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Doyle
The Great Bikini Incident (The Key to Time Remix)
Fandom: Buffy, Doctor Who (cross-over)
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Dawn’s suspicious of the three electricity inspectors outside her sister’s Rome apartment.
Review: The worlds of Buffy and Doctor Who fit together really well in this. It's interesting to see Dawn's opinions of the Doctor, Jack and Rose. It is quite funny with Jack being Jack more than once. I also really liked how the remix subtitle was so clever, since it means something in both fandoms.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux VI: The Great Bikini Incident
agapi42
Linear Loop
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah/Harry
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 07-10-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Living a linear life just means that time travel takes a bit longer.
Review: This is short but sweet. It tells the story of how Sarah got back from Aberdeen using a really clever idea. But as well as that, the characters are very well characterised and other events are in there that Sarah mentioned in School Reunion. It's very beautifully written as well.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - agapi42: Linear Loop
AJK
Homecoming
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: After being dropped off at the end of The Hand Of Fear, Sarah finally makes it back home.
Review: It's hard to say much about this because it's quite short. But there's a lovely sweet relationship between Sarah and Harry in here. There's also a whole load of things that make you think what would have happened to Sarah's house while she was away. There is some dodgy puncuation going on there but given that I'd read it a few times before I noticed, it's good enough to overlook.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Amy Wolf
Harry and the Tuesday Girl
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Harry/?
Themes: Angst, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 03-12-2006
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: He should know about nameless and eccentric by now.
Review: I read this without knowing who the Tuesday Girl in the title was at the start, hence me not giving it in the pairing. The story does give you clues as to her identity really well, so that by the time Harry works it out, we do too.
It's also quite a sweet romance story for Harry, who is perfectly in character throughout, being slightly clueless. Whereas Sarah thinks she's got it all worked out.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Anne (cookie2697)
To Be With My Love on Christmas Day
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Het
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Rose
Themes: Drama, romance, seasonal
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 23-12-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Still...there was something to be said about the familiarity of a place at the holidays. And so it was that the Doctor found himself materializing in that old familiar alley at the Powell Estates, on the evening of Christmas Day, very nearly two years after he lost Rose Tyler into a parallel universe.
Review: This is a beautiful, slightly wistful 'what if' fic. Written before Voyage of the Damned aired but set afterwards, it's a Christmas fic about hope for tomorrow. I loved the Doctor in this one, less manic than normal but fitting for the type of fic, and the attention to the details of the Who-verse. It's one of those fics that leaves you with a warm, happy, fuzzy feeling so it's perfect for the season but at the same time it leaves you wondering what happened next. Curl up with some chocolate and enjoy this one.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - cookie2697: To Be With My Love on Christmas Day
AstroGirl
Old Soldiers
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (World War Three, The Christmas Invasion, Army of Ghosts)
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: What the UNIT family was doing during some of the major events from the new series.
Review: This is the Brigadier's story mostly, and he's great in it. He might be older, but he's still doing the same old stuff and the characterisation of him in this is excellent. It's interesting to see how his way of doing things differs from what we see the characters in the new series do. The last line's particularly good too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: unit_family: Old Soldiers
atraphoenix
Once Upon a Time
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Ian/Barbara
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Some day you will be old enough to start reading fairy tales again. - CS Lewis
Review: At first it seems like an odd idea, making Ian a fan of fairy tales, but it really works. Their themes are woven throughout the story and the events that Ian experiences. After reading it it's hard to imagine that this isn't exactly how Ian thinks of them.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - atraphoenix: Once Upon A Time
bibliophile1887
Put Away Childish Things
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Steven/Dodo
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 07-09-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: After stumbling into the TARDIS, Dodo realizes that the Doctor and Steven Taylor need her. Although not in the same way. And she's intent on convincing Steven of that. A sickeningly sweet and touching story.
Review: Dodo is intent on making Steven realise his feelings for her match hers for him. You can see how they get closer in the segments of the story connected directly with the episodes. The last scene is quite sad and hopeful. Because it's written from Dodo's point of view you can't quite tell from Steven's actions what he feels, so I like that it's ambiguous - we only know as much as Dodo knows at any point.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Calapine
Everything I Needed to Know About Being a Woman I Learned from Humans
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The Doctor is a woman. This is a bit of a change for her. As it would be.
Review: This is the fic that introduced me to the whole Girl!Doctor idea. In it, the Doctor panics, understandably, and ends up at Sarah Jane's, who is entirely practical, as you'd expect really as someone who's spent time with the Fourth Doctor. I really the Doctor in this, as she worries about all sorts of things she's never previously considered. And their shopping trip is quite funny.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Unlicensed Time Traveller
Calavarna
Touching the Void
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: NC-17
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: When Ianto finds himself in wartime London and in the clutches of a strange but familiar conman, he struggles to find a balance between revealing the future and creating a paradox. Meanwhile, Jack tries to get Ianto back while dealing with a head full of memories that aren't his own.
Review: I find it hard to be convinced by most Jack/Ianto stories, so the fact that I'm reviewing this tells you how good it was. Because it's set in two different times, one with the Jack we see in Doctor Who and the other with the Jack we see in Torchwood, it's good to see the differences between them. And there are a lot of differences, which Ianto spots too.
It's those differences, along with the explanation of them that make this story so interesting.
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Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Camilla Sandman
Today's Not Over Yet
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Tomorrow, the world is ending, and today, he is happy.
Review: This is the Eighth Doctor and the Time War and is so sad. There are humourous moments in it when the Doctor mucks about with famous people in history but somehow they just make it sadder with the knowledge of what he is about to do and how much it's going to hurt.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Casira
Forgetting the Nightmare
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Slash
Pairing: Ninth Doctor/Jack
Themes: Drama, first time, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 03-07-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Wherein neither Jack nor the Doctor can get any sleep, but for very different reasons.
Review: The plot outline sounds like this should be a pure, unplotty PWP. Except there's plot and it's the ideas and characterisation that make this fic stand out.
