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Title: Caged Bird 
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 490
Creator's Summary: The Doctor thwarts another dictatorial regime?
Characters/Pairings: Third Doctor, Jo Grant
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the Monthly theme.  This is a short, but nicely done fic.  The Doctor and Jo sound in-character and it is always great to see an awesome moment from Jo .  


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/16552709
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 Title: You Can Go 
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 494 
Creator's Summary:
Characters/Pairings: Joan Redfern 
Warnings/Notes: None (it helps if you know what happens in Human Nature/The Family of Blood) 

Reasons for reccing:  For the Tragedy box on my Rec Bingo card.  I usually try to mix up the authors I rec, and I've already rec'd one other of this author's work.  But,  I read this again recently and it's beautifully tragic.  It shows Joan's POV and dealing with her loss.  


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/11974080

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 Title: The Most Important Step 
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: Gen 
Word Count/Length/Size: 413
Creator's Summary: The one thing that scared you wasn't the aliens.
Characters/Pairings: Harriet Jones 
Warnings/Notes: It helps if you've seen The Stolen Earth and or The Christmas Invasion. 

Reasons for reccing: For Rec Bingo.  Box- Minor Characters.   It's a good moment for Harriet here,  and shows  another side to her. Always nice finding little missing moments like this. 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/4446035
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 Title: Looking To the Future 
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 761 
Creator's Summary: This wasn't the life Martha was born to, or the life that the Doctor had promised her. Why was she doing this again?
Characters/Pairings: Martha Jones
Warnings/Notes: 
None
Reasons for reccing: For the Monthly Theme.  
Human Nature (either version) is one of my favorite Who Things, and it's always cool to find fic related to it. 
This is a beautiful moment for Martha, and a good portrait of her personality and thoughts .  

(This fic is part of a series called A Teacher and A Housemaid, but is standalone) 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/11956824
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 Title: Two Quarks
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver  
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 500
Creator's Summary: Tegan is disappointed in Turlough. Again.
Characters/Pairings: Tegan Jovanka, Vislor Turlough
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: Monthly theme. This perfectly captures the dynamic of these two.  And how they  appreciate things in their own ways. 
 

Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/18088835
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 Title: A Light Tale 
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: Gen 
Word Count/Length/Size: 498
Creator's Summary:  Everyone has their hang-ups now and then.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor, Donna Noble
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the seasonal challenge.  Character is Donna Noble. 

This really gets inside her head. It sounds like the two of them and the twist is excellent. 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/11974017
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 Title: Sam's New Year
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] 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: 
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) 

Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/13169499/chapters/30121200
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 As a bonus / extra for 1995 (when the original novel was published).  Human Nature, both versions, is probably my favorite Who Thing ever.  So I wanted to do one for it- one closer related to the book and one for the TV version.  

Title: Second Nature
Creator: Pete Galey
Rating: All Ages
Word Count/Length/Size: 1641 
Creator's Summary: Joan falls for John, again and again. Spoilers for Human Nature and The Family of Blood.
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor,  Joan Redfern,  Other Characters
Warnings/Notes: None.  But spoilers.

Reasons for reccing: Also for the monthly theme.  This is a brilliant character piece and a fascinating way to explain why the Doctor had to essentially go through the same event more than once. 


Linkwww.whofic.com/viewstory.php

Title: A Proper Doctor 
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 3122
Creator's Summary: Mr. Smith has the flu. Martha has a headache: Mr. Smith.
Characters/Pairings:  John Smith (the Tenth Doctor one), Martha Jones,  Joan Redfern
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: This is an interesting ( and funny in some bits) scene.  Everyone is in-character and Martha's frustrations are tangible.  Also, it's clear the author did a lot of research here. 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/11956794

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 Title: One Day
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 310
Creator's Summary: Gallifrey stood and the Time Lords were never wiped from universe. There's only one way the Doctor could choose to celebrate this.
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor 
Warnings/Notes: None, but it helps if you've seen Day of the Doctor .  And a certain Classic serial ( I won't spoil why)

Reasons for reccing: For 2013 in the Anniversary special.  This is a thoughtful and well-done Missing Scene for The Day of the Doctor.  With a sweet, if a little bittersweet , edge.  


