Fic: Five Times The Doctor Got in the Way of Captain Janeway (DW/STV)

[thisbluespirit]

Title: Five Times the Doctor Got in the Way of Captain Janeway (and One Time They Got Along Just Fine)
Author: lost_spook
Word Count: 5444
Rating: All ages
Characters/Pairings: Eleventh Doctor, First Doctor, Vicki, Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Ninth Doctor, Eighth Doctor, Charley Pollard, Kathryn Janeway, Chakotay, Tom Paris, Tuvok
Summary: Captain Janeway doesn't think much of time travellers and higher beings who turn up on board her ship. The Doctor doesn't take much notice of prime directives. It's a tea vs coffee thing.

I wrote this for the dw_straybunnies October Prompt of the Month. I don't know whether it's more ridiculous that I randomly picked my own prompt, that I ended up writing for it, that I was right up against the deadline, or that I didn't even exactly keep to the prompt. (It was just I had a sudden, entertaining vision of if lots of people wrote the prompt and Janeway was repeatedly confronted by versions of the Doctor lecturing her on time travel, and then there was a plot bunny bounding about...)

Anyway, I'm always happy to wind up writing multi-era nonsense. Already on Teaspoon (I was literally fighting the deadline last night - no time for LJ posts... Or watching Downton Abbey, darn the thing. Will be watching that very shortly!)

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Ah Downton Abbey! Since you've not seen it, I won't comment further!

ETA: Couple of post-beta-ish things:

"I want get them home, and you could do it — and you stand there arguing with me over your precious principles-.”

There should be a "to" between "want" and "get"....

“That had better work,” Janeway told him. “And you need to clear out your pockets first next time you’re going to get tied to some unsuspecting individual.”

"you need to clear out your pockets first next time" is confusingly phrased. I'd suggest "you need to clear out your pockets before you next get tied to some..." Or stick a comma after "first"!

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks! Given that I wrote the first three sections before I went down with something, the next two while I was ill, and couldn't quite work the last out until I was nearly at the end of my deadline last night, I'm amazed it's not nothing but errors. I've fixed those two, anyway. (And I'm rather glad I got the chance to go over it once more this morning before making this post, so you got the slightly less faulty version!!)

I'm now sitting here, thinking she should really have met Ten as well, because he probably would have gone and proposed (by accident), or else been angsty:

"I don't know what's worse," said Janeway, making an swift exit from her cabin, and meeting Commander Chakotay in the corridor, "being romanced by some near-immortal, all-powerful being, or having them treat you like some sort of universal agony aunt."

Chakotay was visibly biting back amusement she felt was inappropriate (but then it had been a very long night, listening to the Doctor talk his way through his issues, and any other subject he felt the need to discuss, which was a lot. She'd resorted to discreetly timing him for words per second by the small hours of the morning.)

"You have to admit, it's something of a compliment, Kathryn."

"Is it? All I know is it's something I could do without!"

Chakotay only smirked again. "I'm afraid I can't say I blame them, not entirely," he informed her, before walking on.

Janeway thumped back against the wall and put her hand to her head. "Any more of this, and I shall scream." Then a truly horrific thought struck her: What if this one started asking her to baby-sit as well?

"As if being a starship captain trapped light years from home isn't enough work for one woman," she muttered under her breath, shaking her head, and departing in search of the only thing that could help: a caffeine fix.

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

*is rolling on the floor cackling madly*

[thisbluespirit]

I shouldn't have even thought about this...

"They've all gone. I lost Rose... and then there was Martha. She left me. And Donna... I kind of lost her, too. And then I wound up with Elizabeth I, which was what reminded me of you, Kathy -."

What time is it now? wondered Janeway, and her hand went to her comm badge. "Commander, is there a crisis on the bridge, by any chance?"

"Everything's calm here, Captain."

"Well, I'm not, so invent one. I'll stand you dinner for a month if you do."

The Doctor had become aware he had lost her full attention, and resurfaced from his epic misery. "I'm sorry, what was that? Did you say there was a crisis?"

Janeway swallowed, and considered. It might be worth making a sacrifice to get through this. "Actually... it's my replicator. You wouldn't mind taking a look at it, would you? I've been thinking about switching from coffee to tea - and it doesn't seem to be able to get used to the idea." She glanced at the ceiling, adding in an undertone: "Can't imagine why."

The Doctor brightened instantly, and produced his sonic screwdriver. "Why didn't you say so earlier? I'll just adjust this, and if I take a look in here and twist that a bit..."

What have I done? she wondered, and returned to the comm badge. "Commander, belay my last order. Stand by - I've created a crisis myself. You have my apologies for whatever is about to happen next."

"Captain?"

"I'm feeling sleep-deprived, caffeine-deprived, and reckless," she returned. "Now, I think we're about to be drowned in tea at the very least, so prepare yourself for the worst, Commander. I'm just hoping he'll give me an excuse to throw him off the ship before he starts calling me Aunt Kathy."

"Is he likely to?"

"I don't know, but he's already said I remind him of Elizabeth the First, so I'm not willing to take the chance."

There was a too-obvious silence at the other end.

"Is there something funny about that?"

"Of course not, Captain."

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Dear gods! I just barely stopped myself from snorting tea!!

[thisbluespirit]

Heh, glad you managed to avert that disaster (which I would accept NO blame whatsoever for, obviously)... ;-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Obviously!!

[john_amend_all]

Then a truly horrific thought struck her: What if this one started asking her to baby-sit as well?

I'm sure Jenny wouldn't be that much of a handful.