rec: expectation and maximization, by eve11

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

Story: Expectation and Maximization
Author: eve11
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 2979
Author's Summary: "Rose Tyler, you've faced clockwork droids, Slitheen and Cybermen, not to mention five different types of zombies and a megalomaniacal nightmare better known as the Emperor of the Daleks, and you're telling me you're afraid of some maths?"
Characters/Pairings: The Doctor (10th), Rose Tyler
Warnings: None. Unless you fear math.

Recced because: I love the few stories that actually try to get inside the Doctor's understanding of time and probabilities, and this one finds a wonderful visual metaphor for how he always seemingly knows what to do and when.

Comments

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

*strikes another one off her to-be-recced-in-the-future list*

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

I feel your pain. Not that it's a bad thing that people here have awesome taste, but it making the job a little tougher. Anyway, your icon has taken its revenge on my few remaining threads of sanity, so that's something to smile about.

-blue

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

Aww, I think he's cute. *pets Bo Peep!Manny*

[eve11]

*is chuffed*
Thanks so much! :)

[sabra-n.livejournal.com]

It's a wonderful story. On top of the ideas about what goes on in the Doctor's head, it reminds me of what's cool about math, as opposed to all the frustrations I had when I was actually studying it.

-blue

[livii.livejournal.com]

I second this rec - it's a fabulous story (and I do fear math!)