tardis_library | Entries tagged with ch: seventh doctor

Title: Immaculate Explosion
Creator:

scifirenegade
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 29 words
Creator's Summary: Ace threw the can of Nitro-9.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is just three sentences, but it tells a whole story that's perfectly Seven & Ace.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53472457

romanajo123

Title: Little Things
Creator:

thisbluespirit
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 974
Creator's Summary: Sometimes it’s the little things that count.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane, Matilda Wormwood
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the Monthly Theme and Sylv and Sophie's birthday. :) This is a fun and heartwarming crossover idea. If anyone has read/seen Matilda (if not, go do it as soon as possible, it's wonderful :)) , you should be aware of how it ends. And the thought of the Doctor and Ace being involved is spectacular. And everyone is in character here.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/1272802

lurking_latinist

Title: The Keeper of Darkness
Creator:

heimeldat
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 27k words
Creator's Summary: An enslaved town built in perpetual darkness. A clever scheme that (as usual) the Doctor hasn't bothered explaining to Ace. And a vampire queen who wants the Doctor to join her clan. What could go wrong?
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane, briefly Narvin, OCs
Warnings/Notes: Graphic Depictions of Violence; vampirism and associated unpleasantness; hypnotism/mind control

Reasons for reccing:
(It’s me! I’m still here!)

This has been a favorite WIP of mine and (evidently put in the mood by the Goth Opera audio) the author has just wrapped it up, so I ran directly over here to rec it. As per Heimeldat’s tags, “I don’t think I’m capable of writing Seven and Ace without making both of their lives miserable.” They certainly have a rough time—the Doctor gets vampirized (in service of a grand plan, of course) and Ace has to protect him in the middle of a nest of vampires, while worrying about whether he’s really still himself. Blood gets drunk and minds get whammied. But it’s neither depressing nor grim: the author really loves her characters and loves showing off the hard-earned, often-imperiled trust between them. Heimeldat’s Seven and Ace are an unbreakable team, as the Doctor counts on Ace for things he can’t ask of her and she trusts him (mostly) in spite of everything.

Link: The Keeper of Darkness

(I’ve added the “fandom: books/comics/other” tag because a major plot point draws on Goth Opera, but since it’s an audio now should it be “fandom: big finish”?)

romanajo123

Title: AU Meme: Liv Chenka
Creator:

thisbluespirit
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 888
Creator's Summary:10 AU scenarios for Liv Chenka, written for Persiflage in a Dreamwidth meme.
Characters/Pairings: Liv Chenka, Molly O'Sullivan, Seventh Doctor, Kiy Uvanov (from Kaldor City), Eighth Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the Seasonal challenge; character is Liv. Alternate Universes can be really fun and fascinating. And these are brilliant. (Especially love the Coffee Shop and Fairy Tales ones) . They sound in character.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/12306720

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paranoidangel

Title: Companions at the Chalet School
Creator:

hhertzof
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 36,116
Creator's Summary: 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.
Characters/Pairings: Jo Grant, Sarah Jane Smith, Ace McShane, Hilda Annersley, Kathie Ferrars, Barbara Wright, Seventh Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Althea Glenyon, Sam Davies, Robina McQueen, Val Pertwee, Jack Lambert
Warnings/Notes: Although this is the second in a series, you don't have to have read the first fic to understand this one.

Reasons for reccing: This fic probably makes no sense if you don't know the Chalet School. But if you do, then it's a lot of fun. It puts Doctor Who and the Chalet School in the same universe, in a way that works for both canons. It's fun to see how the Doctor Who characters fit into the Chalet School.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/95343

romanajo123

Title: Sam's New Year
Creator:

Shivver
Rating: General Audience
Word Count/Length/Size: 10013
Creator's Summary: Sam sits on a doorstep, watching the celebrants heading for the ball drop in Times Square. He isn't joining them. He has more important things to do, like figure out where his next meal is coming from.
Characters/Pairings:
First Doctor
Second Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Eighth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Susan Foreman
Jamie McCrimmon
Victoria Waterfield
Leela (Doctor Who)
Nyssa of Traken
Ace McShane
Charley Pollard
Rose Tyler

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing:
Happy New Year! This is a wonderful read. Sometimes it's nice to see the Doctors helping in small ways: like here just making sure someone in need can make it through the night. Everyone is IC and it has just that right bit of heartwarming (and bittersweetness)

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/13169499/chapters/30121200

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lurking_latinist

Title: Remembrance
Creator:

BiJane
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 3415 words
Creator's Summary:

The TARDIS on the Doctor.