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/11961378
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 Title: The One That Got Away
Creator:  [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 6191
Creator's Summary: Clive, Francine, and Tish were taken prisoner, Martha escaped via vortex manipulator, but the Master never caught Leo.
Characters/Pairings: Leo Jones, Martha Jones, Clive Jones, Francine Jones, Tish Jones 
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the 60th Anniversary event.  For the year 2007 ( it's when the episodes aired and related to them).  

As someone who is currently doing a rewatch of the series three 3- parter,  the episodes do leave a lot of questions and room for Gap Filler.   And this fic is a good example,  namely what Leo was doing during the year.   This is very IC,   and fascinating.  


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/14555274
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 Title:  The Height of Heroism
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Word Count/Length/Size: 267
Rating: G
Creator's Summary: The Doctor finds himself and his companions sorely lacking in certain essentials.
Characters/Pairings: Second Doctor,  Jamie McCrimmon,  Victoria Waterfield
Warnings/Notes:  None

Reasons for reccing: This is short but adorable.  It is very in- character and feels like a missing scene from an actual serial.  Two and his tiny teams must indeed have disadvantages.  


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/18897289
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 For the Monthly theme. 

Title: Bloody Doctors!
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 1976
Creator's Summary: Just another late night for Ellie Miller, trying to solve the difficult mystery of Danny Latimer’s death.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor, Alec Hardy, Ellie Miller (the latter two are from Broadchurch) 
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the Crossovers monthly challenge.  This is a case of "DoppleGanger Crossover" . My knowledge of Broadchurch is pretty limited , but there's enough here where it still makes sense and is a fun and hilarious moment. 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/2055762
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 Title: Home and Heart
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General 
Word Count/Length/Size: 295
Creator's Summary: Mummy and children in the summer sun...
Characters/Pairings: River Song (Data Ghost),  the three computer kids from the Library 
Warnings/Notes: None, but it helps if you're familiar with Silence in the Library 

Reasons for reccing: For the Family box on my Bingo card.   There are *lots* of  fics I could rec for this one, but I've been thinking about the Library recently and here's a family that doesn't get talked about as much.  A beautiful scene with River and the children - poetic and heartwarming. 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/11973021
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 Title:Eight Months
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 607
Creator's Summary: It's been eight months since he saw her last. A lot of things have changed, but not everything.
Characters/Pairings: Mickey Smith
Warnings/Notes: None (but references to the novelization of Rose)

Reasons for reccing: Monthly theme.   Mickey is a character that keeps getting forgotten,  and this is a very IC look at the time after Rose leaves.  


Link:  archiveofourown.org/works/16537934
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 Title:  The Silent War
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size: 3872
Creator's Summary: The bitterest wars are those fought amongst your family.
Characters/Pairings: Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan, Ryan Sinclair, Graham O'Brien
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the monthly theme. This is fun and IC,  and definitely shows the fam dynamic.  And that not every battle is against an alien


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/22989679
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 Getting the ball rolling on my Rec Bingo...

Title: The Size of It All
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: Gen
Word Count/Length/Size: 6541
Creator's Summary: It's like you said, Doctor. The big picture. What's the point of it all if the human race is nothing?
Characters/Pairings: Lance Bennett, Donna Noble, the Racnoss Empress
Warnings/Notes: None

Reasons for reccing: For the box "Minor Characters."  We all know how Lance was in Runaway Bride...but this is a pretty fascinating picture of how he got to that point. A detailed and well done bit of backstory for a minor character, 


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/7773124
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 Title: Ill-Fitted
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2688
Creator's Summary: Sometimes regeneration is not a lottery.
Characters/Pairings: Andred, Leela, Romana II, Narvin
Warnings/Notes:
Spoilers up to Gallifrey: A Blind Eye
Reasons for reccing:
This is thoughtful and atmospheric, a lovely introspective scene for Andred.


