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Fanfic Recs / Tenth Doctor Fics

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Proof that the remaining 10% percent is worth regenerating twice for.

These are fanfic recommendations made by Tropers for the Tenth Doctor-era Doctor Who fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found here.

You can also add to the current recommendations if you want. Refrain from posting Conversation in the Main Page though; that goes in the discussion page. Allons-y!

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All the King's Horses by lindenharp
  • Recommended by Long Live Humour
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: A star empire is menaced by deadly creatures from the time of Rassilon. Will one lone Time Lord and a human companion be enough to defeat them?
  • Comments: This is a quiet story, rich in detail and introspection. The plot matters, but the real focus is on Donna and the Doctor. If you like detailed alien cultures or just enjoy a sense of history - no infodumps here! - you'll enjoy this.

Breaking the Silence by Grym

  • Recommended by: Veanne
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: They've saved the Ood, and it was fun - but the Doctor's suddenly sad.
  • Comments: Another fluffy, hurt-comforty short with Donna. Introspective, logical and sweet.

Caves and Crystals by Veldeia

  • Recommended by: Veanne
  • Status: Complete (Two full-lenght stories and one slightly Not Safe for Work short)
  • Synopsis: The TARDIS lands in The '60s. In a cave, which the Doctor and Martha end up exploring, only to find confused spelunkers, aliens and aliens who are spelunkers as well as confused.
  • Pairing(s): Ten/Martha, a little (more in the Smith's Anatomy short, but it's sort of a self-contained Breather Episode, so you can ignore it if you want to)
  • Comments: A rather professionally written and nice duology. Some Speculative Fiction LGBT and Interspecies Romance, but subtle - neither hogs the spotlight. Pretty worldbuilding on the alien spelunker's planet (it's a lovely planet!). Won't blow your mind, but definitely a good choice to spend an afternoon with a cup of cocoa over.

Cleanup on Aisle 5 by betawho

  • Recommended by SanDemonMax
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: Donna forces the reluctant 10th Doctor to go grocery shopping at Tescos. But he's in for a surprise...
  • Comments: As the summary says, Donna drags Ten along on a grocery shopping trip in 21st century Earth, and he's not too happy. While they're shopping though, Eleven and River are shopping as well, and making a huge mess. No paradox risk because Eleven doesn't see Ten, and the latter doesn't know who the former is, even after seeing him. Great for a quick giggle.

Doctor Who: Season Four by ARIA

  • Recommended by JadedLady
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: What could have happened had the Master not died at the end of season three and the Doctor actually made good on his plan to imprison the Master on the Tardis and drag him around the universe.
  • Comments: As expected, there's oodles of slashy Foe Yay Shipping, especially towards the end (so be warned), but it's so well done that you'll honestly not mind. A rather fascinating Alternate Universe version of Nu-Who
  • Tags: AU

The Doctor and the King of Pop by foreverx

Doctor Who and the Silver Spiral by Dr. Megan Argo

  • Recommended by cg12345, Silent Hunter
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor and Martha observe a supernova.
  • Comments: Ok, here's where it gets interesting. The supernova in question is a real event, and Dr. Argo was on the team that detected its energy emissions. She wanted to do something that conveyed the excitement of the discovery in Layman's Terms, so she wrote this. And yea verily, it is made of win. Martha asks a few too many elementary questions, but Ten's voice is spot-on, and Dr. Argo's sheer love for the subject matter carries the story.
    • Also available in an audiobook format.

Downtime by Cryptile

  • Recommended by: LongLiveHumour
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: So much for leaving at Christmas.
  • Comments: It occurs to him that he doesn't really have a good reason for doing what he's doing and that an argument could be constructed for his being just a bit mad. A portrait of the recently-regenerated Tenth Doctor as he hangs around the Powell Estate for two months after the Christmas Invasion. Moving, funny and profound all at once, with beautifully spare prose that dumps you right behind the Doctor's brand new eyeballs.

Earthbound by StormWolf

  • Recommended by Sadistic Apathy
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: Set post-Journey's End in the parallel world. Shows how Human Ten adjusts to living a "normal" life with Rose.
  • Comments: While the adventure part of the story isn't bad, the real brilliance is in the scenes showing the domestic side of life. It gets quite sappy at times, but manages to retain the Doctor's obliviousness and awkwardness in family matters.
  • Tags: AU

Expectation and Maximization by eve11

  • Recommended by: Veanne, LongLiveHumour
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor teaches Rose some maths.
  • Comments: Brilliantly averting Everybody Hates Mathematics, this candy-floss sweet little story gives us alien vistas, a working explanation for the Time Lord probability sense (i.e. how he knows which points in time are fixed and what's safe to change) and the nicest lesson in calculus you could wish for. Very, very fluffy. Really amazingly fluffy and sciencey.

How to Walk on Eggshells by nostalgia

  • Recommended by: thebadplace
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: Five things the Doctor and Donna don’t talk about.

Huntsman by Lizbee

  • Recommended by Namta, Nightsky
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Tardis communicates with Martha in her dreams, sending her a warning.
  • Comments: Utterly, utterly beautiful and haunting. The Harry Potter references work really, really well.
    • Seconded by Nightsky: Further proof that Martha >> everybody.
      • Thirded by gravedancer121. Pretty sure that's a Discworld reference.

