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luthien ([personal profile] luthien) wrote in [community profile] tardis_library2019-01-16 04:26 pm

Rec [Fic]: There to Here, by Nym

Title: There to Here
Creator: [personal profile] nym_wibbly
Rating: Teen and up
Word Count/Length/Size:
7016 words
Creator's Summary: Tegan's journey takes her to places she knew she'd never go.
Characters/Pairings: Fifth Doctor/Tegan, Nyssa, Turlough
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: I could never imagine this pairing, until I read this story. Then, once I had read it, the pairing made perfect sense, but only in the way they are together here. This story brings Tegan and the Doctor together, but in a way that preserves the Doctor's essential, alien otherness. This is such a great Tegan voice. She's such a loud "outside" sort of character but this quieter, thoughtful but unflinchingly honest internal voice works so beautifully. I love - in a slightly uncomfortable way - the way the Doctor is with her, the way he sounds and acts - I can hear him so clearly in the dialogue - but Tegan is what really makes this story. It's one that's stayed in my mind ever since I first read it, years ago.

Link
: There to Here
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[personal profile] thisbluespirit 2019-01-16 08:49 am (UTC)(link)
Seconded! You beat me to this one, funnily enough. (I can imagine Five/Tegan quite happily - like, why else does any couple argue that much in the 1980s - but this is a very good one.)
Edited 2019-01-16 08:53 (UTC)