Signs on the slow path (Doctor Who fanfiction)

[selenak]

Turns out my Doctor Who muse wasn't done yet with me. This is the other result of my recent months of rewatching. Could be alternatively summarized as: he loves them all. Though his methods of showing it...

Signs on the slow path (5638 words) by Selena
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005), Doctor Who (1963), Doctor Who (Big Finish Audio)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Twelfth Doctor & Missy, Twelfth Doctor & Nardole, The Doctor/The Master (Doctor Who), Sixth Doctor & Evelyn Smythe, Twelfth Doctor & Evelyn Smythe, Ashildr | Lady Me & Twelfth Doctor, Twelfth Doctor & Sarah Jane Smith, Twelfth Doctor & Jack Harkness, Twelfth Doctor & Ace McShane, Seventh Doctor & Ace McShane, Twelfth Doctor & Donna Noble, Tenth Doctor & Donna Noble, Twelfth Doctor & Susan Foreman, First Doctor & Susan Foreman
Characters: Twelfth Doctor, Missy (Doctor Who), Nardole (Doctor Who), Evelyn Smythe, Ashildr | Lady Me, Sarah Jane Smith, Jack Harkness, Ace McShane, Audrey McShane, Donna Noble, Susan Foreman
Additional Tags: Character Study, The Vault (Doctor Who), Friendship/Love, Past Relationship(s)
Summary:

The Doctor has a lot of reasons for choosing the twentieth and twenty-first century on Earth when guarding the vault. Some he even admits to. Though not necessarily to the people in question.

Comments

[c_carol]

I like it :)

[selenak]

Thank you!

[felis]

Oh, wow, the moment when he actually talks to Susan at the end, and in Gallifreyan no less? Unexpected and touching. My second favourite bit is probably him watching over baby Sarah Jane - bringing Ashildr into it was quite inspired both for thematic reasons and to add a bit of friction to the scene. I also really liked the mix of one-offs and constants, coming back to Missy and Nardole a couple of times. And uh oh, asking Missy about Clara...

[selenak]

I just couldn‘t imagine the Doctor not asking Missy re: Clara during those 70 plus years. And they were such a gift to fanfiction when it comes to revisiting some of the connections the Doctor formed through the centuries that I couldn‘t resist.