If I could turn back the hands of time by SillBrainFried

  • Recommended by inklesspen
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: Rose Tyler, 10.5, and Romana II team up to save the alternate Earth from aliens. There is a lot of bluffing involved.

I Must Not Look at Goblin Men by athousandwinds [AO3]

  • Recommended by: LongLiveHumour
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: No one really wants a fairy tale to come true. Not one of the bad ones.
  • Comments: A different perspective on "Midnight"; this is the kind of story which will stick in your head long after you've forgotten where you read it.

Memetic Warfare by Lyricwritesprose, thereby dubbed the Queen of Hilarious Fanfiction

Remodelling by earthdrago

  • Recommended by Newtype S 3
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: Captain Jack Harkness' chunk of TARDIS coral finally is large enough to turn into a real TARDIS. This attracts the attention of someone else...
  • Comments: A touch of Ho Yay can be found in here between Ten and Jack. Whether or not that's your thing, the fanfic overall is excellently written. There's also a little hand-waving in Jack becoming a Time Lord in his own way, but the whole thing is probably the best fanfic I have read.

Sic Semper Tyranis by Meredith T. Tasaki

  • Recommended by Operation Shoestring, Har D Har Koopa
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: In which Ten gets the well deserved comeuppance he never did in canon, delivered by Harriet Jones, once and future Prime Minister.
  • Comments: Sums up what a lot of us felt about the whole Sycorax incident. With beautiful irony.
    • I am hesitant to recommend this, but I will. The writing here is well done, but I have a problem. Before this I totally agreed with the Doctor and what he did that day, but this showed me another side, and I agree that the way he chose to depose her was wrong. However, my problem is that it almost shows Harriet as a total hero and the Doctor as a total douche. I think he did a bad thing, but what she did was far worse. She killed thousands of sapient beings, who were retreating. He deposed her in a way that made fun of natural human tendencies. He deserves some comeuppance, sure, but she deserved to be punished, and this fic never really says that at all. Still, pretty solid fic. –Har D Har Koopa

The Slow Path, or Two and a Half Centuries in Two and a Half Days by Amy Wolf

  • Recommended by Ms Shaw
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: An AU on the ending of "The Girl in the Fireplace," where the Doctor takes The Slow Path back.
  • Comments: To be honest, Mickey and Rose's side of the story is good but not amazing; it's the Doctor's 250 years through Earth's history that's a brilliant piece of storytelling. The chapter with the Doctor in San Francisco is one of the best moments of fanfiction. Ever.
  • Tags: AU

Stardust Girl by riversrunthroughme

  • Recommended by Suspicious Cookie, Nightsky
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: She's doing this to him because she loves him - well, some other version of him. The one in the real world - but she's doing this because she loves him. Really. Really, really. He'll understand soon. Just not right now. But he'll understand. Eventually, Rose Tyler will make him understand everything, even this.
  • Comments: Warning - this is a dark fic. A chilling take on what Rose and 10.5's relationship could turn into. Alternate Universe!Jack is positively terrifying. Definitely worth your time, though you may never look at Rose the same way again.
    • Seconded by Nightsky, who has always suspected that Rose and 10.5 wouldn't last.
      • Perhaps the best of these fics out there. It moves away from the idealised, rather silly, idea of the perfect love, and gives a much better version. I still don't like grow your own TARDIS, but this is probably the best story to include it.

The White Lady of Amherst by Argella

  • Recommended by sauronlulz and bwburke94
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Tenth Doctor and Rose go back in time to 1860s Massachusetts and visit the poet Emily Dickinson, who is being haunted by strange nightmares. Set shortly after The Christmas Invasion; small spoilers for most episodes in Series 1.
  • Comments: Oh, this is good. There is a good plot - the Monster of the Week forces the Doctor, Rose, and Emily Dickinson to face their worst nightmares, literally. There is adorable Ten/Rose friendship banter. There is intelligent use of Emily Dickinson's poetry. It's a missing episode, pretty much.

Talk To The Hand Series by Wynter Eyez

Tea and TARDIS Doors by AtypicalOwl

  • Recommended by Kstar08
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: In between adventures, the Doctor takes some time to hold a vigil for Gallifrey. Donna finds him. Fluff ensues.
  • Comments: A short piece that proves that, sometimes, actions can speak louder than words in a friendship.

Terms of Art by raven

  • Recommended by licawolf
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor learned to draw on Gallifrey.
  • Comments: The story focuses on the Doctor during and after Human Nature/Family of Blood, how being John Smith affected him and how Martha struggles to help him cope with all of it, even if she can't quite understand it. It's beautifully written, the prose flows almost in a lyrical way. The author really manages to create evocative images even in the quiet, intimate moments between the characters. Introspective and intriguing.

Two Months, The Planted Past, and Loop by Sanguine Ink

  • Recommended by Kina Kalamari,
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor and Rose arrive at Jackie's flat before the ghosts start showing up in Army of Ghosts. Oh, what a difference two months can make. Not just a rewrite of Doomsday - more of a complete reworking.
  • Comments: Yes, it's essentially a Fix Fic to keep Rose from leaving, but it's also so much more. The character voices are brilliant, the humor is so very Doctor Who, and the plot is really well thought out. You do probably have to like Ten/Rose to enjoy it entirely, but it's not overly romantic. The Planted Past and Loop are its sequels, which are just as good as the first, if not better. (Loop is my personal favorite.) A fourth story, Human Nature, is now in the works as well. (If it helps, Jack becomes a main character, and is frankly kind of awesome.)