Casira has a good handle on the Doctor and Jack - quite rare - and manages to write an R-rated fic without losing sight of that. It's short but doesn't feel rushed, well-written and has an atmosphere that is just right.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: tales from the fringe: Forgetting the Nightmare
Cryptile
Downtime
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama, episode tag or fix (The Christmas Invasion/New Earth (S2))
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: So much for leaving at Christmas . . .
Review: This fic fills in that gap between The Christmas Invasion and New Earth, stretching that period out a bit and thereby fixing a some minor continuity...errors.
It's an interesting fic because it captures the newly regenerated Ten perfectly. Cryptile has thought about the character and his transition and put it into words that fit. There are some great images in here, particularly the graffiti (needs to be read to understand), and some interesting insights into the other characters. At heart, though, it's about the Doctor and finishing the transition that began in The Christmas Invasion.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon And An Open Mind: Downtime
donutsweeper
Legends and Legacies
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: An old friend needs Jack's help. Is her disappearance a result of something he did in the 1950's or is the legend of Lake Ronkonkoma to blame? Or perhaps something even more sinister? Jack, Tosh, and Ianto attempt to find out what happened in time to save his friend.
Review: What I particularly enjoyed about this story is that although half of it is set in the past, with Jack as the only character we know, the mystery is so intriguing that the story could have not had any elements in the present at all and I'd still have been hooked. Of course, the present elements improve it, and without them the mystery would never have been solved.
The original characters are really well written and are interesting to read in their own right.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Doyle
How the Life Goes On
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: “Of all the flowerbeds in all the gardens in all of South-East England, you had to end up in mine.”
Review: I love the subtle humour in this, it gives the piece a great style while being quite ordinary, really. Well, as ordinary as someone like Sarah Jane can get, anyway. Most of the humour comes from Sarah's observations on the Doctor. That it's all in character just makes it funnier. And K9 totally steals the show.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Doyle
As Ordinary Things Often Do
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Rose/Benton, Martha/Harry
Themes: AU, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 07-10-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Benton and Harry need a TARDIS. Rose and Martha have one.
Review: It's an interesting AU where you get to see Rose living her life after the Doctor leaves her in the parallel world. It's interesting to see her with Martha and them being good friends. And Benton and Harry are so gentlemanly. All four of them are quite funny together. And then there's the Brigadier at the end, with Rose and Martha's friend.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - doyle_sb4: As Ordinary Things Often Do
eponymous_rose
Le quattro stagioni (The Four Seasons)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A year is a complicated thing, beginnings and endings and lives and deaths stretching on and on into infinity. Travelling through time has a tendency to complicate matters still further.
Review: This is four short stories that are all different but all fit together. They're also all slightly differently themed. Autumn has an ending that leaves a lump in your throat and then to counteract it winter has the Doctor and Romana with one of their usual arguments. It's easy to tell there's a lot more going on than what's said in these.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
hhertzof
Out of Time
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: After Dreamland Sarah wakes up in a world not her own, to discover that her life has become a battleground in the Time War.
Review: This has a really complicated plot of alternate timelines and terrible consequences of the Time War. I liked the glimpses into the different possible futures Sarah could have had.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: hhertzof
HonorH
The Life Fantastic
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Het
Pairing: Nine/Rose
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: She’s back in his arms, and he is in love. There’s no use denying it anymore. It’s the strangest, silliest thing in the universe, but at the moment, it’s the only thing that makes sense. He’s in love with Rose Tyler.
Review: The main reason to read this fic is because it's good. The writing is good, the characterisation is there and it's completely absorbing.
It's also an interesting character study of the Ninth Doctor and, by extension, of Rose. I loved the thought that went into this fic and the careful attention to detail. She brings in details from the old series to make it all tie together.
The voices of the characters, Rose, the Doctor and Jack, are all there and she has some lovely scenes that I could see and hear in my mind as I read them. It's angsty, thoughtful and just right for this Doctor.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: honorh: The Life Fantastic
hooly4slad
Welcome Aboard
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 03-07-2005
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: What passed between the Doctor and Jack the first night they spent together aboard the TARDIS?
Review: 'Read this because it's one of the few Doctor Who fics that haven't made me cringe' possibly isn't the best recommendation, until you realise how rare it is for me to read Doctor Who fic and just how bad some of the things that I've been venturing into have been. This is really a very good fic.
It's set immediately after Captain Jack joins the TARDIS crew. I've noticed that Captain Jack, one of my favourite characters, seems to be a difficult one for fanfic authors to get a decent handle on. He too often descends into caricature - the author of this fic gets him just right and conveys the beginnings of a friendship with the Doctor beautifully. It had the same kind of tone as the episodes and provides a nice tag to the episode, filling in details that the show writers brushed over.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: doctorslashjack: Welcome Aboard
Irena K
Where Ever I May Roam
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: In which there are phone calls, text messages, friends who let friends drunk-dial and Torchwood.
Review: This is just lovely, fun piece between Martha, the Doctor, Jack and next season's spoilery companion. Often fics that are a series of phone calls, texts and messages don't work - it's a tough medium to write in - but this one really does. It tells a story, it's laugh out loud funny and it tells us a little about the characters, too. The author has captured the voices and made it all feel real, even though the story is told entirely in dialogue. If you're looking for a fun fic to while away half an hour, this is one for you.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - irenak-fiction: Where Ever I May Roam
Jeri Massi
Death and Chocolate
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10+ chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: The Third Doctor and Sarah Jane investigate strange goings-on at a place called the Royalty House, a chocolate company.
Review: This reads like it could be an episode of Doctor Who. There's some lovely stuff between the Doctor and Sarah Jane, and great Sarah Jane stuff in general. There's a mystery, or possibly more than one and the whole question of whether the Doctor can work it out in time, or whether Sarah will get there first.
There's only two bad things about this. First, it's written in American English - I just can't see Sarah saying words like gotten, but the whole thing is good enough to overlook the comparitively few words of American English. The second bad thing is that reading this story really made me want to eat chocolate!
