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terryballs · 2 years
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Any media: (has an auction in it)
Me: haha nice Alien Bodies (1997) reference
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terryballs · 3 years
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Some of my recommends:
Flibbertygigget - mostly deep lore stuff
MrSandman - really great characterisation
penumbra - short fics with exceptionally vivid prose
fortunefavourstheyogurt -  great little Big Finish orientated stories
RobertSaysThis - best known for writing a great series where the Thirteenth Doctor has a child as a companion
dragonwings948 - extremely prolific writer - if you can think of it, they’ve probably written it!
bravest_person_in_wonderland - writes character-focused short stuff, predominantly about Eight and Charley or the Gallifrey crew.
And of course, myself. My most substantial work is my series following Twelve and Sally Sparrow, but I also write some gimmicky shorts and I have a Thirteen/Yaz story that might actually be turning into a series...
hello calling the doctor who fandom!
does anyone have any good fanfic recommendations? i’ll read anything as long as it’s not smut just throw them at me
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terryballs · 3 years
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You’re thinking too small!
What if they’re both the Doctor?
I don’t mean consecutive Doctors, I mean... what if the regeneration process split the Doctor in two? These are both equally valid versions of the Doctor with slightly different personalities.
Also... don’t stop at two!
I remember an old writing prompt that suggested five Time Lords (the Doctor, the Master, and some boring ones) all travelling together in the TARDIS, when it crashes, and they all regenerate. The simultaneous regeneration causes their memories to merge and they all lose their sense of self. Which one is which? Well, you’ve got a whole series to work that out...
picture this: the doctor regenerates at the end of an episode, without companions. you don't see their new face. the next episode opens with two people who are dressed identically, locked in a room, and have had their memories temporarily erased. you assume that one of them is the doctor, but no one knows, so you're forced to intensely examine all of their actions, words, and decisions for the rest of the episode as they escape the prison.
this could go many ways, and all of them are delicious:
- one of them is the doctor, and the other is their new companion
- one of them is the doctor and one of them is the master, but from the decisions they made, you assumed that each was the other
- neither of them is the doctor, and the doctor arrives at the end of the episode to rescue them both and invite them to be (two already complex, fleshed-out) companions
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terryballs · 3 years
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Happy birthday Colin Baker!
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To celebrate the day, I have uploaded a reworking of “Joseph’s Coat” to ao3! Check out “Jodie and Selves/Colin’s Coat” here!
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As far as I can tell, this one (by imgur user DrVesuvius) is the earliest instance of the meme, and it already mentions the Greater Key.
This one by Reddit user /u/AphexCubed seems to be the deepest. It’s clearly had a lot of effort put into it despite some strange placements.
Are you familiar with the Dr Who Iceberg chart? As daft as that question may be. There are several. Most of them are kind of shite but I found a MASSIVE one on R/DoctorWhumour (a lot of a subreddit) and it was amazing.
I'm not that deep into iceberg charts personally, but I recently enjoyed this breakdown video, or at least the parts I watched. I was very flattered to see that some projects I've contributed to were included not once but twice in the bottom tier ("The Greater Key is the Moment" and "Hidden General Wiki")!
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terryballs · 3 years
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you could tell from the in universe representation of the fans with SPN and Sherlock adding  fangirl insert characters shown to be stupid obsessive queer and crazy whereas the doctor who fan insert -osgood- was a hero who represented what it means to be human
I mean, there are some pretty mean-spirited fan insert characters too - Larry Nightingale is not exactly an aspiration, and the Abzorbaloff is way worse than anything in Sherlock. Both of those were based on specific prominent fans (author Lawrence “Larry” Miles and former continuity consultant Ian Levine).
That said, it’s true that Doctor Who at its best does absolutely body most television.