What's Past Is Prologue by sienna27

  • Recommended by: Veanne
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: Donna's life isn't bad - so why is she crying herself to sleep so often?
  • Pairing(s): Donna/Shawn
  • Comments: Past-memory-wipe Donna. If you're depressed and need some literary empathy, read. It helps.

Heat Tolerance by Adalia Zandra

  • Recommended by: Veanne
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor takes Jack and Martha on holiday to a desert planet. Things go south.
  • Comments: A really nice read for all your Doctor-whump needs. Complete with "42" flashbacks, this is mostly an emotional reaction story, because, in the words of the author: "This story is an attempt to show that maybe he isn't 'always fine' even though he usually does a good job of looking it."

    Shipping Fics 
All Couples Have Rows by Queen of the Castle
  • Recommended by: Rain Krystal
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten.5 a.k.a. Handy/Rose
  • Synopsis: Rose Tyler will be the first person to admit that her life with the suddenly part-human Doctor did not start out happy. Nor has it always been bliss-filled even after the two of them settled into a relationship. But then, where would be the fun in that?
  • Comments: Sorry but I'm not getting the vibe. It feels incomplete and boring.

Alternatively by Kathryn Shadow

  • Trope page
  • Recommended by: Edgar L Night, Nemica
  • Status: Dormant
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose, Alt!Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: Post-Doomsday. "She can't live a fantastic life without him; maybe she doesn't have to." While on an assignment with Torchwood, Rose encounters the Tenth Doctor of Pete's World (whom the author has taken to lovingly calling "Altie").
  • Comments: A beautiful fic, alternately thrilling and simply flufftastic. Side effects may include insomnia and squeeitis.

As the Crow Flies by Empatheia

  • Recommended by Crackersdon'tmatter
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairings: House/Doctor.
  • Synopsis: Ten falls literally falls out of the sky and meets Gregory House for it. After that...well...the Q are involved. And bacon with a side of eggs. Oneshot, as it should be.
  • Comments: The polar opposite of comedy

Being to Timelessness by Chocolatequeen

  • Recommended by dmcreif
  • Trope page here
  • Status: Ongoing with completed individual stories
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: She’d once held all of Time in her hands, and when she did, she saw a timeline where it could finally be the Doctor in the TARDIS with Rose Tyler–just as it should be. She saw, and she pulled… A canon divergence series starting with the tail end of "Tooth and Claw".
    • Prologue - Eternity in Her Eyes: The Doctor looks into Time and sees a future where he’s with Rose forever. He can’t force it to happen, but he can leave Rose a hint. Set during "The Parting of the Ways".
    • Part 1 - To Make Much of Time: The Doctor thought he’d removed all traces of the Vortex from Rose, but there was still something of the Wolf about her. What would have changed if he’d been forced to face that–and if Rose had understood what she was becoming? An AU retelling of season 2, beginning in "Tooth and Claw" and following the changes through "Doomsday".
    • Part 2 - Time is Still A-Flying: With a bond and a promise of forever, the Doctor and Rose have managed to escape the trap set for them in Torchwood. But Time is not yet done with them. The Master is still in London and Election Day draws ever closer. He’s tried to separate them once; will they survive a second attempt? AU retelling covering "The Runaway Bride" and season 3.
    • Part 3 - The Most Wonderful Time of the Year: The Doctor and Rose made it through a year of the Master's hospitality, and now they're ready to get back to their old life—travelling the universe, and finding the trouble that's just the bits in between. Or at least they think they are. A disastrous voyage on the Titanic shows them that they aren't quite as healed as they've been claiming to be. AU of "Time Crash" and "Voyage of the Damned".
    • Part 4 - Taking Time: Their year with the Master left wounds deeper than they wanted to admit, but now, the Doctor and Rose are ready to take the time necessary to heal. Set in between "Voyage of the Damned" and "Partners in Crime".
    • Part 5 - Forever and Never Apart: After taking a year to recover from the Master, the Doctor and Rose are ready to travel again. But Time keeps pushing them forward, and instead of going back to their old life, they slowly realise that they’re stepping into a new life. Friends new and old are meeting on the TARDIS, and when the stars start going out, the Doctor and Rose face the biggest change of all: the return of Bad Wolf. AU retelling of season 4.
    • Hope is Where Forever Begins: It's the first day of their honeymoon, and the Doctor has taken Rose to the planet Esperas to enjoy their harvest festival. With the leaves crunching beneath their feet and the cool temperatures encouraging them cuddle, it's the perfect romantic destination. Part of the Being to Timelessness 'verse, but can be enjoyed on its own.
    • Timeless Outtakes: A series of missing moments in the Timelessness 'verse. Each chapter in this story elaborates on a moment that was mentioned in one of the longer stories. They should mostly be fluffy, or at least not angsty.
  • Comments: Rose's inclusion here in the season 3 and season 4 storylines is done much more naturally than other fics on this plot premise. Instead of just "move some characters' lines to Rose," we're given better emphasis as to just how Rose's presence changes the plot points of each episode. This series goes to lengths to fix up some other issues with the stories, remove some questionable plot devices (the Doctor's severed hand in a jar is destroyed early on, hence no more "shriveled old man" Doctor in the Master arc, and no Metacrisis Doctor in the stolen planets arc), and even provides improved character arcs for Martha and for Donna. I love the rewrite of season 4, because of the decision to add Jenny to the TARDIS crew as well as completely rework River Song into a much more passable character. The author has planned out several arcs to cover the 2009 specials and the Eleventh Doctor stories, rewritten to accommodate the Tenth Doctor, Rose, and their extended new TARDIS family.
    • This fic is a very impressive rewrite of the revival series that shows not just what would've happened if Rose hadn't been trapped in Pete's World, but also if she and the Doctor had formed a telepathic bond beforehand. It is very detailed, incredibly thought out, the Doctor and Rose's romance is nicely executed, and the same love is given to their companions. The first part, "To Make Much of Time," covers series 2 from "Tooth and Claw" onwards, which already had Rose, so the changes there are mostly under the surface and in the parts between the storiesnote . Part 2, "Time is Still a Flying," covers series 3 and adds Martha to the mix, and one thing that becomes clear is that unlike most "series 3 and 4 with Rose" fics that generally seem to insert Rose without really considering how her presence would change the dynamics of every situation, this one understands how the Doctor would be a very different man if he had Rose by his side, and how that changes each story.note  This story even manages to make the Master a much more compelling villain. Then after "The Most Wonderful Time of the Year" and "Taking Time," two interim stories that cover "The Voyage of the Damned" and the period before series 4, part 5 "Forever and Never Apart" covers series 4 with Donna, and the changes to the Doctor's personality really shine in how they change the storytelling and the resolution to the stolen planets arc. This part also makes the bold deviation of having the Doctor take Jenny along in the TARDIS for an extra companion from "The Doctor's Daughter" onwards. So far the author has covered the Tenth Doctor's seasons, and currently has plans for extra fics covering the Tenth Doctor, Rose and their extended family working through the 2009 specials and various groups of episodes from the Eleventh Doctor seasons. It's an absolute must-read.

