DW/FF crossover fic: The Engineer's Gift (23/27)

[shan21non]

Title: The Engineer's Gift

Author: shan21non

Rating: R (just this chapter)

Beta Readers: buffyaddict13 and inkhand, who were extra amazing with this chapter.

Warnings: Swearing in Mandarin! And some explicit sexual content, in this chapter only

Pairings: Ten/Rose, Mal/Inara, a bit of Simon/Kaylee

Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who or Firefly. How is

Comments

[lonewolf82]

I am way too tired and burnt out on homework to give you a proper response, so instead, you shall get the tiny thought trains.

Waffle cones! THE TIE! Pigs! Cassandra! Heehee protection... heeheehee.

Conclude this with a fangirl-esque squee of joy and that's everything I thought about this chapter. Brain tired...

THE TIE. ohmygravy.

[shan21non]

Hah! This is a wonderful review! I enjoy tiny thought trains :D

Nicely Done

[anonymous]

After a whole week of nothing but drenching rain, here's another chapter of your story to brighten things up. I have one word: Satisfied.

I'll be in my bunk, now.

P.S. I agree with aquakittie above - we need the equivalent Mal/Inara scene before the story is over!

Re: Nicely Done

[shan21non]

Awww, yay! It's raining here now too. As for Mal/Inara, I'm working on it, but you know how stubborn those two can be ;)

[draconin]

OMG! I need a TARDIS; I *have* to read the rest and I can't wait!! :-)

[shan21non]

HA! Don't we all wish we had a TARDIS? Thank you!

[redcirce]

I love River in this- she's just the right amount of weird and wise. I especially like her making the Doctor feel "like a child who had just given the professor a wrong answer in class".

I also loved the waffle cone line, and the fact that the Doctor sometimes forgets to use all his senses. Lol at the Doctor running off on River in the middle of a conversation to go shag Rose. Social skills, Doctor!

The scene with Rose was a perfect mix of sweet and funny. There were a lot of wonderful lines (the Gallifrian sex talk, pigs being the sexiest of all the mammals) but also a lot of lovely emotion as well. Cheers to Rose to pointing out that although they might have sidestepped the Void, he still has to come to terms with losing her eventually. Hopefully the Doctor will allow himself a small measure of happiness.

Also:
He did not enjoy the idea of knocking on Jayne Cobb's door to ask for contraceptives.
This would be the funniest outtake ever!

[shan21non]

Thank you! River is such a fun challenge to write. I'm really happy to hear that you like my portrayal of her. This is such a fantastic comment, I keep rereading it :)

Also, you make me want to write a series of outtakes. Another one would be the Doctor and Wash playing dinosaurs together until they are discovered by Rose and Zoe... Hmm...

*applause*

[anonymous]

Well, I just found your fic, and have read 23 chapters in one afternoon. Earlier, I thought I'd rate it two squeeee!'s and a yippee!. Then I upped it to two squeeee!'s, a yippee! and a happy dance. But after the Doctor's chat with Wash, my jaw dropped, I fell to the floor, began kowtowing and chanting, "We are not worthy! We are not worthy!"

So far, every Doctor Who/Firefly crossover I've read has been excellent, and yours in no exception. Your characterization is consistent with canon (BOTH series!). Your plot is well-structured, without noticible holes. Good use of foreshadowing and flashback--no "wtf?" moments (you know, clunky deus ex machina or a$$ pull), but some good suspense and cliffhangers. Your prose is fluent, virtually error-free.

I look forward to the concluding chapters!