Fic: UNIT Strange Weapons
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Title: UNIT: Strange Weapons
Author:
lost_spook
Rating: All Ages / Teen
Characters: Colonel Crichton, Bambera, Sarah Jane Smith, K9
Summary: UNIT 1985: Good scientific advisors are hard to find. Dr Webber discovers why when he’s expected to deal with zombies, aliens and Torchwood on his second day and his only help is a tin dog and a ghost. Colonel Crichton and Sarah Jane are planning an exit strategy of sorts and Bambera is trying to keep her men from joining the opposing forces. They'll all be lucky to survive.
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I said one of the reasons I wrote UNIT: Transition was that it gave me the key to the Bambera 'zombie' story I'd started and lo, and behold, it worked. There's been some swappage between the two, including Transition getting the traitor and motivation that was originally planned for here and this story getting the character who got rapidly replaced by Miss Andrews. With this and the first one I might never write, they roughly form a trilogy. (Well, if you can call something this loosely connected without the first story in existence a trilogy). It was difficult to do without ending up with a lot of original characters, but you will find Bambera, Colonel Crichton, Sarah Jane and K9 all having significant roles - no cameos here. And Torchwood being their usual charming selves.
Although, as someone who knows very little about soldiers and science and who couldn't see the attraction in Doctorless UNIT stories (unless they involved the Brigadier), it's a bit of a nerve, really, but great fun. Especially making up previous scientific advisors and their respective fates..
As of this evening, still awaiting approval on Teaspoon.
Author:
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Rating: All Ages / Teen
Characters: Colonel Crichton, Bambera, Sarah Jane Smith, K9
Summary: UNIT 1985: Good scientific advisors are hard to find. Dr Webber discovers why when he’s expected to deal with zombies, aliens and Torchwood on his second day and his only help is a tin dog and a ghost. Colonel Crichton and Sarah Jane are planning an exit strategy of sorts and Bambera is trying to keep her men from joining the opposing forces. They'll all be lucky to survive.
***
I said one of the reasons I wrote UNIT: Transition was that it gave me the key to the Bambera 'zombie' story I'd started and lo, and behold, it worked. There's been some swappage between the two, including Transition getting the traitor and motivation that was originally planned for here and this story getting the character who got rapidly replaced by Miss Andrews. With this and the first one I might never write, they roughly form a trilogy. (Well, if you can call something this loosely connected without the first story in existence a trilogy). It was difficult to do without ending up with a lot of original characters, but you will find Bambera, Colonel Crichton, Sarah Jane and K9 all having significant roles - no cameos here. And Torchwood being their usual charming selves.
Although, as someone who knows very little about soldiers and science and who couldn't see the attraction in Doctorless UNIT stories (unless they involved the Brigadier), it's a bit of a nerve, really, but great fun. Especially making up previous scientific advisors and their respective fates..
As of this evening, still awaiting approval on Teaspoon.
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Date: 14 Jul 2009 09:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 15 Jul 2009 06:10 pm (UTC)The Colby/Leela stuff is mostly scenes and it's all my fault for sending them to Africa. Next time I entertain myself with throwaway pieces I must remember not to include other characters and murders. I must also remind myself that AUs are bad for me, as I tend not to let go of things easily!
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Date: 15 Jul 2009 08:45 pm (UTC)Still, some people seem to dig the oldy-timy stiff-upper-lipped alien fighter stuff; makes me wonder if original fic along similar lines might be a worthwhile project, but I can't really afford that sort of proliferation when I'm just trying to get some stuff done.
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Date: 15 Jul 2009 09:10 pm (UTC)I'm glad that you're writing something original and, yes, note that for Future Reference and progress with the current one - probably a sound plan. (Oldy-timy - is that the technical term for it?)
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Date: 15 Jul 2009 05:12 am (UTC)Beta-ish comments:
The funding’s nearly come to an end on that search post of yours
Shouldn't that be 'research post'?
He knelt down and packed up the machine.
"picked"
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Date: 15 Jul 2009 07:06 am (UTC)2. No, he packed up the machine! He didn't pick it up till later. I'll have to make myself clearer, still, but I meant what I typed for a wonder. :-D
Thanks! Always much appreciated.
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Date: 15 Jul 2009 07:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 16 Jul 2009 11:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 17 Jul 2009 04:12 pm (UTC)Crichton is too, but he was only onscreen for 5 minutes. Heh.