Chasing the Paradox by nemaline

  • Recommended by kyrilu
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Simm!Master
  • Synopsis: "When the Doctor stumbles into his own future, he takes the chance to find a way to co-exist with an old enemy. But such things are rarely easy, and always come with a price - particularly when the Master is involved."
  • Comments: A very in-character Doctor/Master fic. Be wary of the R rating, though. The timey-wimeyness in this story is well-planned out - make sure to keep in mind the events that occur with the past, present, and future selves!

Double Crossing by Jessa L'Rynn

  • Recommended by: Kathryn Shadow
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose, Seven/Rose
  • Synopsis: Because I've tried three times to sum this up and failed, I'm cheating and using Jessa's summary. "The Doctor is out of his depth. The Doctor is wondering what he could possibly be thinking. The companions are having the time of their lives. Two threats at once lead to a complicated situation."
  • Comments: Ten ends up masquerading as Q at one point, and that isn't even the most awesome part of the fic.

Facade by wmr (Explicit)

  • Recommended by Sadistic Apathy
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: Set just after The Idiot's Lantern. The sight of a faceless Rose haunts the Doctor, and he seeks her out for reassurance.
  • Comments: Wonderful little ship-fic that manages to mix the usual fluffy/angst with humour, especially in the chapter from Rose's point of view. Good if you're looking for something sweet and in-character.

Feeling Electric by ProfessorSpork

  • Recommended by: greeneyesrock, Kina Kalamari, caughtbluehanded
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Rose Tyler
  • Synopsis: A look at how the Doctor and Rose would've turned out if they were both always human. "She walks into the comic book store, and everything changes. An AU story. / "No!" she insists, but she's grinning and bumping his shoulder and he has never, ever talked to anyone like this before."
  • Comments: Very well written, with many bits of the show woven in through it. Well worth a read.
    • Kina Kalamari: I normally go out of my way to avoid all-human fics, but I was feeling reckless and gave this one a try. It's one of the best things I've read in a while. Definitely worth a read.
    • caughtbluehanded: Adorable, hilarious, wonderfully geeky and perfectly in-character.

Fool Me Once by Pellaaearien

  • Recommended by dmcreif
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: Rose Tyler has crossed entire universes, striding parallel to parallel, to find the Doctor again. So why is it that, now she’s finally found him, he’s acting like he can’t see her? AKA, what if Rose had reunited with the Doctor after his trip to Midnight, and before the Earth was stolen?
  • Comments: Basically, this fic is how "The Stolen Earth" would've gone if there wasn't a Metacrisis, and instead, the solution to defeating Davros was Bad Wolf!Rose. The author also has a one-shot fic, Shatter and Collide, which simply covers how the Doctor's reunion with Rose at the end of "The Stolen Earth" would've gone if the Dalek had been a lot slower and Jack also showed up a few seconds earlier to shoot it before it could shoot the Doctor. Both cover most of the same ground of, "What if there was a happier ending for series 4 where the Doctor didn't lose Rose for good and didn't have to wipe Donna's memories?"

