History FanFic / TheBenChathamAdventures

A Gallifrey Base poster by the name of Lemon Bloody Cola became a secondary writer for the series after he unrelentingly praised the fics as daring and inventive pieces of art, and Sparacus himself as an intellectual genius. and LBC's fics were packed full of PurpleProse, [[BlatantLies complex-yet-genius plotlines]], [[{{Squick}} Alien-walrus rape]], [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] tributes, and [[DistressedDamsel Isobel]]. He soon built up a persona of an angsty, right-wing intellectual who wrote bad poetry and whose girlfriend had apparently run off with a Marxist hippie. Many believed he was [[StealthParody a troll in disguise]], and later he revealed that he was.

* [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/04/10th-doctor-to-11th-doctor-regeneration.html The regeneration of the 10th Doctor into the 11th, set in a ga bar.]]

* [[http://spararchive.blogspot.com/ An archive for the pre-11th Doctor chathamversical adventures]]

A Gallifrey Base poster by the name of Lemon Bloody Cola became a secondary writer for the series after he unrelentingly praised the fics as daring and inventive pieces of art, and Sparacus himself as an intellectual genius. and LBC's fics were packed full of PurpleProse, [[BlatantLies complex-yet-genius plotlines]], [[{{Squick}} Alien-walrus rape]], [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] tributes, and [[DistressedDamsel Isobel]]. He soon built up a persona of an angsty, right-wing intellectual who wrote bad poetry and whose girlfriend had apparently run off with a Marxist hippie. Many believed he was [[StealthParody a troll in disguised]], and later he revealed that he was.

Eventually, Chatham left (because "Rose was a chav") and became the focus of his own adventures, in which he fought aliens--or more accurately, stood around, did nothing and then called {{Torchwood}} to deal with everything--alongside a wildly unlikable supporting cast. These independent stories have long since overshadowed Chatham's time with the Doctor and made the link to the Whoniverse more and more tenuous. Our "hero" would return to ''Who'' in an alternate version of Series 4, in which he and a mute Donna Noble traveled through time and space (but mainly through rural England), facing the combined evil forces of the Meddling Monk, BOSS, the Cybermen, and some random Von Daniken aliens. Ben then left the TARDIS again, falling in love with someone he just met who offered him tickets to see Bowie. As is traditional with Ben, he was immediately dumped and left alone in his own spin-off series.

Another Gallifrey Base poster by the name of Lemon Bloody Cola started unrelentingly praising Sparacus as an intellectual genius, and the fics themselves as daring and inventive pieces of art. He soon became a secondary writer for the series, with fics packed full of PurpleProse, [[BlatantLies complex-yet-genius plotlines]], [[{{Squick}} Alien-walrus rape]], [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] tributes, and [[DistressedDamsel Isobel]]. LBC built up a persona of an angsty, right-wing intellectual who wrote bad poetry and whose girlfriend had apparently run off with a Marxist hippie. Many believed he was [[StealthParody taking the mickey]], and later he revealed that he was.

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [=JonPertweeFan=] (who became famous on the forum for typing nonsense), the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that supports his stories, but evidence of this is slim. [[CaptainObvious You know, because they're silent.]] [[hottip:*: Incidentally, if these claims are in fact true, then any silent majority which sincerely and unironically liked these stories would have ''very good reason'' to remain as such.]]

Villains have included such [[BlatantLies innovative]] monsters as the Russians ([[PlanetOfSteves all of them called Ivan]]) and KylieMinogue. Later stories have included such enemies as the androids in Chateau of Death, and Evil Snowmen from a short Annual story.

Stories are written as if they were pitches for television scripts; however, they frequently include content that would never make it on a family-oriented show such as ''Doctor Who'', such as overt sex, mints that act like drugs, and the gory murder of Cornish fishermen by monsters created by Russian stereotypes. Orchids and teenage girls with their throats ripped out also feature with regularity.

* ...All criticism is void (he counters it with "Unsubstantiated Assertion!")

Villains have included such [[BlatantLies innovative]] monsters as the Russians ([[PlanetOfSteves all of them called Ivan]]) and KylieMinogue. Later stories have included such enemies as the androids in Chateau of Death, and Evil Snowmen from a Short Annual Story.

