tardis_library | Entries tagged with ch: ian chesterton

Title: Doctor Who - Hallelujah (1st Doctor & Companions Tribute)
Creator: TheImperialElite73
Rating: Not Rated
Word Count/Length/Size: 1:33
Creator's Summary: A tribute to William Hartnell & his first companions: Susan, Barbara & Ian with the song 'Hallelujah'.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a short but haunting look at the first three serials, given the song it's set to.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtH9gTec3rk

paranoidangel

Title: Doctor Who - The Daleks (1963) (Creepy Fan Trailer)
Creator: cbatt91337
Rating: None given
Word Count/Length/Size: 1:59
Creator's Summary: Featuring the original music by Tristram Cary with additional music by the Audio Machine, this is a trailer for William Hartnell's' second story and the Daleks first.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None given, but there is quite a bit of flashing images in it

Reasons for reccing: It's a really creepy and make the serial look like it's a creepy atmospheric, excitingly paced set of episodes. Which it probably was in the 60s, but this gives us a flavour of how it might have felt to people watching it for the first time when it was first broadcast. It certainly made me really want to re-watch it.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMFInjn4mMw

paranoidangel

Title: i can’t keep this love a secret, & i don’t want to go on longing
Creator:

mechup
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 3709 words
Creator's Summary:

“Ian—”

He immediately cuts her off, “Barbara, there’s something I ought to tell you—”

The TARDIS doors opening is loud and nearly causes both of them to jump out of their skin, ruining the moment. Susan appears and gestures for them to come back inside.

(or: five times Ian tries to let Barbara know he's in love with her + one time he actually does)
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's very sweet and it's very them.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22501654

paranoidangel

Title: Just Another Day
Creator:

thisbluespirit
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 1376 words
Creator's Summary: It's business as usual for Ian, Barbara, the Doctor and Vicki. You know, danger, imprisonment, escape...
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Vicki Pallister, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's an amusing story that's typical of the sort of things they got up to. Which a twist in the end, which is also pretty typical.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/192319

paranoidangel

Title: Ian Chesterton | Take the Long Way Home
Creator: relative-dimension-in-space
Rating: Not rated
Word Count/Length/Size: 3:38
Creator's Summary:
Oh, I cried making this. It's something I knew I wanted to do when this time came but being prepared to make it did not make this easier.

I'm honestly in a bit of shock. It doesn't feel real, somehow. With Russ's age I've expected it for years now but because he's always defied my expectations by still holding on it's really hard to believe it now that it's happened. I can't say how grateful I am that we got to see him as Ian one last time and that we got to share this world with him for as long as we did. It's been a joy being in the Classic Who fandom for 11 years now and knowing that one of the all-time greats was still with us. My heart has been so broken all day, but I'm sure it's a relief to him to be able to rest now and reunite with family and loved ones. I'd like to think Bill, Jackie, and Verity are holding a little party right about now. My prayers are with his family left behind on this side.

This tribute is dedicated in memory of William Russell and his wonderfully long life. He truly took the very, very long way back home to his Father in Heaven. Cheers and rest in peace, Russ.

William Russell Enoch
November 19, 1924 - June 3, 2024
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a fun vid showing Ian Chesterton, the fun things he got up to. It reminded me just how much I enjoy his era of Doctor Who.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WwS0ze2cqg

paranoidangel

Title: Next verse like the first (little bit louder, little bit worse)
Creator:

Whispers_of_Gallifrey
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 5674 words
Creator's Summary: There's a student in Ian's classroom who knows too much about science.

Again.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Vislor Turlough
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a great idea, having Ian and Turlough at the same school. The parallels between Turlough and Susan that help Ian spot another alien is really interesting.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54387493

romanajo123

Title: Before and After
Creator:

auronlu (TrakeniteTourist )
Rating: Mature
Word Count/Length/Size: 4458
Creator's Summary: After the Big Finish "Five Companions" Audio, the Doctor has to see his friends back to their proper places and times. Saying goodbye to one of them is more pleasant than expected, and more painful than the Doctor lets on.
Characters/Pairings: Fifth Doctor/Nyssa of Traken, Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, cameos by Polly Wright, Sara Kingdom, and Steven Taylor
Warnings/Notes: Sexual content , WAFF (warm and fuzzy feeling). (Might want to listen to or find a summary of the aforementioned audio if you want context, but there's not much spoiler content)

Reasons for reccing: (Wait, have I not rec'd this yet? Wow) For the Romance box on Rec Bingo. This is a beautifully done work. You can hear everyone's voices and all the little details are incredible. It really shows the Doctor and Nyssa's bond.

