rec: Walking the Labyrinth by lilacfree

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

Title: Walking the Labyrinth.
Author: LilacFree.
Characters/Pairings: 4th Doctor, Adric, K9, Tegan Jovanka, the Master (Ainsley).
Rating: All ages.
Warnings: None.
Word Count: 3419.
Summary: Doctor who? Has any one else ever walked into the TARDIS without having met the Doctor? This story is an attempt to walk in Tegan's high-heeled shoes. It follows canon from the 4th Doctor episode 'Logopolis' fairly closely, with a couple of additions.
Follows my story 'First Step' and is part of the same series. It also draws from the drabble 'He Laughs'.

Recced Because: Taking a couple of scenes from Logopolis where not much happens other than Tegan exploring, getting lost and frightened, in the TARDIS before she has met the Doctor and turns it into an effective character study. I like to see this both as Tegan working through her fears but also as a study of the Doctor by means of the TARDIS. The author makes use to two meanings for the labyrinth: meditation tool, and location for the Theseus and the Minotaur myth, with the Master as the Minotaur.

Comments

[lilacfree.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you enjoyed the story enough to rec it. I enjoyed writing it very much; the essays on meditation and labyrinths provided information that fit beautifully with what I wanted. I've always wondered how much sense they made to other people. The bit in quote above the third chapter still fits perfectly to my mind: the Master as the Minotaur and the Doctor as Mithras.
*coff* I won't pretend, mind you, that I understand all that author intended in his piece. I simply picked out what spoke to me.

[philosophercat.livejournal.com]

It's been one of my favourites for awhile now. It's probably one of my favourite Tegan stories on Teaspoon. That time she spends in the TARDIS is odd, and I really like what you did with it.

Re: the Mithras thing, I'm not sure I do either. lol Still, it worked on a mythic level. I'm glad you wrote it.