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Jeri's Pages
Kesomon
In Which Ace and Hex Done Sex
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Title says it all.
Review: It's too short to say much about, except that the title doesn't necessarily say anything. The ending made me laugh.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Kiara Sayre
Occupation
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: After certain events in Cardiff, UNIT takes over Torchwood III.
Review: The UNIT people are so cool interacting with the Torchwood people. Ace is beautifully grown up in this, happily being in charge of explosives. It's obvious who the new doctor is just from the description of how he acts. The only trouble with this story is that I'd love to see it for real.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: unit_family: Occupation
KickAir 8P~
Five Things That Didn’t Happen.....
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 20-06-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Five unrelated AU ficlets. I just wrote 'em to get 'em out of my head while I was working on something else. Some angst, some joy, some humor, and some OMG-I-can't-believe-she-wrote-that!
Review: I'm always a sucker for a good Five Things fic, so this was a good read. It's primarily the 9th and 10th Doctors, but KickAir incorporates elements from original and new series without difficulty. You don't strictly need to have watched the original series, but a couple of the Things will have more resonance if you're familiar with it. KickAir comes up with some interesting potential AUs, the first one probably being my least favourite and I thoroughly enjoyed the rest. The second has echoes of an 'Age of Steel' question that I've been discussing with friends lately and it's always good to see Sarah-Jane return.
If you're looking for decent Doctor Who fic and enjoy Five Things fics, you'll probably find at least a couple of Things that you really enjoy here.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: KickAir 8P~: Five Things That Didn’t Happen.....
Livii
Stormy Weather
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Slash
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 'I am the storyteller at the end of time. I know how it ends. It ends like this...'
Review: There is a dreamy quality about this fic that makes it beautiful. It's Martha and Romana I at the end of the world, which shouldn't work but really does.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Livii
'literally, stars in their eyes'
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Slash
Pairing: Doctor/Master
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: The universe isn't big enough for the two of them. AU after Claws of Axos.
Review: This is funny. Of course the Doctor and the Master stuck together would argue and the Master would try to kill the Doctor, but it's the way he's does it, and mostly the way livii describes it that makes it so funny. I don't really like the Master that much, but I really liked this story.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Livii
Fall Fast, Fall Free (Fall With Me)
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Het
Pairing: Steven/Dodo
Themes: AU, drama, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 07-09-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The stories they tell are not true; it travels in time as well as in space. Steven and Dodo, and what wasn't.
Review: I'd describe it as more of a mood story, since it has little snippets of scenes put together to paint a picture. It's beautiful and sad. Livii uses language really well so you can see the emotions in every little thing the characters do.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Livii
Sugar, Sugar
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Het
Pairing: Martha/Harry
Themes: Episode tag or fix (1969), humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 1969 has unexpected pleasures.
Review: Harry's so perfectly Harry in this. It's a great idea of him and Martha meeting when she's stuck in 1969. Young Harry's just so amusing, and it's even more interesting putting him with a woman that's even more modern by his standards. The short scenes with Martha and the Doctor work really well as a contrast to the Martha/Harry bits, and the things the Doctor does are funny and very Tenth Doctorish.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
lizbee
The Christmas Forecast
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama, episode tag or fix (The Christmas Invasion), seasonal
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 23-12-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Tegan has her own perspective on the Sycorax invasion.
Review: There isn't much Tegan fic out there so it's always a treat to find some. This Tegan has grown older and matured, but she hasn't completely put away her time with the Doctor. It's a fascinating insight into the mind of a former companion and the details of Christmas in Australia give the fic that a depth that makes it live.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - lizbee: The Christmas Forecast
LizBee
Streams
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Slash
Pairing: Martha/Romana II
Themes: AU, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A non-linear love story.
Review: This fic does exactly what is says in the summary, but it does it really well. It's well-written with good characterisation and just the right touch of humour. As an exploration of a slightly unusual relationship complicated by crossing time-streams, the fic works really well without getting confusing. We know approximately where in each time line we are at all times and she matches the characterisation to that. It's a great little fic.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - dw_femslash: Streams
Lydia Hunter
Red Tape
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor, vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Ever wondered about the red tape and paperwork hassle involved when the Doctor became an official part of UNIT?
Review: This is so short that it's hard to say much about it without giving it away. The (Third) Doctor's answers to Benton's questions for his bureaucractic forms are perfectly reasonable, for him, just don't fit into the boxes. The ending, in particular, is the part that made me laugh out loud.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Meddow
Upon the Upland Road
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, dark fic, drama, episode tag or fix (Last of the Time Lords)
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 30-07-2008
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: With the Master in power and the Doctor missing, a diary, a watch and an old wedding gift send Donna Noble, Sarah Jane Smith and Clyde Langer on a mission to save a planet. But the planet they are saving may not be their own.
Review: This story was hard in places, not because of bad writing but because it deals with the Year That Never Was. When you start to examine that idea in detail you start to appreciate the full horror of what happened to the world in that time and Meddow does a great job with it. She doesn't leave everything hopeless, though. As with the episode, there is a spark of hope in the darkness.
The most interesting thing is that this fic doesn't deal with any of the characters we see on screen, but rather with how Donna, Sarah Jane and the other SJA characters fare during the time. The characterisation is just right and the ideas are huge but well done. It's a fic that stays with you long after finishing and the writing captures the heart of the ideas.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Meredith
Now You See Her
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 07-09-2007
Length: 10+ chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: On a routine visit to a perfectly harmless planet, Rose is kidnapped and the Doctor discovers a massive government conspiracy. Well, every planet has its dirty laundry...
Review: This fic is both humorous and adventurous at the same time. It's the writing style and the sense of how ridiculous the Doctor can sometimes be that lends it the humour and a great plot that reads almost like an episode that provides the adventure. Meredith captures the Ninth Doctor and his idiosyncrasies just right and I love her comments on how other people see him. It's satisfying, fun, well-written and a good afternoon's occupation so go ahead and read it right now.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Meredith T. Tasaki
But I Hope
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-05-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Jackie makes mistakes, and learns. You deserve the world, Jackie Tyler. And you've raised a daughter who won't settle for anything less.
