What is your favorite fanwork for Doctor Who?
OR
Who is your least favorite minor character?
OR
Both!
Disclaimer: I have found that I am contractually obligated to state that my favorite fanwork is that of my good friend Doctor WTF as I am writing this at her apartment since it has heat and she'll kick me out if I say otherwise. That said, I actually prefer this:
Now THAT is fan dedication!
As for least favorite minor character..... Can I just put down all of Torchwood minus Jack and Tosh? While they're major characters in their own series, they are minor in NuWho itself.
I'm watching my way through series one for the first time and I just want to smack each and every one of them. Having your mostly converted Cyberwoman girlfriend in the basement is a REALLY shitty idea, Ianto. Telling your boyfriend about your affair and then drugging him so he doesn't remember it just so you feel better is a REALLY shitty idea, Gwen. Really Owen, do you EVER have a good idea? And Gwen, STOP BEING AN IDIOT AND TAKING THE OBVIOUSLY EVIL VILLAIN OUT FOR A WALK!
Do they ever get any smarter? If I was Jack I'd probably fire each and every one of them and then maybe feed them to the dinosaur. And then hire Martha away from UNIT. Martha needs to work for Torchwood to bring up the level from 'Suck' to 'Win.'
So what is your favorite fanwork /least favorite minor character?
Tomorrow: Favorite Episode!
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flamingpie 89p · 735 weeks ago
...ahem.
I was planning on doing both for this, but then I thought about it and realized... I don't really have a least favorite minor character. I like most of them, even the ones from episodes I'm not that big on. So, on to favorite fanwork...
This... was a reaaaal tough one. Should I say Tenth Doctor: The Musical? Orrr... Doctor Why? Orrr maybe the awesomely hilarious fic of Red Scharlach? (totally not cheating. I'm just listing the failures! shut up it isn't cheating)
When it comes down to it though, THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE and that one is:
The Ten Doctors
This is, without a doubt, the greatest Doctor Who comic I've ever read. The characterization is SPOT ON and the art, if obviously sketchy, is wonderful to look at, particularly by the end of the story. It had a two year run, so the artist obviously improved in his likenesses.
It has literally everything. Think of any character, no matter how vague, that has ever graced an episode of Doctor Who. There is an extremely large chance that character will make an appearance.
All of the companions are treated fairly and with a lot of affection, and several of them even have some really lovely character growth (to not really give anything away, Rose and Ace are stand outs in that department). They all get their moments in the spotlight, as do all of the Doctors. A bit of a feat considering the sheer AMOUNT of characters this thing includes.
The plot is engrossing and complex, full of unexpected twists and turns, while still keeping it together and managing to make sense. For Doctor Who, you probably realize, this is pretty impressive.
It's chock full of humor, action, crowning moments of heartwarming, continuity porn and even some really poignant scenes. Not gonna lie, I teared up a bit toward the end.
Oh, and yeah, it's LONG. But it's so good, I read the entirety in one sitting my first time through.
Plus it fits rather snugly into canon, between The Runaway Bride and Smith and Jones. I love me things I can fit into canon.
Anyway, I highly, highly recommend this to basically everyone ever. It will not disappoint.
flamingpie 89p · 735 weeks ago
Can I just put down all of Torchwood minus Jack and Tosh?
I haven't seen very much Torchwood but... I'm pretty sure the only COMPETENT person is Tosh. I mean, Jack is... well, Jack, and he DID hire the rest of the team. I would hardly call that competent. XD
Medli 141p · 735 weeks ago
Least favorite minor character goes to Sylvia Noble. I can't stand her. I cannot stand her at all. She is horrible. I don't doubt that she's the biggest source of Donna's issues with feeling unimportant, like she's nobody, the reason she shouts at the world. When I was rewatching EoT for my review, I got really pissed off at the part where she opens Donna's Christmas present and asks her if she kept the receipt. Who the fuck says that to their daughter? How did Wilf ever produce a foul human being like her? Clearly all his awesome skipped a generation somehow. Even if this were the original meme question of least favorite character, period, I was still planning to list her.