I’m thissss close to snapping and making a full on Sarah Z style hour long YouTube video on the fall of superwholock and why doctor who holds up when SPN and Sherlock did not. Spoilers: you could tell from the in universe representation of the fans with SPN and Sherlock adding fangirl insert characters shown to be stupid obsessive queer and crazy whereas the doctor who fan insert -osgood- was a hero who represented what it means to be human. Supernatural made fun of destiel shippers IN THE SHOW Sherlock called fans who speculated about Reichenbach Fall stupid and crazy (both shows making fun of the fans for being queer as well) where as osgood is nerdy, excitable, socially awkward and above all else, kind. Osgood is offered a position as a full time companion and she says she wants to go more than anything but she has to stay here, defend the earth, to which the doctor replies “by the way, I’m a huge fan” THIS SPEAKS VOLUMES ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF FANS BY THE SHOW!! Doctor who the show and the doctor the character love the curious unique individuals who are interested in the adventures of a madman with a box who choses to help people and believes all life is special. Between Johnlock, Reichenbach, Destiel, Charlie, the musical episode, and the destiel confession supernatural and Sherlock have showed time and time again that they actively hate their audience (if you were around for the final episode of Sherlock you remember how bad it was for fans and i don’t need to remind anyone of “all gays go to hell all cars go to heaven” )
Something also has to be said for the fact that doctor who is the only show of the three without a huge decade long queer baiting (ok the whole Clara thing is on thin ice I’ll be honest but they fixed that with bill in season 10) scandal that ends in blatant homophobia (note it’s not homophobic BECAUSE destiel or johnlock didn’t end up together, it’s homophobic because of the years of intentional queer baiting that predates the end of each program) when your fan base is predominantly queer this is not advisable.
And of course this doesnt take into account the massive change that happened after dashcon, doctor who had an established 50 year history by that point and solid writing so while it fell from its godlike position on tumblr it was still relatively popular after that cultural shift. Also- and this may be controversial - the writing in doctor who is better. I’m sorry but it is. Rewatching some of the 2010-2015 episodes I’m reminded that when doctor who is good, it’s GOOD. The oncoming storm speech. The 9th doctor and the dalek prisoner, “I would never” , a good man goes to war, “the laws of time obey me” , the fucking 50th war doctor speeches, the zygon inversion speech, “the one thing you never put in a trap… me”, all of hell bent, and of course the Van Gogh episode. Honestly on writing alone doctor who absolutely bodies Sherlock and supernatural which is shocking because moffat wrote for Sherlock as well but it never felt as powerful it always felt very clever but once you knew the answer to whatever mystery Sherlock was solving the intrigue just faded. Whereas the more you watch episodes like Vincent and the Doctor, the Day of the Doctor, or Hell Bent, the more you fall in love with the writing.
I could go on and on and on for ages about writing, character relatability , overarching themes and morals, the unique mechanic of regeneration, the doctor companion dynamic, and the question of “are humans inherently good or evil” and so many more nuanced reasons as to why doctor who stands the test of time (pun only slightly intended) but I will not that is too long and I am tired but know that I could if I wanted because the evidence is there
Tldr: doctor who isn’t bad you guys are just mean
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terryballs · 3 years
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New short!
Helping Rose Tyler with her homework
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3ggchh8
by TerryBalls
Rose Tyler need to get a GCSE in Maths, but her homework is too hard. Fortunately, a friendly stranger gives her help.
Words: 857, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen
Characters: Rose Tyler, Eleventh Doctor
Relationships: Eleventh Doctor & Rose Tyler
Additional Tags: Homework, One Shot
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terryballs · 3 years
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New short story inspired by that line up on ao3!
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terryballs · 3 years
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Extract from chapter 3 of The Wildthymes Are Killing Me:
The bus screeched to a stop just down the road, and reversed the wrong way back up to where Laoise stood. The front door concertinaed open. The driver, an elderly woman wearing a wide-brimmed red hat with matching scarf and lipstick, looked Laoise dead in the eyes.
“’Scuse me, love,” she said, in a vaguely Northern accent that was hard to place. “You wouldn’t by any chance happen to be Laoise Sparrow, would yer?”
