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Title: Cheer Up, Emo Time Moppet
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] LizBee
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 7407 words
Creator's Summary: The secret alien lovechild of the Doctor and Romana learns some hard facts about life. A domestic epic in two four and a half parts.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor/Romana II, past Fourth Doctor/Romana II, OFC, secondarily Rose Tyler and Sarah Jane Smith
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: Crack? Kidfic?? Teenage OC who finds out the Doctor is her secret dad??? Say it ain't so. But this fic is the reverse of cliche--instead it's hilarious, heartwarming, and perfectly in character. I actually love Livia, the sulky fourteen-year-old raised in E-Space who serves as an outsider POV on the Doctor and Romana's post-Time-War reunion, who's unfortunately inherited her father's ridiculous hair along with his tendency to be... difficult. I mean, she really is what their kid would be like. LizBee does a great job with the outsider POV, letting us see far more about Romana and the Doctor than Livia yet understands.

Funny as this story is--and this is certainly a comedy--it's also a really intriguing concept to me for more than just crack-value, mainly, I think, because of how it puts a variety of different strains on their relationship: both sci-fi issues (you destroyed our planet!) and very grounded issues (how are we going to raise our daughter?). Seeing how they overcome these issues and get to know each other all over again is really sweet and beautiful (and hilarious).

Additionally, while Sarah Jane and Rose are friends, not love interests, to the Doctor, it is written with a lot of affection and respect for their characters.

The story itself is about 15 years old at this point, so details of the Time War might have been jossed, but they'll probably be re-jossed differently by the next arc, so who cares?

Definitely read this story, unless you're really committed to looms.


Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/47777/chapters/62641
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Title: With True Love and Brotherhood
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] LizBee
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 814 words
Creator's Summary: The Doctor has an invitation, Rosita has a firm right hook, and there's a Yeti.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor, Rosita, Jackson Lake
Warnings/Notes: none

Reasons for reccing: A wonderful little post-episode fic for "The Next Doctor", looking in on Rosita, Jackson (and Frederick) a year later. A lot of poignant lines and observations for such a short fic and I love where it ends up and that it focuses on Rosita and her view on things. And that it still manages to include a Yeti Invasion.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/7548
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Today's rec bingo (card here!) fills the fifth row, second column prompt 'fix-it'.
 

Title: How Martha Jones Saved the World and Lucy Saxon Initiated Divorce Proceedings With Extreme Prejudice
Creator: LizBee
Rating: Teen and up
Word Count/Length/Size: 12092 words
Creator's Summary: Entirely AU conclusion to "The Sound of Drums", in which companions come to the rescue, UNIT blows stuff up and Lucy Saxon's pocket-watch is opened.
Characters/Pairings: Martha Jones, Romana II, Tenth Doctor, The Master (Simm), Lucy Saxon, Sarah Jane Smith, Liz Shaw, Jo Grant, Ace McShane, Tegan Jovanka, Jack Harkness, Winifred Bambera
Warnings/Notes: Non-con

Reasons for reccing: LizBee is a wonderful, wonderful author whose work I've loved since I was about 12. Yes, really. (I've been in this fandom for far too long, I think.) Anyway, this particular fic is one that I only discovered pretty recently - in the last year or so - and when I first read it, I couldn't believe that I hadn't done so yet, because... it's really very well done. It's an alternate ending to the Simm!Master-takes-Earth arc (reportedly written in the week between episodes, which is pretty impressive if you ask me) in which a whole host of Classic Who ladies join Martha in her efforts to take the Master down and save the Doctor. And in typical Classic Who lady style, they do it wonderfully. Every single familiar face in this made me smile widely - Sarah Jane, taking charge; Ace, still explosively wonderful as an adult; Liz and Jo (who saw the Master coming from miles away), and every single other one there. I have a weakness for ensemble casts, really, so it's no wonder that I loved this story. 

This fic is pitch-perfect when it comes to character voices, and more than that - the dialogue is smart and funny when it needs to be, and I can't help but wish that this is how the episode did go. Please go check it out, especially if you love reading about a whole bunch of beautiful fantastic women being awesome together!

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Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/22470/chapters/29219


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