A Genuine Prince by LicieOIC

  • Recommended by fruitstripegum
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose AU
  • Synopsis: The marriage law decrees: "Throughout the land, no one may wed, til the royal heir shares their marriage bed." The king was cursed into silence and the princess' step-mother rules the land with an iron fist, proclaiming that Rose will only be permitted to wed a REAL prince, but none can pass her "Royalty Tests." Sir Rory undertakes the task to find a real prince and he must hurry, before his ladylove, Amelia, begins to show that she is pregnant.

The Girl on the Horse by orange_crushed

  • Recommended by Ayries
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose, Ten/Reinette sort of mentioned.
  • Synopsis: A short AU to The Girl in the Fireplace, where Rose goes through the mirror rather than the Doctor and spends several weeks battling historical underwear, amongst other things.
  • Comments: Wonderful Rose voice, and everyone involves comes off better than they did in episode IMO- and I say that as a fan of the episode! Turns something heart wrenching into a witty, humorous and yet still slightly bittersweet story without missing a beat.

Gold Can Stay by chocolatequeen

  • Recommended by dmcreif
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: After their encounter with the Wire, fear of losing Rose drives the Doctor to take them on a safe holiday in America. Will she be able to convince him to focus on what they have now, rather than what they might lose in the future?
  • Comment: Pure, unadulterated fluff, guaranteed to leave you begging for more

An Incredibly Odd Wedding by Sanguine Ink

  • Recommended by Kina Kalamari
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: Jackie calls Rose to tell her she's getting married. Rose drags the Doctor with her to attend.
  • Comments: Normally, pure fluff fics like this one leave me with a skeptical look on my face and a desire for something less ridiculous, but this one was a fantastic waste of ten minutes. Mostly a humor fic, it had me laughing out loud multiple times, and the whole thing was surprisingly believable, considering.

A Life with Rose by Krazy Ky-Sta Hatter

  • Recommended by Mort08
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose
  • Synopsis: What if Rose never got stuck in the parallel universe? What if she got to spend the rest of her life with the Doctor?
  • Comments: At first glance, this story appears to be just another Series 3 AU, but it's turned about to be so much more than that. The author really does seem to have considered just how Rose would affect the stories (and vice versa), then altered them accordingly while keeping them recognizable. Everyone else has their moments too, especially Martha; now that she's no longer a Replacement Goldfish to Rose, she becomes a believable and interesting character in her own right. The story is still a work-in-progress, but definitely worth following; it even made "The Lazarus Experiment" pretty good!
    • Kina Kalamari: I read this, and I actually have mixed feelings about it. I agree that Martha was redeemed very well, but there were a lot of things in it that had me frowning. Particularly the fact that Rose and the Doctor keep rather huge secrets from each other, causing them both to be a little out of character. It is a fun read, but don't go into it expecting too much.

The Lonely God by Batman Boxers (Sarah)

  • Recommended By: StudiousJones
  • Status: Dead
  • Pairing: Ten/Gerard Way, past Frank/Gerard
  • Synopsis: I’m the Doctor,” he said simply, extending his hand for Gerard to shake. Gerard numbly obliged, his face barely masking his confusion.
  • Comments: Two of my favorite things are now one. Still a WIP as of this post, but amazingly done. Gerard has been living in England since Frank's death as an artist. Then he meets the Doctor and his life becomes a hell of a lot more dangerous.

The Long Way Home _thirty2flavors and goldy_dollar

  • Recommended by flamingpie
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten II/Rose, Ten/Rose, Eleven/Rose, Eleven/River
  • Synopsis: "After losing the Doctor, Rose sets off to find him again." Is the summary provided by the authors. To say too much more would really spoil it. I'll just add that it takes a rather cliche plot involving Ten II/Rose and Ten/Rose and turns it wonderfully on its head.
  • Comments: The voices here are all wonderful. Eleven and Amy are a bit off, as this was written prior to series five, but not badly enough to be distracting, and they don't play the largest of parts anyway. It has what is quite possibly the most beautiful conclusion to any fanfic I've read in years.

Mendelian Inheritance by Fahye

  • Recommended by SyncreticVenture
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Doctor/Master
  • Synopsis: A three-part series called the Science Triptych. "They are what they become, which is the spotaneous dispersal of energy. Which in English is entropy which in Italian is entropia which in Gallifreyan is a word which means destiny and also means enemy. On the population level it makes perfect sense but on the personal it simply means that they cannot touch without fighting to keep their balance."
  • Comments: A fascinating read that really nails the characters' voices and geeky science(ish) writing that made the show famous. I cannot recommend this highly enough. Be sure to click through and read the other parts, they are published as separate stories.

The Pandora Project by calapine

  • Recommended by kyrilu
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Tenth Doctor/Simm!Master. Rated PG-13.
  • Synopsis: At the end of series three, the Doctor and the Master end up travelling together and totally manage not to destroy each other or the universe. More or less. Meanwhile, Martha gets a job offer from UNIT, Jack fails to realise his team are a bit useless, and there's a giant squid for no good reason whatsoever.
  • Comments: Quite well-written Doctor/Master. A fun read.

