There are a lot of things he can stop, but he can't stop this.
Maybe this time I'll be ginger, is his last coherent thought.
~end
Oh, I posted "To Absent Friends" on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind yesterday (a humongous Who fic archive) and got a couple of really nice reviews so far.
Saw "The Stolen Earth" yesterday on YouTube, and this morning, after I was woken up at 3:30 by a BIG boom of thunder and couldn't go back to sleep, this surfaced in my brain.
WARNING: If you are a Doctor Who fan who hasn't seen "Stolen Earth" yet and doesn't want to be spoiled, DON'T READ THIS! Otherwise...
Bad Timing by Sue DeNimme
Disclaimer: Doctor Who and its characters are the property of the BBC. No copyrights were harmed in the making of this fanfic.
Summary: The Doctor's thoughts in the last moments of "The Stolen Earth".
Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO!
This can't be happening, now of all times! Right bang in the middle of the worst crisis he's ever faced! His friends are depending on him, Earth is depending on him, the universe is depending on him. They need him strong and focused, not disoriented, vulnerable, and half off his head, as he always is afterwards, and there's no reason to think this time will be any different.
He should have seen that Dalek, should have dodged -- but no, all his attention had been on the slender golden figure running toward him. Rose, his lost Rose, suddenly, impossibly restored to him. Then a flash of white, and instead of her being in his arms again, he is in hers, on the ground, and he can't move for the agony, and he can barely feel her tears falling on his face, and then she and Jack are half carrying, half dragging him into the TARDIS.
Donna must be terrified. He's never talked to her about this, never prepared her. He is grateful to hear Rose explaining. Dear Rose...
No! He liked this incarnation! He's not ready!
Of course, that's what he always thinks.
But he has no choice in the matter, his body wants to live and doesn't care what it looks like, doesn't care about the situation or his companions. There are a lot of things he can stop, but he can't stop this.
Maybe this time I'll be ginger, is his last coherent thought.
~end
Oh, I posted "To Absent Friends" on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind yesterday (a humongous Who fic archive) and got a couple of really nice reviews so far.