Fic: Drabble

[thisbluespirit]

In honour of the day. (And, yes, this has been posted on dw100 and also on Teaspoon, so nobody has to comment, but it seemed appropriate).

Drabble, gen, First Doctor, Susan.



First Flight

***

In the beginning, was a magic box.

Then comes the first wild journey.

She steps out onto untrodden grass. This planet is younger than any world should be. She feels it in the atmosphere; the universe itself is newer than she is used to and her senses are attuned to time’s complexities.

She sees sunshine in a new colour; breathes in untried scents in the air.

“Oh, Grandfather,” she says. “It’s beautiful.”

He puts an arm around her. “You see?”

Today, all of it is hers. Today she understands his talk of freedom for the first time. Everything is new.

***

Comments

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Sweet...

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks. It was one of my first >lj comm=dw100> efforts. It works for the anniversary, though. ;-)

[persiflage-1.livejournal.com]

Indeed it does!

[akashasheiress.livejournal.com]

Lovely.:)

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thank you!

[jjpor.livejournal.com]

Aw, now that's nice. I should have written some Who-birthday-fic, but haven't...

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks. Actually, I didn't. This is just a repeat, from the dw100 challenge 'genesis'. (It's on Teaspoon, too, but I can't bear to have my drabbles littering up my page, so I stick them in one 'story'... and then nobody reads them there, but at least they're tidy.)

I just thought it fitted with the day.

[ravenskyewalker.livejournal.com]

Yep, that's the spirit of the series right there. Lovely, thanks. :-)

[thisbluespirit]

Thank you! :-)

[clocketpatch]

Well done!

[thisbluespirit]

Aw, thanks, Clocket. :-)

[pitry.livejournal.com]

Ack@ The 23rd of november! I forgot :(

And this is really sweet :)

[thisbluespirit]

Remember, remember the 23rd of November
Cybermen, Daleks and Time Lords
Should never be forgot.

Isn't that how it goes? ;-D

And, aw, thanks. I wrote it a while ago, but not on my LJ so I thought I'd fish it out in honour of the day.

[belantana.livejournal.com]

Remember, remember the 23rd of November
Cybermen, Daleks and Time Lords
Should never be forgot.

Now I will never forget the date again!

This is so lovely. Nicely done!

[thisbluespirit]

It's only bad plagiarism, but thanks. ;-)

It would be better like this:

Remember, remember the 23rd of November
Cybermen, Daleks and plot*
I see no reason why Cybermen and Daleks
Should ever be forgot.

My sister has long adapted 'Remember, remember the fifth of November' to fit her birthday on the 3rd, so it's just the natural next step. :lol:

*Is there a DW monster that rhymes with 'plot'?

[pedanther]

Is there a DW monster that rhymes with 'plot'?

None coming to mind, but I think it's fine as it is.

It brings to mind the Discontinuity Guide's glee over the scene in "Frontier in Space" where the Doctor is struggling to convince the other characters that there really is a plot.

(Closely related to its joy every time somebody declared, three-quarters of the way through a story, that the time had come to act.)

[thisbluespirit]

:loL:

We must act!!

We must act now!!!

And, of course, that bit where Romana and the Doctor have a conversation including the words: "I don't know - I can't read the script..."

[thisbluespirit]

Yes! There is a plot!!!

(Sorry, yes, I may have worn my copy out slightly...)