Openattheclose 99p · 735 weeks ago
A Donna fix-it fic and its sequel http://community.livejournal.com/libraryofsol/974.... http://www.whofic.com/viewstory.php?sid=28480
What if the Doctor had a Turn Left moment? A warning that there is some Rose/Ten shipping, but it is handled well IMO and the concept is really great.
The ultimate Doctor Who Series 1-5 trailer.
NB2000 115p · 735 weeks ago
I'll start with the easiest one. I actually don't tend to read fanfic much, this is one of the few pieces that I've read and it's SO CUTE AND FLUFFY. An Eleven/River piece based around those gorgeous shoes from Time of Angels (I'm really not summarising that well, sorry). By promethia-tenk "Back in Style" http://promethia-tenk.livejournal.com/12250.html
(cut because, this is going to go on for a while)
echinodermata 118p · 735 weeks ago
It's a Ten vid, and if you're the sort of person that can appreciate a vid that seeks to explore his megalomaniacal side, then GO WATCH NOW. Now as I understand it, the vidders were initially worried about the response this vid would get since it does deal with some critical readings of the Doctor, and specifically Ten, but I honestly think even if you don't really agree with the premise of this vid, I think it's still likeable for the real talent and effort that went into this vid, as well as a masterful song choice (and being introduced to this song alone is a great reason to watch it).
And I think the creators can explain it better than I can, so I'll just quote from that making of post.
"We wanted to get in a feel for how much people, particularly his companions, love him - so we've got him and Rose running hand-in-hand into the bridge, where Martha leaps into his arms and he spins her, when Donna steps out on his arm twirling her purse, when John Smith takes Joan for a spin around the dance floor, and the Doctor hugs Sarah Jane - then lets her go, and vanishes, leaving her alone.
Which leads into the middle of the bridge, about how the Doctor doesn't just bring happy fun times, but also hurts people, and the dangers that follow him and put his companions at risk."
And now an honorable mention:
The Holes In The Ground, which is a crossover fanfic with Stargate Atlantis. I don't know how well this will read without being familiar with SGA, but I know that knowing both shows definitely means this is an amazing story. And a quote:
"I haven't always looked like this, you know," the Doctor says. "Nine other deaths before I got this body. Nine. That's more than cats, more than anyone else should have to -- and I keep going. D'you know how many people I've seen die?" he adds after a moment. "Really die?"
Rodney feels slightly ill. "No."
The Doctor names a very large number.
"Not prime," Rodney says, automatically, because it's that or actually let himself comprehend what the number means. "Your turn. Nineteen thousand, one hundred and seventy-seven."
The Doctor stops spinning, and turns to look at him, and the bare skeleton of a smile appears on his face. "Not prime."
Second honorable mention is this piece of art:
Okay, Least favorite minor character, I think, is going to be the Naismiths, the father/daughter in End of Time. I don't get them at all. Like, from a writing standpoint. I utterly do not understand the authorial intent behind them.
diane · 735 weeks ago
I need to get one of these for work.
psycicflower 114p · 735 weeks ago
My favourite fanvid has to go to 44 years in 4 minutes. It captures all the fun and joy of Doctor Who across the decades.
Favourite fanart at the moment goes to the Mucha style fanart found here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/mudron/sets/72157625...
I love Alphonse Mucha’s art in general and mudron fuses that style with Doctor Who so wonderfully. I want prints of Amy, the Doctor and River so much.
And of course all of the amazing gifs.
Kaybee42 91p · 735 weeks ago
Music Video: Chameleon Circuit- An Awful Lot of Running http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAi4izfvXo4&fe...
Fanvid: Don't Slow Down (Ten+Donna Friendship video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkIcg1FSw54
Honourable mention fanvids:
Love don't roam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJVzXvoLhBk
and obviously Tenth Doctor: The Musical
and The Doctor is White and Nerdy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-4_kvxPBYY
and final one: Whoverse Hoedown http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qyAwnjSkjI
Okay. I know. I'm a cheating cheater of cheatery. Honestly, it was hard to cut down my favourites this much!