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/2644940

romanajo123

Title: The Past is Another Country
Creator: Pendragon
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 4244
Creator's Summary: Vicki experiences the ordinary life when the Doctor leaves her, Ian and Barbara to temporarily live together in the 1950's.

Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton, Vicki, The Doctor (1st)

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the seasonal challenge: Character is Vicki. This is an interesting read. It shows Vicki's point of view and her bond with Ian and Barbara, as well as a bit of her post-TARDIS life. Also , it's nice to show a companion from the future experiencing the past.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

valoise

Title: Unpack Your Heart
Creator: relative-dimension-in-space
Rating: Gen
Length: 3:16 minites
Creator's Summary: Ian and Barbara . . . They complement each other so well in every way.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None
Reasons for reccing: I love Barbara and Ian and so does this vidder.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k51T2cOCwts

paranoidangel

Title: Heed Your Call
Creator:

Inkfire
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 821
Creator's Summary: At the end of an adventure, a different one begins. Ian and Barbara share a moment wholly their own.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, First Doctor, Vicki
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's an amusing but sweet fic, where we get to see Vicki and the Doctor's reaction to Ian and Barbara kissing. Not to mention Ian and Barbara's reaction to it.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1154654

paranoidangel

Title: Memento Mori sed Memento Vivere
Creator:

Starjargon
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 3020
Creator's Summary: Clara finally deals with the events of Dark Water/Death in Heaven with the help of someone else who'd learned long ago how to move forward and let go. Spoilers for Series 8 finale. Intense theme, but general audience content.
Characters/Pairings: Clara Oswald/Danny Pink, Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton, Clara Oswald
Warnings/Notes: Major Character Death

Reasons for reccing: Making Ian Chesterton the governor of the school Clara works at is just begging for them to meet and discover they have the Doctor in common. But this fic is a bit different, because they do talk about the Doctor, it's also all about Clara dealing with Danny's death. It's a bit sad, a bit sweet, but also interesting the experience Ian uses to help her.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2659580

paranoidangel

Two short fics from agapi42.

Title: Fall Forever
Creator: agapi42
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 345 words
Creator's Summary: Ian wonders where it began.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is a sweet fic about Ian falling in love with Barbara.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/291984

Title: Just Passing Through
Creator: agapi42
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 540 words
Creator's Summary: I will lead you back.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is a sweet fic about Barbara keeping Ian going after he's done something heroic.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/291985

paranoidangel

Title: The Shadow of Joanna
Creator: LinworthNewt
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 4082
Creator's Summary: Between their departure from the Forest of Jaffa during the Crusades, and their arrival at the Space Museum on the planet Xeros, the TARDIS jumped a time track, and the travelers forgot what happened in the intervening time. Something lost, and something gained, passed between Ian and Barbara.
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton, Vicki
Warnings/Notes: There are none given, but I think it's worth noting that if it was me I'd probably give this a Teen rating. It's also tagged with Angst and Hurt/Comfort and it is dark.

Reasons for reccing: It's an interesting idea that jumping a time track at the beginning of The Space Museum can lead to events happening that the four of them don't remember. And it's dark and angsty, plus with a history lesson about Princess Joanna.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=37613

paranoidangel

Title: The Modern Knight
Creator: reversingpolarity
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 276 words
Creator's Summary: Everyone has their fears, even the bravest of people.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's short, but amusing and sweet.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=45446

paranoidangel

This is my 200th rec!

Title: Every Day A Journey (The Many Moments Mash-Up)
Creator:

biichan
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 1439 words
Creator's Summary: Ian and Barbara, over the years.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Martha Jones, Various Surprise Cameos
Warnings/Notes:

Reasons for reccing: It's a lovely story of Ian and Barbara's life after the Doctor, which includes normal things like work and children, but also meeting other Doctors and companions.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/189827

paranoidangel

Title: Book Learning
Creator:

lurking_latinist
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 651 words
Creator's Summary: "Barbara," Susan asked unsuspectingly, "how do you feel about Ian?"
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Susan Foreman
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's an interesting look at Susan's learning about humans. And also amusing when she tries asking Barbara.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/37100893

paranoidangel

Title: Something to It
Creator: albatrossjr
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 646 words
Creator's Summary: Pre-Unearthly Child: He is just imagining it.
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a short fic about the relationship between Ian and Barbara and how he feels during the time before they met the Doctor.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=8933

thisbluespirit

Title: First Doctor Era | Gone, Gone, Gone
Creator:

relative-dimension-in-space
Rating: All ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 3.29
Creator's Summary: Happy to present my first ever video! I've wanted to make them for years now and finally have the means to. The First Doctor era of Doctor Who is an easy place for me to start because I know it like the back of my hand and it's uncomplicated to edit - I'll definitely be attempting more intensive edits in the future, but I'm very happy to start here with something I love so much. I've wished a video to this song existed for a long time and it's exciting to actually get to see it now that I've done it! Hope you enjoy :)
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright, Susan Foreman, Vicki, Steven Taylor, Katarina, Sara Kingdom, Dodo Chaplet, Polly Wright, Ben Jackson.
Warnings/Notes: One brief broken/flashing cut towards the end.