I must be dreaming, Laoise thought. She tried to make something of this lucidity, take some control of the dream world, but nothing happened. She tried to shake herself awake. No dice.
“You OK, love?” said the bus driver, applying the handbrake and getting out. “It’s OK, I’m not one of those weirdos who goes around… you know.” She extended a velvet-gloved hand. “Iris Wildthyme. Transtemporal adventuress, meddler, artist, glamourpuss, grandmother of hedonism, Otley Run world record holder, auxiliary Time’s Champion, and inspiration for the universe’s longest-running episodic science fiction series.”
Laoise shook Iris’s hand, dumbstruck.
“Ey, look, this might be a bit much for you to take in right now, but what d’ya think about the 1980s? Any residual cultural nostalgia? D’ya wanna go? Live Aid, Star Wars, the Atari, recreational drugs hitting whole new highs, and also, don’t want to worry you, but if you don’t go history may implode. A breakdown of causality, a twisting of universal logic, entire lifetimes erased from time, and a serious risk that humanity may never invent Grindr.”
“Are you crazy?” Laoise asked.
“What does that matter? I’m a wanderer in the fourth dimension, I potter about in the fifth, and I’ve been known to drift through the sixth when I’m feeling particularly brazen. You’ve got to trust me, pet, this is dangerous business. Ey, I’m licensed, if that helps?”
(from The Wildthymes Are Killing Me)
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terryballs · 3 years
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The Doctor, of course, knew exactly where they were.
“Manchester. September 2067. Hamilton Academicals are top of the SPL, but Kilmarnock will go on to win the league. We’ve just missed the hundredth anniversary of the summer of love. Last year was the hundredth anniversary of England’s first World Cup win and the thousandth anniversary of the Battle of Hastings. And November 2063 was the hundredth anniversary of…”
“Doctor, who are we here to see?”
“… the Kennedy assassination. Sorry,” he said, noticing the alarm on Sally’s face, “just finishing my previous thought.”
excerpt from “The Sparrow’s Nest”, available on ao3 or fanfic.net
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terryballs · 3 years
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The first chapter of my new Doctor Who fanfic featuring Iris Wildthyme, Faction Paradox, Sally Sparrow and more is now available on ao3! New chapters daily!
The Wildthymes Are Killing Me
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3oqLimD
by TerryBalls
Laoise Sparrow is trying to balance university with a social life and adapting to life on Earth. The only person who’s interested in her is a boy who collects bones. One day Laoise has a strange encounter with a bus driver, and then her friend starts to disappear…
This series, featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Sally Sparrow, comes to a dramatic end that combines several fan-favourite concepts.
Words: 2065, Chapters: 1/10, Language: English
Series: Part 5 of What I Did In My Midlife Crisis by Sally Sparrow
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who & Related Fandoms, Iris Wildthyme (Big Finish Audio), Faction Paradox - Various Authors
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: Gen
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, The Doctor (Doctor Who), Sally Sparrow, Nardole (Doctor Who), John Who, Gillian Who, Original Female Character(s), Iris Wildthyme, Panda (Iris Wildthyme), Doctor Who - Character, Original Doctor (Doctor Who), MIAOW (Iris Wildthyme)
Relationships: John and Gillian Who, Doctor Who and John and Gillian Who, Sally Sparrow/Original Female Character(s)
Additional Tags: Memory Loss, Memory Alteration, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Time Travel, psychiatry, Police, Science Fiction, 1980s, 2090s
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/3oqLimD
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terryballs · 3 years
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Very Fine Daleks
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/391e2f9
by TerryBalls
It’s the 27th Century. Species from across the Solar System have terraformed Callisto, a moon of Jupiter. Many different species are living in harmony.
Libby is one of the only people who notices the Daleks. The Daleks are denying that they are Daleks at all. The Daleks gaslight entire societies. And, scariest of all, the Daleks are running for office.
Fortunately, there is one many who makes the Daleks run in fear, and he’s coming to get them.
