Rec [Fic]: Entangled by Doyle

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Title: Entangled
Creator: Doyle
Rating: All ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 2103
Creator's Summary: Right, then. Adam Mitchell, this is your life.
Characters/Pairings: Adam Mitchell, Mickey Smith, The Doctor (9th)
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Another for my seasonal "Companions that Never Were" theme. Adam Mitchell is the black sheep of New Who almost-companions, the one who should never have been given a chance to travel with the Doctor, and blew it the first time out. This is the aftermath

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=2422

Rec [Fic]: A Tale of Three Diamonds by jinxed_wood

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Title: A Tale of Three Diamonds
Creator: Jinxed_Wood
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 1644
Creator's Summary: [Doctor Who/Highlander/Leverage crossover] Three diamonds, three thieves. The world may not be big enough.
Characters/Pairings: Lady Christina de Souza
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Continuing my seasonal challenge, another "Companion that never was" - Lady Christina de Souza - and her rivalry with several other distinguished thieves.


Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=33364

Rec [Vid]: A Place in Time by Vaniel Donovan

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Title: A Place in Time
Creator: VanielDonovan (Van Donovan)
Rating: None (All ages)
Word Count/Length/Size: 1.07 mins
Creator's Summary: A Ben/Polly music video for one of the most underappreciated couples in Doctor Who canon!
Characters/Pairings: Ben Jackson/Polly Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Another for my favourite pairings seasonal challenge. Ben and Polly are indeed far too underappreciated, mainly due to so many of their episodes being junked, and this is a sweet and fun well done tribute vidlet that I was delighted to stumble over. And it's a great choice of final clip!


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muxygREmNTU

Rec [fic]: A Matter of Time, by demotu

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Title: A Matter of Time
Creator: demotu/ demotu
Rating: Explicit
Word Count/Length/Size: 101,136 words
Creator's Summary: A time travelling, action-adventure, romance-filled science fiction romp ensues when Ianto runs into Jack in the fifty-first century after an accident with a vortex manipulator. Laser blasters, alien dance clubs, mercenaries, a little too much public sex for Ianto's tastes, sneaky plans and circular logic can be found here. Set after Something Borrowed, but not particularly "AU" - it slots into season 2
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness/Ianto Jones, several well-developed OCs and some pairings involving them. There's also an interlude with a threesome that includes a character/self combination, but it's not essential to the plot, so if that kind of thing puts you off, you can just skip that one.
Warnings/Notes: Explicit, mainly m/m sex happens here and there. Come to think of it, most of my favourite Torchwood fics have explicit sex. I think that's just the way Jack/Ianto stories tend to roll.

Reasons for reccing: Just managing to get in some Torchwood recs before February ends with its spin-offs theme! This was a much-recced and much-loved fic in the heyday of the Torchwood fandom, but as the fandom isn't so active anymore, perhaps it could use a boost to let newer fans know about it. It's one of my favourite Torchwood fics ever, and probably the only one I quite often think back on. The creator's summary says all the main things about it; I'll just add that it has excellent characterization of both Ianto and Jack, and in Jack's case offers fascinating views into Jack at different times of his life. The adventures are exciting, it's one of my favourite time travel stories, and the developments of Jack and Ianto's relationship are lovely and well explored. In addition, the OCs are well-developed and could just as well star in a non-fannish science fiction novel. Also, it has my favourite Jack-before-he-was-Jack name - it actually works and sounds like a real name and suits him.


Link: On Archive of Our Own, or the Masterlist on LJ where it was originally posted.

Rec [fic]: Long Night's Journey Into Day, by Sahiya

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Title: Long Night's Journey Into Day
Creator: sahiya
Rating: Explicit
Word Count/Length/Size: 36,514
Creator's Summary: Stranded in Cardiff by his Time Lord twin, the human Doctor must carve out a life for himself at a Torchwood still reeling from losing two of their own.
Characters/Pairings: Jack Harkness / Ianto Jones / Tenth Doctor (duplicate). Gwen Cooper, Martha Jones.
Warnings/Notes: Explicit m/m (and m/m/m) sex in this one, too.

Reasons for reccing: Another of my favourite Torchwood fics, though this one is a New Who crossover; and another one of my "wait, must get in Torchwood recs before February ends!" Basically, it takes place after Torchwood S2 and Stolen Earth/Journey's End, in canon divergence AU where the Tenth Doctor, instead of dumping the human Doctor into the parallel universe with Rose, lets them stay but sends his human duplicate off to Cardiff with Jack. Jack is still recovering from all the pain inflicted on him by S2 and before, and it falls mostly to Ianto to help the newcomer settle, while also trying to figure out his complicated relationship with Jack. Things ensue.

Sahiya's fics always contain tons of the kind of emotional hurt/comfort that pushes all my buttons, and this one is no exception, and delivers well on both the hurt and the comfort. The story is well written, characterization of all three is wonderful, as well as the supporting cast of Gwen and Martha, and I enjoy the development of all the relationships between the three main characters.

This is the first part of a series, but stands well on its own. A later part of the series also includes Donna Noble, Rose Tyler, and the original, Time Lord edition of the Tenth Doctor, but I do recommend starting with this part!


Link: Long Night's Journey Into Day