__Jen__ 99p · 735 weeks ago
Least favorite minor character is difficult to say. It probably changes depending on which episodes I've recently watched, but since we're watching S4, I'm going to have to go with a tie between Luke Rattigan and Sylvia Noble. The Sontaran two-parter had a lot of elements that I love (and some that just make me groan), but Rattigan very nearly ruined it for me. I know he's supposed to be an unlikable character, but for me, he's so unlikable that it almost ruins the episodes. I'm so distracted by my desire to punch his smug face that I can't really enjoy the rest, unless I force myself to. Idek.
Arctic_hare summed up my feelings about Sylvia pretty well. She's just so unrelentingly nasty to Donna. I hate seeing the effect that she had on her daughter's psyche. I tend to be sensitive about parent/child relationships in pretty much all respects- fiction/reality, positive/negative etc., so it's particularly bothersome for me.
Eager Ears · 735 weeks ago
And now some runners-up:
Then this is a really fun video to the song "Urban Spaceman," which I think really expresses the goofy, irrepressible side of Eleven:
This video is focused on Amy's Choice, and I really like it because it shows Eleven feeling remorse for some of the dubious decisions he made as Ten:
This one is focused on The Lodger, and is really well-timed and exuberant:
And this last one is such a perfect match of song and concept -- it's When you were Young, and it's focused on Amy, as both a child and grown up. I also have a soft spot for this vid because I ran across it randomly on YouTube before I'd ever seen any Doctor Who, and I liked the look of it so much that I decided to check out the show.
Hope this isn't too much!
Eager Ears · 735 weeks ago
Here's an embedding-free version of the post:
Arg! It's impossible to choose just one -- I'll have to cheat a little bit. This first one is my very favorite fanvid -- it's called "This is not the end," and I think it perfectly captures the beautiful hopeful tone of Season 5, as well as the friendship between Amy and Eleven:
this is not the end [Eleven & Amy; The Big Bang] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7agWngHJTk0
Then this is a really fun video to the song "Urban Spaceman," which I think really expresses the goofy, irrepressible side of Eleven:
YouTube - Eleventh Doctor - Urban Spaceman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NH7wr_6cIMc
This video is focused on Amy's Choice, and I really like it because it shows Eleven feeling remorse for some of the dubious decisions he made as Ten:
YouTube - The Doctor {Things I've Done} http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCzAoMyeEco
This one is focused on The Lodger, and is really well-timed and exuberant:
Youtube - Everybody loves the Doctor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1DkImVsjWk
And this last one is such a perfect match of song and concept -- it's When you were Young, and it's focused on Amy, as both a child and grown up. I also have a soft spot for this vid because I ran across it randomly on YouTube before I'd ever seen any Doctor Who, and I liked the look of it so much that I decided to check out the show.
YouTube - Doctor Who - Amy Pond - When You Were Young http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LY71w24WoIY
Hypatia_ 99p · 735 weeks ago
Now I'm going to waste lots of time by watching all these fanvids...
redhairedgothkitten 75p · 735 weeks ago
right link now.
exbestfriend 91p · 735 weeks ago
I had it set as my background for my work computer for a number of months and other people, who to my knowledge are not into Doctor Who, complimented the work, which I think is awesome.
PS- I do not know who to credit this to, I've just seen it floating around Tumblr for the last year or so. If you know, I would love to credit/thank that person.
PeterRabid 81p · 735 weeks ago
The Lonely God(zilla)
A Fifth Doctor oneshot in which the Doctor shows up at a cinema with Tegan, Nyssa, and Adric where they are playing a Godzilla film. He proceeds to ignore his companions bickering and explain the history of the franchise, which after a while begins to sound mighty familiar. This fic has me in tears of laughter every time I read it.
A Bombardment of Positive Ions
In which Martha is invited to her first UNIT Christmas party, with everyone from Sarah Jane to Benton gathering at the Brigadier's house. If you like the UNIT family, you'll love this fluffy Christmas fic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SexHUQDFBVQ
A 47 year anniversary vid in three parts. There's so much love put into this video, you can't help but adore it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9PRkOSquGo
A New Series vid to the song "We're Not Alone." Absolutely brilliant timing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_NYNyaaWs
An absolutely brilliant Eleventh Doctor vid. In fact, any of koloSigma1's vids are absolutely brilliant. They specialize in Eleventh Doctor, Fifth Doctor, and Doctor/Master videos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6zVTqoNE_A
"Doolally Who" just makes me giggle insanely for three minutes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfJGqPMFSwc
A short but lovely Eight fanvid that really needs more views.