A Doctor Who parody of the modern alt-right.
Words: 1238, Chapters: 1/11, Language: English
Series: Part 4 of What I Did In My Midlife Crisis by Sally Sparrow
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: Gen
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Sally Sparrow, Nardole (Doctor Who), Dalek(s) (Doctor Who), Zygon(s) (Doctor Who), Silurian(s) (Doctor Who), Sea Devil(s) (Doctor Who), Ice Warrior(s) (Doctor Who), Vogan(s) (Doctor Who: Revenge of the Cybermen), Original Female Character(s), Original Female Character(s) of Color, Original Male Human Character(s), The Eminence (Doctor Who), Dalek Time Controller (Doctor Who)
Relationships: Twelfth Doctor & Nardole, Twelfth Doctor & Sally Sparrow, Sally Sparrow/Original Female Character(s), Original Male Character/Original Male Character
Additional Tags: Science Fiction, Disabled Character, Disabled Character of Color, Politics, Satire, Far Future, Post-Episode: 2015 Xmas The Husbands of River Song, Post-Episode: 2016 Xmas The Return of Doctor Mysterio, Plot, Classic Doctor Who References, Audio: Dark Eyes (Doctor Who), Multicultural Society, Refugees, Antisemitism
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/391e2f9
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terryballs · 3 years
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The Sparrow's Nest
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2PpWOkI
by TerryBalls
Sally Sparrow wants some romance. Fortunately, the TARDIS takes her to a cute wannabe astrophysicist who shows her a new side of life. But can there ever be hanky-panky in the TARDIS? (Yes)
Words: 2484, Chapters: 2/11, Language: English
Series: Part 3 of What I Did In My Midlife Crisis by Sally Sparrow
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: F/F, Gen
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Sally Sparrow, Original Female Human Character(s), Zygon(s) (Doctor Who)
Relationships: Sally Sparrow/Original Female Human Character
Additional Tags: Fluff, No Smut, atths, a LOT of atths, Near Future, Moon, Romance, Lesbian Character, no villain
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/2PpWOkI
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Silents In The Library
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/39Yx86o
by TerryBalls
The story continues from where “What I Did In My Midlife Crisis” left off.
The Twelfth Doctor (between “Hell Bent” and “The Husbands of River Song”) takes Sally Sparrow (14 years on from “Blink”) on the world’s safest adventure - a bibliotherapy retreat at a wonderful library where nothing ever goes wrong. Then the Doctor starts behaving erratically, old foes surface, and fictional characters spring to life. Can Sally trust the Doctor - and more importantly, can she trust herself?
Words: 1387, Chapters: 1/8, Language: English
Series: Part 2 of What I Did In My Midlife Crisis by Sally Sparrow
Fandoms: Doctor Who, Discworld - Terry Pratchett, The Tiffany Aching Series - Terry Pratchett, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Categories: Gen
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Sally Sparrow, Esmerelda “Granny” Weatherwax, Nac Mac Feegle, Rob Anybody, Daft Wullie, The Silence (Doctor Who), The Librarian (Discworld)
Relationships: The Doctor (Doctor Who) & Sally Sparrow, Twelfth Doctor/Esmerelda Weatherwax
Additional Tags: zero hanky-panky, Some scary shit, cw: torture, Big Finish References, Classic Who references, Discworld References, Gender-Neutral Pronouns, Genderfluid Doctor (Doctor Who), Douglas Adams, Iris Wildthyme references, Bulgakov references, Erimem reference, Sylvia Plath References, starts off very cosy, gets progressively less cosy, References to Illness, Dementia, Post-Episode: s09e12 Hell Bent, scots, BAMF Women, BAMF Sally Sparrow
read it on the AO3 at https://ift.tt/39Yx86o
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terryballs · 3 years
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There is no love in the air. Air comprises primarily of nitrogen and oxygen, with trace amounts of other gases including carbon dioxide. That’s plant food, by the way. This is basic physics, people.
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Internet Searches for my WIP
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