Paradise Lost by unfolded73

  • Recommended by: Purple Bouncy Ball
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Ten.5/Rose. Slash, het, NSFBS (Not Safe For British Schoolchildren).
  • Synopsis: A retelling of The Stolen Earth/Journey's End, in which Rose is still in this universe and married to the Doctor, with some martial problems stemming from a traumatic wartime experience. Ten.5 (dubbed the other Doctor by this author) enters the picture in the metacrisis, and things get a lot more complicated.
  • Comments: This is an OT3, so there is Tencest. The ending is very much a tearjerker; make sure you have tissues on hand. It manages to retell two episodes from Doctor Who without seeming like the author looked up the script and wrote out the whole thing with some names changed. Readers will be able to follow along, even if they don't remember the episode very well, as the fic describes various events that originated from the canon in a way that makes some people go, "Oh, yes, I remember that," and others think, "Hmm, I can't quite place this, but it makes sense and it fits." It's extremely well-written, with nary a grammatical or spelling mistake, and it could very well be a season of Doctor Who, if not for that fact that it's NSFW (there's explicit sex scenes) and it features polyamory. My biggest problem with it is that it ends, but what an ending!)

Rose Tyler, Ninja Assassin by cheri1

  • Recommended by Misstikilicious
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Doctor/Rose
  • Synopsis: After leaving Rose in the parallel universe with the clone, the Doctor and Donna accidentally cross into another universe where Rose has been raised as a ninja in 1603 Japan.
  • Comments: I'll admit I went into this with some doubts but it's so fascinating seeing the core of Roses character shinning through despite the differences in behavior patterns that Ninja!Rose has from being raised in a society where it is completely normal and even encouraged to be a little stab happy. And is she ever, especially when it comes to the Samurai attacking the Doctor. It also keeps in mind the culture of the both the ninja and samurai and the way they see each other and the gaijin aka the Englishmen. It's also hilarious how Rose at first thinks the Doctor and Donna are Star Kami and then insisting on addressing the Doctor as "Doctor-sama".

That Home I Find Outside Your Door by Queen of the Castle

  • Recommended by Jackdaw
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Ten/Rose AU
  • Synopsis: There are lifetimes' worth of grand adventures, incredible far-off places and endless running for his life stored away inside his head. She's just not sure how much of it is his.
  • Comments: A 17k AU in which Rose has never left London and is still just a shop girl, and it had me sniffling and grinning and reading it over and over again. Even if Rose is not usually your cup of tea, this story takes a new perspective on her and her relationship with the Doctor, and it's very much worth your time.

The Twin Suns of Gallifrey by SumOfAllThings

  • Recommended by TheTenthDoctorWho
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Pairing: Ten/Master, Ten/Jack
  • Synopsis: It should have been a simple encounter. He was summoned to fix what the Time Lords had destroyed. He was the Doctor. It was his job to fix things. Wasn't it?.

Twelve Cliches That Never Happened To Martha Jones

  • Recommended by peppermintflame
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Martha/Ten
  • Synopsis: It very nearly should be called '12 Times Martha Wanted To Kill The Doctor But Didn't'. It is very, very hilarious. To give a synopsis would be to ruin the beauty of it.
  • Comments: Great for Martha/Ten shippers, and the writer really has captured their voices.

We'll Always Have... You Know by nostalgia_lj

  • Recommended by Micah
  • Status: Complete
  • Pairing: Doctor/Donna
  • Synopsis: Inexplicably in love with Donna, the Doctor decides to relive that honeymoon he had with Romana. It goes as well as you'd expect
  • Comments: A hilarious Doctor/Donna oneshot, featuring an aggressively clueless version of the Doctor

    Crossover Fics 
Back to the Doctor by Doctor McFly (crossover with Back to the Future)
  • Recommended by lanky
  • Status: Dormant
  • Synopsis: Following the events of the Back to the Future trilogy, Marty McFly thinks that he can finally settle down and get on with his life. Too bad there are creatures in the universe with an interest in time travelers and the energy they emit. On the bright side, sometimes all you need is a good Doctor to step in and save the day.
  • Comments: Essentially a vehicle to explore the idea of Marty McFly as the Tenth Doctor's companion. What is really fascinating about the whole thing is that Doctor McFly manages to capture the 'voice' of both Marty and the Doctor extraordinarily well, combining the two and generating genuine character interactions which work. With the stories organized into episodes (beginning with Frozen In Time, it makes for a nice, quick read. The author currently plans to write twelve 'episodes' consisting of four or five chapters apiece (and they're into the fourth 'episode' already). Worth a look.

Children of Time (link to first story here) by Wholmes Productions

Damage Control by BookkeeperThe

  • Crossover with: Torchwood
  • Status: Completed, with one completed sequel and a third on the way.
  • Recommended by Iridescent Individual
  • Synopsis: The Tenth Doctor shows up at the Torchwood Hub after a nasty experience in a testing facility. As it is, this one is only the latest in a long line, and Jack and his team (and Martha) are left to deal with the fallout as the Doctor finally hits his breaking point. Sequel is Inertia. Set after "Voyage of the Damned" for Doctor Who and "Sleeper" for Torchwood.
  • Comments: Pretty genuinely heartbreaking, and incredibly well-written. Not too much plot (although Inertia has an excellent one), but so totally worth reading. The author is an amazing writer.
    • The Meddler: Seconded. And the threequel, Rewind, is really good. I won't say much, but imagining what young!Doctor/Theta Sigma looks like might make your brain melt from sheer adorkableness. If that even makes sense, anyways.
    • Thirded, extending to anything Who and Torchwood written by BookkeeperThe. Fantastic author.