Review: As other people have been saying about this fic, there just isn't enough good Jackie Tyler fic out there. This one has terrific characterisation and the author has really thought about the character. It's not about Jackie in the context of the Doctor or just about her and Rose. It's really a Jackie-centric fic and I love the character Meredith lets us see.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Fanfic.Net: Meredith T. Tasaki
MinervaFan
Heroes and Heretics
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Ian/Barbara
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Adjusting to life back on Earth isn't easy for Barbara Wright and Ian Chesterton.
Review: This is a great look at what happened to Ian and Barbara after they got back to Earth: getting married and trying to deal with real life. What they do afterwards is ordinary really, but being them, it's not really. The events in it are a good way to look at how their relationship changes over time too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
MinervaFan
Here Be Dragons!
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Het
Pairing: Four/Sarah
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: In order to get a rare substance for the TARDIS, Harry and Sarah must get married. Too bad the Doctor didn't give them much advance warning.
Review: It's an old idea of two people being forceably married in order to get the parts they need on an alien planet. But there's a twist and it's amusing and heartbreaking in turn as we see Harry and the Doctor's feelings for Sarah and her feelings for them.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Mireille
Five Planets Rose Tyler Never Visited
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-04-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Five planets the Doctor never took Rose to, and the things that didn't happen there.
Review: This is set just after 'The End of the World', so there are a few spoilers for that episode. There are also a couple of references to classic Doctor Who episodes, but at a level where readers new to Doctor Who won't have any trouble. In fact, that's one of the things that this fic does well - giving little nods for classic DW fans but keeping it just as enjoyable and readable for new fans.
What stood out in this fic was the understanding of the relationship between Rose and the Doctor - how different and similar they are at the same time. It's used to great effect here and really is the basis for the trip that the Doctor takes Rose on. If you're looking for a well-written fic reads between the lines of the characters, this is for you.
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Archive: mireille719: Five Planets Rose Tyler Never Visited
misbegotten
Elsewhen
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Nine/Rose
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: ...just when she wants to scream in frustration he looks back and puts out his hand.
Review: Someone described this fic as a delightfully disjointed fic and there isn't a better way to describe it. The fic is a series of moments that tie together to create a wonderful whole. It's short but packs a lot into a few, well-crafted words.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: misbegotten: Elsewhen
mllelaurel
In the Absence
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Slash
Pairing: Romana II/Rose
Themes: Angst, AU, first time, H/C
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Torchwood gets an alien visitor, but it's not the one Rose has been waiting for.
Review: Pulling off a ship fic between two characters who have never met in canon is tough, but this author did a great job. I love her Rose and she did a superb job with Romana II. It's not really an introspective fic, yet at the same time it is thoughtful and insightful. It is also a fic with an interesting core idea that is done well and keeps you glued. Even with my limited knowledge of Romana II I knew what was happening and why without any clunky exposition. A great little fic.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Morgeil
Bad Ideas
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (Season 2: The Romans), humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Sometimes, Ian just doesn't think...
Review: This is a short fic set during The Romans. It's a nice moment between Ian and Barbara and is in keeping with the tone of the original episodes too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Netgirl
This Sporting Life
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 40-100KB
Plot: Sarah Jane thought that she had quite enough troubles already, what with the bright purple man-eating aliens living in the Thames. Then the Doctor turned up with a new face, an inexplicably northern accent and a sex crazed American in tow.
Review: I love Jack in this being Jack and flirting with everything in sight, most particularly Sarah. K-9's great in this too, stunning people and wanting to be walked. The Doctor is definitely recognisably the Ninth Doctor in this. The purple aliens are a really cool idea too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Archive at the End of the Universe: Netgirl
Netgirl
The Idiot's Guide to Foiling Alien Invasions
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Jackie and Mickey save the day by bickering, drinking lots of tea and spending a lot of time in the pub in the middle of the day.
Review: This is another novel from the Big Bang challenge and it is just excellent. I was laughing out loud at sections and simply couldn't put it down. Mickey and Jackie are just so *them* and that's where the humour comes from. Their interaction with other characters from the series (and from the Sarah Jane series) was wonderful because so much of the humour in this fic is about people and their reactions to the weirdness around them.
The clever thing is how well it all fits into the established canon while bringing in characters that hadn't been introduced in the Doctor Who canon at the time this fic is set. As well having a good eye for characterisation, humour and dialogue, Netgirl writes a good plot that makes complete sense for our heroes and wouldn't be completely out of place in Doctor Who canon. It's long, it's plotty and it's just pure fun.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Netgirl
Dramatic Farewells
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Slash
Pairing: Nyssa/Tegan
Themes: H/C, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: The annoying thing about Nyssa, the really annoying thing, was that it was impossible to stay angry at her for any length of time.
Review: This fic surprised me by making the pairing believable. Netgirl gets under the skin of Tegan and presents a Nyssa that's a little easier to like than the one we often see. It's a short piece, but it packs a lot into a few words.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: The Archive at the End of the Universe: Netgirl
nostalgia
Catalyst
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 17-09-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 'So in 1982, the Doctor becomes, for a week, a chemistry teacher.'
Review: This is an excellent combination of young Ace and the Tenth Doctor, where he proves to be an interesting chemistry teacher and she is certainly an interesting student. The great thing about this is it makes perfect sense given what we know about the two of them. In amongst the slightly humourous aspects, there's a nice contrast of the Doctor spending time with a friend he hasn't seen for a while.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
nostalgia
Want
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Slash-het mixed
Pairing: Ten/Rose, Ten/Everyone
Themes: Angst, vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 19-05-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: And then there's the body. The body and the fact that when he flirts with people, he's suddenly a lot more open to delivering on the promise.
