Goddesses and Monsters by Saganami Dreams (G)

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Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Harriet Jones/she who was once Blon Fel Fotch Slitheen
Author on LJ: saganamidreams
Author Website: A Teaspoon and a Open Mind profile
Why this must be read: The Doctor makes a lot of choices - telling Harriet to let the Sycorax go at the end of The Christmas Invasion, sending Blon the Slitheen home, reborn, for a second chance at life. This story brilliantly uses these two elements - and the idea that the Doctor's choices aren't always right - to create a story that's incredibly moving, a reflection on fear, regret, fate, and hope, while also being utterly clever and perfectly woven (there's time travel with no visible seams, a remarkable feat, and it manages to fit right into the canon continuity and even explain it better). And as a bonus, it gives us two strong, wise, yet fallible and aware women, with a hint of a connection that goes deeper. A truly beautiful story.

Goddesses and Monsters