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katherine_b) wrote2009-03-06 08:08 am
katherine_b) wrote2009-03-06 08:08 am
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DW Fic - Revisiting the Past Part 12
Title: Revisiting the Past 12/14
Author:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
katherine_b
Rating: PG
Spoilers: Spoilers for Turn Left.
Summary: The Doctor and Donna go back
“That thing of yours about not letting me go anywhere alone again? That goes double for you as far as I’m concerned.”
“I don’t think there’s a lot you can do about the Trickster and parallel universes.”
“This world, Donna – it’s so grey and miserable!”
“Because there’s no Doctor to step in and save it.”
“Because there was no Donna to stop me – to save me – when I confronted the Empress of the Racnoss.”
“Yeah.”
“Where are you right now?”
“Hmm, just been sacked I’d say. That was where I was aiming for. London’s still here, so it’s before the Titanic lands. And – oops, there goes the Royal Hope Hospital.”
“The Judoon.”
“I believe you. Nobody knew what it was, of course. But that was how we lost Martha, and Sarah-Jane and her son. Luke, wasn’t it?”
“What about the others?”
“Still a few days away. London becomes unliveable and we go to Leeds, of all places! ATMOS is a flop because of the lack of petrol, but the Torchwood team go to fight the Sontarans. They all die. Well, all except Captain Jack, I suppose. The Sontarans will probably try to make a soldier out of him since he can’t be killed. Oh, and Matron Cofelia does her thing with the Adiopose in America instead because she can’t make it to London since it became a nuclear wasteland. Small mercy, really.”
“Oh, Donna…”
“Our world without the Doctor.”
“Yeah.”
“You know what hurt most, though? The way my mother gave up on me. That was when I realised that things couldn’t be any worse – that I had to change them.”
“Sylvia – was she any better? Did those things I said to her after the metacrisis make any difference?”
“Honestly?”
“Mmm?”
“No.”
“Oh.”
“I suppose, in a way, it became a habit with her. We just always behaved like that to each other. And maybe, with the stupid life I was living, she was right to be disappointed.”
“Without that ‘stupid life’, you’d never have saved the Universe.”
“I know. Ironic, isn’t it? Come on, I want you to see something else.”
“Don’t know if I really want to see it.”
“Honestly? I think you should.”
“Well, you do know more of this world than I do.”
“And isn’t that a turn-up for the books? Here we are.”
“Ugh. This is – horrible.”
“I’m sure UNIT will be thrilled to hear you say that.”
“What is this place?”
“UNIT’s best attempts at recreating a TARDIS. Of course, with no Torchwood to help, they could only make a guess at how it might work.”
“Which is why you ended up half a mile away from your destination.”
“Pretty much. Unless you want to attribute it to luck.”
“Or Dalek Caan.”
“Not on your life! Slimy little git.”
“I’m sure he said nice things about you, too. Ooh, there you are. You and Rose.”
“Yup, Rose doing her best impersonation of you.”
“How d'you know it's gonna work?”
“Hmm? Oh... yeah... we, we don't. We're just... we're just guessing.”
“Well, maybe not so much like you there. But she’d been all cryptic and annoying and wouldn’t tell me her name. Very like you!”
“Hey!”
“Don’t be so sensitive, Spaceman.”
“Right, so how did you do it then? How did you convince yourself to change your mind and go the other way?”
“Oh, I don’t think you want to see that.”
“No, really, I do.”
“You really don’t.”
“Now who’s protecting whom? And if you won’t take us there, then I will!”
“Doctor, please!”
“Please!”
“Donna!”
“It’s all right, Doctor. I’m here. I’m right here. Doctor, I’m alive. Here. With you. Right here.”
“No, Donna. No, no, no. No!”
“Doctor, look at me. I’m right here. Feel me holding you? It’s not real – that horrible, grey, miserable world. It’s fading even now. It never existed. Mind games. All the Trickster’s fault, and now it’s gone. See? Look around you. We’re safe in the TARDIS.”
“You died, Donna…”
“I had to.”
“You died and you didn’t even tell me!”
“I – no. I couldn’t. There wasn’t the right moment. I didn’t want to show you, but you took us there.”
“I didn’t know.”
“Come on, let’s get out of here. I want to see what Torchwood was up to during that period when the Daleks first came to Earth.”
“Right. Okay. But – wait, Torchwood? Torchwood, or Captain Jack?”
Next Part
Links to previous parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11
Author:
katherine_bRating: PG
Spoilers: Spoilers for Turn Left.
Summary: The Doctor and Donna go back
“That thing of yours about not letting me go anywhere alone again? That goes double for you as far as I’m concerned.”
“I don’t think there’s a lot you can do about the Trickster and parallel universes.”
“This world, Donna – it’s so grey and miserable!”
