[identity profile] narwhale-callin.livejournal.com

Hope you enjoyed your break from me this past weekend.  Now, what better way to help promote the historical challenge than to rec a truly awesome historical fic?

Title: So Far Exceeds Expression (Alternate Title: Covered in Blood)
Pairing: Two/AU!Master, eventually Three/Delgado!Master, also features Jamie, Zoe, the War Chief, and various historical figures
Length: approx. 32,000 words total (averaging about 5,000-6,000 words per chapter, of which there are 5)
Summary: The Doctor lands in 1671, and meets an old friend. Unfortunately that old friend has a plan, and he's never been very good at them. A classic series AU combined with historical fiction, which makes for a fic exceeding epicapacity.
Warnings/Rating: violence, PG rated slash, femslash, and het. Small children. PG-13 overall
Author on LJ (or Teaspoon, or Prydonian): [livejournal.com profile] neveralarch

Why this must be read:

Above all else, this fic is a labour of love: neveralarch goes above and beyond to create a truly compelling AU that somehow also fits snug with the canon. Which is very hard to do, but she pulls it off like a pro. In addition to the absolutely perfect depiction of the Two-era characters we know and love, she also includes delightfully entertaining historical figures that make the whole thing feel like an adventure right out of a proper historical Who serial of old. It is history and hilarity on a sunny afternoon picnic together. It includes such fun things as: the Master (AKA “Colonel Thomas Blood”) plotting to steal the crown jewels, the Master being jealous over Jamie, the Doctor being jealous over the Master’s wife, the Master being jealous over the War Chief, adorable Doctor/Master reunion snogging, unexpected but appealing femslash with Zoe, and Narvin being Narvin. And, as a final note, even though it is quite a lengthy series, it reads quite fast. All in all, a fun and adorable fic perfect for a weekend read; or, if you are like me, you will read it all at once and be thoroughly glad you did even though it meant putting off something important you should have been doing instead.

And as a finaler final note, I should mention that even if you have never actually seen a Two-era serial before (such as myself; I’ll correct that eventually), this is still very readable, understandable, and thoroughly enjoyable. Neveralarch just has that knack of making Two’s era accessible even to those who haven’t accessed it yet; how she does this is a grand mystery to me.

Excerpt:

"Yes, yes," said the Doctor. "Kidnapping, attempted murder, great adventure. I was just thinking that we could have been doing something much more fun in the time it took for you to explain all that."

"Perhaps later," Koschei promised. "As I said, I have something important to do tonight."

"Yes, and I asked what that was, and you still haven't explained. I know you're just dying to tell me."

Koschei turned away and opened the wardrobe, and the Doctor was immediately distracted again.

"I intend," said Koschei, drawing a long black robe from its hook, "to steal the crown jewels."


Link: This here link will actually take you to a page with links to all the chapters, because neveralarch still needs to put links to the other chapters in her entry for Chapter 1.


[personal profile] dragonofmemory
Title: The Dark Path
Author: David A. McIntee
Why this must be read:

Okay, so today is a little different. I'm not reccing you a drabble or something easily accessible... but at the same time, I feel more people need to read this. For one thing, it adds more Delgado Master into the universe and I happen to like the idea of him and Two far more than Two and Warchief. For another... You know you've always wanted something like this in canon. It's the closest we've got currently and it really is a lovely backstory for him. Not to mention it's where we get the name Koschei from.

It is, in short, a look at the Master before he was evil and, well, the Master. One of the things the novel does brilliantly is show the Master in his non-evil stage and yet still being very recognizably the Master. While I was reading the beginning bits, I kept waiting for Koschei to start doing something dastardly and nefarious because he was so in character. I was almost shocked to find that his glorious plan was doing much the same as the Doctor and trying to stop the evil people. Just with less running around and kilts. At the same time, you could see why the Doctor had been such good friends/lovers with him, because he is brilliant and clever (if not quite as moral, well, the Doctor wasn't a saint when he started out either. He might have gotten there) and everything that we all love about the Delgado Master.

Which isn't to say he's characterized perfectly. His attachment to the character Ailla, for example, didn't convince me at all at a certain spoilerish point and that made some of the scenes not quite as believable as they should have been. Also, sadly, the book doesn't get nearly as into the Master's head as he's becoming the Master as it really ought to have. The lack of Koschei/Doctor interaction in general will also make you want to cry. I think there's like, two scenes where they're actually together and the first is just them shaking hands and going off again? The second being the big scene at the end where Koschei is evil. It was one of the major downsides to the book, actually.

