A Doctor Who Reccing Community

Title: Undercurrents
Creator: thisiszircon
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count/Length/Size: 8k words
Creator's Summary: Ace is no stranger to betrayal.
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace McShane
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: For 1989, since The Curse of Fenric first aired that year. Ever wanted to know what was going on in Ace's head during that moment? Ever wanted an extension of the ending of the story plus a coda to Survival? Behold! For this story delivers!


Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24879598

(Would it be possible to request a tag for creator: thisiszircon?)

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

For the Loss square on my Reccer's Card bingo.

Title: Monsters
Creator: Whispersecho
Rating: Teen and Up
Word Count/Length/Size: 100 words
Creator's Summary: There are all kinds of monsters.
Characters/Pairings: Ace McShane (and Manisha Purkayastha)
Warnings/Notes: character death

Reasons for reccing: Something I don't see often is the exploration of Ace and Manisha's friendship. This piece, one of those rare explorations, contrasts childhood make-believe with the real monsters of the real world. And yes, it's yet another fic by whispersecho.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/861311

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

For the Outside the Box square on my Reccer's Bingo card.

Title: Thermodynamic Stability
Creator: Ladymercury_10
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 516 words
Creator's Summary: The stray is in one of the laboratories, mixing things that oughtn’t to be mixed.
Characters/Pairings: The TARDIS, Ace McShane, seventh Doctor
Warnings/Notes: n/a

Reasons for reccing: TARDIS POV! Which is something outside the box (or, rather, inside the box... hope you liked my joke). It's lovely, and so is the small interaction between the Doctor and Ace.

Link: https://archiveofourown.org/works/607476

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.

For the Remix square on my Reccer's Bingo.

Title: Historical Wrack (The Help and Comfort Remix)
Creator: JohnAmendAll
Rating: General
Word Count/Length/Size: 2k words
Creator's Summary: "Right," Ace said, her thought briefly resting on the can of Nitro-Nine she'd concealed in her petticoat just in case of emergencies. "Is this why we're telling everyone I'm your wife?"
Characters/Pairings: Seventh Doctor, Ace
Warnings/Notes: Remix of thisbluespirit's Historical Romp.

Reasons for reccing: An extension of thisbluespirit's fic (which is also excellent) that is a lot of fun! And then it hits you. The characterisation is so on point.


Link: archiveofourown.org/works/5090705

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]

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?)

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?)