Rec [Fic]: Be Afraid by RobertSaysThis (Thirteen, original companion)

[eve11]

Hi all! Time for another recs bingo! Here is my card and this is my bottom row, fifth column fill for the prompt: Monsters

Title: Be Afraid
Creator: RobertSaysThis
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 7888
Creator's Summary: The world is getting darker, and it needs a different kind of Doctor. Here, she becomes a psychiatrist, fights creatures from beyond human understanding, and explains to a child why there is still hope in the world.
Characters/Pairings: Thirteenth Doctor, original companion
Warnings: None.

Reasons for reccing: This is actually Part 1 of a series I've been working my way through, and the whole thing is really fantastic. It's dark and creepy and truly scary, but at the same time it's funny and hopeful and adventurous. In short, it is everything Doctor Who should be. I love the author's characterization of the Thirteenth Doctor; in a world where time is just a bit wrong somehow, blazing through adventures and defeating monsters wherever she goes. If you like this story (and you will, I promise), keep reading because it just keeps getting better. The author does a wonderful job of making the Doctor new and female and dealing with it, but still absolutely, recognizably herself. Imaginative, creative, scary, creepy, funny, with an underlying philosophy behind everything--dealing with adults and children, what it means to hope and how important it is to be afraid and honest in the face of fear and danger. And all building (I think) to a bigger mystery. It's like if Thirteen's new series took the best from new school and old school Who and mixed them together brilliantly.

Seriously, don't miss it!

( Tiny excerpt )

Link again: Be Afraid

Rec [Art]: Susans and Grandfathers by Alda-Rana

[felis]

For my Bingo Square "Crossover".

Title: Susans and Grandfathers
Creator: alda-rana
Rating: gen
Creator's Summary: When you think about it, having a granddaughter named Susan is only the beginning of the resemblance between Death and the Doctor. They both like humans and try to act like them, they live in dimensionally transcendantal homes, they have seen the beginning and the end of the world... I think a meeting between them could be quite interesting.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor and Susan, Death and Susan Sto Helit from Discworld
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: Wonderful idea and the nighttime setting is beautiful - love the use of light and dark and how fun and natural the characters fit together in this scene.

Link: Susans and Grandfathers

Rec [Fic]: The Dalek Invasion of Discworld by TigerKat

[thisbluespirit]

For the square "Daleks" on my bingo card, because how could I not?

Title: The Dalek Invasion of Discworld
Creator: TigerKat
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 699 words
Creator's Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin.
Characters/Pairings: Daleks, Various Discworld characters
Warnings/Notes: None.

Reasons for reccing: The Daleks try to invade Discworld and it goes about as well as you would expect. A true gem that's sure to leave you with a grin on your face, because there are some places that even Daleks should never try to go - but I'm so glad that, thanks to TigerKat, they did.


Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4426025 (Also at Teaspoon here.)