who_straybunnies | Four-era Discussion Post

Looking at the masterlist of fics so far, I can see that only one Doctor hasn't had any fic written for him via this comm (well, other than a couple of splendiferous multi-era fics) - and would you believe it's the Old Skool favourite, Four?

So, what Fourth Doctor, or Four-era, stories would you like to see? Is there just not enough Leela fic in the world (I'd say not) or you can't get enough Four/Romana (both of the splendid chapesses, of course), you'd like to see a little more Hinchcliffe horror gen fic, Harry, Sarah and the Doctor adventuring forever, or...?

In the now-traditional manner of these discussion posts I went to consult the oracle of the Random Pairing Generator, and came up with a selection of Fourth-Doctor flavoured prompts:

Fourth Doctor / Narvin / stormy weather
Fourth Doctor / Thomas Jefferson / singing

Sarah Jane Smith / George Litefoot / an unexpected swim
Sarah Jane Smith / The Rani / Reapers

Harry Sullivan / Suzie Costello / burning
Harry Sullivan / Zoe Heriot / decades

Leela / Vislor Turlough / Time Agents
Leela / Ninth Doctor / divide and conquer
Leela / Duggan / enemies

K-9 / Tegan Jovanka / Rome
K-9 / Sally Sparrow / those who are lost

Romana I / Mels ('Let's Kill Hitler') / enticing
Romana I / Jackie Tyler / Russia
Romana I / Zoe Heriot / frozen lake

Romana II / Amelia Rumford / internet
Romana II / Mel Bush / a storm
Romana II / Lucy Saxon / Time Agency

Adric / Romana II / Vikings
Adric / Sam Jones / placing blame

Nyssa / The Dream Lord / E-Space
Nyssa / Sarah Jane Smith / werewolves

Amelia Rumford / Henry Avery / target practice
Andred / Maxil / disappearance
Princess Astra / Fifth Doctor / cross dressing
Drax / Sixth Doctor / the moon
Duggan / Brigadier Winifred Bambera / stormy weather
Duggan / George Litefoot / timeless
Duggan / Tegan Jovanka / supernatural
George Litefoot / Lucie Miller / Mona Lisa
Henry Gordon Jago / Thomas Jefferson / guilty until proven innocent
The Master (Ainley) / Lady Christina de Souza / running out of time
Morbius / Braxiatel / detective work

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Nyssa and Sarah Jane in a fic together - fighting werewolves?

*dies happy at the thought*

Some of the prompts in that lot were pretty great. :-)

Yes!

i've only seen a couple of 4th doc stories, in one i saw (blanking on the name, the earth had been evacuated, the doc, sarah and harry went down and found sontarans there?) the moment harry appeared on screen the rest of the world kind of vanished. damn cute!

i'd love to write some fourth doc, what i've read in fan fiction of him i find adorable, but i just don't feel have his voice down

excuse me while i go and get some jelly babies ;)

:lol: at the jelly babies!

And it sounds as though you saw The Sontaran Experiment. And, yes, Harry is very cute indeed.

ah that was it, the sontaran experiment

i heard in the commentary that tom baker broke his collar bone mid take but no body realized because he was supposed to stay on the floor acting in pain! he ended up using his fantastic scarf as a sling for the rest of filming. now that's what i call dedication!
hmm, i wonder if there's a story in there somewhere

TEAM FOUR-SARAH-HARRY FOREVER.

Naturally I've only seen "Genesis of the Daleks" with that team and don't really feel I could write them. o_O

Although Four singing with Thomas Jefferson reminds me of a throwaway line I always meant to turn into a fic someday... and "K-9 / Sally Sparrow / those who are lost" sounds lovely and atmospheric. I'd read that. Also, Duggan and Bambera should meet up JUST BECAUSE.

Wait, when did Thomas Jefferson get into the random pairing generator? Is that a recent thing?

TEAM FOUR-SARAH-HARRY FOREVER.

Oh, absolutely. :-)

Also, I have no idea what Thomas Jefferson is doing in there. It may be from something I've missed somewhere, in TW or SJA, or a random old comic. But I think relatively recently, yes.

It's probably referring to the throwaway mention of Jefferson (and Adams and Hamilton) in The Impossible Astronaut.

Then why haven't we got Cleopatra and Madame Curie in there?

Or the surviving cast of Robots of Death and Adam Colby. And Sil.

... I should probably make some suggestions or something, :lol:

As you say, I think they aren't there because no-one asked for them. (Amusingly, they've only got Jefferson and Adams in the list, not Hamilton).

And I've checked: they were added since 18 April last year, along with a handful of Series 6 and Torchwood: Miracle Day characters.

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Heh, I do love the Random Generator! :-)

Romana I / Jackie Tyler / Russia

I will build a small shrine to whoever writes this. You don't even have to put Russia in.

:loL: I'll try and include that offer if it ever gets to be Prompt of the Month. ;-)

Some good prompts there. I think I like this one:

Nyssa / The Dream Lord / E-Space

Just because it sounds like something really whacked-out in the mode of Deadly Assassin or Kinda or something.

I think I'd really like to see more Four 'n' UNIT stories after the fashion of Robot or Terror of the Zygons. I just find the idea of Four and the Brig and the gang all together very appealing. So Harry and Sarah too, naturally, but bonus points if you could work in Jo Grant, Liz Shaw (or the Master, somehow?!) etc.

Good point. That'd be fun.

Oooh, great topic! I'd love to see the Fourth Doctor battling the Black Guardian after the Key to Time adventure. I'd also like, um, let's see . . . more fic with Four and Leela, more fic with Four and Romana, more fic with Four and Adric (Adric is almost exclusively written with Five; fandom seems to forget he started with Four), and oh, okay, if you must, more fic with Four and Sarah.

(LOTS more . . . *g*)

You want more Four, am I understanding you correctly?

:-D

More fic like my icon, because OTP. Or Four/Sarah/Harry, because second-favorite OT3 after Three/Liz/Brig.

More Leela fic in general, and more Romana/Leela fic in particular. (I would also not say no to more Romana/Sarah Jane. And I simply can't believe that there's no Four/Romana/Sarah Jane. Actually, all the Romana prompts up there are pretty great.)

I also have a soft spot for regeneration aftermath stories, so I'd really love to see more of Sarah Jane and Four trying to find their feet together after the change.

I keep re-reading your Four/Romana/Sarah Jane as Four/Leela/Sarah Jane, and, er, now I sort of want that as well. (In the mild way only a wimpish shipper can...)

And more fic, like in your icon?

Sarah: Doctor, did you put that heart there?
Doctor: You mean you didn't?
Sarah. Aw, well. It's pretty.
Doctor: Don't touch it, Sarah! It's an evil, pink floating heart!
Sarah: I refuse to believe there's such a thing as an evil pink, floating heart.
Doctor: Then what's that, eh?

(Er. I think I'm not fully awake yet. I understood. Four/Sarah OTP, yes? ♥)

Well, now that you mention it, I would not say no to fic of Four and Sarah being chased by evil floating pink hearts either...

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