Stitch it together. Weave a narrative from all the moments. That happened before that, which would have prevented that… It’s not simultaneous, not to them.

Characters/Pairings: The Doctor (multiple regenerations)/The Doctor's TARDIS, mentioned Romana and River Song
Warnings/Notes: (none)

Reasons for reccing: For the Claim a Ship challenge. This is a narrative of the Doctor's relationship with his TARDIS told from the TARDIS's perspective, and it's splendidly nonlinear, using the idea that the TARDIS experiences all her adventures with the Doctor simultaneously. It tells her perspective on various stories from Classic and New Who, synthesizing them into a big arc of their journey together, and it does some really fun things with tenses and nonlinear storytelling.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13623612

paranoidangel

Title: Darkness Becomes You
Creator:

Heimeldat
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 17,313 words
Creator's Summary: A message from Benny sends the Doctor and Ace to investigate a relaxing mental health spa with a dark secret.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a very Doctor Who plot, with the Doctor and Ace investigating a place where something strange is going on. And befriending some other people there who help/hinder them. And it shows the friendship between the Doctor and Ace really well with them having to help each other and deal with what's going on.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51616540

romanajo123

As a bonus / extra for 1995 (when the original novel was published). Human Nature, both versions, is probably my favorite Who Thing ever. So I wanted to do one for it- one closer related to the book and one for the TV version.

Title: Second Nature
Creator: Pete Galey
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 1641
Creator's Summary: Joan falls for John, again and again. Spoilers for Human Nature and The Family of Blood.
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor, Joan Redfern, Other Characters
Warnings/Notes: None. But spoilers.

Reasons for reccing: Also for the monthly theme. This is a brilliant character piece and a fascinating way to explain why the Doctor had to essentially go through the same event more than once.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

Title: A Proper Doctor
Creator:

Shivver
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 3122
Creator's Summary: Mr. Smith has the flu. Martha has a headache: Mr. Smith.
Characters/Pairings: John Smith (the Tenth Doctor one), Martha Jones, Joan Redfern
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is an interesting ( and funny in some bits) scene. Everyone is in-character and Martha's frustrations are tangible. Also, it's clear the author did a lot of research here.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/11956794

Current Mood: calm

paranoidangel

Title: New Group Created
Creator:

lurking_latinist
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 1087 words
Creator's Summary: Hex might get more than he bargained for when he convinces Ace and the Doctor they need a group chat.
Characters/Pairings: Thomas 'Hex' Schofield, Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For 1998, the year Hex was born. It's a funny series of WhatsApps, which of course Hex and the Doctor understand, but Ace has no idea about.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51704548?style=creator

romanajo123

Title: Cookery
Creator: Seiya234
Rating: All ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 150
Creator's Summary: Even the best chefs can't please everyone...
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For 1987, when Ace's first adventure aired. Short and pretty Fluffy. It sounds like them, expecially early on.

(This same creator has a whole series of Seven and Ace having father- daughter moments, but I felt this was nice for her intro)

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

Current Mood: amused

lurking_latinist

Title: The Only Water in the Desert
Creator:

BerylGrey
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 4184 words
Creator's Summary: He didn't need to know. Nobody needed to know. She was Melanie Bush now, not Melody Pond.
Characters/Pairings: Sixth Doctor/Mel Bush, Seventh Doctor/Mel Bush, River Song (as Mel)
Warnings/Notes:

Reasons for reccing: For 1986 and the introduction of Melanie Bush, here's one of my favorite very recent pieces of Mel-and-Six-fic. Based on a longstanding crack theory ('Melanie Bush' could not sound more like 'Melody Pond had to come up with an alias quickly' if you tried!), this is both really moving and makes a surprising amount of continuity sense. It's a great exploration of Mel's character that thereby adds new layers to River's.

Also for the Multi-Era theme!

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51341845/chapters/129732031

thisbluespirit

Three ficlets for 1990, because I was looking for something connected to Remembrance of the Daleks and/or An Unearthly Child and ran into these three, which are all short and sweet, so here's a little bundle of 1990-related goodness:

Title: To Whatever Extent
Creator: Joan Milligan
Rating: All ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 303 words
Creator's Summary: The smallest thing, post Remembrance of the Daleks.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None.