Review: It's hard to categorise this fic. It's an internal monologue, but not really, and it's thinking about things that I hadn't really thought would work, but that make sense in the way they're written. Part of the beauty of this fic is the way it's written. nostalgia_lj has got under the skin of a Doctor that we don't see on the screen, but you can see how she's found him in those unsaid moments and through reading between the lines and the tone of the fic just works for it.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: time_and_chips: Want
orbythesea
Substitute
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah Jane/Harry
Themes: Angst, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Harry never saw himself falling for a woman who was incapable of loving him back.
Review: This is set when Sarah first comes back to Earth after the Doctor leaves her in Aberdeen. It's sweet and angsty and in character for both Sarah and Harry. But mostly it's something I can entirely see happening. Which only makes it more sad.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
orbythesea
Andromeda
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah/Harry
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 20-01-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: 'It's not that she wants him to leave, not exactly. It's just that she's afraid he'll stay.'
Review: If Sarah and Harry have any sort of relationship beyond friends then this is how it must be. It's so beautifully written and the tense that it's in really pulls you into the story along for the ride with the characters. It's utterly heartbreaking, both on its own and because it's so true to who the characters are.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
padawanpooh
Facets
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Het
Pairing: Doctor/Rose
Themes: Action/adventure, angst, drama, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-05-2007
Length: 10+ chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: To save her Doctor's future, Rose has to go back in time and meet all previous incarnations of the Timelord. There'll be danger, humour, romance and adventure!
Review: The summary is a pretty good description of what happens, leaving out the fact that this is a good, meaty fic and the writer has studied all the Doctors well enough to get their personalities alive on the page. She doesn't stint on the companions, either, working them into the stories when appropriate and writing them well. The variety of stories that she tells within the story arch of 'Facets' is also great.
I haven't read the sequels yet, but I can promise that 'Facets' is a great, fun story with a hint of something darker every now and again and wonderful Doctor characterisations. It's rare to find a good, long Doctor Who story and this is one of them.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Pete Galey
Two Smiths
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: The tenth Doctor became human to hide from the Family of Blood in a sleepy town on the eve of the Great War. But both he and they are surprised when a second John Smith turns up, looking uncannily like the Doctor's seventh incarnation.
Review: This is a really interesting story, marrying up the two versions of Human Nature and making them both exist in the same canon. Which I wouldn't have thought was possible, but Pete Galey not only does it really well, but adds in other Doctor Who elements that seem to contradict and makes them make sense too.
So not only is it very clever, but it's also very well written. Although it references a lot of Doctor Who mythology, you don't have to know it all for it to make sense.
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Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Primsong
The Annual UNIT Picnic
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The Brigadier and UNIT attempt to enjoy their annual summer picnic, except for an odd alien occurrence which isn't the Doctor's fault, of course.
Review: It's really amusing (by which I mean funny, just not laugh out loud funny). And it's just typical of that era with the way the characters react to each other and the situation. I can just see this happening between stories in the series.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Rain
Ghost in the Machine
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 13-05-2007
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Rose is lost in time. Cue a rollercoaster ride of comedy, tragedy, misunderstandings, miracles and faces from the past.
Review: The summary doesn't do justice to this fic. It's a more serious fic than it sounds, occasionally funny but also moving. The ideas in it are fascinating and Rain describes it all in a way that makes it alive in your head. It's a long, solidly-written story that will keep you absorbed to the end.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Raven
After Ever Happily
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: There are no monsters on Gallifrey. Nothing chases children through their dreams, no ghosts, no bogeymen, no bears on the pavement cracks.
Review: This story is so beautifully written that I knew I'd be reccing it within two paragraphs. It's about the Doctor, in his many re-incarnations, and fairy stories. It's also about the people he loves. It's a series of short vignettes that tie together and make a greater whole. The images are vivid and the writing has just the right touch of calm dreaminess. Beautiful.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: loneraven: After Ever Happily
Regala Electra
Parts
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: NC-17
Type: Het
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Rose
Themes: Action/adventure, first time, humor, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: 'You've been looking.' So long as she's looking and not touching, she figures she'll be fine.
Review: I'm reccing this primarily because it's well-written and draws you in from the first paragraph. There's warm, gentle humour laced throughout and the writer got the voices right. I've tagged this as action/adventure, but it's action that's directed to getting the Doctor and Rose to a specific point in their relationship. If you're in the mood for some good, light Ten/Rose fic then this is for you.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: regala_electra: Parts
Rhondda Lake
Perfume
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: NC-17
Type: Het
Pairing: Nine/Rose
Themes: Angst, drama, first time, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 2+ chapters, most parts 25KB or under
Plot: Scent is one of the strongest senses. It can trigger so many things, memories, hunger, desire...
Review: This story is a sensual story. It's not just the romance or the rating, it's the descriptions of smells and sounds throughout the fic. As you can guess from the title, scent is at the centre of the plot and Rhondda uses it beautifully to paint vivid pictures in your mind.
It's also long enough to really get involved in the story, something that I always like, and the voices have been captured just right. I didn't think that anyone could write believable NC-17 Doctor Who fic, but somehow Rhondda did it and in style.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon And An Open Mind: Perfume
rickmaniac101
Not One Line
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/River Song
Themes: AU, drama, episode tag or fix (Silence in the Library/Forest of the Dead S4), romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The Doctor and River always begin things at the end. This is their life.
Review: This is a fic that I read because it sounded interesting but I didn't think that I would actually review it. A Doctor/River fic published within a few days of the episode? Why would I want to do that?
The thing is that this is a great fic. It plays around with the idea of a non-linear life to explain so much about the Doctor and River. It keeps both of them in character and extrapolates what they might be like at various stages of their life in a way that's completely believable. Time travel stories are inevitably difficult to construct because the core story-line has to be kept in mind while taking snapshots from it and mixing them up. So to have a story written this well that makes sense and leaves you genuinely caring for everyone is a treat.