However, the character voices for pretty much everyone are astonishingly good. I've been told many times I have an excellent Delgado Master voice... and I'm telling you now I developed it largely because of this book. You can hear not only the Master talking while you're reading, but Two and Jamie and Victoria, all of them written to a T. The plot itself almost as complicated as one the Master's schemes, but unlike with The Face of the Enemy (which was written by the same author and had a lot more characterization flaws, in my opinion, along with the over complicated plot), the overcomplicated-ness doesn't detract from the enjoyment of the story itself.

Plus, Victoria. My God, Victoria. She steals the plot, the little thief, but she does it beautifully. If memory serves, there's a prompt in the anon meme about a companion spending time with the Master and finding that they like him better to the Doctor. That's basically what happens with Victoria and it's used to a heartbreaking end. Through her we see all of Koschei's good characteristics... and through her we meet all of the Master's bad ones.

In short, it's not perfect, but it's well worth the read if you can get your hands on it.  For the except, I give you one of my all time favorite descriptions of the Master. Only Two could get away with calling him a 'fusspot'. <3

Excerpt:

He went over to the pearlescent structure that Koschei had called a time-flow analogue. ‘This is certainly some kind of temporal stasis...’ The Doctor poked at the monolith, watching as ripples of light spread out from where his fingers touched it. ‘I’ve never seen anything on quite this sort of scale, though.’

Victoria wondered whether she should pull the Doctor’s hand away from the smooth ore. ‘Doctor, be careful. Koschei said this was very precisely balanced.’

‘Did he?’ The Doctor cleared his throat. ‘Well, he’s always been a terrible old fusspot, you know; he doesn’t like to actually do anything until after he’s prepared and planned and measured and all of that sort of thing.’

Which was exactly the sort of proper preparation that Edward Waterfield had taught his daughter. ‘That sounds quite sensible to me.’

‘Yes, but really there’s no substitute for, er, you know, having a go and seeing what happens.’ He flexed his fingers and cracked his knuckles, like a pianist about to embark on a long and complicated concerto. ‘Now don’t worry, Victoria, I know what I’m doing.’

‘Then you know what this is?’

‘Oh yes.’ She looked on sceptically, and he shrugged. ‘Well, not exactly,’ he admitted, ‘but I have seen some rather similar types of thing.’

Extra: Also, since you might not be able to get your hands on that one, I give you a fan video that highly amused me yesterday.  It's got nothing to do with the Master (then again, he's probably behind it all!) so I can take it down if the mods see fit, but it has come to my attention that this com has a thing for felines.  I figure it might be relevant to our interests. 



Challenge time! (under the cut because I'm really making these far too long...)
A new-new-character )
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[personal profile] neveralarch
Hey! Normally I don't post my edited anonmeme fills to this comm, because I feel like you've already seen them once and you don't need to be bothered with my tiny edits when I finally repost the fics to my journal. But this one, the editing process was more extensive and the fic in general is a lot longer than my usual, so.

Operator, Operator
Rating: adult
(swearing, explicit phone sex, all of the lots of different kinks. Let me know if you need specifics.)
Characters: Simm!Master/One through Nine. Some other pairings mentioned.
Wordcount: 6,100ish
Summary: The Master works as a phone sex operator in order to kick-start his political career. That's it, really.
A/N: originally posted here for a prompt on the anonmeme.

(fake cut to the fic at my journal)

Incidentally, if you're interested in the edited and better formatted versions of my other fifteen anonmeme fills, they're all under this tag at my journal.
[identity profile] x-losfic.livejournal.com
Two days late is better than never! Friday was the birthday of Patrick Troughton  (Two!). IN THE NEXT TWO DAYS: write/art some birthday!fic in the comments, or link to it! RECS, META AND RANDOM COMMENTS ABOUT THE SUBJECT ALSO WELCOME!


Celebrate the existence of:

TWO!

"Oh, my giddy aunt! Zoe, come out of that stripper-cake this instant, you'll catch your death!"

Cheer is not mandatory, it is just AWESOME.
 

