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Title: Wilfred Mott - Right Said Fred
Creator: drwhoswifeforever
Rating: gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 1:25 minutes
Creator's Summary: Dedicated to the iconic Wilfred Mott (Bernard Cribbins).
Characters/Pairings: Wilfred Mott
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: I was thinking about reccing this for the Tea square on my Bingo card anyway, but today's sad news sealed it. Wilf being Wilf, set to a song sung by Bernard Cribbins himself. Includes tea, dancing, the paintball scene, and a pretty appropriate last shot. Thank you for many lovely moments, Mr. Cribbins.

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YLXeO5ZAeQ

For the rarepair seasonal challenge.

Title: What We've Become
Creator: thedeadparrot/ sophinisba
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 4053 words / 25 minutes
Creator's Summary: Donna meets someone new and learns a few things about herself.
Characters/Pairings: Donna Noble/Martha Jones, Jack Harkness, Wilfred Mott
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: This is set after "Journey's End" and therefore Donna and Martha have a very different starting point with each other, which is a fascinating imbalance at the start of their relationship. It ends up being a fix-it for Donna, but before it comes to that, I completely love her POV, the way she gets to know Martha and herself and at the same times feels that something isn't quite right. The build-up throughout is just great, and I love the Jack and Wilf cameos.
I initially found the fic through the podfic version, which I'm reccing here as well, because Sophinisba is a great reader and very easy to listen to.

Link to Fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/157

Link to Podfic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/9578228

Title: The Veteran
Creator: greyfin
Rating: gen
Creator's Summary: n/a
Characters/Pairings: Wilfred Mott
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: A striking watercolour portrait of Wilf, with a great likeness and a lovely reduced colour scheme, which makes it look kind of timeless. As the title suggests, it focuses on the serious side of his character, someone who sees and has seen more than he tends to let on.

Link: https://www.deviantart.com/greyfin/art/the-veteran-155272520

Title: Stargazer
Creator: unknown-kadath
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 4881 words
Creator's Summary: The Doctor erased her memories, but in her heart, Donna never quite forgot.
Characters/Pairings: Donna Noble, Shawn Temple, Wilfred Mott, Sylvia Noble, Eleventh Doctor, Original Characters
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: A bittersweet story about Donna's life after she is back on earth, told in ten spotlights, each with their own subtitle. I especially appreciate that it fleshes out Shawn, Donna's relationship with him, and what they do with their life together: from setting up the Starlight Foundation with their lottery money to starting a family that keeps the longing for the stars going forth. They also get visited by the Doctor Incognito (more or less) - Eleven as we know him, and then Twelve and Thirteen as envisioned by the author.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/905823 (also on Teaspoon)


Title: Navigable Waters
Creator: AstroGirl
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 4056 words
Creator's Summary: A "Journey's End" fixit, courtesy of the Seventh Doctor.
Characters/Pairings: Donna Noble, Seventh Doctor, Wilfred Mott
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: As it says in the summary, this one is a fix-it in which Donna gets her memories back, courtesy of the Seventh Doctor. I really like the changing POVs, the Seventh Doctor (who is notably different from the Tenth here), Donna, and even Wilf getting to tell their experience with the situation. The explanation for why the Doctor is able to fix it here when he couldn't later/earlier is fine by me and I really like the images used for the two-minds-in-one scenario, especially because Donna has her own:

( excerpt that made me laugh )

It even solves the problem of Ten not remembering what his previous self did.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24838 (also on Teaspoon)