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Dispatches from Abroad (The Past is Another Country Mix) [The Doctor, Susan | PG]

Aug 09, 2009 12:39

Title: Dispatches from Abroad (The Past is Another Country Mix)
Author: glinda_penguin
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor, Susan Foreman (cameos from sundry companions, notably Jamie McCrimmon and Donna Noble)
Rating: PG
Summary: He leaves her letters in the libraries, carves her messages into the cliffs. He goes forward in all their beliefs.
Word Count: 1535
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remixer: glinda_penguin, character: susan foreman, original author: eponymous_rose, rating: pg, character: the doctor

Comments 8

paranoidangel42 August 9 2009, 13:17:14 UTC

This is really sweet - the Doctor writing to Susan. I like how different regenerations of the Doctor write to her more or less often, and I like how you tied the ending up with the original.

amaresu August 9 2009, 16:00:59 UTC

I cried. This was beautifully done. A perfect match for the original and a marvelous character study of the Doctor.

eponymous_rose August 10 2009, 04:15:26 UTC

Oh, this is amazing! Remixer, I'm going to flail at you a bit, because there are so many great little touches in this.

I love seeing how people remix fics, and switching the POV but keeping the setting of the last scene is an awesome way of going about it. And I love how much character development and depth you've added to such a little snippet of a ficlet! Your glimpses of each incarnation of the Doctor are bang-on - the way their sections intertwine with the big events of Whovian history (and novel/audio/comic canon! I'll have you know I did a little happy!flail at every reference) really gives scope to this whole undertaking, and it's just marvelous.

The scene with Donna in particular was excellent - it really rings true that he'd share that part of his life with her. And Jenny at the end! Beautiful way of bringing the fic full circle.

And I love, love, love the way you've had the whole thing be a trail of breadcrumbs for Susan, leading up to that ending.

Thank you for writing this!

settiai August 10 2009, 06:31:30 UTC

Oh, wow. Just... wow. This is absolutely gorgeous.

elliptic_eye August 11 2009, 15:10:18 UTC

Haven't read the original fic yet, but I love both the idea and the shifts in tone from one era to another; a lot of ground is covered here, but it doesn't just go by in a blur.

the person he was back then seems like a stranger and worse, so does Susan.

That bit was perfect and devastating.