rec: The Spartans

[thisbluespirit]

Story: The Spartans
Author: JJPOR
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 69,883
Author's Summary: Greece, 480 BC: As the vast armies of the King of Kings prepare to battle the outnumbered defenders of the Hot Gates, the Doctor and his friends find themselves where they often find themselves at times like this – caught in the middle.
Characters/Pairings: Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon, Polly, Ben Jackson
Warnings: Some violence.

Recced because: I love this so much if someone had recced it before me I might have had to kill them? No, wait, that’s not a reason… (Not a good one, anyway.)

Okay: because it’s a proper, Sixties-style, straight historical with note-perfect characterisation, and it uses the TARDIS team of Two, Jamie, Ben and Polly to great effect – and given how many of this era’s stories are missing, we need fanfic like this to make it up to us. What’s more it’s a straight historical, but with a cast of thousands, battles, and all the things that would have happened off-screen on TV (or with two stuntmen being unconvincing somewhere) described in glorious detail. Really. It’s absolutely brilliant – don’t miss out.

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Ooh! I shall save this rec for tomorrow. If I start reading it tonight, I'll end up staying up late to finish it. Bad idea!

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, you would be, yes! You've read some of JJ's stuff, so you'll realise I'm not exaggerating when I sing its praises here.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I would never think you're exaggerating!

[thisbluespirit]

Well, it has been known, although I try not to do it here... :lol:

[erture.livejournal.com]

This sounds like just what I need on a snow day. Thank you!

[thisbluespirit]

Ues, indeed. Enjoy - it's one of my very favourite fics on Teaspoon. ;-)

[clocketpatch]

Ooo...! I trailed off on reading this one, like a bad girl, but you have reminded me of it, and it really is quite brilliant.

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, Clocket, how could you? It's was... probably the best thing JJ's written yet? In my biased I love historicals and the Sixties and Ben/Polly forever opinion, of course. ;-D

[clocketpatch]

I know, I really am quite terrible. I must rectify this immediately!

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Yay! Long plotty fics!

*will actually have time to read over the weekend.Gasp!*

[thisbluespirit]

Oh, and this one is worth the read. I was a bit startled when I saw the final word count there, though, I have to admit. There's no way it seemed anything like that long when I was reading it. :lol: