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Fic rec: First Responders by PlumOolong
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tardis_library but am reposting here. I really enjoyed this story, just a good Eleventh Doctor could-be-episode story. Read on!
Title: First Responders
Author: PlumOolong
Characters: Eleven, Rory, Amy
Summary: Amy and Rory's vacation weekend with the Doctor takes a turn as the TARDIS whisks them away to answer a distress call. They find a disabled cargo ship, its cheery AI, and its pilot who is screaming in pain from no obvious source. Rory must use his nursing skills to keep the pilot alive, Amy must work on her own to fix the ship and the Doctor must rely on the power of his mind to get to the alien entity at the bottom of the mystery--if he can do it without breaking the TARDIS or himself.
Reason for Reccing: The summary above definitely hits the plot points but the execution is really well done. It's like a lost episode between Asylum of the Daleks and Angels Take Manhattan, with visual world-building, imaginative and well-rounded OCs, spot-on dialogue and pace and storytelling, and understands how to put characters in situations that let both their vulnerability and strength come through, while understatedly pointing out how well this TARDIS team complements and relies on each other. Just a gem all around for this era.
Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/20713316
tardis_library but am reposting here. I really enjoyed this story, just a good Eleventh Doctor could-be-episode story. Read on!Title: First Responders
Author: PlumOolong
Characters: Eleven, Rory, Amy
Summary: Amy and Rory's vacation weekend with the Doctor takes a turn as the TARDIS whisks them away to answer a distress call. They find a disabled cargo ship, its cheery AI, and its pilot who is screaming in pain from no obvious source. Rory must use his nursing skills to keep the pilot alive, Amy must work on her own to fix the ship and the Doctor must rely on the power of his mind to get to the alien entity at the bottom of the mystery--if he can do it without breaking the TARDIS or himself.
Reason for Reccing: The summary above definitely hits the plot points but the execution is really well done. It's like a lost episode between Asylum of the Daleks and Angels Take Manhattan, with visual world-building, imaginative and well-rounded OCs, spot-on dialogue and pace and storytelling, and understands how to put characters in situations that let both their vulnerability and strength come through, while understatedly pointing out how well this TARDIS team complements and relies on each other. Just a gem all around for this era.
Link:https://archiveofourown.org/works/20713316