As for art, check out Harnois75's brilliant designs and alien vistas and nuriwan's lovely chibis.
"Starry, Starry Night" by sueworld is my desktop.
fantasylover12001 · 735 weeks ago
My least favorite minor character is Slyvia Noble. I don't hate her but I do have issues with the way she treats Donna. I just have beef with mothers who make their daughters insecure like she has. Granted I think she may have some warped reasons in her brain for why she puts her daughter down because I do think she loves her but that doesn't excuse it or make it right and it just makes me not like her.
Hypatia_ 99p · 735 weeks ago
All hail the Brig!
echinodermata 118p · 735 weeks ago
And as a generic DW fandom resource, here's the URL for the doctorwho tag on delicious. http://www.delicious.com/tag/doctorwho
Most of the links should be relating to fanworks (including meta), though you might also find non-fandom related links as well. And you can limit the search by adding say "fanfic" as another tag to search in conjunction with "doctorwho."
Hope that helps anyone looking for new fic/vids/whatever.
And here's a doctor who search on etsy: http://www.etsy.com/search/handmade?q=doctor+who
redhairedgothkitten 75p · 735 weeks ago
radiumglow · 735 weeks ago
I'm a (relatively) new commenter, but I've been following Mark Watches (& Spoils!) for a good while now, and pretty much had to pop in for this day of the meme (I used to read a lot of fanfiction).
Hands down, some of my favorite fanfiction for DW has been done by rosa_acicularis on livejournal. A lot of it (well, most of it) is at least mildly D/R, a lot of it is fluffy (though most of the ones I've shared here are, um, decidedly not), but there are some seriously great works in there. I think my current personal favorite by her is her The Boy Who Killed Time (The Last Love Song Remix). It's got Martha, Ten, and a whole load of other people, and it is just really freaking gorgeous.
Also, Tomorrow Is A Long Time and her Amor Mundi series, especially Good Night. Like I said, it might not be for you if you're not that into D/R, but even if you're not a rabid shipper I'd still say to give her fic a try, because her more serious work is truly excellent.
So, yeah, that's my one pimp for BEST FIC WRITER EVER . When it comes to fanvids, a lot of my favorites have already been posted (Handlebars, 44 Years In 4 Minutes), but I have at least one that I have to share, especially for all you Donna-lovers out there.
<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/RmdLN0N7AKY" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
By the same vidder who did 44 Years. It gets me every time. )=
Dragon Elexus 124p · 735 weeks ago
'How Far We've Come' A brilliant video to NuWho (pre-11), Torchwood and SJA. It just shows all their achievements.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToB3DPrxQCk
Also- Doctor Who Trailer, Seasons 1-5, for a jam packed five minutes about everything we love about the show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uRjNhLSHlM
Also, if you have time, try typing 'Doctor Who Facebook' into deviantart. You won't be dissapointed. ;)
hassibah 113p · 735 weeks ago
and those art nouveau portaits of River and Amy by Bill Mudron http://www.flickr.com/photos/mudron/5155911512/in...
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mudron/5206471512/in...
but I haven't seen a lot tbh.
As far as least favourite characters go, sorry dudes and ladies but it's cap'n sexy(don't stone me plz.) While I enjoyed him in the Empty Child/The Doctor Dances I just didn't care for him much after that point and I don't really see what he has going for him besides the gimmick that everyone on the show keeps telling me that he is smokin hot and that I should want to do him. But I might just be biased because he has a totally boring (to my ears) American accent. Is he more interesting in Torchwood?
ShayzGirl 67p · 733 weeks ago
I hope you enjoy the video as much as I did.
Least favourite minor character? The people above all have great ideas. I agree with several of them. I also have to say Adam. He was kind of a dick. And an idiot. And a jerk. Who, there's that.