* ...Chatham is canon.

* [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/04/10th-doctor-to-11th-doctor-regeneration.html The gay-bar set 10 to 11 regen]]

'''The Ben Chatham Adventures''' are an ongoing series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfics by Sparacus, a poster on GallifreyBase. They star Ben Chatham ("played" by Adam Rickett), a [[BlatantLies heroic, self-depreciating, multi-layered]] character [[SelfInsertFic self-insert]] of the author. The plots are [[{{Plagiarism}} occasionally affectionate homages]] to 1970s Doctor Who stories, such as the 1974 stories [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E5TheGreenDeath The Green Death]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionoftheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]].

He was introduced in what Sparacus maintained was a {{Canon}} Series 2, which featured Rose falling for Chatham, the Doctor killing a hamster, Mickey joining a cult and Jackie Tyler dying from a brain tumor contracted from a genetically-modified apple. (But that's okay, because Sparacus maintains that she was too low-class to appear on Doctor Who anyway.)

Eventually, Chatham left (because "Rose was a chav") and became the focus of his own adventures, in which he fought aliens (or more accurately, stood around, did nothing and then called {{Torchwood}} to deal with everything) alongside a wildly unlikable supporting cast, which have long since overshadowed his time with the Doctor and made the link to the Whoniverse more and more tenuous. He would return to ''Who'' in an alternate version of Series 4, in which he and a mute Donna Noble traveled through time and space (but mainly through rural England) as they faced the combined evil forces of the Meddling Monk, BOSS, the Cybermen, and some random Von Daniken aliens. Ben then left the TARDIS again, falling in love with someone he just met who offered him tickets to see Bowie. As is traditional with Ben, he was immediately dumped and left alone in his own spin-off series.

Another poster by the name of Lemon Bloody Cola started unrelentingly praising Sparacus as an intellectual genius, and the fics themselves as daring and inventive pieces of art. He soon became a secondary writer for the series, with fics packed full of PurpleProse, [[BlatantLies complex-yet-genius plotlines]], [[{{Squick}} Alien-walrus rape]], [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] tributes, and [[DistressedDamsel Isobel]]. LBC built up a persona of an angsty, right-wing intellectual who wrote bad poetry and whose girlfriend had apparently run off with a Marxist hippie. Many believed he was [[StealthParody taking the mickey]], and later he revealed that he was.

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [= JonPertweeFan =] (who became famous on the forum for typing nonsense and even trying his luck on this very wiki). These two are the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that supports his stories, but evidence of this is slim. You know, because they're silent. And let's face it, if this is true, then any silent majority which sincerely and unironically liked these stories would have ''very good reason'' to remain as such.

Villains have included such [[BlatantLies innovative]] monsters as Russians ([[PlanetOfSteves all of them called Ivan]]) and KylieMinogue. Later stories have included such enemies as the androids in Chateau of Death, and Evil Snowmen from a Short Annual Story.

Stories are written as if they were pitches for television stories; however, they frequent include content that would never make it on the main show, such as overt sex, mints that act like drugs, and the gory murder of Cornish fishermen by monsters created by Russian stereotypes. Orchids and teenage girls with their throats ripped out also feature with regularity.

* No matter how many people hate his stories, everyone else on the forum ''loves'' them and form a "silent majority"
* That all criticism is void; he counters it with "Unsubstantiated Assertion!"
* That Chatham is canon

* WorkingClassPeopleAreMorons - Ben (and, not incidentally, Sparacus himself) is very fond of sneering at 'chavs', even if the characters being sneered at don't actually fall into that particular group. A lot of them (unintentionally?) turn out to be a lot more useful and intelligent than he is.

* EvilForeigner: "New Morning", which also features good French stereotypes to balance the scales.

'''The Ben Chatham Adventures''' are an ongoing series of ''Series/DoctorWho'' fanfics by Sparacus, a poster on GallifreyBase. They star Ben Chatham ("played" by Adam Rickett), a [[BlatantLies heroic, self-depreciating, multi-layered]] character [[SelfInsertFic self-insert]] of the author. The plots are [[{{Plagiarism}} occasionally affectionate homages]] of 1970s Doctor Who stories, such as the 1974 stories [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E5TheGreenDeath The Green Death]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionoftheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]].

