Rec: Come Back to Tell All (I Shall Tell You All)

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Story: Come Back to Tell All (I Shall Tell You All)
Author: Amberite
Rating: All Ages
Author's Summary: An overview of the Third Doctor's life, around the themes of his traumatic exile and his fashion sense.
Characters/Pairings: Third Doctor/Brig, Fourth Doctor
Warnings: None

Recced because: I was fascinated by the idea of the Third Doctor's dandyism as an outgrowth of his Earth exile, clothes making the man because the man was remade without his consent and has no idea who he really is beneath the surface. This story drives home just how stranded, frightened and lost the Doctor was without his TARDIS, old companions or previous identity, which makes his slow acceptance of this forced regeneration and joyous embrace of the next one all the more satisfying to read. The slash content is brief and largely offstage (as well as being a symptom of the Doctor's identity crisis itself, in its own way), but if you're in it for the velvet capes, you're in the right place.

Rec: Harry and the Tuesday Girl

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Story: Harry and the Tuesday Girl
Author: Amy Wolf
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: He should know about nameless and eccentric by now.
Characters/Pairings: Harry Sullivan (het), Jack, Sarah
Warnings: None

Recced because:
I found an old entry of mine written after I'd watched my first Harry Sullivan story. I was distinctly unimpressed with him. This surprised me because I love Harry; so something happened in the interim period to completely change my perspective on him, and I have a feeling this story was a large part of that. I dithered back and forth about what to put in the characters/pairings line above, but I think it's enough to say that it's about Harry meeting a woman who has no name - or lots of them - and what unfolds from there.

rec: Thirteen Steps

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Story: Thirteen Steps
Author: nonelvis
Rating: Teen
Author's Summary: A man is defined by his relationships as much as his actions. Thirteen 100-word drabbles, one for each Doctor.
Characters/Pairings: First Doctor, Second Doctor, Third Doctor, Fourth Doctor, Fifth Doctor, Sixth Doctor, Seventh Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Ninth Doctor, Tenth Doctor, Eleventh Doctor, Twelth Doctor, Thirteenth Doctor, TARDIS, Jamie McCrimmon, Liz Shaw, Romana (I and II), Tegan Jovanka, Peri Brown, Jabe, Rose Tyler, Martha Jones, Captain Jack
Warnings: None

Recced because: "A man is defined by this relationships." Yep; couldn't agree more. Therefore, I subscribe to the belief that the Doctor is defined by his companions. This one will definitely be popular with fans of the comm loves_them_all, because this fic shows that he does. He really does.