Just Impediment by Doyle

  • Recommended by Nightsky, cg12345
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: How the Tenth Doctor became Queen Elizabeth I's enemy. Crossover with Blackadder II, and perfect in either universe.
  • Comments: Now that the author's been shown to be either 1) eerily prescient, or 2) Russell T Davies in a cunning disguise, I like to think that the incident alleged in "The End of Time Part 1" happened exactly this way.
    • cg12345: Holy crap, that was good! I would drive a dumptruck full of cash up to RTD's front door to see this on television! Sublimely funny.

Lifetime by robbiepoo2341

  • Recommended by: Professor Pancake
  • Status: Complete
  • Crossover with: Supernatural
  • Synopsis: The Doctor (tenth incarnation only so far) and Dean Winchester share a very odd friendship, not at all helped by The Doctor's tendency to show up with trouble, as well as the fact that they don't meet in the right order.

The Man With No Name (also found here) by Frostfyre7 (crossover)

  • Has its own Trope Page.
  • Recommended by TEN, Kraken17, Sadistic Apathy, Raz_Fox, Unclouded TJ, Mariecat, Squall, Kathryn Shadow, Trimeta, randomfanboy, Nightsky, Revelo, Zankaru Zelladonii, Schizo Technician, jerenda, Karasu91, St Clair, KingPenguin23, Agronac919, pencilcillin
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor is moping after the events of "Runaway Bride," and his TARDIS decides to snap him out of his funk by dropping him in Alliance Territory. He gets rescued from a bar brawl which was caused by the color of his coat, and off he goes with our favorite crew.
  • Comments: Firefly crossover. No, don't run away yet, I swear it's good!
    • Kraken17: Read it. IT'S GOOD!
    • Sadistic Apathy: Any one of the half-dozen scenes between the Doctor and River is worth it.
    • Brilliant. Every single person is exactly in character. One of the best fanfictions I've ever read.
    • Raz_Fox: Sweet Gallifrey, this Fic is the best I've ever read. The author has a perfect grasp on the Tenth Doctor's personality!
    • Unclouded TJ: Has perfect characterization and an awesome villain that doesn't seem to be forced at all. Definitely worth the read if you're a fan of either series.
    • Mariecat: Sixthed! Loved every word and everything makes perfect sense in either series.
    • Squall: To quote the Ninth Doctor: fantastic. And I'd give a lot to see a sequel, preferably where River travels with the Doctor for a year in the comparative space of ten to fifteen seconds.
    • Kathryn Shadow: Eighthed. Definitely. It... I... There are no words. It is amazing in every possible way. Seriously. Go read it. NOW.
    • Trimeta: Ninthed. Seriously, a must for any fan of both series. Even if you're not normally into fanfic, read this. (Though I suppose if you're not normally into fanfic, why are you on the fanfic recommendation page? No matter, stop reading what I'm typing and go read this story.)
    • randomfanboy: Tenthed! Characterization is spot on! Writing is good! Worst I can say is that it feels a bit weird when things get too Doctor Who-ish (i.e. when the very Who-ish villain shows up) but it's many good aspects outweigh that one bad one.
    • Scionofgrace: Eleventhed! This is one high-quality fic. It does justice to both universes, and the climax is chilling.
    • Revelo: Twelved! This is one of the best crossovers I've read, both universes are integrated seamlessly, everyone is right in character and with a villain that doesn't feel out of place. Why are you still reading this page, go read the story!
    • Zankaru Zelladonii: Bloody fantastic read!
    • Sakan4k If you like both Firefly and Doctor Who, you'd be a fool not to read this. Never have I heard a character's voice in my head so clearly as I have reading this. Everything is spot on.
    • Jerenda I've never seen Firefly, but I may just have to after reading this. Ten's personality is so perfect, it makes me want to hug him and cry all at the same time! <3 This is why I have not given up on fanfic writers yet, because every so often they come up with something as gorgeous as this beauty.
    • TurnTable also agrees. Never before in a fanfiction had she seen such strong characterization and voice - for every single character, no less.
    • Karasu91 seventeenthed. The writing and the characterisation are nothing short of sublime. The author makes the Tenth Doctor so flawlessly fit inside the Firefly Verse, with believable interactions between the characters that respect their personalities so well that you cannot help to add this to your personal canon. Every single character is well rendered, with dialogue that seems to come right out of the original shows, and the plot is good and intriguing enough to leave you dying to see it on screen, closing your eyes to see the scenes in your mind's eye and hear the Doctor's Theme played on an Old West guitar. A must read for every Firefly and Doctor Who fan!!
    • mestizaa: Eighteenthed. This troper is usually quite dubious about crossover fics, but this one made it work. Like really, really, really well. It stays true to both fandoms, and even if you're not familiar with Firefly, it's worth the read.
    • LondonPurple: this is getting a bit ridiculous, but nineteenthed. Brilliant character portrayal, tight story writing, great mythology integration. An excellent story, worth reading alone for the spot-on depiction of the Tenth Doctor.
    • St Clair: Guess that makes me a nice round twenty. It's kind of scary how well the Doctor meshes with the crew of Serenity, Mal and River especially (and it's very sweet watching him with Kaylee too), and everyone just crackles.
    • Magyareagle: And number 21 goes to me. I've watched one Doctor Who episode in my entire life, but am a huge fan of firefly, and this captures the cast perfectly.
    • theSnazz: Twentyseconded! Brilliant! What can be said about this fic that hasn't already been said? JUST READ IT ALREADY.
    • KingPenguin23: Twenty-thirded. This is the fanfic that convinced me to give fanfic a chance. I couldn't possibly recommend this more strongly for a fan of either series.
    • Agronac919: Twentyfourthed. Everyone one is perfectly in character and it's Doctor Who meets Firefly. What's not to love?
    • pencilcillin: Twenty-fifthed. This was such a great read.