He was introduced in what Sparacus maintained was a canon series 2, which featured Rose falling for Chatham, the Doctor killing a hamster, Mickey joining a cult and Jackie Tyler dying from a brain tumor contracted from a genetically-modified apple. But it's okay, because Sparacus maintains that she was too lower class to appear on Doctor Who anyway.

But at the end, Chatham left because "Rose was a chav" and became the focus of his own adventures, in which he fought aliens (or, to be more accurate, stood around, did nothing and then called Torchwood to deal with everything) alongside a wildly unlikable supporting cast, which have long since overshadowed his time with the Doctor and made the link to the Whoniverse more and more tenuous. He returned in an alternate version of series 4 where he and a mute Donna Noble traveled through time and space, but mainly rural England, as they faced the evil combined forces of the Meddling Monk, BOSS, the Cybermen and some random Von Daniken aliens. Ben then left the TARDIS again, falling in love with someone he just met who offered him tickets to see Bowie. As is traditional with Ben, he was immediately dumped and left alone in his own spin-off series.

Another poster by the name of ?Lemon Bloody Cola? started unrelenting praising Sparacus as an intellectual genius, and the fics themselves as daring and inventive pieces of art. He soon became a second writer for the series, with fics packed full of PurpleProse, [[BlatantLies complex-yet-genius plotlines]], [[{{Squick}} Alien-walrus rape]], [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] tributes, and [[DistressedDamsel Isobel]]. LBC built up a persona of an angsty, right-wing intellectual who wrote bad poetry and whose girlfriend had apparently run off with a Marxist hippie. Many believed he was [[StealthParody taking the mickey]], and later he revealed that he was.

Later, a series of Ben Chatham stories written (mostly) by sparacus's detractors has launched, giving Chatham the possibly unique honour among Mary Sues of having spawned his own fan fiction. The "fan" series is widely regarded as universally superior to the "official" output, although it is unknown whether or not sparacus has read any of it.

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [= JonPertweeFan =] (who became famous on the forum for typing nonsence and even trying his luck on this own Wiki. These two are the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that support his stories, but evidence of this is slim. You know, because they're silent. And let's face it, if this is true, then any silent majority which sincerely and unironically liked these stories would have ''very good reason'' to remain silent.

Villains have included [[BlatantLies innovative]] monsters, such as Russians ([[PlanetOfSteves all of them called Ivan]]) and Kylie Minogue. There have also been more recently such enemies such as the androids in Chateau of Death, and Evil Snowmen from a Short Annual Story.

Stories are written as if they were pitches for television stories; said stories tend to include content that would never make it on the main show, such as overt sex, mints that act like drugs, and the gory murder of Cornish fishermen by monsters made by Russian stereotypes. Orchids and teenage girls with their throats ripped out also feature with regularity.

Notable for being incredibly badly written (or SoBadItsGood and an incredibly devoted StealthParody that's gone on too long), with a very jarring [[HowDoIUsedTense present tense voice]] that makes even the few decent ideas difficult to follow, and for the author's constant insistence that:

* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler: Ben, strangely enough, in the movie pitch ''New Dawn''. But then [[IGotBetter he gets better]], inexplicably.]]

* RapeIsFunnyWhenItIsMaleOnMale: Particularly when the victim is Ben, the offender is Henry VIII, and he forces Ben to put on a dress in preparation. He's interrupted before he can carry out the deed, however.

* {{Plagiarism}} - Despite the rather hostile overall reaction to the story, Sparacus did earn some rare praise for the ending of the Robin Hood crossover, in which Chatham actually risked his life to save the day. At least until someone pointed out he had ripped the ending off from another user's ''parody'' rewrite of the Chatham New Year Special story, in which Torchwood's Gwen Cooper had risked her life in virtually identical circumstances to save the day. The parody story then ended with the Torchwood team violently assaulting Ben when he tried to claim credit for their actions; so far it's unknown whether the parody's author did anything similar to Sparacus.

