...I’ve posted more Doctor Who fan fiction over at my other site.
One is a story about Nyssa and her life on Terminus (featuring a visit from the Peter Davison Doctor), and the other is based upon the notion of “gumblejack,” the “finest fish in the galaxy, maybe the universe,” according to the Colin Baker Doctor. Both stories date from the early 1990s, and I haven’t changed a thing about them since I first wrote them, with the basic exception of correcting the occasional spelling error.
Enjoy.
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posted by Tonio Kruger (Mon Apr 12 10, 8:42PM)
And you're just now posting them? Wow! I knew some writers took their time with their writing, but still...
Seriously, I'm sure your stories are like Oscar Wilde's definition of a jelly doughnut. We anticipate the arrival of each one with glee and mourn only the fact that they're finished so quickly. At least I think that's how Oscar put it. (If not, he should have.)
posted by MaryAnn (Mon Apr 12 10, 10:38PM)
Most of the old stories I'll post *were* published in zines in the late 80s and early 90s, but haven't been available online previously. I'm even gonna post, eventually, the very first ones, which I wrote when I was a teenager and aren't very good.
I'm not interested in revising them. I *am* interested in seeing how my writing has matured over the last 25 years.
posted by Matthew (Tue Apr 13 10, 7:02PM)
Also on a Doctor Who theme, the BBC Archive have followed up their collection of documents about the origins of the programme with another collection about the Doctor's regenerations and the reaction they got.
The mention of LSD as an inspiration for the effects of regeneration on the Doctor has caused a bit of a stir in the UK media.