Rec [Fic]: The Spartans by JJPOR and Reciprocal Quandaries by Primsong

[thisbluespirit]

I've been meaning to post some recs for the Second Doctor gen request for a while, so here are two now to make up for my delay, both of them fabulous historical longfic for the same TARDIS team.

Title: The Spartans
Creator: jjpor | JJPOR
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 69,883 words
Creator's Summary: Greece, 480 BC: As the vast armies of the King of Kings prepare to battle the outnumbered defenders of the Hot Gates, the Doctor and his friends find themselves where they often find themselves at times like this – caught in the middle.
Characters/Pairings: Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Ben Jackson, Polly Wright
Warnings/Notes: Explicit violence.

Reasons for reccing: It's no secret that JJPOR is still one of my favourite Doctor Who writers and this may be my favourite of his stories. It's basically a full-on attempt at a 60s era historical, although going that little further (like a PDA or MA, save that JJPOR's stuff has far more heart and eventual happy endings) to allow for some of the historical reality. It's vividly written, excellently characterised, well-plotted out, and a real treat.


Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=32635


Title: Reciprocal Quandaries
Creator: primsong
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 30,765
Creator's Summary: Two, Ben, Polly and Jamie pause for a bit of restful holiday at the 1900 Paris Exposition - or so they wished. A 'historic' adventure for one of the Old School teams.
Characters/Pairings: Second Doctor, Ben Jackson, Polly Wright, Jamie McCrimmon
Warnings/Notes: None.

Reasons for reccing: Talking of treats, this is also a long historical 'missing adventure' featuring the very same TARDIS team, but with a much lighter edge. It is a delightful runaround set during the Paris Exposition in 1900, complete with improbable doppelgangers and actual candy floss, and is heaps of fun. I only wish there were more of it!


Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/129687/chapters/184323 (And here @ Teaspoon.)

Rec [fic]: We'll Be Dating To the End of Time, by thisbluespirit

[auroracloud]

Title: We'll Be Dating To the End of Time
Creator: thisbluespirit / thisbluespirit
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 1934 words
Creator's Summary: The Doctor tries taking Yaz on some nice, calm, normal dates. It goes about exactly as well as you'd imagine.
Characters/Pairings: Thirteenth Doctor/Yasmin Khan

Reasons for reccing: For the romance theme, I wanted to rec this adorable Thirteen/Yaz fic, published in this year's Chocolate Box exchange, by our dear mod, which deserves all the attention it can get. As I may have said before, I have a soft spot for romance fics that include plenty of the humour, mayhem, things going wrong and running around that belongs to the show. I also like it when romance involving the Doctor shows the Doctor not quite knowing how to do human things but trying anyway. This is one of the best if not the best I've read of that sort, and Thirteen and Yaz are charmingly themselves, it's hilarious, and it's happy and feel-good. I'm pretty sure it works whether you actually ship them or not!

It also contains lines such as: Although, she had to admit that now she wasn’t only sort of jealous of a time machine, she was kind of jealous of a universe disguised as a frog and entities unknown who went on dates that lasted for twenty-four years. The competition was bizarre, you could say that much.

as well as:

“Doctor,” said Yaz, trying to sound casually conversational, which wasn’t the easiest thing right now, “do you, er, have tentacles?”

Which should be enough to convince anyone, right?


Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/17471738

Rec [fic]: Domestic Bliss, by JohnAmendAll

[auroracloud]

Title: Domestic Bliss
Creator: JohnAmendAll
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 169 words
Creator's Summary: Compared to fighting Morgaine's army, cooking breakfast should be a simple matter... shouldn't it?
Characters/Pairings: Ancelyn ap Gwalchmai/Winifred Bambera

Reasons for reccing: The monthly theme of Seventh Doctor reminded me I haven't yet gone out to look for much fic from that era, so I naturally had to go and look up some fic about the fabulous Brigadier Winifred Bambera from Battlefield, as she is The Awesomest. I found this delightful, funny little fic about Ancelyn and Winifred daring the dastardly threat of kitchen appliances. In the show I loved Ancelyn's awesomely ridiculous epicness and Bambera's fabulous efficiency, and much enjoy reading about them encountering domestic trials. I could read an entire series of fics about Ancelyn and Bambera and various household activities. (Hmm, better go drop a prompt at who_guestfest!)

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/814838