On our favourite female journalist...

[thisbluespirit]

It has been suggested to me that the next Prompt of the Month should be Sarah-centric in honour of Elisabeth Sladen. (And how can it be that I am writing those words? It really is taking time to become at all believable...)

Looking at the current list of prompts, the only existing Sarah one is a request for Sarah and the Doctor finding an octopus in the bath. Fun as this sounds, it is probably not the prompt for the occasion.

Therefore, it is time for a discussion post.

What stories about Sarah Jane would you like to see more of, either as tribute, or just generally? Her time investigating stuff away from the TARDIS (maybe even crossing into other shows), her time aboard the TARDIS, more adventures in Bannerman Road or something else? What do people think? What sort of fic are we wanting to read right now - do we need to write it for each other and the rest of the 'fandom'?

As usual, all suggestions will be noted for future use, but in this case I'll repost all of them in a poll so that our next monthly prompt (to be up in just over a week) can be in honour of Sarah Jane Smith.

Comments

[john_amend_all]

I don't know what others would like to see, but after a search of my own abandoned fic fragments, here are some suggestions:

• Something building on Sarah's brief meeting with Tegan in The Five Doctors — they meet again, and have an adventure together. I'd imagined this as post-Invasion of the Bane so Luke could be around, but it would work equally well before.
• Sarah has an adventure while travelling with the Doctor and Harry, which gives her a tendency to tell whopping lies.
• Sarah and Harry as Holmes and Watson (Storytime, or some other fusion).
• Oh, and of course, UNIT dating fic with the Three/Brig/Sarah team.

[thisbluespirit]

Thanks!

Oh, and as for the second of those, I have an awful feeling that's got to be partly my fault for my 'Sarah's a compulsive fibber' theory for explaining stuff...? *cough*

Be carefulhow you say 'UNIT dating' and 'Three/Brig/Lis'...

:-)

[john_amend_all]

Yes, the Sarah-as-pathological-liar idea came pretty much from your theory, and the discussion that followed it.

And as for UNIT dating: Erk. Definitely nothing that would lead to threesomes and brain bleach. Dating in terms of time shifts only :-)

[thisbluespirit]

... Although, it has to be said, Sarah is a bit of a flirt, so... As well as a compulsive fibber. You can see why I needed help for an appropriate prompt here... ;-)

(And that was a typo before; it should have said Sarah, not Lis. Obviously I can't type Brig/ without attempting to make it Brig/Liz...)