Altered History: Time Trials (3/11)

[tkel_paris]

Title: Time Trials
Series: Altered History
Genre: Doctor Who
Rating: T/M (dark Doctor, character death, extreme danger)
Summary: Eight does not want to answer a mysterious - and diverted - call to come to The Library, but Donna won't let him shirk his duty. Yet the dangers there echo ones from the past, and the Doctor has never been so close to

Comments

[bas_math_girl]

It was wonderful to see the Doctor being a bit more open and referring to an adventure his Fourth incarnation had (was Funworld a Big Finish adventure or one of your creation?).

“Not all of Gallifrey supported the peace created by my actions, Donna. You noticed that, surely.”
I'm intrigued by this. When did Donna go there? It would seem that I missed a bit... *goes to check*

The appearance of River really got up his nose, didn't it! Deliciously so.

[tkel_paris]

It's a BF adventure from "Classic Doctors, New Monsters, Vol 2". (Or is it the other way around...?) Four and Eight EACH had a VN encounter ("Night of the Vashta Nerada" and "Day of the Vashta Nerada", respectively), and each one was unnerving in its own way. Here Eight's willing to talk because he knows Donna is best protected if she knows something about what they're up against; then he hopes she won't argue with his instructions.

Remember, she visited Gallifrey at the end of the Pompeii adventure? I glossed over the whole discussion of whether to accept the peace with Karn bit, and the efforts to heal both worlds. I figure the nature of the peace was what got on the wicks of certain Time Warts. ;)

Oh, yes. Pretty sure Moley LOVED that bit. :D

[docdonna]

I’m thinking that Donna will be teaching their different children her street smarts and just in case smarts like breaking down doors etc.
I’m betting that the Doctor will be worried that the only reason that her loser boyfriends didn’t hurt her was because of her door breaking and self defense skills…I’m betting that he’s really going to want the names of these boyfriends

I wonder where Donna was when Eight told Romana about the VN encounter…was she safely in the TARDIS or talking with Leela and Andred more or were all 3 safely in the TARDIS while Romana was being briefed?

I guess Eight really thinks that River literally stinks…

[tkel_paris]

I bet Donna has a whole list of things she's going to teach any child she has. And those will be among them.

Ah, yes. Perhaps that'll happen. Even as a friend.

It would've been while they were still on Gallifrey two stories ago. I suspect Leela drew Donna aside while the Doctor had to quietly speak with Romana.

The more I read about how River came to be, the more shocked I am that any of the Doctors could stand her. TBH.