This spontaneous funtimes challenge ends aprox. when the 30th of March begins, so don't stress about it: just make us a quick prezzie!
[identity profile] alexwearspants.livejournal.com
Oh wow, could I be any later with my BB art? I apologise, very much.

Fair warning, this is a very long image, and more importantly it's pretty spoilerific. What this means is that you should go and read the fic. And then come back and check things out. (Or vice versa, fic's strength is not just in racing along trying to find out what happens next, but spoilers are spoilers yo.)

So yes. I very much advise you to go read So Far Exceeds Expression by [livejournal.com profile] neveralarch, and to do so at once!

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'Aye, sweet,' said Jenny. 'Very sweet.' )
[identity profile] janeturenne.livejournal.com
Title: Variations on Forever (13/13)
Author: [livejournal.com profile] janeturenne
Word Count: This chapter: 14,500 Total: 130,000
Pairing: This chapter: Ten/Simm, Two/Other Master
Rating: This chapter: NC-17 for sexy times
Warnings: Not a thing, actually
Beta thanks: to the marvelous [livejournal.com profile] blackletter
Summary: Wherein the Doctor proposes a plan, the Doctor recovers some important memories, the Master defends his sartorial sensibilities, the Master lays down the law, the Doctor and the Master live happily for-now after, and the Doctor and the Master (though they'd never admit it) live happily for-now after, too.
AN: Written for the Big Bang. And it's finally done! *faints* I'd like to send especial thanks to everybody who encouraged me during the writing, particularly [livejournal.com profile] blackletter (without whom I might well have completely fallen apart), and everyone who's been leaving comments as I've been posting. Y'all are wonderful *hugs*

Chapter One lives here, Chapter Two here, Chapter Three here, Chapter Four here, Chapter Five here, Chapter Six here, Chapter Seven here, Chapter Eight here, Chapter Nine here, Chapter Ten here, Chapter Eleven here, and Chapter Twelve here.

The Saxon government maintains a strictly anti-kissing stance. It was one of my least popular campaign platforms, but I stuck to it as a matter of honor.
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[personal profile] neveralarch
So Far Exceeds Expression, 4/5
(alternate title: Covered in Blood)
Doctor Who, Classic Series AU
Rating: PG-13 as a whole
(this chapter: more violence, swearing, and kissing.
As a whole: violence, PG rated slash, femslash, and het. Small children.)
Pairings and characters (this chapter): Two/AU!Master, slight Two/War Chief, Zoe/Jenny (OFC/historical personage), Jamie, Narvin, Arturo Villar, various historical personages.
Wordcount (this chapter): about 5,000
Summary: The Doctor and co are on the run. From everybody.
A/N: The penultimate part of my odd, historical fiction reimagining of the War Games. Credit for the plot to steal the Crown Jewels goes to Colonel Thomas Blood, as does credit for some of his dialogue in this chapter. Thanks again to my beta, [livejournal.com profile] birdsarecalling, who liked Narvin and reminded me about character development. Written for the bigbang challenge.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two | Chapter Three

(Link to the story on my journal)
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[personal profile] neveralarch
So Far Exceeds Expression, 3/5
(alternate title: Covered in Blood)
Doctor Who, Classic Series AU
Rating: PG-13 as a whole
(this chapter: violence, swearing, more awkward innuendo, and girls kissing.
As a whole: violence, PG rated slash, femslash, and het. Small children.)
Pairings and characters (this chapter): Two/AU!Master, slight Two/War Chief, Zoe/Jenny (OFC/historical personage), Jamie, various historical personages, various characters from War Games.
Wordcount (this chapter): about 6,500
Summary: The Doctor encounters yet another old friend, and has to put up with his nefarious plans as well. Meanwhile, Koschei gets himself into a jam and has to figure out how to get out of it.
A/N: The halfway point in my odd, historical fiction reimagining of the War Games. Credit for the plot to steal the Crown Jewels goes to Colonel Thomas Blood, as does credit for some of his dialogue in this chapter. A few lines of dialogue are similarly from the War Games (written by Malcolm Hulke and Terrance Dicks). Thanks again to my beta, [livejournal.com profile] birdsarecalling, who approved my femslash and showed me where my sentences had gotten too confusing. Written for the bigbang challenge.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One | Chapter Two

