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Title: UNIT: The Great Mince Pie Mystery
Author: [livejournal.com profile] lost_spook
Rating: All ages
Word Count: 6033
Characters: Colonel Crichton, Sarah Jane Smith, K9, Winifred Bambera, Other

Summary:December 1984: Colonel Crichton is trying to see Sarah Jane and K9 off the premises; elsewhere some vicious little aliens are causing trouble - and they'll eat anything from mince pies to members of staff. It must be Christmas.

A few notes - don't worry, despite being another 1980s UNIT story, it's set earlier and is a standalone bit of nonsense. (For those who have been reading, it does give us the chance to meet another one of the Doctor's successors...)

And since it was set in December 1984 and it seemed wrong not to refer to Band Aid, I... Well, it then seemed good to me to put in references to as many Christmas songs as I could. (Or: It Seemed Funny At The Time).

So, a competition: whoever spots the most songs gets to give me a prompt & I'll write a ficlet or short story over the festive period. Pm me here or via Teaspoon with your answers and prompt and we'll see what happens. (This seems really egotistical, but I think as soon as I say there are refs to songs, some people will look for them & all I can do to make it up to them online is to offer fic. I can't even do icons).

If you want to, pm me by Dec 19th with yr answers & prompt or two &, (given the fact that there won't be a lot of takers), you'll be in with a good chance. Obviously, no adult-rated, graphic prompts (you won't get them and you wouldn't like them if you did) and, sadly, slashy stuff is not my thing either. It doesn't have to be Doctor Who. (I wrote a list of things I will try here, for a meme). I imagine I'd write it rough while I'm home and type it up after I get back, so it would appear around New Year. No one will know who won till then. Most of the quotes/refs are so obvious I might as well have hung tinsel round them, but some are more obscure. Count this 'comp' as my apology. (Christmas stories should be more dark night, candlelight and starlight and hope, but I fail yet again.)

It's an offer and if no one does pm I shall pretend someone does and I'm emailing the fic to them, la la la.

Usual disclaimer: This has not been okayed on to Teaspoon yet. If it doesn't appear, I'll look even sillier.

Date: 1 Dec 2009 07:36 pm (UTC)
ext_3965: (Ben & Freema Laughter L&O Filming)
From: [identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com
You nut! :D :D :D

I'm pretty rubbish when it comes to pop music, but I'll give the comp a go!

Date: 2 Dec 2009 05:46 am (UTC)
ext_3965: (Ben & Freema Disney Store)
From: [identity profile] persiflage-1.livejournal.com
Heh. Anything is saner than writing fics I would never write for a meme!

True!!

And it's Christmas songs, pop, traditional and carols, just nothing after 1984.

Okay...

I like your laugh-y James/Alesha icon.

Oh yes! Ben and Freema having a whale of a time while waiting for some shot or other to be lined up. I've got a photo from just before that where it looks like Ben's either singing or shouting to the sky - and he's sitting with his arms wide open - it's shortly after that that Freema cracks...

Date: 1 Dec 2009 09:53 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] primsong.livejournal.com
Christmas story! Yay! This is going on the 'to read' list sometime tonight. :-D

Date: 1 Dec 2009 10:44 pm (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] john_amend_all
I've read and reviewed it at Teaspoon. Not sure whether I feel up to spotting song references, since (with the exclusion of proper carols sung properly) most Christmas songs make me want to cry "Humbug!" and then reach for Tom Lehrer and Spike Milligan.

Date: 2 Dec 2009 02:08 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] whiteveils.livejournal.com
Um...what's teaspoon?

Date: 3 Dec 2009 01:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] belantana.livejournal.com
"Oh, I had a few things he didn't, like a teaspoon and an open mind." - I have always wondered about why it was called that! Well there you go.

Date: 3 Dec 2009 01:34 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] belantana.livejournal.com
Oh, this is WONDERFUL. Poor Leonards! I love how they all felt bad for poisoning the aliens... I was half expecting Arnolds to have just knocked them out or something.

As for songs, I spot many carols, but nothing else! My knowledge of 80s music is pretty poor. :D

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