Title: Gemini RisingAuthor: ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif)
ajSummary: She is new, but not so very different.
Rating: PG
Why You Should Read It: Set during "Rose", this is just a lovely look at the Doctor embracing the universe's insistence that he take a new companion, and noticing something familiar about Rose.
Title: Marbella, 1989Author: the_royal_annaSummary: Set during "POTW." The Doctor and Rose visit Marbella in 1989. Sort of.
Why You Should Read It: A gorgeous look at what might have been, while Rose is part of the Vortex.
From This Day to the Ending of the World by
icebluenothingSummary: The last shot in the Time War has fired. The Doctor has to deal with the last thing he expected or wanted -- he survived . . . .
Why You Should Read It: I wanna keep
icebluenothing and make him write fic for me all the time. Because I just adore his take on the Doctor. This is such an interesting look at what the Time War might have done, and how deeply it affects him and the universe at large. Such a gorgeous look at companions he might have had and lost, and how that loss shapes him, along with the crushing weight of responsibility that he takes on personally, whether its deserved or not. But what I like best is the sense of hope it still ends on, because hope is as much a part of the Doctor as the despair.
Title: (You Know Your Problem?) You Keep It All InAuthor: dionysos_loopSummary: One can be a divisor, too.
Rating: 15
Why You Should Read It: There's been a lot of discussion generated in the last few years in the fandom (moreso lately, obviously, due to the Ninth Doctor being a lot more overly flirty than his previous incarnations) regarding the Doctor and whether or not he has ever actually been portrayed as "asexual" or whether that's how fandom has read into the source material based on individuals relative comfort zones with the idea of the Doctor actually having desires (let alone acting on them). This story kinda sorta takes that idea, turns it up to 15, and makes you snatch your hand back, suck on your scorched fingers, and go "wtf just happened?" right before you go "holy shit, that was
amazing."
Title: MemoriesAuthor: xantheljSummary: Some men want to remember - while others just want to forget.
Rating: R
Why You Should Read It: If the Doctor is all about Gallifrey go BOOM, then Jack tends to be all about those missing 2 years. And I like how those two are contrasted and compared here, because they both make strong men vulnerable, but also empathetic to each other. Also, I like hearing the Doctor talk about Gallifrey. It's the exact
lack of sentimentality that sort of makes the loss more keen. I'm not so much for the psychic!sex thing, but I like the character stuff in the first half of this muchly.
Title: Long Way AroundAuthor: butterflykikiSummary: The face is different, the voice is different, but you're still the Doctor. And you still owe me a drink.
Rating: PG-13
Why You Should Read It: Two words: Amanda and Methos (whom I still think of as Adam, due to 'Methos' sounding like a breath mint. Sorry HL fandom...). Lots of crossover-y fun--with a neat twist at the end which I won't give away just yet.
Title: The ArchiveAuthor: dionysos_loopSummary: A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
Rating: M
Why You Should Read It: omg creepy librarians of doom! Wonderful plotty gen, with some lovely heroics, character bits, and all in all, reads like a missing episode.
Title: PrismAuthor: Rain
Summary: Glass pyramids, weird aliens and human nature...
Why You Should Read It: OMG more plotty gen! I really like the plot, too. The story could use a solid beta, but all in all, a really enjoyable adventure.
Title: ChrysalisAuthor: sanggaSummary: They are, both of them, evolving.
Rating: M
Why You Should Read It: Beautiful little character snippets that add up to a gorgeous whole, and I adore the dialogue in particular.
Title: More Than YearsAuthor: brokensorrowsSummary: Contemplation of the age gap between them.
Rating: U/G
Why You Should Read It: This is more of a sketch than a proper story, but there some lovely stuff in it about what the gap between the Doctor and Rose actually is and isn't, if that makes any kind of sense.
Title: PullAuthor: ratmistSummary: He's already said his good-byes.
Why You Should Read It: Just a gorgeous look at the Ninth Doctor right at the end. Beautiful play of language, and I love how his voice comes through in the prose.
Title: slightly psychic confessionsAuthor: casiraficsSummary: Psychic paper can be dangerous.
Rating: NC-17
Why You Should Read It: I wonder if RTD had any idea what smut would follow, when he introduced this little prop. And this is some amazingly lovely written sexy threesome goodness. I love the bruised knees, and the closeness of the TARDIS trio through it all.
Title: The One With The LaunderetteAuthor: __kali__Summary: A flying visit to Earth to do laundry with Jack Harkness.
Rating: PG
Why You Should Read It: Adorable little Jack & Rose domestic snippet, with nod to a popular jeans advert. What would Jack Harkness fanfic be, without gratuitous nudity?
Title: MortalAuthor: booster17Summary: What about those people swept up in the Doctor's trail? People have a nasty habit of dying when he's around.
Rating: PG-13
Why You Should Read It: Nifty little peek into the mind of a nameless, faceless victim of the Slitheen in "Aliens of London/World War Three."
Title: It'll Be AlrightAuthor: sarah531Summary: For the past year, Trisha Delaney had noticed the signs.
Rating: PG
Why You Should Read It: Such a gorgeous look at a character that's only been mentioned in passing, and even then not as a person so much as a representation of Mickey & Rose's relationship. I love how sarah builds a character out of these references that feels real and substantial and worth learning about, and then uses that character to show us something about the characters we do know from the series.
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