The Best-Laid Plans (2/6) Post-JE, Doctor, Dup. Doctor, Donna, Rose Rating - PG

[catsfiction]

WORDS: 4100

PICTURE: satanjewels

A sequel to The Best of Times, starting precisely where that story stopped

Comments

[bananasandroses]

This was a joy to read and lifted my mood; thank you for that, much appreciated!

The TARDIS began to dematerialize. He had no idea where they were going, but that was half the fun.

Niiiice. A bit of table-turning going on here, then? (I can just imagine how happy Ten is likely to be if Ten II doesn’t get himself back before Ten finds out the TARDIS is missing ...)

I liked how you dealt with the scene of Ten with Rose, tender and sweet and lovely; are you keeping canon as far as Turn Left is concerned? That might help to explain the what-she-knows business.

[catsfiction]

I am so glad you enjoyed Ten and Rose together. I wrote this story for you in some ways so that does matter to me.

"Turn Left" and associated questions gets addressed in the next chapter, as does the frequent fandom grumble that Rose was selfish and thoughtless to build the Dimensional Cannon.

[dark_aegis]

I enjoyed that chapter a lot :) And having Doctor 2.0 take the TARDIS was unexpected (but rather perfect).

One of the things that I really enjoy about your stories is that you have such a wonderful way of getting into the Doctor's head and exploring his psyche. I really look forward to reading the next installment :)

[catsfiction]

I'm rather surprised to find you here. I had you down as very much a 10.2 is The Real Doctor type.

But one of the things that appeals to me is getting the chance to explore the psyche of two different Doctors.

[dark_aegis]

Oh, I am, but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy other takes on the character :)

[catsfiction]

I decided a while back to stop tryping to please everybody and try to write the characters the way I see them. This is the result.

I'm not sure where the big news leaves us. It depends how long it's been in the works, really. I still reckon it was part of the plan as long ago as last Christmas and that Catherine Tate was stitched up for telling the truth.

Seeing David at the stage door in Stratford flanked by his Elsinore minders in costume was certainly amusing. The timing of that announcement must have been a nightmare. To think of him going on and finishing the play after that is quite brain-bending.

[catsfiction]

You really think they might bring back the Time Lords? I don't really get that vibe at all. I feel that, if anything, Moffatt wants him even more free and easy and not tied down. The one intriguing exception would be if they go with the Valeyard option - probably they'd call it something like Dark Side rather than full-blown Valeyard, or we'd get into tons of backstory and fanwank about whether the V was a true incarnation or not.

[henriette_r]

One of things I have always liked about your fictions is their blending of humour and great emotions:

“I’d look a bit daft going around like this, don’t you think?”

Hee!

“Orifice,” said the Doctor. “Now there’s an interesting word, don’t you think? Do you suppose the adjective that describes it would be orificial? Or orifine? No, that doesn’t sound right at all. I’d go with orificial. After all, it must have a Latin derivation. Os - mouth - that’s obvious, plus Latin -ficium, a making, doing (from facere, to make).”

God, that is SO like him in extremis, which is very much this Doctor.

Donna, did you like it when we did that finger thing? How about we try it with a toe? I mean, one of my toes, obviously….”

BWAH!!! That just had me in stitches!

And I SOOO loved the Smiths digression - that was just genius!

“I’ll so offend to make offence a skill,” he announced, to nobody in particular. “By heaven, methinks it were an easy leap to pluck bright honour from the pale-faced moon….”See, that's another thing I like here - is the use

[catsfiction]

I think you've nailed what I love about the Doctor and his universe. 400 years ago, Shakespeare was pop culture. (That came out wonderfully in TSC). And the Doctor wouldn't have the boundaries we have. He wouldn't stop seeing someone's output as pop culture because they were alive in 1600, not 2000 and now people are doing him at school. He wouldn't see The Smiths as not being classic, just because we haven't got to the stage of doing them in school yet. Because he time travels! It's wonderfully liberating. I once explored that in a story about poetry: "Deconstructing Daffodils" (it's in the Doctor's Diary if you're interested). And this, to me, is pure Doctor:
Okay, so you want me to explain poetry