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Inspired by several recent posts about several recent posts about what people do or don't want in Doctor Who fandom, I've decided to run one of my own suggestions list, but focusing especially on the upcoming series three.
And, in line with the posts above, rather than focusing on what the wants list for in the show itself (which has been done many a time), I'm going for a fandom focus: What do people want out of the fandom (especially the section with a creative output).
Not particularly spoilery, but who knows what might turn up in the comments.
THINGS I'D LIKE FROM FANDOM
- Martha fanvids to songs apart from the obvious. (Dr Jones, Martha My Dear, Have You Met Miss Jones?)
- Someone doing a whole bunch of those "IM IN UR..." icons for each episode.
- At least one Shakespeare fic going with the idea of Martha as "The Dark Lady" and the Doctor as "The Fair Lord".
- A bunch of newbies joining the fandom, just as with series two.
- Daft crossovers connecting Martha with pretty much any medical show in existance.
- Ten/Jack. What more need I say?
- Fics exploring the other people in the Jones family. Or Martha's medical student friends. Or other people back on Earth.*is possibly looking in ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
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- At least one episode causing a breakaway ship and/or character comm to form in fandom, ala GitF or Torchwood's Captain Jack Harkness.
- Fun plotty gen and friendship fics. Without excessive angst or emo.
- Martha/Jack fic. And not just to get her out of the way of Doctor/Rose.
- At least one screencap that gets turned into "That one icon everyone has."
- Random loony ships based on minor episodic characters.
- A serious, thoughtful and intelligent fic set in the past, and exploring ideas of race. (Because I suspect, being a family friendly show, we won't get huge amounts of this in canon.)
- Fans doing something completely and utterly hilariously loony, like the "How do the Doctor's pants do up" saga of last year.
- A fic where the Doctor and Martha accidentally crash Donna's party/holiday/whatever. Others have suggested it first, but I love the idea.
-nostalgia_lj continuing to do her screencap posts.
- Multi-era fics. Ten and Martha (and possibly Jack) meeting up with other Doctors and/or companions
- At least one quote becoming added to the fannish vocab.
- Darkfic. Genuine darkfic, not just angst.
- Someone writing Martha/Adeola. What?
- Bonkers polls.
- LICKEY, DAMMIT!
- Cliches developing for Ten and Martha fic.
- Cliches being parodied for Ten and Martha fic.
- Cliches being subverted for Ten and Martha fic.
- At least one bit of bizarre fanon being created, based on some throwaway remark.
- An absence of character bashing. Sadly, I think this one isn't going to happen.
-At least one really entertaining wank
Feel free to comment on my items, or add your own. Or suggest to me places to link this (apart from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
lifeonmartha, since I've posted it there.)
ETA: Because it just struck me, like a bolt out of the blue: Someone needs to write a fic called "Martha Jones's Diary". Written in the style of Bridget Jones's Diary.
And, in line with the posts above, rather than focusing on what the wants list for in the show itself (which has been done many a time), I'm going for a fandom focus: What do people want out of the fandom (especially the section with a creative output).
Not particularly spoilery, but who knows what might turn up in the comments.
THINGS I'D LIKE FROM FANDOM
- Martha fanvids to songs apart from the obvious. (Dr Jones, Martha My Dear, Have You Met Miss Jones?)
- Someone doing a whole bunch of those "IM IN UR..." icons for each episode.
- At least one Shakespeare fic going with the idea of Martha as "The Dark Lady" and the Doctor as "The Fair Lord".
- A bunch of newbies joining the fandom, just as with series two.
- Daft crossovers connecting Martha with pretty much any medical show in existance.
- Ten/Jack. What more need I say?
- Fics exploring the other people in the Jones family. Or Martha's medical student friends. Or other people back on Earth.
sarah531's direction*- At least one episode causing a breakaway ship and/or character comm to form in fandom, ala GitF or Torchwood's Captain Jack Harkness.
- Fun plotty gen and friendship fics. Without excessive angst or emo.
- Martha/Jack fic. And not just to get her out of the way of Doctor/Rose.
- At least one screencap that gets turned into "That one icon everyone has."
- Random loony ships based on minor episodic characters.
- A serious, thoughtful and intelligent fic set in the past, and exploring ideas of race. (Because I suspect, being a family friendly show, we won't get huge amounts of this in canon.)
- Fans doing something completely and utterly hilariously loony, like the "How do the Doctor's pants do up" saga of last year.
- A fic where the Doctor and Martha accidentally crash Donna's party/holiday/whatever. Others have suggested it first, but I love the idea.