Reasons for reccing: YT dropped this into my feed and I was instantly charmed - it's a really sweet and heart-warming whole era vid for the First Doctor. It's very well done, the song choice works beautifully and the found family celebratory vibe is threaded with the minor note of One's losses. I've not come across anything like this ensemble tribute for this era before, or certainly not so well done, and I've already watched it about six times.

Link: https://youtu.be/h3K5HgbcOlE?si=rmqZniwsjW-VEBz6

romanajo123

Title: Home Guard
Creator: Pendragon
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 608
Creator's Summary: In a dingy church hall a new organisation is formed. Well....sort of.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton, Wilfred Mott, Graham O'Brien
Warnings/Notes: None. (But it's helpful if you know a particular moment in Resolutions)

Reasons for reccing: Happy Doctor Who Day!! * takes a broom, tries to squeeze in one more rec* For 2019 ( When Resolution aired). So, if you've seen the episode, you are probably aware of the UNIT mention. Or what is said to have happened to it. This fic is wonderful and captures the characters' voices well. What a great idea and these three are a good team.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

Current Mood: relaxed

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 )

paranoidangel

Title: I'm Gonna Spend My Christmas With A Dalek
Creator:

touchdownpossum
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2:42
Creator's Summary: 10 Doctors, 30+ companions, and the special-est special effects you'll see this holiday season.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara WrightIan Chesterton, Vicki Pallister, Steven Taylor, Ben Jackson Polly Wright, Jamie McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield, Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, John Benton, Mike Yates, Jo Grant, Sarah Jane Smith, Romana II, Tegan Jovanka, Vislor Turlough, Peri Brown, Ace McShane, Rose Tyler, Adam Mitchell, Jackie Tyler, Mickey Smith, Martha Jones, Donna Noble, Wilfred Mott, Amy Pond, Rory Williams, River Song, Sara Kingdom, Davros, Jack Harkness

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For 1975, the year Davros, the Dalek creator was introduced. This is a fun vid to a fun song, with the images matching the words. And the addition of some fun hashtags.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/579189

scifirenegade

For the WILD CARD square on my Reccer's Bingo card... bingo...

Title: Doctor Coo
Creator:

LissyStrata
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 629 words
Creator's Summary: Barbara vs. Pigeon.
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes:

Reasons for reccing: Pigeon! It's just fun, and who doesn't love that pun? And pigeons?

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/5065312

scifirenegade

For the Future square on my Reccer's Bingo card.

Title: All Your Beliefs
Creator:

Doyle /

doyle_sb4
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2k words
Creator's Summary: The key became part of the story, of course. The Doctor leaves more than just Susan behind.
Characters/Pairings: Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: Major character death

Reasons for reccing: An interesting diversion from canon (starting notice an interesting pattern here). It's beautifuly written.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/8569

Title: The Wright Stuff
Creator: Tim Pieraccini (he has a Twitter account,

tjpieraccini)
Rating: none given, I would say Teen and Up
Word Count/Length/Size: around 134k words
Creator's Summary: This began life as a Doctor Who idea. That’s not how it ended up. There is some Doctor Who content, but those looking for much evidence of the Doctor himself will be disappointed. Those interested in a slightly different take on the early years of Who and a view of the universe that is considerably older than the 745 years the Hartnell Doctor was supposed to carry might find the book interesting. (If nothing else, you could test your knowledge of sixties culture on the chapter headings; they’re all song titles or lyrics or film titles from ’67 or before. There is a note at the end to identify them for anyone who cares, but I’d advise against reading it beforehand if you wish to avoid a fairly major spoiler towards the end.)

Oh, and about the title. I know. It was a working title, and it kind of stuck. Be grateful; I did consider calling it "Barbara Cutaway".
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright, original characters, Ian Chesterton (cameo)
Warnings/Notes: character death, mentions of adult situations and minor sexuality, and 1960s-isms.