Reasons for reccing: For 1990, the year that the novelisation of Remembrance of the Daleks was published, paving the way for the New Adventures. This is a beautiful little tag for the serial, with Seven making some reflections on his behaviour that maybe illuminates his reasons for his tendency to plan and manipulate - something that would get stretched even further in the upcoming VNAs.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=13939

( coda (with tea) by phantomlistener & Ordinary World by whispersecho )

paranoidangel

Title: I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek
Creator:

touchdownpossum
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2:42
Creator's Summary: 10 Doctors, 30+ companions, and the special-est special effects you'll see this holiday season.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara WrightIan Chesterton, Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor, Ben Jackson Polly Wright, Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, John Benton, Mike Yates, Jo Grant, Sarah Jane Smith, Romana II, Tegan Jovanka, Vislor Turlough, Peri Brown, Ace McShane, Rose Tyler, Adam Mitchell, Jackie Tyler, Mickey Smith, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Wilfred Mott, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song, Sara Kingdom, Davros, Jack Harkness

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For 1975, the year Davros, the Dalek creator was introduced. This is a fun vid to a fun song, with the images matching the words. And the addition of some fun hashtags.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/579189

thisbluespirit

Title: There, In That Place
Creator: Mandragora
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 1098
Creator's Summary: Just a place to call their own.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Roz Forrester
Warnings/Notes: References to canonical character death.

Reasons for reccing: For 1995, the year when Roz Forrester and Chris Cwej arrived in the New Adventures. This is a beautifully written, evocative sequence of vignettes exploring the Doctor's time with Roz, and his grief at her loss.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=12587

felis

Title: Save the Date
Creator:

astrogirl
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 1,811 words
Creator's Summary: The Brigadier has quite a few messages on his answering machine today. And all of them are from the same person. Well, more or less.
Characters/Pairings: Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, Doris Lethbridge-Stewart, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: The Brigadier, retired and just returned from a holiday, finds a lot of messages from the Doctor on his answering machine. This was written for the "Unsent Letters" exchange in 2022 and the concept is just great, super well executed, and so much fun to read. Lovely and hilarious.

(It is set sometime after the Seventh Doctor episode "Battlefield" - from the Brigadier's point of view, anyway! - which means it technically takes place in 1989, BUT, since that year is already covered, I'm submitting it for 1968, the year when one Alistair Lethbridge-Stewart first appeared. Also fits this month's multi-era theme!)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/38299363

thisbluespirit

Title: Elementary Particles: reprinted from the reminiscences of Professor Bernice S. Summerfield
Creator:

pedanther (Paul A)
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 1245 words
Creator's Summary: "A lot of the facts have been changed, mind you. I don't remember half of these things happening. And it's odd reading about Holmes and Watson, rather than—"
— Bernice Summerfield, All-Consuming Fire

"The veiled detective and her fatuous accomplice... You realise Doctor Doyle is almost certainly basing his fantastical tales on your own exploits? With a few choice alterations, of course."
— Doctor Simeon, The Snowmen
Characters/Pairings: Bernice Summerfield, Seventh Doctor, Madame Vastra, Jenny Flint
Warnings/Notes: None.

Reasons for reccing: For the year 1992, when Bernice Summerfield first made her appearance into the NAs. This is a delightful fic with perfect Benny diary voice, complete with yellow Post-It notes, which reveals the real story between on of the NAs.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1048354/chapters/2096752

romanajo123

Title: Doro Theon
Creator: Lyricwritesprose
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 1659
Creator's Summary: The night after Fenric, Ace asks a question.

Characters/Pairings: Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the 60th anniversary special. For 1989 (year it aired).

This is a thoughtful, well-done character moment set after The Curse of Fenric. In character and it definitely makes sense the kind of questions Ace would have after the events of that story.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

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scifirenegade

Title: Undercurrents
Creator:

thisiszircon
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count/Length/Size: 8k words
Creator's Summary: Ace is no stranger to betrayal.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: For 1989, since The Curse of Fenric first aired that year. Ever wanted to know what was going on in Ace's head during that moment? Ever wanted an extension of the ending of the story plus a coda to Survival? Behold! For this story delivers!