“Because there’s no Doctor to step in and save it.”
“Because there was no Donna to stop me – to save me – when I confronted the Empress of the Racnoss.”
“Yeah.”
“Where are you right now?”
“Hmm, just been sacked I’d say. That was where I was aiming for. London’s still here, so it’s before the Titanic lands. And – oops, there goes the Royal Hope Hospital.”
“The Judoon.”
“I believe you. Nobody knew what it was, of course. But that was how we lost Martha, and Sarah-Jane and her son. Luke, wasn’t it?”
“What about the others?”
“Still a few days away. London becomes unliveable and we go to Leeds, of all places! ATMOS is a flop because of the lack of petrol, but the Torchwood team go to fight the Sontarans. They all die. Well, all except Captain Jack, I suppose. The Sontarans will probably try to make a soldier out of him since he can’t be killed. Oh, and Matron Cofelia does her thing with the Adiopose in America instead because she can’t make it to London since it became a nuclear wasteland. Small mercy, really.”
“Oh, Donna…”
“Our world without the Doctor.”
“Yeah.”
“You know what hurt most, though? The way my mother gave up on me. That was when I realised that things couldn’t be any worse – that I had to change them.”
“Sylvia – was she any better? Did those things I said to her after the metacrisis make any difference?”
“Honestly?”
“Mmm?”
“No.”
“Oh.”
“I suppose, in a way, it became a habit with her. We just always behaved like that to each other. And maybe, with the stupid life I was living, she was right to be disappointed.”
“Without that ‘stupid life’, you’d never have saved the Universe.”
“I know. Ironic, isn’t it? Come on, I want you to see something else.”
“Don’t know if I really want to see it.”
“Honestly? I think you should.”
“Well, you do know more of this world than I do.”
“And isn’t that a turn-up for the books? Here we are.”
“Ugh. This is – horrible.”
“I’m sure UNIT will be thrilled to hear you say that.”
“What is this place?”
“UNIT’s best attempts at recreating a TARDIS. Of course, with no Torchwood to help, they could only make a guess at how it might work.”
“Which is why you ended up half a mile away from your destination.”
“Pretty much. Unless you want to attribute it to luck.”
“Or Dalek Caan.”
“Not on your life! Slimy little git.”
“I’m sure he said nice things about you, too. Ooh, there you are. You and Rose.”
“Yup, Rose doing her best impersonation of you.”
“How d'you know it's gonna work?”
“Hmm? Oh... yeah... we, we don't. We're just... we're just guessing.”
“Well, maybe not so much like you there. But she’d been all cryptic and annoying and wouldn’t tell me her name. Very like you!”
“Hey!”
“Don’t be so sensitive, Spaceman.”
“Right, so how did you do it then? How did you convince yourself to change your mind and go the other way?”
“Oh, I don’t think you want to see that.”
“No, really, I do.”
“You really don’t.”
“Now who’s protecting whom? And if you won’t take us there, then I will!”
“Doctor, please!”
“Please!”
“Donna!”
“It’s all right, Doctor. I’m here. I’m right here. Doctor, I’m alive. Here. With you. Right here.”
“No, Donna. No, no, no. No!”
“Doctor, look at me. I’m right here. Feel me holding you? It’s not real – that horrible, grey, miserable world. It’s fading even now. It never existed. Mind games. All the Trickster’s fault, and now it’s gone. See? Look around you. We’re safe in the TARDIS.”
“You died, Donna…”
“I had to.”
“You died and you didn’t even tell me!”
“I – no. I couldn’t. There wasn’t the right moment. I didn’t want to show you, but you took us there.”
“I didn’t know.”
“Come on, let’s get out of here. I want to see what Torchwood was up to during that period when the Daleks first came to Earth.”
“Right. Okay. But – wait, Torchwood? Torchwood, or Captain Jack?”
Next Part
Links to previous parts: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11
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See, you got me thinking- excellent job :D
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My feeling was that, like so much of it, she simply didn't remember that she'd had to die. (Perhaps she blocked it out because it was too traumatic.) Like you, I always thought he was far too cheerful in that conversation about the Trickster.
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As for the 'something different', don't you think it would be a bit boring if everything was exactly the same?
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Nicely done!
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Rose really did become her own version of the Doctor in that episode, didn't she? I loved seeing her show Donna around the TARDIS and the UNIT time machine. When she was sitting on the bench with Donna watching the Atmos burn off, she kind of scratched her jaw in a way that really reminded me of the Doctor.
The last lines are great. :)
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Yay another! You ARE a productive little bunny.
*stares at icon*
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And isn't it gorgeous? Everyone loves this icon!
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Torchwood, or Captain Jack?
Jealous!Doctor is love!
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And please do write it! I'd love to see what you come up with!