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crack_van2006-10-21 10:44 am
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Downtime by Cryptile (PG-13)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Slight Rose/Mickey, very slight Doctor/Rose
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cryptile
Author Website: Cryptile's profile on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Why 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!
Jackie doesn't like him. He is relieved. It seems to indicate that some things in this madcap Universe are constant.
"There he is; d'you know I was out there poundin' on the doors for fifteen minutes?"
She brings him tea because Rose asks her to keep an eye on him during the day. Rose does not keep an eye on him because she is visiting all her old friends from school or work or whatever it is that he whisked her away from.
"And that nosy Marcia Wallis saw me; goin' to be all around the estate that Jackie Tyler's been bangin' on the doors of a police box all day like some daft old lady -- "
He is not hurt by this, not even slightly. It is a very good thing that Rose Tyler has a support network that consists of other people. Especially considering that when it's just the two of them, she tends to do stupid things like alter the fabric of time and space to save his life.
"Better things to do than trundle out here in the cold, you know."
The fact that she doesn't think she saved his life anyway seems to be a sore point.
"Do you ever clean in here? Is that what you want Rose for? Your maid?"
Jackie is not impressed by the TARDIS anymore than the TARDIS is impressed by her. He finds that oddly reassuring.
"You're mad, you know. Utterly mad."
He makes a point of smiling when she passes him his tea.
Downtime
Pairing: Slight Rose/Mickey, very slight Doctor/Rose
Author on LJ:
cryptileAuthor Website: Cryptile's profile on A Teaspoon and an Open Mind
Why 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!
Jackie doesn't like him. He is relieved. It seems to indicate that some things in this madcap Universe are constant.
"There he is; d'you know I was out there poundin' on the doors for fifteen minutes?"
She brings him tea because Rose asks her to keep an eye on him during the day. Rose does not keep an eye on him because she is visiting all her old friends from school or work or whatever it is that he whisked her away from.
"And that nosy Marcia Wallis saw me; goin' to be all around the estate that Jackie Tyler's been bangin' on the doors of a police box all day like some daft old lady -- "
He is not hurt by this, not even slightly. It is a very good thing that Rose Tyler has a support network that consists of other people. Especially considering that when it's just the two of them, she tends to do stupid things like alter the fabric of time and space to save his life.
"Better things to do than trundle out here in the cold, you know."
The fact that she doesn't think she saved his life anyway seems to be a sore point.
"Do you ever clean in here? Is that what you want Rose for? Your maid?"
Jackie is not impressed by the TARDIS anymore than the TARDIS is impressed by her. He finds that oddly reassuring.
"You're mad, you know. Utterly mad."
He makes a point of smiling when she passes him his tea.
Downtime
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