Rec: The Ravages of Eternity
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best_enemiesTitle: The Ravages of Eternity
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/ Simm!Master (slight twisted Doctor/Rose; one-sided Jack/Doctor, Donna/Martha; vague Mickey/Martha)
Length: 72,686
Summary: The Master reluctantly agrees to help the Doctor on a desperate quest to stop the End of Time. Together, they travel across the stars one final time in a twisted truce that strains them both and crosses old boundaries.
Warnings: Vague sexual scenes, dark themes, mild swearing, violence, death, a misleading and manipulative relationship, and minor gore.
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): sariane on FFN
Why this must be read:
This is a quite AU take on the End of Time. It has a sort of quest-style plot, like the Key to Time, in which the Doctor and the Master endeavor to retrieve all the pieces of the white point star diamond, which the Doctor used as the seal to the Time War. It involves Edgar Allen Poe, Torchwood, hallucinatory ex-companions, actual ex-companions, flirting through Harry Potter references, and difficult ethical choices.
I love really long fics, which this certainly is. This is an engrossing story. I love the creative way sariane explained and repurposed the white point star in this. Sariane's story structure allows for the incorporation of many genre and style elements throughout this long story. The writing is descriptive and I really love some of the dialogue between the Doctor and the Master.
"It's a white-point star," the Master says in disbelief. "The drums, they come from a white-point star. From Gallifrey." He looks at the Doctor, his mouth open, looking very shocked and sad.
"I'm sorry," he whispers. "I am so sorry. It was from Gallifrey," the Doctor says. He slides off his glasses and chews on the end of them absently.
"But…how could…" The Master looks at the Doctor blankly, knows in one glance that he only wears those glasses to make him look clever and intriguing, only one quality which it actually achieves, and then reads the expression on his face.
"You've seen it before. That particular diamond," he realizes.
"The Time War is sealed inside a Time Lock," the Doctor starts, as if he's going to explain the mechanics to the Master. "Like a bubble, but -"
"I know all of that. Probably more than you! Cut to the chase," the Master says with frustration.
"I destroyed it all. I had to lock it with something so that no one could go back and change it."
"You locked the Time War with a white-point star?" the Master asks in complete shock.
"Yes."
"Not a riddle? Or a code? Or a complex sequence involving time anomalies and events impossible to solve by anyone except perhaps a Time Lord? Which you would have been the last of." The Doctor bites his lip.
"It seemed…fitting," he fishes for the right word. "A white-point star isn't just a diamond. It's a concept. You know why they're so rare, so special. The mathematics of this particular diamond weren't like other white-point stars. It was art." This doubt that the Master is expressing deeply wounds the Doctor. He had never doubted his choice of lock.
"This particular…where did you get it, the rod of Rassilon?"
"Well…It's kind of symbolic."
"You made a physical lock for the Time Lock, which contained the powerful, destructive, devastating Time War, using a rare, tiny crystal from Gallifrey, because it was symbolic?" the Master says loudly and incredulously.
"It's not just a physical lock, though, because it's not just a diamond. A white-point star is, above all, an idea. Each has the ability to hold a signal, to represent something. It doesn't have to have been palpable."
"You really believe that, don't you," the Master says in disbelief. He tries not to sneer at the Doctor's idiocy. "So, what did you do with it?"
"I threw it into a rift in time and space so it could be near impossible to find," the Doctor says, "in comparison to your ideas, it's the most foolproof." A look of dread passes over his face. "And, somehow, Dalek Caan broke through. He went mad in the process, bringing Davros along with him. He might have gone mad, too, I don't know, he already was." The Master digests all of this.
"So there's a leak. A crack. A hole. Something is tampering with the Time Lock and affecting Time itself."
Neither of the pair knows just what to say.
The Master chooses his next question carefully and breaks the silence. "What rift did you throw it into?" He chooses to overlook everything else for the moment.
"Uh, well, it was fairly new, relatively speaking; I'd never seen it before-"
"Please tell me it's not the Rift in Cardiff, Doctor?" The Doctor bites his lip and looks away. "You can't be serious."
Link to the story: Here
Title: The End of the Universe (Chantho's Song)
Pairing: Mentions unrequited Chantho/Professor Yana.
Length: 3:16
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): Tom Milsom
Why this must be heard:
It's a song about Professor Yana! Musically, this song is a bit different from those I've recommended so far. No guitar. Keyboard and electronic elements instead. It tends to put me in an introspective state of mind. I like the lyrics quite a bit. It's nice to have a song that is focused on 'Utopia', rather than just mentioning it in relation to the events of the following episodes.
