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Three fics today! I've been waiting to hit a multiple-of-five 'milestone' that didn't coincide with a holiday, so I could post these. They go together, like a little story from three perspectives - also kinda sense-themed (see prompts). I know a few people who read these are fans of the characters, so I'm hoping they're well-received. Bear in mind that I've seen 100,000 BC but not The Daleks, so I have no idea what Skaro looks like in that particular story, nor what happens at the very beginning of it. I'm making it up to suit me :o)

Fic Name: Stubborn
Rating: G
Prompt: Sound (#037)
Claim: Companions
Companion: Ian Chesterton
Timeline: At the beginning of The Daleks.
Spoilers: None, unless you’ve been living in a cupboard for the last 43 years.


Haunting cries echo across the land, sending shivers down his spine. He fights the urge to look up and gape at what will probably be very odd-looking birds; he doesn’t want to give the old man the satisfaction. Even if he’s right - and Ian definitely believes now; if the prehistoric cavemen didn’t convince him, this does - he doesn’t want to let him acknowledge it.

He is on an alien world, listening to the cries of strange birds; just like the old man said. Will they get home soon, or is this something he’ll have to get used to?


Fic Name: Texture
Rating: G
Prompt: Touch (#038)
Claim: Companions
Companion: Barbara Wright
Timeline: At the beginning of The Daleks.
Spoilers: None (see above)


Barbara sifts the grey sand through her fingers, rubbing a pinch of it between finger and thumb. It’s different to Earth sand; it’s fine and gritty at the same time, with a slight tackiness to it, as though the particles were threaded together with spider’s web. It’s very strange indeed, and it both intrigues and frightens her. Suddenly, it hits her for the first time that she’s not on Earth. She’s on a completely different planet, far from home, with a crotchety old man and his strange granddaughter, lost in time and space. The enormity of it renders her speechless.


Fic Name: Watching
Rating: G
Prompt: Sight (#040)
Claim: Companions
Companion: Susan Foreman
Timeline: At the beginning of The Daleks.
Spoilers: None (see above)


The two teachers show very different responses, she notes with interest. Mr Chesterton is trying to keep his eyebrows at a sensible level and appear composed, and Ms Wright is visibly shocked. Susan offers her a reassuring smile, but only the faintest echo of it is returned.

Looking around the barren wasteland, she can see the reason for their reactions. They’re only a primitive species, she reminds herself. They’ve never even left their own planet before, it’s no wonder they’re having difficulty adjusting. She hopes they’ll get used to it in time; there’s so much more for them to see.


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Date: 2007-01-28 11:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bibliophile1887.livejournal.com
These are really good, great characterization. However, Skaro was a completely dead planet, no living creatures at all, it was the main point of the first episode.

Good drabbles, though. Well done.

Date: 2007-01-28 11:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] kazzy.livejournal.com
*Dances* Ian! Barbara! Susan! Yay! I have much love! (note exclamation marks!) I love the confusion you've given them (Ian and Barbara) at seeing an alien world, because it fits with them at that time. And I love Susan because she sort of became a guide, at least very early on, someone that could be between Ian and Barbara and her grandfather and the universe. That shows there.

Oh, and I love the spoiler note! ;)

Damn, I need a first Doctor icon. (you'll just have to make do with Martha)

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