Time And Faraway Space by Queen

  • Recommended by MasterFuzzy
  • Status: Dead; last updated November 2017
  • Crossover with: Star Wars
  • Synopsis: Ahsoka Tano and Captain Rex are on the planet Meioh, investigating a four-thousand-year old message: "Ahsoka Tano. Darkness falls on the Republic. Look for the Doctor. Beware the clones. Order 66. Ask Rex." Then Order 66 happens. And the Doctor gets involved. Cue a beautifully-written story, perfectly capturing the mood of both franchises, and causing some very important changes in the timeline. Highly recommended.

Refuge by figaro

  • Recommended by: Veanne
  • Crossover with: Torchwood
  • Status: Complete (series of seven fics)
  • Synopsis: The Master has a plan. The Doctor foils it, aided by Jack and his team. In the process, Ianto goes through hell and high water and learns some interesting things.
  • Pairing(s): Jack/Ianto, Jack/the Doctor a bit, the Doctor/the Master (teeensy)
  • Comments: A solid action-adventure series, with quite some whump (all the guys get their share, but especially Ianto). Good, gripping drama. Parts of it are dark.

Earth's Alien History by Neshomancer.

  • Recommended by batguy
  • Status: Ongoing
  • Crossover with: Massive Multiplayer Crossover, list of franchises involved can be found here.
  • Synopsis: Starts off with Earth being invaded by one alien race after another starting at the tail-end of the 19th Century, eventually becomes a full on epic with Earth becoming a major galactic power in the Milky Way galaxy. All part of an experiment caused by the Time Lords to turn humanity into a solider race to win the Time War against the Daleks.

Jones And Quinn: The Misfit Diaries by Robot Roll Call

  • Recommended by: Veanne
  • Crossover with: Stargate SG-1
  • Status: Complete (short)
  • Synopsis: Martha Jones can't quite live up to the perfection that was Rose. Jonas Quinn can't quite live up to the brilliancy that was dr. Jackson. Or can't they?
  • Comments: Martha and Jonas meet on an alien planet and save the day, while making a Commonality Connection or two. Fun friendship fic about the underappreciated.

Gödel's Incompleteness by Linnya

  • Recommended by: noboody
  • Crossover with: Harry Potter
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: In which Bartimus Crouch Jr. and The Doctor really were the same person
  • Comments: Explains how the Doctor and Barty could be the same person, without the use of the chameleon arch or amnesia. The chapters are purposefully misaligned, so there's lots of Timey-Wimey bits. Not to mention the wonderful friendship between The Dark Lord and the Doctor.

The Emotional Illness by Tarkana 262

  • Recommended by: noboody
  • Crossover with: My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic
  • Status: Complete
  • Synopsis: The Doctor lands in Ponyville, just in time to save it from a strange new illness.
  • Comments: Short and Sweet. Has two sequels: here and here both are complete.

    Fan Vids 
Doctor Who Parody by The Hillywood Show
  • Recommended by: caledonian812
  • Synopsis: What happens when you combine the Time Warp from The Rocky Horror Picture Show with the Tenth Doctor's run. Pure awesomeness.
  • Comments: A lot of love went into this production. Costumes and makeup on the actors are spot on, effects are brilliant, and you actually feel that it's Ten and his companions singing along. Absolutely a must see.

Handlebars by Flummery.

  • Recommended by Rain Krystal, thebadplace
  • Oh, how, how has this not gotten here yet. It may not be a fanvid in the way that the other things in this list are fanvids, but it definitely deserves its spot here.
  • Synopsis: This vid is a series of clips from Ten's Era set to the tune of "Handlebars" by Flobots. If you've heard the song, you have an idea what's in store and it's amazingly good, the images matching the tone and lyrics perfectly.
    • This vid managed to correctly predict Ten's character development to the point that multiple fan reactions to "The Waters of Mars" referred to him "going Handlebars".

Tenth Doctor : The Musical by di0br.

  • Recommended by Nadilune
  • If you're one of the few people in fandom who hasn't seen this yet, go watch it. Just go. This is one of the best things I've ever seen : funny, a genius idea, and a wonderful tribute to Ten.
  • Synopsis: A summary of the Tenth Doctor's run in 7 minutes and 20 songs.

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