History Fanfic / TheManWithNoName

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Comes up when River mentions that the Doctor is too old for her. Mal, believing himself to be the about same age, feels rather put out by this.

* BringNewsBack: Zeke, the leader of a town the crew [[spoiler:saves from a few Reavers sends them a message that the village has been wiped out by an army of them before dying himself. The crew is [[{{Understatement}} not happy]]]].

* VoiceOfTheResistance: Mal is recruited to be this. [[spoiler: [[{{Understatement}} He turns them down]]]].

* HumansAreBastards: The Doctor goes on one of his famous rants when he finds out the Alliance did to River's brain.

[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3486089/1/The_Man_With_No_Name The Man with No Name]] (also goes by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3486070/1/A_Life_Less_Extraordinary A Life Less Extraordinary]]) is a completed crossover fanfic of {{Firefly}} and DoctorWho written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/650923/Frostfyre7 Frostfyre7]].

* CommonCrossover: Both series are beloved sci-fi television shows with a nice dose of [[SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism cynicism]], feature characters who travel through space with no destination and are renegades/outcasts in society (though with the nature of DoctorWho, it's easy to dump him in just about any series).

* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: Inverted. [[spoiler:Mal does try to shoot [[BigBad him]]. [[OhCrap It doesn't work]]]].

Comes [[FanficRecs/DoctorWho highly recommended]] (by fiveteenteen people as of this writing) and some consider it to be as good as the canon or even BetterThanCanon (it incidentally doesn't infringe on either continuity). Of course, as always, YourMileageMayVary.

Comes [[FanficRecs/DoctorWho highly recommended]] (by fourteen people as of this writing) and some consider it to be as good as the canon or even BetterThanCanon (it incidentally doesn't infringe on either continuity). Of course, as always, YourMileageMayVary.

Comes [[FanficRecs/DoctorWho highly recommended]] (by thirteen people as of this writing) and some consider it to be as good as the canon or even BetterThanCanon (it incidentally doesn't infringe on either continuity). Of course, as always, YourMileageMayVary.

* BizarreAlienBiology: The author adds a few more odd quirks of Time Lord biology to match the canonical [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]] and two hearts- respiratory bypass when badly winded, very low body temperature, and violent aspirin allergy.
** Respiratory bypass is canonical, mentioned by name in the 4th Doctor serial ''"The Robots of Death."''
*** It's a plot point in the Fifth Doctor's last serial. The aspirin bit is also a in a Third Doctor serial.

* BizarreAlienBiology: The author adds a few more odd quirks of Time Lord biology to match the canonical [[TheNthDoctor regeneration]], respiratory bypass when badly winded, very low body temperature, violent aspirin allergy, and two hearts.

* BigDamnHeroes: It's ''Firefly'' and ''Doctor Who''. Of ''course'' there's BigDamnHeroes.

* AlienInvasion: Right after the colonies left, [[spoiler:Earth was hit with a bunch of these]].

* VaguenessIsComing: The way River often talks anyway. In this case, she predicts the Doctor at the end of the first chapter. [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast By one of his ''scary'' names.]]

---->'''Mal:''' She said, and I quote, 'A storm is coming.'
---->'''Inara:''' That's...vague.

* VaguenessIsComing: The way River often talks anyway. In this case, she predicts the Doctor at the end of the first chapter. By one of his ''scary'' names.

* SequelHook: It's briefly mentioned at the end that the Doctor has invited Kaylee to be his companion. It's not mentioned whether she takes him up on this.

-->[[spoiler:'''Simon''': His blood is the wrong color]]!
-->[[spoiler:'''The Doctor''': [[SarcasmMode Is it?]]]].

* BewareTheNiceOnes: The bad guy failed to do this. [[spoiler:He pays for it]].
* BizarreAlienBiology: Some parts of Time Lord biology are make up by the author.
* {{Brainwashed}}: A few of the heroes run into some humans that have been brainwashed into stealing back their HypnoTrinket.
* BringNewsBack: Zeke, the leader of a town the crew [[spoiler:saves from a few Reavers sends them a message that the village has been wiped out by an army of them before dying himself. This cues the crews RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
* ClosestThingWeGot: The Doctor ends up needing Simon to [[spoiler:operate on him when he gets shot]]. Not that Simon knows anything about Time Lord biology...

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:They even manage to earn some much needed cash. With how things usually end up, [[GenreSavvy Mal is stunned by this turn of events]]]].
* GoLookAtTheDistraction: The Doctor throws the HypnoTrinket hoping some brainwashed thugs will stare at it long enough to punch them.
* HannibalLecture: [[spoiler:The BigBad uses this on the Doctor. The Doctor later returns the favor]].

* HypnoTrinket: These were used primarily to gain control over [[spoiler:Reaver's (as well as a few humans]].

-->'''The Doctor''': [[ICanExplain Um...I got mugged?]] Really, you should do something about that, streets aren't even safe...You're not buying that for a minute, are you?

* ItsProbablyNothing: While everyone is hunting Reavers in some woods, they all suddenly stop, thinking they heard something. [[IdiotBall The Doctor opts to barrel through anyway. Guess what he walks right into]]?

* LaughingMad: Actually invoked by [[spoiler: the Doctor]]. Everyone is duly freaked out by it.

* {{Masquerade}}: The enemy's base has the cover of a business. No one working there knows about their boss.

* MindRape: The BigBad pulls this on [[spoiler: Mal and the Doctor. [[IGotBetter They get better]]]].
* NeverHeardThatOneBefore:

* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: After Mal is [[spoiler:captured by the BigBad, some of his underlings try to convince him to join them over coffee. To their credit, it was ''really'' good coffee]].

* OperationJealousy: Played with. Kaylee pretends to like the Doctor in order to make Simon jealous, but it's only to screw with his head.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The town the crew managed to protect from a few Reavers [[spoiler:was soon whipped out by a small army of them who were controlled by another party]]. [[{{Understatement}} They take it kinda personal]].
* TheSixthRanger: By the end, [[spoiler:the Doctor has more or less fulfilled this role]].
* StrangeGirl: River as expected. What stands out, though, is that the Doctor at one point says “She's...a bit odd, isn't she?” The Doctor himself is weirded out by River.

-->'''The Doctor''': *''winces''* Oh, did you ''have'' to say that? [[LampshadeHanging Now they're bound to turn up. I swear, everyone has to go and jinx it all, saying things like 'It can't possibly get any worse' or 'Ooh, it's unsinkable!']]

* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: After Mal is [[spoiler:captured, some underlings try to convince him to join them over coffee. To their credit, it was ''really'' good coffee]].

Comes [[FanficRecs/DoctorWho highly recommended]] (by thirteen people as of this writing).

* BetterThanCanon: Although it doesn't infringe on any continuity. It's so good it should be cannon.