Adventures of a Line-Hopper by secooper87

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Sorry I'm late. I was away this weekend and got home far later than expected. However, it's still Sunday in some parts of the world, so I'm squeezing in rec #7. I hope you've found something to enjoy in the recs this week. It's certainly been fun compiling them! Here, then, is rec #7:

Story (Series, in this case): Adventures of a Line-Hopper (crossover with Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
Author: secooper87
Rating: Teen overall, though several stories are rated All Ages
Word Count: 263,876 and counting
Author's Summary: The Doctor met Buffy in an alternate timeline, one from before the War, in which Daleks invaded the gym at Hemery High School instead of vampires. Now Buffy and the Doctor must learn about this new reality.
Characters/Pairings: Doctor/Buffy-ish and yet basically gen with canon pairings, mostly 10th & 11th Doctor with references to 8th & 9th, Martha, Donna, River, Amy, Rory, and Buffy and the Scooby gang.
Warnings: None

Recced because: One of the best things a crossover can do is give new insights into familiar characters as they interact with characters and settings that are canonically unfamiliar to them. This series does that well, as Buffy and the Scoobies interpret the Doctor in various incarnations through their own filters and vice versa. Also, the Doctor and Buffy's relationship is nearly as timey-wimey as the Doctor's relationship with River, not to mention the two intersect.

( Long series gets a long teaser. )

Secrets by Eriphi

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I’m Lindenharp, known as RobinC on Teaspoon, and I’ll be your reccer this week.  I’ve got an assortment of stories from various eras and genres, but I’m going to start out with one that features the current Doctor.

Story: Secrets
Author: Eriphi
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 4388
Author's Summary: Amy finds out that she is not the only one who has been keeping secrets.
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, Amy Pond/Rory Williams
Warnings: none.

Recced because: I love Rory Williams.  Like many of the Doctor’s companions, he is an ordinary person who winds up doing extraordinary things.  I have a special fondness for stories that deal with the almost-2000 years he spent as the Lone Centurion, and how that shaped his character.  In Secrets, Eriphi takes a slightly different approach by centering the story around Amy and her concerns.  The Universe has been rebooted, everything is as it should be, so why is Rory speaking Latin in his sleep and why isn’t the TARDIS translating it for her?

Eriphi has the character voices down pat, especially Eleven’s carefully confusing babble.  Here’s a snippet of conversation between Amy and the Doctor:
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Go and read, and if you like the story as much as I think you will, please leave a review for the author.