tardis_library | Entries tagged with ch: susan foreman

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: Another Girl
Creator:

CommanderBayban
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 1011 words
Creator's Summary: Susan really doesn’t think the Doctor should be her chaperone at the Beatles concert.
Characters/Pairings: Sixth Doctor, Susan Foreman
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a lovely story between the two of them talking about music and their opinions of it. And then an amusing ending at the concert.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/60267199

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: Beginnings
Creator:

Adipose74
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 815 words
Creator's Summary: It all began with a Theft.
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor's TARDIS, First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Original Time Lord Characters
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a short, amusing fic that explains how the Doctor came to steal this particular TARDIS.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/53223196

romanajo123

Title: Beyond the Veil
Creator: AceOnGallifrey
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 1827
Creator's Summary: The Tenth Doctor discovers that his song isn't ending: it's just leaving to join in a greater melody, above and beyond death itself. Oneshot of various pairings and much joy.
Characters/Pairings: Ace McShane, Donna Noble, Grace Holloway, Jamie McCrimmon, Jo Grant, Peri Brown, River Song, Romana II, Rose Tyler, Susan Foreman, The Doctor (10th), The Doctor (11th), The Doctor (1st), The Doctor (2nd), The Doctor (3rd), The Doctor (4th), The Doctor (5th), The Doct
Warnings/Notes: None (though this is a sort-of Crossover with Young Wizards by Diane Duane)

Reasons for reccing: I recently remembered this fic, and reread it. And it is one of the most stunning, beautiful things. Everything is very vivid and detailed and a nice ending for Ten. With a bunch of little cameos.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

lurking_latinist

Title: Children of My Civilisation
Creator:

patrexes and

Shrrgnien (

mylordshesacactus)
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 2,035 words
Creator's Summary:

Alone and afraid, Clara and the TARDIS share the most precious memory in all of time and space.

Meanwhile, Theta Sigma is kind of a dick.

Characters/Pairings: Doctor/TARDIS; various Doctors, Clara Oswald, Susan Foreman
Warnings/Notes: author tags "Xenophobia"; author's tags also include "Canon Backstory, All Three of Them! All at Once!" and "Two and Jamie Show Up For About Three Seconds It's a Thing"

Reasons for reccing: For Doctor/TARDIS in the Claim a Ship Seasonal Challenge.

Clara and the TARDIS are arguing and in danger, and the ship tries to communicate by sharing some of her memories. Most importantly, how she got herself stolen. The younger First Doctor and Susan are very well portrayed--I especially love the Doctor's combination of awe and panic about bonding with his ship--and Clara's perspective (not knowing what she's seeing, but plenty of opinions) is a really interesting way to approach it.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/780195

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

romanajo123

Title: Sam's New Year
Creator:

Shivver
Rating: General Audience
Word Count/Length/Size: 10013
Creator's Summary: Sam sits on a doorstep, watching the celebrants heading for the ball drop in Times Square. He isn't joining them. He has more important things to do, like figure out where his next meal is coming from.
Characters/Pairings:
First Doctor
Second Doctor
Fourth Doctor
Fifth Doctor
Seventh Doctor
Eighth Doctor
Ninth Doctor
Tenth Doctor
Susan Foreman
Jamie McCrimmon
Victoria Waterfield
Leela (Doctor Who)
Nyssa of Traken
Ace McShane
Charley Pollard
Rose Tyler

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing:
Happy New Year! This is a wonderful read. Sometimes it's nice to see the Doctors helping in small ways: like here just making sure someone in need can make it through the night. Everyone is IC and it has just that right bit of heartwarming (and bittersweetness)

Link: archiveofourown.org/works/13169499/chapters/30121200

Current Mood: calm

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

paranoidangel

Title: Broken Chords and Unnamed Cries
Creator:

zombiejosette
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 543
Creator's Summary: She’d wanted roots and a home and a place of belonging. Susan knows now that it isn’t here and it never was; it was something that she’d had all along.
Characters/Pairings: Susan Foreman
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is a short, but beautifully sad piece about Susan and how she feels about her life on Earth after The Dalek Invasion of Earth. I'm reccing this for 1964, since that's when that serial was broadcast.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/484099

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 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 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.

felis

Manifesto Title: Mini-Manifesto: Identity, Continuity, and Change
Creator:

felis
Notes/warnings/spoilers: Stays pretty vague, but contains a few details regarding the Tenth and Twelfth Doctors in the recs section.

