Rec [fic]: The Only Water in the Desert by BerylGrey

[lurking_latinist]

Title: The Only Water in the Desert
Creator: BerylGrey
Rating: Teen and Up Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 4184 words
Creator's Summary: He didn't need to know. Nobody needed to know. She was Melanie Bush now, not Melody Pond.
Characters/Pairings: Sixth Doctor/Mel Bush, Seventh Doctor/Mel Bush, River Song (as Mel)
Warnings/Notes:

Reasons for reccing: For 1986 and the introduction of Melanie Bush, here's one of my favorite very recent pieces of Mel-and-Six-fic. Based on a longstanding crack theory ('Melanie Bush' could not sound more like 'Melody Pond had to come up with an alias quickly' if you tried!), this is both really moving and makes a surprising amount of continuity sense. It's a great exploration of Mel's character that thereby adds new layers to River's.

Also for the Multi-Era theme!

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/51341845/chapters/129732031

rec [Fic] To Whatever Extent, coda (with tea) & Ordinary World

[thisbluespirit]

Three ficlets for 1990, because I was looking for something connected to Remembrance of the Daleks and/or An Unearthly Child and ran into these three, which are all short and sweet, so here's a little bundle of 1990-related goodness:

Title: To Whatever Extent
Creator: Joan Milligan
Rating: All ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 303 words
Creator's Summary: The smallest thing, post Remembrance of the Daleks.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None.

Reasons for reccing: For 1990, the year that the novelisation of Remembrance of the Daleks was published, paving the way for the New Adventures. This is a beautiful little tag for the serial, with Seven making some reflections on his behaviour that maybe illuminates his reasons for his tendency to plan and manipulate - something that would get stretched even further in the upcoming VNAs.


Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=13939


( coda (with tea) by phantomlistener & Ordinary World by whispersecho )

Rec [vid]: not a snog box | Doctor Who [HUMOR] by Pteryx Videos

[paranoidangel]

Title: not a snog box | Doctor Who [HUMOR]
Creator: Pteryx Videos
Rating: Not rated
Word Count/Length/Size: 2:53
Creator's Summary: I needed positive emotions and here's what turns out =)
It's not a crack, just... I don't know, what is it.
Characters/Pairings: All the Doctors and companions from the Ninth, Tenth and Eleventh Doctor eras
Warnings/Notes:

Reasons for reccing: Martha sums the video up at the end, so this is for 1979, the year Freema Agyeman was born. It's a fun video with clips relating to the songs. And I didn't realise how much similar themes came up until I saw them one after another.


Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGJgAL3JDHo