Linkarchiveofourown.org/works/8879752
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(Rec Bingo-  Adventure)

Title:  An Offer You Can't Refuse
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Word Count/Length/Size:  4788
Creator's Summary:  Trying to recover an ailing population's stolen medical supplies, the Doctor and Ace come up empty when the smuggler's trail goes cold.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane, Other Characters
Warnings/Notes: None (but it's helpful if you've heard the audio Time Reaver since it contains a guest character from it)

Reasons for reccing:  This is a very well-written and atmospheric fic. it feels like an actual story for this era. 

Link:  
archiveofourown.org/works/8591563
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Title: One Soldier's Story
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 5576 words
Creator's Summary: Swept into a war with no foreseeable end, Acassa lives the life of just another faceless soldier.
Characters/Pairings: Sixth Doctor, Peri Brown, Original Character
Warnings/Notes: No warnings apply

Reasons for reccing: This is for my Fandom Character Surprise assignment of Peri Brown. Peri got short shrift in canon, but those of us who paid attention (and listened to Big Finish audios) come to love her for her dogged determination and her absolute unwillingness to ever give up hope. She's not brilliant, but she certainly is brave and kind-hearted, and she makes connections. All of this is evident in this story. It's an outsider POV story that reads like an episode. Two planets at each others' throats in a manufactured war. Left on her own, it's up to Peri to find an ally to finish the plan that she and the Doctor started. All of this on the edges of the story of one lowly soldier who can stop it all, but not if she doesn't know what is going on.

Link: One Soldier's Story
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Title:  A Forgotten Face
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: G
Word Count/Length/Size:  3304
Creator's Summary: Sent back to 1969 by the Weeping Angels, the Doctor and Martha must find Billy Shipton so that he can take their message to Sally Sparrow in the future. But while they wait, the Doctor encounters someone he hasn't seen in a very long time.
Characters/Pairings:  Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones, Zoe Heriot, Second Doctor
Warnings/Notes:  None, but it helps if you've seen Blink

Reasons for reccing: Multi-Era and Rare team up! An excellent blending of old and new friends. Everyone is in-character and (I won't spoil it but there's a brilliant final moment)


Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/1167338

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 Title:  Blue Rain
Creator: [archiveofourown.org profile] Shivver 
Rating: Teen
Word Count/Length/Size: 55144
Creator's Summary: Original AU. A normal human in a world in which a handful of individuals have suddenly developed superpowers, Donna lives her mundane life whilst always keeping one eye to the skies to catch a glimpse of the city's new heroes.
Characters/Pairings: 
 
Tenth Doctor/Donna Noble Lance Bennett & Donna Noble,  Sylvia Noble, Nerys, Wilfred Mott, 
Warnings/Notes: None
 
Reasons for reccing:  For my Bingo card. Box-WILD CARD (using Alternate Universe).  First part of a series I'm slowly making my way through. It's an intriguing idea; imagining Doctor Who in a superhero world. And this author knows the characters' voices and mannerisms well. 
 
 
Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/7970938/chapters/18232564
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 Seasonal challenge - F!

Title: Four Horsemen
Creator: Shivver
Rating: General Audiences
Word Count/Length/Size: 400
Creator's Summary: Four Doctors, four drabbles
Characters/Pairings:
Fifth Doctor,Tegan Jovanka,Vislor Turlough,Sixth Doctor,Melanie Bush,Seventh Doctor,Ace McShane,Eighth Doctor,Charley Pollard
Warnings/Notes: None
 
Reasons for reccing: It's four shorts/drabbles focusing on four different Doctors. All cute and well-written , based on the idea of "
the companion being surprised by something the Doctor knew would happen."
 

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