( Identity, Continuity, and Change )

scifirenegade

Title: Lost in Translation
Creator: Lissy Strata
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 22k words (8 chapters)
Creator's Summary: The TARDIS's translation circuit is sabotaged by small, furry aliens. Then it all goes downhill from there.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: Interesting use of the (lack of) translation device in the TARDIS, plus an interesting setting and a bit of timey-wimey shenanigans. It's also very funny.

Link: [https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=47559]

scifirenegade

Title: untitled (a scene from Farewell Great Macedon)
Creator:

arrozbrillante
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: several panels
Creator's Summary: i shall never loom another child again
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton (minor Barbara/Ian)
Warnings/Notes: Mentions of death. It appears the original post was deleted, but the piece was saved through reblogs. So, the link posted will be from one of said reblogs.

Reasons for reccing: Farewell Great Maceson is great, and arrozbrillante's interpretation of this scene is fantastic. It's cartoony and animated and also never fails to make me smile. Love Susan's "Puss in Boots-esque face. This team has come such a long way.
(Also Ian's little blush. Thought it was a nice little touch.)

Link: [https://fromamelodytoasong.tumblr.com/post/144396794704/i-shall-never-loom-another-child-again]

(Would it be possible to create a tag for creator:arrozbrillante?)

scifirenegade

Title: untitled
Creator:

dizzydalek-blog
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 854x526
Creator's Summary: You come into my tardis, put plants on my precious Susan's head
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright, Ian Chesterton
Warnings/Notes: ~~plant-touching~~ this piece was done when Ceruleans were a meme on Tumblr.

Reasons for reccing: It's so well made, the facial expressions are great and never fails to me smile.

Link: [https://dizzydalek-blog.tumblr.com/post/112143772914/you-come-into-my-tardis-put-plants-on-my-precious]

(Would it be possible to create a tag for creator: dizzydalek-blog?)

scifirenegade

Title: The Sands of Time
Creator: Pendragon /

unwillingadventurer
Rating: All Ages / General
Word Count/Length/Size: 997 words
Creator's Summary: They had been best friends when they had adventured together in Cathay, but now Susan and Ping Cho were older and they often wondered what became of the other.
Characters/Pairings: Susan Foreman, Ping Cho
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: The relationship between Susan and Ping Cho is great, and this is a bit of a different take. They're both older and wondering what became of each other, and it's a nice character piece.

Link: [https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=59313]

scifirenegade

Title: Roots
Creator: [Inkfire]
Rating: All Ages / General
Word Count/Length/Size: 701 words
Creator's Summary: In which Susan builds a life, made of little things and moments—learning to stand still. Classic!Who character insight piece, set after The Dalek Invasion of Earth. Susan/David.
Characters/Pairings: Susan Foreman/David Campbell
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: Short but sweet. A nice view of what happened after Susan left, how she adapts to her new life.

Link: [https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=53334]

(Would it be possible to create the followimg tags: ch: david campbell, creator: inkfire, p: susan foreman/david campbell, reccer: scifirenegade?)

paranoidangel

For the Space square on my bingo card

Title: Christmas in Space
Creator: david (honeydont)
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 1017 words
Creator's Summary: Team Curiosity in a Junkyard spend a happy Christmas in space.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Susan Foreman, First Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a short and sweet fic with the team celebrating Christmas and feeling like a family.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/2855114

romanajo123

Title: Eleven Secret Rooms
Creator: ninewood
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 3409
Creator's Summary: Ever wonder what's in some of the rooms in the TARDIS?
Characters/Pairings: Ace McShane, Adric, Donna Noble, Grace Holloway, Jamie McCrimmon, Jo Grant, Peri Brown, Rose Tyler, Susan Foreman, Tegan Jovanka, The Doctor (10th), The Doctor (11th), The Doctor (1st), The Doctor (2nd), The Doctor (3rd), The Doctor (4th), The Doctor (5th), The Docto

Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing:
For the box "Secrets" on my Bingo card. This is lovely and delightful. The details of each room are nice and each little moment paints a great picture of each Doctor.