->--''DoctorWhoMagazine''

* DesignatedHero - Ben. It's doubtful that anyone would realize he's supposed to be the hero, or at least one of the the heroes, if they weren't actually told.

* ShillingTheWesley - 95% of the time it's either the Doctor or UNIT that saves the day, but for some bizarre reason they divert the credit away from themselves and praise Ben to the high heavens, even when he only has the most peripheral involvement in stopping the bad guys.

* VocalMinority - or so the author claims.

'''The Ben Chatham Adventures''' are an ongoing series of ''DoctorWho'' fanfics by Sparacus, a poster on GallifreyBase. They star Ben Chatham ("played" by Adam Rickett), a [[BlatantLies heroic, self-depreciating, multi-layered]] character [[SelfInsertFic self-insert]] of the author. The plots are [[{{Plagiarism}} occasionally affectionate homages]] of 1970s Doctor Who stories, such as the 1974 stories [[Recap/DoctorWhoS10E5TheGreenDeath The Green Death]] and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS11E2InvasionoftheDinosaurs Invasion of the Dinosaurs]].

** For that matter, most of the stories are nakedly transparent ripoffs of classic ''DoctorWho'' stories with the focus skewed to make them entirely about Ben.

Relatively recently, another poster by the name of ?Lemon Bloody Cola? started unrelenting praising Sparacus as an intellectual genius, and the fics themselves as daring and inventive pieces of art. He soon became a second writer for the series, with fics packed full of PurpleProse, [[BlatantLies complex-yet-genius plotlines]], [[{{Squick}} Alien-walrus rape]], [[Comicbook/XMen X-Men]] tributes, and [[DistressedDamsel Isobel]]. LBC built up a persona of an angsty, right-wing intellectual who wrote bad poetry and whose girlfriend had apparently run off with a Marxist hippie. Many believed he was [[StealthParody taking the mickey]], and later he revealed that he was.

Still more recently, a series of Ben Chatham stories written (mostly) by sparacus's detractors has launched, giving Chatham the possibly unique honour among Mary Sues of having spawned his own fan fiction. The "fan" series is widely regarded as universally superior to the "official" output, although it is unknown whether or not sparacus has read any of it.

This series shows examples of:

* {{Anvilicious}}: LBC's morals tended to be...unsubtle.

* BileFascination: It has become by far the most "popular" series in Who fandom due to this.

* CharacterDerailment - Where to begin?

* CrowningMomentOfFunny - Sparacus actually wrote to ''DoctorWhoMagazine'' on one occasion, asking them why they had never featured Ben Chatham in any of their articles. They responded with the quote at the top of this page.
** Which fuels the neverending debate as to whether the whole series is a StealthParody or Sparacus is, in fact, certifiably insane. Someone should warn Adam Rickett, [[StalkerWithACrush just in case]].

* DorkAge: If such a series can have one then it's entering one now, with each instalment empty of even less creativity than the last one.

* {{Fanon}} - Of a sort; despite the vast, vast, ''vast'' quantity of evidence to the contrary, the author insists that his fanfiction is part of the series continuity.

* MartyStu - Chatham, of course.
** Specifically, Ben is a [[JerkSue Jerk Stu]].
* MemeticMutation
** Untrue!
*** Unsubstantiated assertion!
** Most bizarre...

* SoBadItsGood

* UnfortunateImplications - Sparacus' habit of murdering school girls in his stories.

* {{Wangst}} - there is nothing else to describe what unfolds every time Craig Chatham appears. Ben himself isn't exactly free from this either.

* WTHCastingAgency - ''Shortland'' (nee ''[[CoronationStreet Coronation]]'') ''Street'' actor and former no-hit wonder Adam Rickitt was selected by sparacus as the perfect choice to portray his upper-class, absinthe-swilling archaeologist hero.
** Similarly, Sparacus's choice of actress to "play" Katie Ryan is...Belgian pop star ''Kate'' Ryan.
** And, of course, there's Shakey Jake, played by one of the experts from TimeTeam (who is, ironically, an actual archaeologist).
* YouFailPhysicsForever - in ''Planet Waves'', the heroes are trapped in a room filling with gas, and decide the best thing to do is get down on the ground "as gas floats so it is safer at ground level". [[http://www.elmhurst.edu/~chm/vchembook/123Adensitygas.html Yeah...]]

