Fic: By The Ticking Of The Clock

Title: By The Ticking Of The Clock
Author: calliopes_pen
Rating: PG-13
Fandom: Doctor Who
Summary: Donna actually realizes something is wrong with the metacrisis before she gets to the breaking point. After asking for Jack and the Doctor’s help, the Doctor spots something in her mind that leads them to believe she might be a fob watched Time Lord. The race is on to find it before her meltdown. Doctor/Donna, with Doctor/Donna/Jack strongly hinted at for the next time they meet.
Word Count: 3725 words
Author’s Notes: This was written for the help_haiti Auction. Huge thanks go out to seandc and persiflage_1 for beta reading. The prompt was the following: “Donna is Gallifreyan and Ten helps her through rituals to become a Time Lady.” It changed a bit, so I hope you enjoy it.

( “I think I’ll keep my own human name. That one was a bit embarrassing. Do I have to come up with a title at some point? The Temp From Chiswick doesn’t work all that well.” )

Cross-posted to doctor_donna, here.

Fannish Items of Interest

From Wired: Top 10 Tragic Love Stories In Geek Fiction. The Doctor and Joan Redfern get a mention, along with Buffy and Angel. Personally, I would have added Willow/Tara.

From Cracked: The 6 Baffling Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Must Make.

Sci Fi Wire lists The Best (And Worst) Werewolf Transformations In Film And TV History. Poor Quentin Collins is on the worst list.

dark_fest has the list of all the offered prompts up now—it’s been broken up into three posts to get them all. Fandoms starting with the letter A-G are here. Fandoms starting with H-R are here. Fandoms starting with R-Z are here. You can then claim prompts in this post.

You can listen to a short bit of a radio interview with Anthony Stewart Head here. Apparently, he auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor.

Fannish Items of Interest

From Wired: Top 10 Tragic Love Stories In Geek Fiction. The Doctor and Joan Redfern get a mention, along with Buffy and Angel. Personally, I would have added Willow/Tara.

From Cracked: The 6 Baffling Mistakes Every Horror Franchise Must Make.

Sci Fi Wire lists The Best (And Worst) Werewolf Transformations In Film And TV History. Poor Quentin Collins is on the worst list.

dark_fest has the list of all the offered prompts up now—it’s been broken up into three posts to get them all. Fandoms starting with the letter A-G are here. Fandoms starting with H-R are here. Fandoms starting with R-Z are here. You can then claim prompts in this post.

You can listen to a short bit of a radio interview with Anthony Stewart Head here. Apparently, he auditioned for the role of the Eighth Doctor.