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Entry tags:
Away, by tula_peiwa (PG)
Fandom: DOCTOR WHO
Pairing: Doctor/Master (One/Koschei)
Length: 2,357
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
tula_peiwa
Author Website: LJ fic tag
Why this must be read:
It's a quiet, bittersweet little fic that reads like a vignette, but shows a pivotal moment in two of the big mysteries of Doctor Who. Why did the Doctor and Susan leave Gallifrey? And how did the boy who was the Doctor's best friend become his best enemy?
The Doctor had, of course, been aware of his former partner's regeneration. News traveled fast in the capitol, useless news fastest of all. Regeneration by falling off one of the higher walkways the Panopticon was the sort of thing one joked about in one's later years at the academy, right before swapping tribophysics notes or running off to play a Future-Regeneration prank on the first year students. If the rumors he had heard were accurate, it had been a messy, rough regeneration that very nearly failed. That might explain the man's rather awkward physical appearance this time around, though there really was no excuse for the beard. The Doctor allowed himself a spark of gratitude that the current Castellan, a talented telepath and one of Koschei's cousins, had been there to pull him through. A small, bitter, voice which still identified with the symbols of his former nickname, whimpered that he should have been the one at Koschei's side.
It's rare to find a pre-series fic where the Doctor really seems like the First Doctor, that cranky, fearful, old/young man. This fic succeeds with flying colors.
Away
Pairing: Doctor/Master (One/Koschei)
Length: 2,357
Author on LJ:
tula_peiwaAuthor Website: LJ fic tag
Why this must be read:
It's a quiet, bittersweet little fic that reads like a vignette, but shows a pivotal moment in two of the big mysteries of Doctor Who. Why did the Doctor and Susan leave Gallifrey? And how did the boy who was the Doctor's best friend become his best enemy?
The Doctor had, of course, been aware of his former partner's regeneration. News traveled fast in the capitol, useless news fastest of all. Regeneration by falling off one of the higher walkways the Panopticon was the sort of thing one joked about in one's later years at the academy, right before swapping tribophysics notes or running off to play a Future-Regeneration prank on the first year students. If the rumors he had heard were accurate, it had been a messy, rough regeneration that very nearly failed. That might explain the man's rather awkward physical appearance this time around, though there really was no excuse for the beard. The Doctor allowed himself a spark of gratitude that the current Castellan, a talented telepath and one of Koschei's cousins, had been there to pull him through. A small, bitter, voice which still identified with the symbols of his former nickname, whimpered that he should have been the one at Koschei's side.
It's rare to find a pre-series fic where the Doctor really seems like the First Doctor, that cranky, fearful, old/young man. This fic succeeds with flying colors.
Away