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Sympathy for the Devil by E.A. Week (R)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Doctor/Master
Length: ~ 53 000 words
Author's Website: profile on ff.net
Why this must be read: I actually have mixed feelings about this story but it's definitely worth a read. It goes AU before the finale of The Last of the Time Lords: Lucy doesn't shoot the Master, and the Doctor takes him away in the TARDIS with every intention of dealing with his .. err, percussion problem. It's a familiar premise - a lot of Doctor/Master fics start this way, but this is not a fix-it fic and it doesn't take the conventional route. It's one of the best and most horrifying explanations of the drums the Master hears that I have come across in fic. The relationship between the Doctor and the Master is complex and fascinating, and the Doctor seems a little too cruel and too sanctimonious than I like, but then it is the way many people see him (especially the Master). That and the characters' fondness for pop-culture references were the things that bothered me. But the story is well-written, well-plotted and pretty unusual despite some of the cliches it uses, and its atmosphere and feeling stayed with me for a long time.
Sympathy for the Devil
Pairing: Doctor/Master
Length: ~ 53 000 words
Author's Website: profile on ff.net
Why this must be read: I actually have mixed feelings about this story but it's definitely worth a read. It goes AU before the finale of The Last of the Time Lords: Lucy doesn't shoot the Master, and the Doctor takes him away in the TARDIS with every intention of dealing with his .. err, percussion problem. It's a familiar premise - a lot of Doctor/Master fics start this way, but this is not a fix-it fic and it doesn't take the conventional route. It's one of the best and most horrifying explanations of the drums the Master hears that I have come across in fic. The relationship between the Doctor and the Master is complex and fascinating, and the Doctor seems a little too cruel and too sanctimonious than I like, but then it is the way many people see him (especially the Master). That and the characters' fondness for pop-culture references were the things that bothered me. But the story is well-written, well-plotted and pretty unusual despite some of the cliches it uses, and its atmosphere and feeling stayed with me for a long time.
Sympathy for the Devil