Reasons for reccing: It's dense, very interesting, and long. Your main (original) character is a bit of a prick who wants to be an author, and slowly gets to know a mysterious older woman who may or may not have met aliens (and is very esoteric). Guess who that woman is. Don't think I've ever read anything like it.
Also it took me years to find it in full.

Link: https://web.archive.org/web/20050307133456/http://www.uea.ac.uk/~y0242489/wright.htm

scifirenegade

For the Surprises square on my Reccer's Bingo card... bingo...
Title: Ordinary World
Creator: whispersecho
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 498 words
Creator's Summary: Ian and Barbara return home to find they are two years out from their own time. They have an awful lot of explaining to do, or *someone* does. Mostly First Doctor era, but other characters appear in Chapter 5.
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton (and some surprise characters)
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: One of my favourite seventh Doctor and Ace writers wrote for my OTP as well. How could I resist? It's another take on "Barbara and Ian are back" fic, but with a bit more Dr Who-ness. You'll see when you read it.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=17103

scifirenegade

For the Circles square on my Reccer's Bingo card.

Title: Eternity in an Hour
Creator: Lurky McLurklurk /

ionlylurkhere
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 3k words
Creator's Summary: "Time is nature's way of keeping everything from happening at once."
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes:

Reasons for reccing: An unusual, yet very first Doctor adventure. Both the technobabble and the characterisation is great.

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=20172

paranoidangel

For the Stories square on my bingo card

Title: A Benevolent Abduction
Creator:

Dynapink
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 3931 words
Creator's Summary: Ian tells his children how their mother saved him and Susan from the clutches of a madwoman with the very best of intentions.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Susan Foreman
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is a fun story of an alien world where all of Ian's assumptions about how the world works is the wrong way around. Also a very traditional story of Ian getting himself in trouble.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/35398354

scifirenegade

For the Apocalypse square on my Reccer's Bingo card... bingo...

Title: Tomorrow
Creator:

swordznsorcery
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 4k words
Creator's Summary: Written for Tic Tac Woe, the Apocabingo Challenge of wilful mass destruction. Prompt: Evolution/Absorbed Into New Species.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: attempted cannibalism

Reasons for reccing: It's an interesting look at the Earth's far future, with some nice dialogue. Kudos for morbid!Barbara, that's something fans don't quite catch on while watching her serials.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/13443183

(Would it be possible to create the creator: swordznsorcery tag, please?)

scifirenegade

For the Aliens Made Us Do It square on my Reccer's Bingo.
Title: Things Unsaid
Creator:

TigerKat
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2k words
Creator's Summary: Ian and Barbara deal with an accident. Which perhaps wasn't terribly accidental.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: It's "Aliens Made Us Do It"! But it's not the "it" you were expecting. I love trope subversion and characters talking feelings to one another, and this one is *chef's kiss*. Also the ending is very funny.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/4426013

Note: As I'm preparing these in advance, it occurred to me I should be checking for repeats. And, turns out, this one was already recced. My apologies. It shan't happen again.

scifirenegade

For the First Time/Last Time square on my Reccer's Bingo.

Title: Stop Telling Me You're Dead
Creator: Richard Goff aka Quark
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 2k words
Creator's Summary: A pretty oblique Who story, about what happened to a certain history teacher thirty years after she stumbled, with a colleague, into a junkyard at 76 Totters' Lane.
Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright/Ian Chesterton, original characters
Warnings/Notes: Major character death

Reasons for reccing: Pretty oblique indeed. Ian is dead, and Barbara keeps getting mysterious phone calls. Quite a mysterious and gloomy read, haven't found anything quite like it yet. And I swear it makes sense with the prompt (even if I had to scour my bookmarks to find something that was semi-related to it).

Link: www.whofic.com/viewuser.php?uid=2894

(Would it be possible to create the following tag: creator: quark)

lurking_latinist

Title: untitled
Creator:

hellmandraws
Rating: I would say G
Word Count/Length/Size: Two portraits
Creator's Summary: Sara Kingdom in “Too much” for

avoyagetoarcturus + Ian Chesterton in “Broken” for

unwillingadventurer! :) From this palette challenge. [reccer's note: the link to the palette challenge is broken]
Characters/Pairings: Sara Kingdom, Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: gun as a prop (no violence)

Reasons for reccing: I got Sara in the Character Surprise challenge, and there's very little either fic or art for her, poor soul, but I really like hellmandraws' art and was pleased to find they've drawn her! With the stylized palette and the pose full of movement, it's really bright and intense and lively. There's a nice portrait of Ian looking adorable too.

Link: https://hellmandraws.tumblr.com/post/163756567578/sara-kingdom-in-too-much-for-avoyagetoarcturus