Link to the song: Tom Milsom's EP Trockstuff, which contains this song and several other Doctor Who focused songs, can be downloaded for free here
Pairing: Tenth Doctor/ Simm!Master (slight twisted Doctor/Rose; one-sided Jack/Doctor, Donna/Martha; vague Mickey/Martha)
Length: 72,686
Summary: The Master reluctantly agrees to help the Doctor on a desperate quest to stop the End of Time. Together, they travel across the stars one final time in a twisted truce that strains them both and crosses old boundaries.
Warnings: Vague sexual scenes, dark themes, mild swearing, violence, death, a misleading and manipulative relationship, and minor gore.
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): sariane on FFN
Why this must be read:
This is a quite AU take on the End of Time. It has a sort of quest-style plot, like the Key to Time, in which the Doctor and the Master endeavor to retrieve all the pieces of the white point star diamond, which the Doctor used as the seal to the Time War. It involves Edgar Allen Poe, Torchwood, hallucinatory ex-companions, actual ex-companions, flirting through Harry Potter references, and difficult ethical choices.
I love really long fics, which this certainly is. This is an engrossing story. I love the creative way sariane explained and repurposed the white point star in this. Sariane's story structure allows for the incorporation of many genre and style elements throughout this long story. The writing is descriptive and I really love some of the dialogue between the Doctor and the Master.
"It's a white-point star," the Master says in disbelief. "The drums, they come from a white-point star. From Gallifrey." He looks at the Doctor, his mouth open, looking very shocked and sad.
"I'm sorry," he whispers. "I am so sorry. It was from Gallifrey," the Doctor says. He slides off his glasses and chews on the end of them absently.
"But…how could…" The Master looks at the Doctor blankly, knows in one glance that he only wears those glasses to make him look clever and intriguing, only one quality which it actually achieves, and then reads the expression on his face.
"You've seen it before. That particular diamond," he realizes.
"The Time War is sealed inside a Time Lock," the Doctor starts, as if he's going to explain the mechanics to the Master. "Like a bubble, but -"
"I know all of that. Probably more than you! Cut to the chase," the Master says with frustration.
"I destroyed it all. I had to lock it with something so that no one could go back and change it."
"You locked the Time War with a white-point star?" the Master asks in complete shock.
"Yes."
"Not a riddle? Or a code? Or a complex sequence involving time anomalies and events impossible to solve by anyone except perhaps a Time Lord? Which you would have been the last of." The Doctor bites his lip.
"It seemed…fitting," he fishes for the right word. "A white-point star isn't just a diamond. It's a concept. You know why they're so rare, so special. The mathematics of this particular diamond weren't like other white-point stars. It was art." This doubt that the Master is expressing deeply wounds the Doctor. He had never doubted his choice of lock.
"This particular…where did you get it, the rod of Rassilon?"
"Well…It's kind of symbolic."
"You made a physical lock for the Time Lock, which contained the powerful, destructive, devastating Time War, using a rare, tiny crystal from Gallifrey, because it was symbolic?" the Master says loudly and incredulously.
"It's not just a physical lock, though, because it's not just a diamond. A white-point star is, above all, an idea. Each has the ability to hold a signal, to represent something. It doesn't have to have been palpable."
"You really believe that, don't you," the Master says in disbelief. He tries not to sneer at the Doctor's idiocy. "So, what did you do with it?"
"I threw it into a rift in time and space so it could be near impossible to find," the Doctor says, "in comparison to your ideas, it's the most foolproof." A look of dread passes over his face. "And, somehow, Dalek Caan broke through. He went mad in the process, bringing Davros along with him. He might have gone mad, too, I don't know, he already was." The Master digests all of this.
"So there's a leak. A crack. A hole. Something is tampering with the Time Lock and affecting Time itself."
Neither of the pair knows just what to say.
The Master chooses his next question carefully and breaks the silence. "What rift did you throw it into?" He chooses to overlook everything else for the moment.
"Uh, well, it was fairly new, relatively speaking; I'd never seen it before-"
"Please tell me it's not the Rift in Cardiff, Doctor?" The Doctor bites his lip and looks away. "You can't be serious."
Link to the story: Here
Title: The End of the Universe (Chantho's Song)
Pairing: Mentions unrequited Chantho/Professor Yana.
Length: 3:16
Warnings: None.
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): Tom Milsom
Why this must be heard:
It's a song about Professor Yana! Musically, this song is a bit different from those I've recommended so far. No guitar. Keyboard and electronic elements instead. It tends to put me in an introspective state of mind. I like the lyrics quite a bit. It's nice to have a song that is focused on 'Utopia', rather than just mentioning it in relation to the events of the following episodes.
Link to the song: Tom Milsom's EP Trockstuff, which contains this song and several other Doctor Who focused songs, can be downloaded for free here
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