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FANDOM: Doctor Who
FIC LINK: The Spartans
AUTHOR LINK: JJPOR
RATING/WARNING(S): Teen | Violence, Slavery
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 69,883
MAIN CHARACTERS: Second Doctor, Polly Wright, Jamie McCrimmon, Ben Jackson

FIC SUMMARY: Greece, 480 BC: As the vast armies of the King of Kings prepare to battle the outnumbered defenders of the Hot Gates, the Doctor and his friends find themselves where they often find themselves at times like this – caught in the middle.

RECCER'S NOTES: As I’ve said, I have a weakness for Doctor Who historicals, and this is one of the very best. The author is amazing (consider this also an author rec: JJ is an incredible fanfic writer and pretty much never puts out a duff fic) and also has a clear love of history, which shines through. It’s an all-out action-adventure piece at novel length, although that’s not to say there’s not some great characterisation, with the TARDIS team being split up (as ever) but into two lesser-explored combinations, which allows for some lovely development between the still-new group, as Polly and the Doctor have to work together while Ben and Jamie find themselves in some surprising situations, not always easy for a 20th century English seaman and an 18th C Scottish Jacobite.

(There’s a tiny bit of canon-typical Ben/Polly at the end, and a little bit of slightly more unexpected Ben/Jamie along the way because of plot, but nothing to render it non-gen.)

Anyway, it’s long, fabulous, enthralling, and novel-style (and length) enough to be read on its own strengths if you’re not all that familiar with this TARDIS team (who have after all been especially unfairly hit by burnination).

Hi, I'm thisbluespirit, gensploder of the month for May, very new to this (hoping it's all done right). I'm mostly a Doctor Who fan but also love a whole lot of other fandoms, especially random tiny ones - hopefully I'll manage a fair mix across the month. Here goes...


FANDOM: Doctor Who/Blackadder
FIC LINK: Just Impediment
AUTHOR LINK: Doyle
RATING/WARNING(S): G
WIP?/WORD COUNT: 4734
MAIN CHARACTERS: Edmund Blackadder, Baldrick, Tenth Doctor, Queenie, Other Characters.

FIC SUMMARY: Queen Elizabeth I is marrying a Mr William Shakespeare (no relation) and there's a mysterious blue box in the alley outside Mrs Miggins' pie shop; Edmund Blackadder is on the case.

RECCER'S NOTES: I thought I’d start off with what remains one of the very best and funniest Doctor Who crossovers (no mean feat in a go-anywhere fandom built for such things). It’s brilliant, like a long-lost episode of Blackadder II that’s been held out of the archives because it happens to feature the Doctor. It's extremely funny, has spot-on characterisation for both fandoms, ties up loose bits of canon (if a little jossed these days), and makes absolutely perfect use of Baldrick. Basically, it’s pretty damn glorious.