Calufrax

Story: The Shining Furrow
Author: Primsong
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 34,520
Author's Summary: "An out-of-season meteorite in Trelissick, Cornwall, a missing man and missing ferns; Three and Jo have a puzzling, dangerous riddle to solve."
Characters/Pairings: Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Jo Grant, Sergeant Benton, The Doctor (3rd)
Warnings: None, unless you count deliberate misappropriation of Tennyson. ;-)

Recced because: It's a "missing-episode"-type UNIT adventure story - with overly complex codenames, Sgt. Benton's coffee and sandwiches, Jo and the Brig being awesome, Three macgyvering widgets out of spare parts, and (as usual, in Primsong's stories) an amazingly clever and original "guest alien of the week" idea.

Also, it's long. I like long. *resists the urge to say "long stories are cool"* ;-) Something to read over the weekend. And it's based on a sonnet by Tennyson; I have no idea how Prim did what she did, but the story fits the poem perfectly. It's fantastic.

(Frankly, I like the poem better now than I did before I read the story. Prim is that mind-bogglingly good. Go on, read it. *smile*)

Story: Fractal
Author: stunt_muppet
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 1825
Author's Summary: "Infinity unfolds from even a line. The Doctor's sleeping mind has much to sort through."
Characters/Pairings: Three/Jo, Three/Delgado!Master
Warnings: None

Recced because: This is an amazing piece of mathematical lyrical... awesome. Stunt_Muppet is fantastic at weaving images we've never seen and couldn't perceive if we had, out of the words s/he has to hand. In this instance, it's another Third Doctor post-exile story: a dream world where the Doctor is torn between Jo and the Master, between his earthbound past and the limitless future. Go, read, wonder. :-)

Story: Knights Errant
Author: JJPOR
Rating: Teen
Word Count: 6325
Author's Summary: "So, what did happen to Brigadier Winifred Bambera and her other half Ancelyn? What happened to Bessie, for that matter? And how did UNIT become NuNIT? It's all connected, of course..."
Characters/Pairings: Ancelyn/Bambera, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Harriet Jones, Other Characters, Torchwood, UNIT, Bessie [she is too a character ;-)]
Warnings: Swearing

Recced because: Well... it's The One Where Bambera And Ancelyn Run Away In Bessie To Fight Dragons. *nods* That really ought to be a good recommendation by itself.

Let me elaborate. Brigadier Winifred Bambera - a tough, snarky black lady with incredibly butch hair - was the head of UNIT in the late 1980s, after Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart retired. In the Seventh Doctor story "Battlefield", she worked with Seven, Ace, and the Brig (ther Brig I should say *g*) to repel an invasion by Morgan leFay from an Arthurian alternate dimension. Also involved was an adorably dorky guy named Ancelyn, from the same alternate dimension, fighting on the Doctor's side; Ancelyn and "Brigadette" Bambera started up a wonderful scrappy romance.

This story is set ten years later, when Proper!UNIT is being broken up to make way for New!UNIT. It has... well. I think I'm actually going to do a snippet.

( This is a snippet )

Also it has Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart. And Bessie, Three's little yellow car (which last appeared in "Battlefield"). And Excalibur. And... well, c'mon, it's hilarious. And it's by jjpor. Why would you NOT read it? ;-)

Okay, last rec of the week! I've really enjoyed reccing for all of you - I hope you've enjoyed it too!

Story: Servitude
Author: dragonessa24 or dragonessa24 on LJ
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 686
Author's Summary: “The TARDIS and her relationship with Time.”
Characters/Pairings: The TARDIS
Warnings: None.

Recced because: To finish off the week, I've got a TARDIS-centric story by another brand-new author on the Teaspoon. I ran across "Servitude" while randomly poking round LJ, and promptly asked Dragonessa24 "Do you have a Teaspoon account? Because I've got to rec this."

As we all know, the TARDIS is a living being, and the Doctor is not her master - he's her friend and partner in adventure. Her master, or rather mistress, is Time. Dragonessa24 shows us beautifully the nature of both relationships, and finishes by breaking our hearts. This is quite possibly one of the best TARDIS fics in existence.

A very Merry Christmas to everyone here that celebrates it! (And even if you don't, or if you're just browsing and it's the middle of July or something - have a happy day anyway! We could all use one, right?)

Story: Com Estrelas
Author: Rutsky or kaffyr on LJ
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1572
Author's Summary: “When there's no running and hiding, there's time for wonder.”
Characters/Pairings: Ninth Doctor, Jack Harkness, Rose Tyler
Warnings: None.

Recced because: Rutsky is the first author I've recced this week who's been recced here before - but I just couldn't leave this story out.

"Com Estrelas" is one of those lovely little pieces in which, you could say, nothing very much happens. It's one of the spaces between the adventures, when the Doctor and his companions don't have to run... when they can share the beauty and peace of stargazing on an alien planet.

Rutsky isn't so much a fic writer as a poet, and I mean that in the best possible sense. Every word in this story is perfectly chosen to make us feel as Nine, Jack and Rose do here. Peace in the universe, goodwill towards all, and stars; what better fic to rec on Christmas Day?

Hugs to you all! ♥

Story: Don't Tell Mum
Author: Darqstar
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 7371
Author's Summary: “The Doctor is sent on a very important mission; babysitting. Yes, that's right, babysitting.”
Characters/Pairings: Fourth Doctor, K-9, other characters
Warnings: None.

Recced because: There is not enough Whofic in that odd little subgenre, "fandom characters playing with kids fic". In fact, this is the only piece I've found, but it's really worth reading.

Both the main characters are spot-on. Four, as the "childish" Doctor, was the obvious choice for this story, and he romps through it with his usual slightly bewildered buoyancy. And the little girl he has to babysit should seem very familiar to anyone who's ever dealt with four-year-olds!

There really needs to be more Whofic in this genre, but "Don't Tell Mum, the Babysitter's an Alien" is a wonderful start to the collection!

Hi! I'm curuchamion , your reccer for this week. (Both of which points should be fairly obvious... *g*)

Anyway. I've got a fair jumble of fics for y'all this holiday week - Classic and New Who, and combinations thereof; no Torchwood, SJA, books or audios, though - so I thought I'd start off with something a bit unusual.

Story: Doctor Who?
Author: Arthur Dent
Rating: All Ages
Word Count: 1070
Author's Summary: “The Fate of the Doctor and Rose after 'Journey's End'.”
Characters/Pairings: Other!Ten, Rose Tyler, other characters
Warnings: Rose dies, eventually.

Recced because: Yes, it's a Handy/Rose post-JE fic. That's not, exactly, why I'm reccing it.

This is one of the most awesome, most hilariously convincing pieces of timey-wimey continuity repair ever written. It's good even if you're not familiar with the continuity being repaired - it gives Rose and "Handy" a lovely, convincing life together (with a son named Michael Alistair, yet) - but it's the twist at the end that knocks this fic into the realm of classics.

(Ouch. I just made a really bad pun. You'll see.)

Anyway. This is one of those rare fics that I think everybody in the fandom, whatever their interests, should probably read at least once. If you find yourself a bit puzzled at the end, the necessary information to un-puzzle you can be found here on Wikipedia - but read the story first. Seriously.