-
nostalgia_lj continuing to do her screencap posts.- Multi-era fics. Ten and Martha (and possibly Jack) meeting up with other Doctors and/or companions
- At least one quote becoming added to the fannish vocab.
- Darkfic. Genuine darkfic, not just angst.
- Someone writing Martha/Adeola. What?
- Bonkers polls.
- LICKEY, DAMMIT!
- Cliches developing for Ten and Martha fic.
- Cliches being parodied for Ten and Martha fic.
- Cliches being subverted for Ten and Martha fic.
- At least one bit of bizarre fanon being created, based on some throwaway remark.
- An absence of character bashing. Sadly, I think this one isn't going to happen.
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Feel free to comment on my items, or add your own. Or suggest to me places to link this (apart from
lifeonmartha, since I've posted it there.)ETA: Because it just struck me, like a bolt out of the blue: Someone needs to write a fic called "Martha Jones's Diary". Written in the style of Bridget Jones's Diary.
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What about weird crossovers where Martha meets every single character that David Tennant ever played? I'm personally hoping for some Martha/Casanova or Martha/Peter Carlisle and so on fics.
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And a new series of Face of Boe jokes.
And insane amounts of shipping between the Doctor, Martha, Jack and the Master.
At least one of these is guaranteed to come true.
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And Boe jokes never get old. Ever.
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...It might be on my list.
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AAAGGGHHHH I MAY HAVE TO WRITE THAT OMG.
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And after a quick Googling, I discovered the early sonnets were dedicated to someone described as "ever-living"...
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Man, I wish I was as involved in fandom as you sometimes.
Do you think maybe I could interview you at some point about fandom to possibly include in my subcultures essay?
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Personally, I want to see Doctor/Shakespeare slash because, as we learned in GiTF, the Doctor really is a Star!Fucker.
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(Love that casting)
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Darkfic. Genuine darkfic, not just angst.
Intruiging...Do you have any good examples of what this would be (with any Doctor)?
Personally, I'd also love to see more genfics. Seriously, after a while all shippy fics start to read the same. But with gen, the possibilities are pretty much endless--especially with something as flexible as Doctor Who.
What I would love is to see fans churn out some real hard, or semi-hard sci-fi. The Doctor is clearly a scientist, Martha has to have a solid science background. Why not have them investigating a debilitating plague that has overrun some alien planet and have to figure out a way to cure it? Or coming upon some completely out-there nothing like what's on Earth lifeform and have to figure out how it works, whether it's dangerous , etc (Trek did a lot of this)? We know we're never going to get anything like that in the show (if it continues with Rusty's Laws of Skience), so why not have fun with it in fandom?
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Erm... maybe an AU where the Doctor took up the offer to become a God from the Krillitanes, and the gradual corruption of power, that sort of thing? (I was depressed there was only about one fic written about this)
But, word on the genfic thing. (And hard sci-fi could be interesting, even if I will admit I tend to go for the space opera type stuff myself.
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Discuss plotting, because fandom doesn't seem to care about clever storytelling any more and Doctor Who hasn't half got away with some superficial, poorly plotted crap in S1 and S2 (Moffat aside). I'm hoping the twists and endings will be better this year...
Have some objectivity
Try and forget Torchwood
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Usually slash fandoms are more focused on fanfictions... -___-
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*seconds screencap bit*
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Only perhaps an addendum: "kiss wit tongues pls." Fabulous list.
Martha/All Old Skool Companions. Preferably Martha/Romana, Martha/Ace, Martha/Sarah Jane, Martha/Barbara, or Martha/Turlough, pls.
Martha or Jack flirting with the Master. That should grant them an audience with God.
Martha/Dr. Cox from Scrubs. It's there.
Martha'n'Harry'n'Ten. Nuff said.
The Doctor gaying it up with at least one thing/person/alien/tree/immobile object an episode. One is at least bound to occur.
More genfic. There isn't nearly enough.
No Martha bashing on account of Rose. ::waits:: Out of luck, as I suspected. There's fandom for you.
The Master and Romana simultaneously emerge from one of those spheres and have been sniping, drinking wine and debating politics for a few hundred years.
The Doctor starts listening to Fall Out Boy in emo!Time Lord moments.
That last one might not be serious.
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I Second the motion.
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Bring on Season 3!!
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Dude. Most definately. :D
I want the same thing we've had for the last two years: as soon as the episode finishes everyone dashes to their computer, writes out their thoughts and squee, and then links to it on
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