LIFE ON MARS/TOP GEAR

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Title: That's Life, On Cars
Pairing: Gen
Length: 8,800 words
Author on LJ: fiandyfic
Author Website: Fic Masterlist
Why this must be read: This story is written by two of my favourite Life on Mars writers and the summary reads thus; My name is Richard Hammond. I had an accident, and I woke up in 1973. Am I mad, in a coma, or back in time? Whatever's happened, it's like I've landed on a different planet. Now, maybe if I can work out the reason, Jeremy Clarkson will stop yelling in my head.

This story is funny and twisted and very much in the tone of a slightly crackier version of Life on Mars. It cleverly weaves the two shows and it is fantastically written, with some truly stunning lines.


"If this is another of your stories from Hyde, I don't want to know."

"Hyde?" Richard asked, bemused.

Sam attempted a complicated shrug while holding on for dear life. "Don't even ask, it's a very long story."

"Sammy-boy here was making coppers' lives a misery in Hyde before he came over here to be the bane of my life. Must be six months ago now."

"Well, maybe not that long a story then."

"Ah, I see," said Richard in a tone that plainly said that he didn't.



That's Life, On Cars