Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: The Doctor, John Smith, Joan Redfern
Length: 3718 words
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rheanna27,
rheanna,
Author Website: Golden Maze,
AO3Why this must be read:This is a wonderful AU splitting off from Human Nature/Family of Blood. In those two episodes, the 10th Doctor hid from enemies chasing him by hiding as a teacher in a boarding school in 1913 England. He used a device called a Chameleon Arch to hide the Time Lord part of himself in a watch, so that his body was truly human and he believed himself to be John Smith, a typical English gentleman of the Edwardian Era, and he fell in love with Joan Redfern, the Matron of the school. Martha, however, as a Black woman in 1913, was stuck as a servant at the school where John worked. When the enemies caught up with them, Martha had to keep them at bay while convincing John Smith to give up everything he had and knew--in essence, to sacrifice his life--to become the Doctor again.
But what if he'd refused? What if Martha had saved the day, leaving John Smith and Joan Redfern behind to live happily ever after? This is a short story--just a single scene--and yet it says so much about the Doctor, and Martha, and John Smith, and might-have-been. I highly recommend it.
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