rec: the real reason the doctor and rose tyler never had sex, by azriona

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Story: The Real Reason the Doctor and Rose Tyler Never Had Sex
Author: azriona
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 315
Author's Summary: Exactly what it says on the tin, kids. The reason that the Doctor and Rose didn’t have sex has NOTHING to do with the hour the show was aired.
Characters/Pairings: Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler
Warnings: None
Recced because: It's hilarious, and like the best humor fics it needs no other excuse. But even better, the humor comes from a well-known fact about the Doctor that I'd never thought about in this context until I read this fic. The result is total win.

Comments

[nonelvis]

I'd thought it was in "Spearhead from Space," but apparently not. It seems to be something referenced in the audios, though the DW wiki cites "Planet of the Daleks" as a reference for the Doctor's ability to lower his body temperature below freezing while recovering from injury.

[sue-denimme.livejournal.com]

Hm, here it is, courtesy of the site I mentioned --

Jo: (speaking into a log recorder) His respiration was very shallow and his skin icy to the touch. I could find no trace of pulse or heartbeat, and his breathing apparently ceased. But I've seen the Doctor in this condition once before and he recovered after a sudden rise in temperature.

That's it, as far as I can tell. Seems pretty clear, to me anyway, that the lower body temperature was a temporary thing. How it got to be thought of as a normal state of affairs for him, to the point where every fanfic author has to mention how "cool" he is to the touch, I have no idea. (I'm guilty of it too.)

I'd think, with all the hand-holding he does in canon, not to mention medical exams and so on, oh and let's not forget all the times Ten got his face snogged off, someone would have said something about it every now and then.

[nonelvis]

I think it all depends on what you consider canon, and we could probably debate for the rest of our lives (and beyond!) about what constitutes canon in the DW universe. By this time, it seems like well-established fanon at minimum, so it never bothers me in fic -- nor do I feel bad about using it myself, given that audios and the Visual Dictionary refer to it.

[sue-denimme.livejournal.com]

I myself tend to think of only the official TV show as canon; however, I'm "cool" :-) with others being more generous in that regard than I am. Hell, I'll probably go on writing "he was cool to the touch", myself (if only to avoid all the "corrections" I'd probably get).

[nonelvis]

(Replying to your PM here, since your privacy settings won't let me PM you directly)

We do want people to rec new stories, though you're right that this isn't noted anywhere. Thanks for calling this to my attention; I'll add it to our profile.

[sue-denimme.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Sorry about the privacy settings. I don't recall putting them like that. I'll have a look.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Sorry, just have to jump in here. I realize I don't have the whole conversation, so I might be misconstruing things, but are you saying that older stories shouldn't be recced on Calufrax? If so, why not? Good fic is good fic -- why should it matter when it was written? In fact, I would argue that it's a lot harder for readers to come across the old gems than it is for them to find the good newer fic on their own. If everyone had already read all the older stories, that would be one thing, but Teaspoon is a big place, and there are new readers coming into the fandom all the time. If this is really a change you're considering, could you explain your thinking?

[nonelvis]

No, no, I mean that people should only rec stories that haven't been recced here before! Sorry; you didn't have the original message for context.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Ah, great, thank you! I'm glad I misunderstood. : )