(Link to my Journal)
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[personal profile] neveralarch
So Far Exceeds Expression, 2/5
(alternate title: Covered in Blood)
Doctor Who, Classic Series AU
Rating: PG-13 as a whole
(this chapter: violence, mild swearing, lots of awkward innuendo.
As a whole: violence, PG rated slash, femslash, and het. Small children.)
Pairing and characters (this chapter): Two/AU!Master, Jamie, Zoe, various historical personages.
Wordcount (this chapter): about 5,500
Summary: The Doctor continues his adventures in 1671, while Koschei continues with his plot. Neither of these activities turn out quite as expected...
A/N: Another chapter of my odd, historical fiction reimagining of the War Games. Credit for the plot to steal the Crown Jewels goes to Colonel Thomas Blood. Thanks again to my beta, [livejournal.com profile] birdsarecalling, who helped me figure out even more fictional relationships and listened to my tl;dr about Restoration military. Written for the big bang challenge.

Previous Chapters: Chapter One

(Link to my Journal)
[identity profile] zero-ac.livejournal.com
Title: Five Doctor's Harem fic
Characters/Pairing: Ainley!Master/Five Doctors, the Rani
Rating: R
Warning: dubious consent, implied torture, etc.
Genre: darkfic, crack, angst all rolled into one, with a bit of not really AU on top
Disclaimer: Not mine, really you would have noticed if Doctor Who was.
Author's Note: This was originally a comment fic to one of the Battle Royales, I think, however people told me that they actually liked the story and that I should share it "officially". And of course I let myself be talked into it, although, yes I am still embarrassed about having written this. But I hope you enjoy it! And well, I guess the second place of the Battle Royale needs a bit of celebration as well. Also special thanks to [livejournal.com profile] tula_peiwa for betaing this!

Summary: Harem fanfiction based on the Five Doctors, just as the title implies. The Master gets to win (sort of) and keeps all the Doctors.

Find the fanfiction here
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[personal profile] neveralarch
So Far Exceeds Expression, 1/5
(alternate title: Covered in Blood)
Doctor Who, Classic Series AU
Rating: PG-13 as a whole
(this chapter: not much. Kissing.
As a whole: violence, PG rated slash, femmeslash, and het. Small children.)
Pairing and characters (this chapter): Two/AU!Master, Jamie, Zoe, various historical personages.
Wordcount (this chapter): about 6,000
Summary: The Doctor lands in 1671, and meets an old friend. Unfortunately that old friend has a plan, and he's never been very good at them. Worse, the military is kind of... disappearing.
A/N: This is what might have happened if Two-era had had more historical episodes. Take the War Games, add my obsession with English history in general and the exploits of Colonel Thomas Blood in particular, and there you have it. Huge thanks to my beta, [info]birdsarecalling, who picked out all my weird commas and my issues with fictional relationships. Written for the bigbang challenge.

(Link to my Journal)
[identity profile] alexwearspants.livejournal.com
So, for reasons of Family and Travelling I've had to post late guys, which saddens my heart, truly truly. HOWEVER I managed to fling the arts in the direction of the other challangees this morning, so they can confirm the arting was done in time. I ... I don't know why this is important to me. Anyway. Lots of Six this week. No Crispy. I feel this is a relief for most people, but it makes me a little sad.


Prompts: Holding Hands, Baby - Feeding, Serenade, Office/Workplace Party, Sleepy Times, Pillow Fight, Shower Together )
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[identity profile] aralias.livejournal.com
something very short and mind-robber-y.

Title: Complications in the Plot
Length: <500 words
Summary: The Doctor is relieved to hear that the Master is behind their current scrape, because it makes the ending rather predictable and the Doctor isn't afraid of this story.
Note: Watch as I fail to make sense of how the BBC clearly haven't invented the Master yet. Only very slightly slashy.
Warning: Big Fat Spoilers for The Mind Robber.

Complications
[identity profile] evilawyer.livejournal.com
Hello. A short fic featuring the Doctor and the Master can be found at my recently established fic journal ([livejournal.com profile] x_los gives such good advice) at http://evilawyer_fic.livejournal.com/1163.html#cutid1. It's called, as you can see "Games" and rated PG, maybe PG-13. I have a great deal of difficulty with rating things, so if any of you have any input on that I'd love to get it.

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