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rosa_acicularis) wrote2008-04-18 12:09 pm
rosa_acicularis) wrote2008-04-18 12:09 pm
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Ficlet: The Doctor Complex 1/1
Title: The Doctor Complex
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler
Rating: This fic is rated S, for Sacrilege. (Secularly speaking, it's All Ages.)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Spoilers: That series four casting spoiler. Also, Testaments both Old and Slightly Less Old.
Summary: "Maybe the question you should be asking yourself is this: Is he a doctor with a god complex, or a god with a doctor complex?" A loving, rather farcical take on certain pervasive New Who themes.
A/N: I'm easily amused. That is my only excuse. (And yes, that is a free will/predestination gag at the end. I crack myself up, I do.)
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Rose Tyler
Rating: This fic is rated S, for Sacrilege. (Secularly speaking, it's All Ages.)
Disclaimer: Not mine.
Spoilers: That series four casting spoiler. Also, Testaments both Old and Slightly Less Old.
Summary: "Maybe the question you should be asking yourself is this: Is he a doctor with a god complex, or a god with a doctor complex?" A loving, rather farcical take on certain pervasive New Who themes.
A/N: I'm easily amused. That is my only excuse. (And yes, that is a free will/predestination gag at the end. I crack myself up, I do.)
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“Doctor?”
He looked up from the console monitor. “Yes, Rose?”
“Have you been feeling all right lately?”
“Of course.”
“Are you sure? Nothing’s…different?”
He frowned, patting his hands up and down his torso. “Feels like the same old Doctor to me. Why do you ask?”
“Well, you’ve been acting a little odd.”
“Oh?”
“Since I’ve been back.”
“Oh.” He shoved his hands in his pockets. “Odd how?”
She shrugged. “It’s sort of hard to describe.”
“Give it a try.”
“Right.” She sat back on the jump seat and folded her legs beneath her. “You know, now that I think about it, I suppose it isn’t a new thing. I mean, you used to do it every once in a while before we were separated, if we were in a really bad situation or you were cranky because your blood sugar was low, but now it’s getting sort of hard to ignore.”
“What is?”
She pointed to the shining aura of divine light around his head. “Well, your halo, for starters.”
He squinted up at it, his nose wrinkling. “Oh, this old thing?” He tugged his ear. “Yeah, I can see how that could be distracting.”
“It’s a bit of a problem when we’re trying to be stealthy.”
He raised a finger. “But we don’t have to worry about carrying a torch.”
“Fair point.” She chewed on her thumbnail for a moment, thinking. “And then there was that forest fire.”
He ducked his head. “That was an accident, Rose. You know that was an accident. You were too far away to hear me when I shouted, and you were standing right next to that shrubbery—”
“And so you set it on fire.”
He gave her a sheepish smile. “It seemed like the best way to get your attention?”
“A voice from a burning bush scolding me for wandering off?” She chuckled. “Yeah, it got my attention.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “But what about the fish and chips?”
He frowned. “What about them?”
“Well, all I know is that we started out with one order to share, and you ended up eating a lot more than that.”
“I was hungry!”
“You ate enough fried fish to feed a multitude, Doctor.” She made a face. “Miracle or no, it was sort of disgusting to watch.”
He sighed a long-suffering Time Lord sigh. “Rose, would you please just get to the point?”
“All right.” She looked him squarely in the eye. “Doctor, has it ever occurred to you that you might have a bit of a god complex?”
He thought about it for a long moment. Once that first long moment was past, his thoughts continued well into the one that followed. Then, after two long moments and just a smidgen of a third, he shrugged. “No,” he said. “Not really.”
“Oh.” She grinned. “All right, then. Never mind.”
“Excellent!” He leaned back against the console. “So, what do you want to do first, Rose Tyler? Look on as a small village in the Andes sacrifices a herd of goats in my name, or have a cup of tea?”
She considered the choice, her forehead crinkling. “Tea first, I think.”
“You know,” he said with a beatific smile, “that’s just what I thought you’d say.”
“Doctor?”
He looked up from the console monitor. “Yes, Rose?”
“Have you been feeling all right lately?”
“Of course.”
“Are you sure? Nothing’s…different?”
He frowned, patting his hands up and down his torso. “Feels like the same old Doctor to me. Why do you ask?”
“Well, you’ve been acting a little odd.”
“Oh?”
“Since I’ve been back.”
“Oh.” He shoved his hands in his pockets. “Odd how?”
She shrugged. “It’s sort of hard to describe.”
“Give it a try.”
“Right.” She sat back on the jump seat and folded her legs beneath her. “You know, now that I think about it, I suppose it isn’t a new thing. I mean, you used to do it every once in a while before we were separated, if we were in a really bad situation or you were cranky because your blood sugar was low, but now it’s getting sort of hard to ignore.”
“What is?”
She pointed to the shining aura of divine light around his head. “Well, your halo, for starters.”
He squinted up at it, his nose wrinkling. “Oh, this old thing?” He tugged his ear. “Yeah, I can see how that could be distracting.”
“It’s a bit of a problem when we’re trying to be stealthy.”
He raised a finger. “But we don’t have to worry about carrying a torch.”
“Fair point.” She chewed on her thumbnail for a moment, thinking. “And then there was that forest fire.”
He ducked his head. “That was an accident, Rose. You know that was an accident. You were too far away to hear me when I shouted, and you were standing right next to that shrubbery—”
“And so you set it on fire.”
He gave her a sheepish smile. “It seemed like the best way to get your attention?”
“A voice from a burning bush scolding me for wandering off?” She chuckled. “Yeah, it got my attention.” She crossed her arms over her chest. “But what about the fish and chips?”
He frowned. “What about them?”
“Well, all I know is that we started out with one order to share, and you ended up eating a lot more than that.”
“I was hungry!”
“You ate enough fried fish to feed a multitude, Doctor.” She made a face. “Miracle or no, it was sort of disgusting to watch.”
He sighed a long-suffering Time Lord sigh. “Rose, would you please just get to the point?”
“All right.” She looked him squarely in the eye. “Doctor, has it ever occurred to you that you might have a bit of a god complex?”
He thought about it for a long moment. Once that first long moment was past, his thoughts continued well into the one that followed. Then, after two long moments and just a smidgen of a third, he shrugged. “No,” he said. “Not really.”
“Oh.” She grinned. “All right, then. Never mind.”
“Excellent!” He leaned back against the console. “So, what do you want to do first, Rose Tyler? Look on as a small village in the Andes sacrifices a herd of goats in my name, or have a cup of tea?”
She considered the choice, her forehead crinkling. “Tea first, I think.”
“You know,” he said with a beatific smile, “that’s just what I thought you’d say.”