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24879598

(Would it be possible to request a tag for creator: thisiszircon?)

scifirenegade

For the Reunion square on my Reccer's Bingo card.
Title: Verity
Creator: whispersecho
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 8k words
Creator's Summary: John Smith wrote stories of impossible things. He never showed them to anyone for fear they would think him foolish and childish or mad. Then, one day, his impossible stories began happening. Inspired by and shamelessly filking bits from Paul Cornell's NA Human Nature.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor/Ace McShane, Bernice Summerfield
Warnings/Notes: mentor/student pairing

Reasons for reccing: Despite my strong opinions regarding the New Adventures range, Human Nature is one of my favourite Doctor Who. It's just missing one little thing, and that is Ace, who left a few books ago. It's a nice, somewhat short retelling. And yes, that's a Verity Lambert reference!

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=2642

scifirenegade

For the Outside the Box square on my Reccer's Bingo card.

Title: Thermodynamic Stability
Creator:

Ladymercury_10
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 516 words
Creator's Summary: The stray is in one of the laboratories, mixing things that oughtn’t to be mixed.
Characters/Pairings: The TARDIS, Ace McShane, seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: TARDIS POV! Which is something outside the box (or, rather, inside the box... hope you liked my joke). It's lovely, and so is the small interaction between the Doctor and Ace.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/607476

scifirenegade

For the Adventure square on my Reccer's Bingo

Title: Embrace
Creator:

Yumemisama
Rating: K+ (would say Teen would be more appropriate)
Word Count/Length/Size: 4k words
Creator's Summary: Seventh Doctor and Ace. Just a short, blurred recounting of an adventure. I really haven't the faintest clue how to rate these things, so I'll slap a PG on it and hope that forestalls any complaints...
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor/Ace
Warnings/Notes: ...it's seventh Doctor/Ace. Also I think ff.net messed up the formatting on a couple of words.

Reasons for reccing: Let's go back to "pretty oblique" stories. Except it's even more bizarre and hard to follow than my first bingo rec. However, it is very atmospheric, and the prose is wonderful. It's one of those stories that takes you for a ride basically. (Again, it's related to the prompt I swear.)

Link: https://m.fanfiction.net/s/536826/1/

(Would it be possible to create the tag creator: yumemisama and p: ace mcshane/seven?)

scifirenegade

For the Remix square on my Reccer's Bingo.

Title: Historical Wrack (The Help and Comfort Remix)
Creator:

JohnAmendAll
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2k words
Creator's Summary: "Right," Ace said, her thought briefly resting on the can of Nitro-Nine she'd concealed in her petticoat just in case of emergencies. "Is this why we're telling everyone I'm your wife?"
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace
Warnings/Notes: Remix of thisbluespirit's Historical Romp.

Reasons for reccing: An extension of thisbluespirit's fic (which is also excellent) that is a lot of fun! And then it hits you. The characterisation is so on point.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/5090705

lurking_latinist

Title: The Knots that Bind
Creator:

glompcat
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 2134 words
Creator's Summary: Getting tied up was an occupational hazard, but this was knot how Romana expected her day to go...
Characters/Pairings: Fourth Doctor/Romana II, followed by Eighth Doctor/Romana II
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: For the "Accidental Marriage" square in my Reccers' Bingo. It's a cute and pretty fluffy story where some guards tie up the Doctor and Romana (as usual) but accidentally use a ceremonial knot used in Gallifreyan weddings. They decide it doesn't have to count... but then, on the other hand, it could... Lots of very in-character banter and fun Gallifreyan worldbuilding.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/34919116/chapters/86954761

Title: Renewal
Creator:

CeruleanTactician
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 3657 words
Creator's Summary:

The Doctor and Charley accidentally get married after a misunderstanding on an alien planet.

It doesn’t have to mean anything. Not unless they want it to.

Characters/Pairings: Eighth Doctor/Charley Pollard
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: Also for the "Accidental Marriage" square. Eight and Charley were made for this trope, with their spectacularly ambiguous will-they-won't-they-are-they-aren't-they relationship, and this fic hits all the right notes, with the Doctor hilariously blasé about their accidental marriage and Charley unsure what to make of any of it. The alien planet is beautifully described, too. And the epilogue is adorable!

