Rec [fic]: Emergency Powers by Pete Galey
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Title: Emergency Powers
Creator: Pete Galey
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 74,123 words
Creator's Summary: Following his seventh regeneration, the Doctor's previous persona finds himself in the mental realm where his six predecessors live. Soon, the discovery of a body sows the seeds of suspicion and mistrust - with grave consequences for the world outside.
Characters/Pairings: The versions of One through Seven that live inside Eight's mind (Seven is the main character); Eight and Sam
Warnings/Notes: I was jarred by one moment in which a dark appearance is associated with evil in the context of a folkloric devil figure. Unrelatedly, if you're a Third Doctor fan, you may feel he's not really in character in this.
Reasons for reccing: It's a twisty, adventurous, novel-length plot that really makes use of several classic versions of the Doctor, each as a character in his own right--especially Seven and Four and one other whose form of intervention in the plot is a spoiler. The worldbuilding of the mindscape in which the ex-Doctors dwell is fascinating--it feels Gallifreyan and appropriately weird without vanishing up itself--especially in the context of The Power of the Doctor (despite this being written in 2009). It's fun to spot all the references, but the story is far more than just a vehicle for references--it explores what makes the Doctor the Doctor. Angsty, funny, uplifting? I found it uplifting.
Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=32683
Title: Emergency Powers
Creator: Pete Galey
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 74,123 words
Creator's Summary: Following his seventh regeneration, the Doctor's previous persona finds himself in the mental realm where his six predecessors live. Soon, the discovery of a body sows the seeds of suspicion and mistrust - with grave consequences for the world outside.
Characters/Pairings: The versions of One through Seven that live inside Eight's mind (Seven is the main character); Eight and Sam
Warnings/Notes: I was jarred by one moment in which a dark appearance is associated with evil in the context of a folkloric devil figure. Unrelatedly, if you're a Third Doctor fan, you may feel he's not really in character in this.
Reasons for reccing: It's a twisty, adventurous, novel-length plot that really makes use of several classic versions of the Doctor, each as a character in his own right--especially Seven and Four and one other whose form of intervention in the plot is a spoiler. The worldbuilding of the mindscape in which the ex-Doctors dwell is fascinating--it feels Gallifreyan and appropriately weird without vanishing up itself--especially in the context of The Power of the Doctor (despite this being written in 2009). It's fun to spot all the references, but the story is far more than just a vehicle for references--it explores what makes the Doctor the Doctor. Angsty, funny, uplifting? I found it uplifting.
Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=32683