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This is a reccing community for Doctor Who in all its incarnations, spin-offs, Extended Universe etc. etc.

Members may rec any type of fanwork at any time, although there will also be monthly themes and seasonal challenges, plus requests.

Rules
1. Be civil and respectful to other community members & no bashing of characters, pairings, fanworks, or creators. No hatespeech or harassment is allowed. (Attempts at galactic domination will also be severely frowned upon.)

2. Works recced must be posted publicly at the time of reccing (i.e. not posted to a locked journal etc.). You may rec works archive-locked to AO3, but please note that in the header info of your rec. Please do not rec works in progress, and no self recs. One user may post a max of 2 posts to the comm per day.

What makes a good fanwork is a very subjective subject, but at base line, please ensure that all your recs are complete and generally comprehensible/accessible as appropriate to the medium. (i.e. formatted & punctuated etc.; in the case of podfic, vids etc., that they are visible/audible, with working streaming/downloading links (at time of reccing); and that artworks are finished, visible, & recognisable as the subject etc.) If reccing a crossover/fusion, it should contain recognisable DW-related content/characters.

3. Works may be recced more than once (although please try to vary things up where you can and avoid repeating recs within a short period of time - you can use the tags to check whether or not something has already been recced).

4. You must include some sort of 'blurb' as to why you are reccing the work, however brief. Please include any relevant warnings/content notes in the header template provided, particularly when linking directly to a work without any header/equivalent info. (i.e. spoilers, physical triggers in vids, noting topics that may be triggery - abuse, death, racism/bigotry, non-con etc. Please don't warn for slash/het/femslash etc. or specific pairings/characters.)

5. Rec away!

If you have any other questions, please ask in the comments here. (Anon commenting is on.)

( Posting Guidelines )

Code for the linked banner, to promote the comm in your journal and other comms:

Also a rebloggable tumblr post here.

With thanks to

calufrax (for everything); some ideas also came via

het_reccers.

thisbluespirit

Recs of any sort may be posted at any time, but in addition we have monthly themes.

tardis_library's theme for May is now closed, and here is our new theme for June:

Fifteenth Doctor // Smile

"I just wish we... we had longer."

Now that the latest series has drawn to a close, it's time to highlight the Fifteenth Doctor! Share any and all recs relating to Fifteen and his era or those connected to the theme "Smile", or, as ever, both. ♥

Post your recs to the community in the normal way any time from now until midnight on 30th June 2025 in your timezone. (See Info & Guidelines for posting template and instructions). Recs posted for monthly themes have their own tag with banners at the end of the year for reccers who posted something for at least six out of the twelve themes over the year. (Just let me know if you prefer not to receive banners.)

When making your post, add the tag "other: monthly theme". (The mods can take care of any other needed tags if you prefer, but a challenge/theme tag could easily be missed.)

Our current Seasonal Challenge is Alphabet Soup, open for posting until 15th June 2025.

Request List
Anyone may also request any specific recs they'd like to see. (e.g. "Fourth Doctor fic, not on Teaspoon," "Cheerful Bill Potts artwork," "Leela vid," "recent Ten/Rose," etc.) If you are only interested in one medium (fic/vid/art etc/), don't forget to specify.

Current requests:
* Classic Who fanvids, any Doctor/TARDIS team (music, no/minimal audio quotes preferred), especially out there on tumblr/YT -

thisbluespirit
* Twelfth Doctor h/c that's not on AO3 (any pairing or gen) -

ruuger
* Rose/Nine fic, any genre, anywhere - anon
* Jack/Esther fic (Torchwood) -

chamilet
* Babyfic and/or de-age fic, any era/any team -

romanajo123
* Fanworks in more unusual media (not Art, Fic, or Vids) -

lurking_latinist
* Gen fic featuring the Doctor's scarf any era -

liadt
* fic set after Planet of Giants that focus on the events of that story -

scifirenegade

Make your requests in the comments here to be added to the list. (Anon commenting is on.) If you make a rec that fills any of these requests, please add the "other: request" tag to your entry so it can be found easily.)

Any other questions? Ask here or at the Info & Guidelines post, or PM the mod.

romanajo123

Title: Rock Pools
Creator: Penny
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 613
Creator's Summary: “You’re a strange wee chappie, you know that?” / “Thank you,” said the Doctor, even though Jamie hadn’t really paid him a compliment. In which the Doctor gives Jamie a present and Victoria is amused by crabs.
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor (2nd), Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Seasonal Challenge- R. This is some cute and fun Team Two fluff. I can hear their voices and this feels like it could happen during this time.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

romanajo123

Title: Quit Looking at Me
Creator: betawho
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 207
Creator's Summary: River keeps staring at him.
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor (11th)/River Song
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Seasonal Challenge-Q ! (Which is surprisingly hard to find a ton of fic for :D)
This is short, but fun with some good in-character dialogue for the two of them.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

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