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Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind: Index
Rivendellrose
Best Served Hot
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Harry/Sarah
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: An inspiring tale in which Harry Sullivan finally wreaks vengeance on his most hated foe.
Review: The whole thing's so amusing. The set-up is that Harry takes Sarah out to a posh seafood restaurant for dinner and won't tell her why. The reason, once it emerges is amusing (yet strangely logical). Then the way Harry acts over dinner is amusing too. But what really sells it is the humorous prose.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Rivendellrose
A Time of Grace
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Type: Het
Pairing: Romana/Doctor
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Romana returns, but an old enemy reappears as well. To protect what's left of Gallifrey, she travels time and space searching for a chance for the future and a way to escape the past.
Review: I never thought Romana was the most interesting companion, but it doesn't matter in this story. She's a lot more interesting, for a start. It's essentially the story of what Romana does during the Time War, but with a load of characters we already know popping up. And they're not just cameos shoe-horned in either, it all makes sense.
It's hard not to give anything away regarding the guest stars or the plot twists. They all surprised me, but they were happy surprises: they made sense and they worked. And it was great to see various Doctor Who elements and characters in there.
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Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Sangga
Deshabille
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Ninth Doctor/Rose
Themes: Romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Her mum always told her to dress for the occasion. It just takes Rose a while to figure out what the occasion is.
Review: Short, lovely and says a lot with a few words. Rather like this review.
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Archive: sangga: Deshabille
Sangga
chrysalis
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Het
Pairing: Nine/Rose
Themes: Drama, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: They are, both of them, evolving
Review: The author wrote this fic before seeing Parting of the Ways, which makes this an interesting fic because regeneration is one of the central themes. Some of the ideas in this fic are remarkably prescient of PoTW but it's a fic that can easily be read if you haven't seen the episode.
The reason for the rec is the writing. Sangga has a very sparse style without frills. She writes what needs to be said and leaves the rest to your imagination. She caught the Doctor and Rose's voices and the writing feels like Rose, even though it's not an internal monologue. Read this fic for good writing and some interesting insights into both characters.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: silverlake: chrysalis
Seanan
Look Upon This Sky
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Episode tag or fix (Rose (S1)), vignette
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Rose Tyler begins settling onto the TARDIS, and discovers the legacy that she's become the latest heir to. No knowledge of the greater series required, spoilers for the Ninth Doctor, season one, episode one, 'Rose'.
Review: It's a post-Rose fic that does a lovely job of tying her into the previous incarnations of the Doctor and his companions. It's beautifully written and I love the central idea. There are a couple of American-ims, but don't let that spoil the fic because it's lovely and the author has actually weeded out the ones that have been pointed out to her.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: cadhla: Look Upon This Sky
Seanan
The Terminus of Prayer
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama, episode tag or fix (Parting of the Ways, S1)
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Snapshots taken as the center fails to hold; Doctor, Rose, Jack, not so much slashy as...well, sad, I suppose. Spoilers through 'The Parting of the Ways'. Can be considered a companion piece to 'Look Upon This Sky', which has spoilers through 'Rose'.
Review: I'm recommending this because it's absolutely beautifully written. It was recommended to me as one of the best Nine and Rose 'beginning to end' stories and it lives up to that. Seanan has a lovely writing style and she's got under the skin of the characters. This feels like them, adds insights and makes you want to rewatch Parting of the Ways to find all the nuances she picked up on.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: cadhla: The Terminus of Prayer
selenak
Surprises
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Five times Jo surprised the Doctor.
Review: It's perfect Third Doctor and Jo showing little moments of what she's best at. The friendship between them is really sweet and it's nice to see it from the Doctor's point of view. I can believe all of these five things happening, I just wish we could have seen the last two on screen.
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Archive: LJ - selenak: Surprises
Settiai
Wings in the Night
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: When the Doctor is poisoned by an alien creature, it's up to Sarah Jane to find a way to save him before it's too late.
Review: I particularly like that this is an adventure with the Fourth Doctor and Sarah and is gen. There's not enough of it out there, so it's good that this is a particularly good example.
It's really easy to read and you forget how long it is, when you read it. I do like Sarah in it, being her typical self and doing exactly what you'd expect her to do, rather than what anyone else tells her to do.
The plot's not really new, but that doesn't matter because it's the way it's done that is. In the heat of thinking they're going to die, no one declares their love for each other and none of their emotions are too over the top.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
sheldrake
Human Activities
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 03-12-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: In order to study an ecosystem it is necessary to consider the way in which organisms interact with each other within the ecosystem.
Review: This has Rose living in the parallel world an learning how to live. Sheldrake's got Rose down really well, along with the rest of her family. There's also an interesting Sarah Jane in there.
There's some great moments with an alien device and a green librarian that are quite humorous.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: sheldrake: Human Activities
slwatson
The Parking Permit
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 13-08-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: What's worse than hostile monsters? Red tape!
Review: I liked Nyssa in this fic, which is quite impressive since I'm not that keen on Nyssa. It's a great satirical look at bureaucracy too.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Fic Simplicity: The Parking Permit
Sour Girl
Never Flip the Urple Swicth
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: NC-17
Type: Het
Pairing: Doctor/Rose
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: They would be together for always, their love an endless twining of two souls perfectly matched for companionship and two bodies perfectly matched for incessant rounds of passionate sex.
Review: Because it's so silly. It's a parody of all the ridiculous true love stuff out there. There are plenty of long words, which sets the mood for Rose's thoughts. Although there are also plenty of silly ones to laugh over too.
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Archive: Sour Girl: Never Flip the Urple Switch
Tanni
Momentum
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: NC-17
Type: Slash
Pairing: Mickey/Jake
Themes: Action/adventure, drama, episode tag or fix (Rise of the Cybermen/Age of Steel/Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, S2), first time, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 30-07-2008
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: Mickey's trying his very best to adjust to life in another world, but the discovery of an artefact that could change the fate of the Earth and unexpected budding feelings aren't making it any easier.
