Rec: The Bubble Chamber by Duncan Johnson

[livii.livejournal.com]

Story: The Bubble Chamber
Author: Duncan Johnson
Rating: All Ages
Author's summary: A historical story set in San Francisco in 1960.
Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler, OCs
Warnings: none
Word Count: ~9,500 words

Recced because: A long, plotty genfic with the Ninth Doctor, this reads like an episode of the series in all the right ways. Rose and the Doctor arrive in San Francisco in May 1960, at the height of the Cold War, and get tangled up with the House Un-American Activities Committee, atom bomb threats, conspiracies, and good old-fashioned human drama - families, friends, the good and the bad mixed up perfectly. The historical details are well-researched, the OCs are all well-drawn and feel like the regular sorts of new characters you meet in an episode, and the Doctor and Rose both get to play strong roles and have lots of plot. Really satisfying.

Comments

[clocketpatch]

Damn, this was on my rec list. You've beat me to it! I suppose that list will have dwindled even more by the time I get 'round to reccing... *is thoughtful*

Oh well, it's good that somebody mentioned it. Great story.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'm pleased to hear that you like it too - though I'm sorry to poach! It's a much older story, but I think it's very good (and I wanted to show that I do read long stories from time to time, heh). It's good, solid, plotty gen - something we all need once in a while, I think.

[violetisblue.livejournal.com]

You stole it from my future recs list too, in fact you've been poaching from my brain all week. :-) Very good story.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Again, I *am* glad to hear other people thought of reccing it! Sorry to poach, however. :)

[clocketpatch]

'It's good, solid, plotty gen - something we all need once in a while, I think.'

Indeed. And yet it always seems to be in short supply. Duncan Johnson is currently being my favourite author on the spoon and I'll probably ended up reccing one of his Eight stories if someone doesn't beat me to those as well.

Digging around in the really old stories does turn up gems doens't it?

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

I start tomorrow - and my original list lost 5 recs between my creation of it after I signed up and this week so I can empathise with you there !