Link: www.whofic.com/viewstory.php

paranoidangel

For the humour square on my bingo

Title: Rituals
Creator:

kathkin
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 690 words
Creator's Summary: “I can’t be dancing about, not with these old bones of mine." The Doctor is challenged to a dance-off, but he can't be doing with dancing. Fortunately, he has a handy substitute!
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Susan Foreman, Barbara Wright
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a short, amusing fic with the Doctor being his imperious self and Ian being cynical about the Doctor's abilities. And then getting roped into doing something he doesn't want to.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/3456023

paranoidangel

Title: Fallacy Somewhere (Or: If You Can't Steal a Coat from Gilbert and Sullivan, Then From Which 19th Century Librettists and Composers Can You Steal a Coat?)
Creator:

dbskyler
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 3144 words
Creator's Summary: You know, I acquired that ulster from Gilbert and Sullivan. -- The First Doctor, "Edge of Destruction."
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Twelfth Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor, Susan Foreman, Jamie McCrimmon, Jo Grant, Romana II, K9, Tegan Jovanka, Nyssa of Traken, Ace McShane, Grace Holloway, Rose Tyler, Jack Harkness, Donna Noble
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Because it's funny. It has a trending theme, which leads to the reveal of how the First Doctor ended up with that ulster. Despite it all being from Gilbert or Sullivan's point of view, you can still tell which Doctors and companions are which from what they do and how their clothing is described.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/583372

paranoidangel

Title: The Benefits of Being Monochromatic
Creator:

primsong
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 19,558 words
Creator's Summary: One and Ian set out to explore, and of course the girls must follow - but where do they go from there? And does it matter how you're dressed? A gen adventure on a classic pattern.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Susan, Ian, Barbara
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a lot like a classic adventure, with the team being split up and the Doctor solving a mystery. It's a really interesting alien planet and alien creatures with some amusing misunderstandings.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/125967

romanajo123

For my Bingo card. Box- first time/last time

Title: The End of an Era

Creator: Pendragon

Rating: All ages

Word Count/Length/Size: 1410

Creator's Summary: As the Doctor goes through his first regeneration, he reminisces about all he has been through.

Characters/Pairings: Barbara Wright, Ben Jackson, Dodo Chaplet, Ian Chesterton, Katarina, Polly Wright, Sara Kingdom, Steven Taylor, Susan Foreman, The Doctor (1st), Vicki

Warnings/Notes: swearing

Reasons for reccing: This is a thoughtful and in-character look at the first time the Doctor regenerates. Beautiful and heartbreaking

Link: https://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=42734

paranoidangel

For the Aliens made us do it square on my bingo card, and for subversion in the monthly theme.

Title: Things Unsaid
Creator:

tigerkat
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2414 words
Creator's Summary: Ian and Barbara deal with an accident. Which perhaps wasn't terribly accidental.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Susan Foreman, First Doctor
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Aliens made us do it is my second favourite trope. My favourite is subverting/changing it in some way. I've re-read this fic many times because I really love it. It's interesting to see how Barbara and Ian deal with the situation they're in and their feelings about it. And the ending, which reveals what might be really going on makes the whole thing much more fun.

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

paranoidangel

Title: Bright Star
Creator:

eponymous_rose
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 7572 words
Creator's Summary: Marshellian Paston's Fifteenth Theorem of Time Travel states that any two persons travelling through time are slightly more likely to meet from a probabilistic standpoint, within a margin of error described by a hypercube with complex dimensions; Ian, Barbara and Sarah Jane Smith give Marshellian Paston something to write home about.
Characters/Pairings: Ian Chesterton/Barbara Wright, Sarah Jane Smith, Susan Foreman, First Doctor, Third Doctor, Harry Sullivan, Luke Smith
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: It's a companions meeting story with a twist. Because it's in reverse order it makes it interesting as Sarah knows more about Ian and Barbara to start with and later Ian and Barbara know more about Sarah. It involves exactly the sort of adventures you expect from people travelling with the Doctor. And it's just beautifully written. Everyone's perfectly in character and there's some lovely description to set the tone.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/10732