You can read archives of the recent material [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/ here]], and a summary of Ben's adventures [[http://benchathamsux.blogspot.com/2007/03/ben-chatham-wikipedia-page-i.html here]]. Stories up there include:
* [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/06/caves-of-oblivion-part-1-ben-chatham-is.html Caves of Oblivion]]
* [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/03/new-11th-doctorben-chatham-adventure.html Planet Waves]]
* [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/04/10th-doctor-to-11th-doctor-regeneration.html The gay-bar set 10 to 11 regen]]
* [[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-pitch-for-11th-doctor-story-new.html The debut of the horny 11th Doctor, mixed with a cavalcade of ethnic stereotypes]].
* [[http://spararchive.blogspot.com/ An archive for the pre-11th Doctor chathamversical adventures]]
...and many more for those crazy enough to dig through the archives.

Characters are detailed on the [[Characters/TheBenChathamAdventures character sheet]].
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->''Ben changes quickly into his real clothes: "I will be enternally grateful that you saved me from a good rogering by Henry VIII."''
->--[[http://chathamben.blogspot.com/2009/05/planet-waves-part-6.html Planet Waves]], by Sparacus

->''Hey babe, I?m like the Doctor. I?ve regenerated like. Wow its great to see you again, Martha. Wicked!Yay its great to be a kid again. I?m like so gonna get a myspace page. You look great in that jacket babe, I?ve like SO got the hots for you. Hows about we get up close and personal on the TARDIS double bed.''
->-- The Eleventh Doctor in New Morning

->''"Untrue!"''
->-- Sparacus

* WallBanger: ...Where to start?

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [= JonPertweeFan =] (who became famous on the forum for typing nonsence and even trying his luck on this own Wiki. These two are the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that support his stories, but evidence of this is slim. You know, because they're silent. And let's face it, if this is true, then any silent majority which sincerely and unironically liked these stories would have ''[[SoBadItsHorrible very]]'' [[SoBadItsHorrible good reason]] to remain silent.

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [= JonPertweeFan =] (who became famous on the forum for typing nonsence and even trying his luck on this own Wiki. These two are the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that support his stories, but evidence of this is slim. You know, because they're silent. And let's face it, if this is true, then any silent majority which sincerely liked these stories would have ''very'' good reason to remain silent.

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [= JonPertweeFan =] (who became famous on the forum for typing nonsence and even trying his luck on this own Wiki. These two are the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that support his stories, but evidence of this is slim. You know, because they're silent.

Notable for being incredibly badly written (or SoBadItsGood and a StealthParody that's gone on too long), with a very jarring [[HowDoIUsedTense present tense voice]] that makes even the few decent ideas difficult to follow, and for the author's constant insistence that:

New "disciples" of Sparacus include Mutie (actually a regenerated Lemon Bloody Cola) and [= JonPertweeFan =]. These two are the most vocal fans of the series. Sparacus continues to claim that a so-called "silent majority" exists that support his stories, but evidence of this is slim. You know, because they're silent.

MAN MANS! IT'S GETTING TOO LATE FOR THIS KIND OF SILLY WILLY PETERS! THE END IS NEARING, YOUR MINDS ARE BEGINNING TO BE OVERWHELMED WITH THE DARK LAYERS. AND THIS ISN'T GOING TO HELP!

*AnticlimaxBoss - [[spoiler: in ''Chateau of Death'', the main villain, alien NapoleonBonaparte, dies from getting caught in the crossfire while the heroes are fighting his androids. SoYeah.]]

Woah man man, Ben Chatham is bad, and you shouldn't look at it if you want to be a Cool Hoopla and see the colours of the Gates of Enlightenment, Anti-Belgium and similar places, and feel like you're being spun round similar to being a donkey on acid, though I'm not calling you wooks who read this donkeys, because that's not cool and doesn't have any sort of Peace and Love with it.

Woah man man, Ben Chatham is bad, and you shouldn't look at it if you want to be a Cool Hoopla and see the colours of the Gates of Enlightenment, Anti-Belgium and similar places.