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/40875777

Title: Hitch in the Proceedings
Creator:

thisbluespirit
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 530 words
Creator's Summary: Seven, Ace, a mysterious alien rite, and sadly no explosions.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor & Ace McShane
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: If Seven and Ace meet a trope, the trope is likely to end up in flaming bits all over the place... A cute and hilarious platonic subversion of the accidental marriage trope. I especially appreciated the punchline.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5669533

lurking_latinist

Title: Three Minutes to Midnight
Creator:

initialism
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 3,607 words
Creator's Summary: Nearly three decades later, Ray encounters the Doctor once more -- and he's badly in need of her help.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor & Ray Defwydd
Warnings/Notes: some mild body horror

Reasons for reccing: I saw the "Companions" square on my Reccers' Bingo and thought, well, that scarcely narrows it down, almost every DW fic is going to have a companion in it. So then I thought, by the principle of lucus a non lucendo, maybe I should recommend a fic about someone who isn't a companion, but should have been. Hence, Ray.

This was a gift for me in the Hurt/Comfort Exchange this year, and I think it's one of the best Ray fics I've ever read. The author's idea of how she would spend her life is very convincing and fitting, and it's wonderful to see how her friendship with the Doctor comes right back to life even after so many years. And he needs her--not just because he's in danger, but because he's lonely and he needs a friend. Ray may not be a Companion in the technical Doctor Who sense, but her companionship is a gift.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47655640

romanajo123

Title: No Ordinary Miss!
Creator:

lurking_latinist
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 100
Creator's Summary: Some things change… and some things don’t.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor &/Peri Brown
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: For the Rare Pairings box on my Bingo card. Was searching through UCG fic and rediscovered this one. This is brilliant and IC for them both, and includes a nice little reference/Easter egg in the last line.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/40480254

Current Mood: amused

felis

Manifesto Title: Mini-Manifesto: Identity, Continuity, and Change
Creator:

felis
Notes/warnings/spoilers: Stays pretty vague, but contains a few details regarding the Tenth and Twelfth Doctors in the recs section.

( Identity, Continuity, and Change )

romanajo123

Title: mice on venus
Creator:

TheBigCat
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 8278
Creator's Summary: “...Thanks,” says Ace begrudgingly.

“Any time,” comes the reply, slightly smug in the way that only the Doctor can be after emotionally manipulating her through the means of video game dragons.

Or,

Families are hard. Ace is coping. Sort of.

Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane, Cameos and background appearances of other characters
Warnings/Notes: ... Implied / references to Child Abuse, Dissociation, and just sad but also h/c

Reasons for reccing: For the monthly theme. I didn't expect to see a Modern AU of these two, but this WORKS!! It's very IC and shows the bond Seven and Ace have. ( also there's a kind of funny cameo moment I won't spoil).

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/29735904

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lurking_latinist

A rec! And on theme and all!

Title: Emergency Powers
Creator: Pete Galey
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 74,123 words
Creator's Summary: Following his seventh regeneration, the Doctor's previous persona finds himself in the mental realm where his six predecessors live. Soon, the discovery of a body sows the seeds of suspicion and mistrust - with grave consequences for the world outside.
Characters/Pairings: The versions of One through Seven that live inside Eight's mind (Seven is the main character); Eight and Sam
Warnings/Notes: I was jarred by one moment in which a dark appearance is associated with evil in the context of a folkloric devil figure. Unrelatedly, if you're a Third Doctor fan, you may feel he's not really in character in this.

Reasons for reccing: It's a twisty, adventurous, novel-length plot that really makes use of several classic versions of the Doctor, each as a character in his own right--especially Seven and Four and one other whose form of intervention in the plot is a spoiler. The worldbuilding of the mindscape in which the ex-Doctors dwell is fascinating--it feels Gallifreyan and appropriately weird without vanishing up itself--especially in the context of The Power of the Doctor (despite this being written in 2009). It's fun to spot all the references, but the story is far more than just a vehicle for references--it explores what makes the Doctor the Doctor. Angsty, funny, uplifting? I found it uplifting.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=32683

valoise

Title:Five Times Methos met The Doctor archiveofourown.org/works/7943194

Creator: kesomon

Rating: General

Word Count/Length/Size: 5109 words

Creator's Summary: 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. I cherish my headcanon that Jack and Jamie are Highlander Immortals found and taught by Methos, Matthew McCormick, and Connor MacLeod, respectively. And that Ten and Martha stayed with the Chestertons during Blink.

Characters/Pairings: Methos, First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Jack Harkness, Jamie McCrimmon, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: In addition to my love for DW, I have loved Highlander for a very long time, especially Methos, the oldest immortal. Note: this was originally posted online about a month before The Fires of Pompeii, so the explanation for the eruption is not the same.