Review: The Big Bang challenge produced a lot of great DW fanfic novels and this is just one of them. It's a pairing that has a bit of basis in canon (if you include Confidential information in the canon) but it isn't one that I would have sought out if it hadn't been for the Big Bang. Mickey/Jake works much better than I ever would have imagined.
The writing is great, conveying the building feelings while keeping Mickey in character. Tanni has an ear for the character voices that comes out really well. She fleshes out the alternate world that we saw glimpses of and works through what the series barely touched on: what was it like for Mickey settling in a world so familiar so strange? It's the relationship that takes centre stage but not at the expense of plot or motivation or even conflict. This is no PWP, instead it's a romance with plenty of other things going on to make it into a compelling, satisfying story.
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Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Tara LJC O'Shea
Ivory and Horn
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 03-07-2005
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: A quiet walk across the ice fields of Kos turns into more than either the Doctor or Rose planned for.
Review: This was written early on in the series but the story is good enough that any little things that have been made AU are easy to overlook. It's got some nice stuff between the Doctor and Rose, as well as an interesting plot. It reads like a short episode, the characterisation is spot-on and the story is a fairly typical Doctor Who mystery.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: ljc's fan fiction library
TigerKat
Things Unsaid
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Het
Pairing: Ian/Barbara
Themes: Humor, romance
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Ian and Barbara deal with an accident. Which perhaps wasn't terribly accidental.
Review: It's almost Aliens Made Us Do It, which I love, but there's a great twist in it. And, of course, this is Ian and Barbara. The situation they're in is amusing, as is all four of their reactions to it.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
uktechgirl
Postcards
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 15-04-2007
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Doris Lethbridge-Stewart enjoys a relaxing holiday in the Highlands. Ish.
Review: This is all told through postcards written by the Brigadier's wife, Doris. It's very funny to have her describe the Brigadier's activities, the mess they manage to get themselves into, and Harry.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: unit_family: Postcards
vvj5
Harry in a Hole
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Vignette
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Harry Sullivan falls down a hole and finds he's not alone.
Review: It's basically a Harry character piece and vvj5 has Harry down perfectly. There are two ways of looking at his life with the Doctor and Sarah and both arguments are presented with enough evidence for either to be true.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Weimlady
Silver and GOld
Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, angst, H/C
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: Post Runaway Bride/pre-Smith & Jones/pre-Sarah Jane Adventures story. The Tenth Doctor and Sarah Jane Smith meet again a few months after School Reunion. Special guest appearance of another old friend from Classic days.
Review: The Doctor is interestingly alien in this, as the things he goes through are almost human, but not quite. I like the small hints we see of the life that Sarah has and what she gets up to. I especially like the relationships between the characters - they're layered so that they're not really one thing or another, but fit the characters well.
Mostly, this is just really well written - it pulled me in and I couldn't put it down. The best part is that there's a (longer) sequel and another sequel to that that has just started being put up at the time of writing.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
hhertzof
Companions of the Chalet School
Fandom: Doctor Who, Chalet School (cross-over)
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 12-09-2008
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: The Chalet School has three new pupils. Sarah Jane is ambivalent; Ace has been coerced by the Doctor, and Jo is just thrilled to be at boarding school at last. Meanwhile, Barbara Wright joins the school as a mistress. Mysterious weather and strange doings make this a term to remember.
Review: For some reason, the TARDIS Big Bang challenge managed to produce two Chalet School cross-overs and they are both excellent. This one is quite different to Paranoidangel's fic and equally good.
It reads just like a Chalet School book (complete with potted histories so that a non-CS fan should easily pick it up) but the Doctor Who elements are there from the beginning as well. Although it is an AU, there is nothing in it that couldn't be canon in either series with a tiny bit of nudging. I would need to check on characters' ages, but I suspect that even the time-lines mesh. Hhertzof manages to get several incarnations of the Doctor and several past companions into the story without jarring and adds in a good plot with both DW and CS elements combined. The characterisation is great and it's a completely absorbing novel-length fic. Reserve a couple of afternoons and enjoy it.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
Paranoidangel
Sarah Jane of the Chalet School
Fandom: Doctor Who, Chalet School (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Het
Pairing: Sarah/Harry
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama, romance
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 30-07-2008
Length: Over 100KB
Plot: AU. In the 1930s in Austria, Sarah Jane Smith comes to the Chalet School to teach while looking for a journalism job, and Harry Sullivan takes a job at the nearby Sanatorium. They meet and fall in love, but with these two it's never going to be that simple.
Review: Usually I have a rule that I don't rec people that I've had anything to do with beta-ing or people that I might be a bit biased about. PA is my partner in crime on the reviews so she should definitely fall into this category.
The problem is that this is an excellent fic. She makes the cross-over - possibly the least likely I'd heard of - work and she does it in a completely different way from hhertzof's DW/CS cross-over. The relationship between Sarah and Harry feels just right for them. There are enough details and background for people not familiar with Chalet School to understand it but you can definitely see that this is a DW AU as well. It fits into the CS canon and PA gives the Doctor Who regulars motivations and ideas that slot in perfectly without losing the core of those characters. Read this as a great, addictive novel and enjoy.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: TARDIS Big Bang
nopejr
Ten Synonyms for Sensational (The Dragon/TARDIS Overdub)
Fandom: Doctor Who, Harry Potter (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-04-2010
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The Doctor pouted. Draco wasn't impressed.
Review: It's so funny. It's written in the style of a children's book (complete with pictures) and tells the story of Draco's travels with the Doctor. Except Draco's not your ordinary companion and it's interesting to see his reactions to everything and what the Doctor tries to impress him. My favourite bits are the asides that explain the Doctor's pout more thoroughly and more amusingly.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - Remix Redux VII: Ten Synonyms for Sensational (The Dragon/TARDIS Overdub)
Raven
Shelter From The Storm
Fandom: Doctor Who, Harry Potter (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Slash
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Remus
Themes: Angst, drama, H/C
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 19-05-2006
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: The first time for him is not the first time for the Doctor.
