Snakeling’s Recs

[Torchwood/Doctor Who]

Title: Pocket Watch Boy
Author: Mhalachai mhalachaiswords
Summary: Ianto Jones is a very different sort of boy. (wee!Time Lord!Ianto)
Characters/Pairing: Ianto Jones/Jack Harkness, team Torchwood, the Doctor, Donna Noble
Rating: PG-13

Why?

A really good take on the Time Lord!Ianto cliché, especially the difference in point of view between Ianto and the Doctor, regarding Jack. Very good use of the Team, especially Gwen, as well as the Doctor. Donna feels a little off, but it was written before Season 4 aired.

Caveat Lector

There are a few too many references to pop culture, that don't always quite sit with British characters.

[Doctor Who]

Title: What Was Lost

• Past Life
• Cast a Cold Eye
• Farewell to Innocence

Author: wmr wendymr
Summary: After dropping Jack off on another planet after The Doctor Dances, the Doctor and Rose have an unexpected encounter which leads them into an investigation of what was lost.
Pairing: The Doctor (Nine)/Jack Harkness/Rose Tyler
Rating: NC-17

Why?

wmr is my new favourite author: she writes my OT3, writes it skilfully, with wonderful plots and great smut. These stories are among my favourites of hers. They fit seamlessly in canon and are completely true to the characters.

[Torchwood/Doctor Who]

Title: Left Unsaid
Author: Dune seti_drd
Summary: The stories Martha Jones never told the Torchwood team
Characters: Martha Jones, Jack Harkness, the Torchwood Team
Rating: PG

Why?

Powerful stuff. Both Jack and Martha are still suffering from PTSD after the events of Last of the Timelords, and it shows in their interactions. The external POV is very interesting, too.

[Doctor Who]

Title: The Key
Author: jadesfire2808
Summary: Death is not the only constant in Jack’s life.
Characters: Jack Harkness, the Doctor (Ten), Martha Jones
Rating: PG-13
Warning: moderate violence

Why?

Lovely tale, made of little snapshots of Jack's life, showing how few constants he has, and how much evolves around them.

Make sure to snoop around the comments, too, as there are related drabbles hidden in them.

[Doctor Who]

Title: Worlds in Conjunction
Author: Marylane
Summary: The Doctor makes a slight miscalculation.
Pairing: Ten/Rose Tyler
Rating: PG-13

Why?

One of the best fanfics I've ever read. The plot is tightly held together, the characters are captured perfectly, and if it doesn't make you cry or at least mist up, I'll eat my hat.

[Doctor Who]

Title: Second Chances
Author: Caz the hobbit cazthehobbit
Summary: Jack’s waited a hundred years for the Doctor to say sorry.
Pairing: Ten/Jack Harkness
Rating: PG-13

Why?

There was some unfinished business at the end of The Last of the Time Lords, and Caz shows us the fallout beautifully. The writing is very restrained, and lovely.

[Vorkosigan/Doctor Who]

Title: Two To Make Peace
Author: Kathryn Andersen kerravonsen
Summary: “It takes one to make war, and two to make peace.”
Characters: Miles Vorkosigan, the Doctor
Rating: PG

Why?

Although it helps to have a general idea what Doctor Who is about, it's not necessary to be familiar with the actual show, which helped in my decision to choose to read this story.

Miles' voice was spot on, and from the little I've seen of DW, so was the Doctor's. Very enjoyable story.