Further on up the road (Torchwood/Doctor Who)

[selenak]

Reveals at missy_fest, so I can link the story I wrote here. It's a Torchwood/Doctor Who crossover. The original vignette, which featured Jack centuries later meeting, courtesy of the Rift, Tosh, gave me the pre Exit Wounds time frame, and the first idea I had for this story was to confront a Jack Harkness to whom his torture by the Master was still very recent with The Doctor Falls era Missy. (Which of course meant confronting Missy, whose state of mind re: people not the Doctor the show left ambiguous, with one of her victims.) Hard on its heels came the second idea, which was that this wouldn't be in Jack's pov, not least because I'd already written Jack (albeit post Children of Earth Jack, which makes a big difference) versus the Master relatively recently. Nor would it be Missy's. Because if it's pre-Exit Wounds, then my original point of interest character in TW is still around, and dealing (or trying to) with being effectively a zombie, which makes for a given contrast to Missy's (and the Master's) novel interpretation of suicide by killing each other. Not to mention that the original vignette's theme of immortality and how it effects Jack in his interactions with others could be mirrored and contrasted in Missy and Owen (who doesn't know at this point whether he'll die next week or will stay in this condition for centuries). And, as a bonus, I got to explore the Owen and Jack relationship a bit more, which, to me, was the most interesting one within the team in the first two seasons. Lastly: jesuswasbatman and other readers of my previous tales featuring the Master, I swear, this time the Master does not end up in the wrong body. ;)


Further on up the road (9120 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Torchwood, Doctor Who
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jack Harkness & Owen Harper, Jack Harkness & The Master, Owen Harper & Missy, Jack Harkness & Missy, The Doctor/The Master (Doctor Who), Owen Harper & Toshiko Sato
Characters: Owen Harper, Missy (Doctor Who), Jack Harkness, Toshiko Sato, Ianto Jones
Additional Tags: Post-Episode: s10e12 The Doctor Falls, Remix
Summary:

When a Time Lord emerges from the Rift, it's the wrong one for Jack Harkness. But could Owen Harper be the right Doctor?

Comments

[trobadora]

I love this story to much! Thank you again. It was everything I didn't know I wanted.

[selenak]

And thank you for creating this ficathon and inspiring me to begin with! It was a great experience for me.

[trobadora]

For me as well! Even though there were only four of us, navaan and I have actually been considering doing it again next year. I suppose we'll see if there's any interest then ...

[itsnotmymind]

I don't watch much Doctor Who, so I am not very familiar with this incarnation of the Master. But still, I liked this fic.

I like the Diane reference. I also like your description of Owen's feelings for Tosh. Also love Owen's thoughts on the "Torchwood emotional hierarchy".

It's interesting to see Missy and Owen talk about immortality - since they are both maybe sort of immortal in two very different ways.