Review: The reason I initially clicked into this was because Raven used that first line as her summary and it intrigued me so much. The idea of a Doctor Who/Harry Potter cross-over seemed odd, the pairing didn't really catch me, but that first sentence did.
I'm pleased to report that the rest of the fic lives up to that first sentence. The beauty of time travel is that things aren't necessarily linear and that's something Raven plays with well. The writing is what really makes this fic work because it does appear on the surface to be an odd combination of fandoms and pairings. Raven writes it so well though, with a deft touch for the deeper ideas that she only hints at, that you can be persuaded that this really does work. She also has a great feel for the characters and what they're doing, which makes this a great combination.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: loneraven: Shelter From The Storm
Kesomon
Five Times Methos Met the Doctor
Fandom: Doctor Who, Highlander (cross-over)
Rating: PG
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Action/adventure, AU, drama, humor
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 26-05-2008
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: And one time that has yet to occur. When a man bound to the slow path is the oldest of humankind, it's only natural he should run into a man who can travel anywhere, anywhen. A crossover of Highlander and Doctor Who, with a smidge of Torchwood and a dash of AU.
Review: A Highlander/Doctor Who/Torchwood cross-over shouldn't work when just listed that way, but this one really does. I love the ideas in it and Kesomon has a style that blends the humour of the situation perfectly with the action. This isn't laugh out loud funny because the humour comes out of the relationships and, most of all, Methos' outlook on everything. If you're looking for a fun, entertaining fic with great characterisation then this is the one for you.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Enigel
Time is an illusion (tea time doubly so)
Fandom: Doctor Who, Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy (cross-over)
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 24-04-2010
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: Two aliens and two ape descendants acquire access into a bar-like structure...
Review: It really made me think about Doctor Who and Hitchhiker's and the parallels between the two. In this story Ford and the Doctor play the Doctor role to their companions: Arthur and Donna. This crossover is a bit like if you stuck Ford and Arthur in the Doctor Who world, this is what it (and they) would be like, and if you stuck the Doctor and Donna in the Hitchhiker's world, this is what it (and they) would be like. Seeing all four of them interact is really interesting. It's funny, like Hitchhiker's and funny like Doctor Who and all in character.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Archive of Our Own
Azar
The Trouble with Harry
Fandom: Doctor Who, NCIS (cross-over)
Rating: PG-13
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Angst, drama
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 04-05-2009
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: Abby's past and present collide when she and the missing Admiral Sullivan they're searching for turn out to have a mutual friend--the Doctor.
Review: I've never seen an episode of NCIS, but that didn't stop me from enjoying this story. The crossover fits perfectly with Doctor Who canon and ended up making me want to know more about Abby. The plot was really interesting - I couldn't tell what the solution to the mystery was going to be, but I enjoyed finding out.
The Doctor was his usual self and I liked seeing how Abby reacted to seeing him and how she convinced the rest of her team about the alien aspect of it. I loved Harry's part in it - he fit in so well.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
E. E. Beck
Shiny Prize
Fandom: Doctor Who, Torchwood (cross-over)
Rating: PG-13
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Ianto, Tenth Doctor/Jack
Themes: Angst, AU, drama, episode tag or fix (End of Days, Torchwood S1)
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 21-01-2007
Length: 10-40KB
Plot: “Bilis, you think?” she asked tensely.
Review: This is an AU of the final three minutes of Torchwood - the author describes it as a blatantly self-indulgent AU, but it was well-written and an interesting alternative. She caught the character voices very well and I could hear the Doctor talking as I read. The interaction between Jack and the other Torchwood members felt right, in keeping with what we've seen. Although this is definitely a Jack/Ianto fic from Ianto's, it isn't rewriting the episode to give that relationship a bigger role, instead finding the reasons and hints behind it. As an alternative to the canon it raises some interesting ideas and gives us a new outlook on a few things.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Don't follow me, I'm following the dog: Shiny Prize
Sam Vines
The Doctor And Mr. Jones
Fandom: Doctor Who, Torchwood (cross-over)
Rating: R
Type: Slash
Pairing: Jack/Ianto
Themes: Action/adventure, drama, ER
Reviewed by: Selenay
Reviewer's home URL:
Dated added: 24-02-2008
Length: 2-10 chapters, most parts over 25KB
Plot: The Doctor thought he was alone in the universe -- but Torchwood is about to prove him wrong.
Review: I have already review several Sam fics so I was determined that I wouldn't be reviewing this one. Unfortunately, it's so good that I failed entirely in my policy of trying not to review the same author too many times.
Sam always has a lightness of touch with his writing that makes everything a joy to read. That's not to say that he can't be serious when needed, but he's never plodding and never less than highly entertaining. I loved the idea behind this fic and there are some moments in it that are so beautifully described your heart almost breaks. He contrasts that with some moments when you just want to laugh out loud because of the way he describes reactions and situations. Sam has an eye for beauty in writing and also a finely developed sense of the ridiculous.
The core idea of this fic, which I fell in love with, is central to the plot so I can't go into much detail without spoiling the first chapter. I hope that it's enough to say that this is one of those fics that should not be passed over even if you're only mildly aware of both shows.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: LJ - sam_storyteller: The Doctor And Mr. Jones
Catbert
Origin
Fandom: The Bill, Doctor Who (cross-over)
Rating: G
Type: Gen
Pairing: n/a
Themes: Humor
Reviewed by: paranoidangel
Reviewer's home URL: Angelic Paranoia
Dated added: 14-04-2006
Length: Under 10 KB
Plot: Trev is really a time lord.
Review: There's a long-running joke in The Bill fandom that when a character vanishes suddenly from the programme never to be seen again they're in the stationery cupboard. TREV is an acronym for Totally Reliable Extra Veteran - or a fancy way of saying extra who is in quite a few episodes in the background.
Catbert takes this idea and makes it ridiculous, although plausible. The only trouble is it's so short I really can't say any more about it without spoiling it any more than I have already.
Warning: No warnings
Archive: Origins