Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Slight Rose/Mickey, very slight Doctor/Rose
Author on LJ:
cryptileAuthor Website: Cryptile's profile on A Teaspoon and an Open MindWhy this must be read:"The Tenth Doctor and Rose get used to one another" is one of those fic concepts that has been seen over and over again. Some of them were quite good, some were... not. And it was really quite impressive how from the limited amount we saw on screen, such diverse takes on the one relationship (whether one saw it as platonic or otherwise) really was.
Written only a short time into the second series, this fic not only does what it sets out to do (explain why there seems such a long time period between deciding to travel in
The Christmas Invasion, and actually leaving in
New Earth), it also does a fabulous job in setting up not only the changed relationship between Rose and the "new" Doctor. And is startling good at foreshadowing some of the themes of the series (which is impressive considering when this was written). As well, it has some wonderfully fun dialogue and characterisation, and is a great look at the Tenth Doctor, coming to terms with himself.
Oh, and watch out for the blue face!
( Excerpt )Downtime