Self-Promotion: I Wrote A Story

So a little while ago I posted my first full story to the internet.  It's about 25, 000 words long, the size of a short novella, and it's got a beginning, an end, the whole shebang.  There's just one problem with it—it's technically fanfiction.

I didn't write it, or at least conceive of the plot, as a fanfic; but since I made the original protagonist in David Tennant's image, in the end it just flowed better as an episode of Doctor Who.

So if you feel like reading it, it's on fan fiction.net, entitled "The Poison Orchid."  (And please don't read the reviews:  Some of them have spoilers.)  If you don't watch Doctor Who, well . . . I had a non-Whovian friend read it, and she liked it, but there's still a lot of context and in-jokes you won't get.  If you're really interested, and have the time, I highly recommend you go to Netflix, or check out some series' from your local library.  (That's right, they're not called "seasons" in the UK, they're called "series.")  The best episodes to watch prior to reading my story are "The Girl in the Fireplace" from series two, "Blink" from series three, and "Partners in Crime" from series four.

But, if you don't have time for that, here's a crash course in Who Lore:

The Doctor is a 900-year-old alien, called a "Time Lord."  He lives in a TARDIS, a time-travelling spaceship disguised as a police box, and it's bigger on the inside.

TARDIS on the outside.

TARDIS on the inside. 

He has a special fondness for humans, so he usually travels with a human companion or companions, because he likes to show them the wonders of the universe.  But he usually winds up in adventures where he has to save people—humans particularly, but other species as well.

He has a "psychic paper," which is basically a blank pad of paper stuck inside a wallet so that when he flips it open he can make people think it says "Police Sergeant" or "Health Inspector" or whatever else he needs to get authorization into restricted areas.  (Since it's psychic, he can get messages on it from other people, too, but that doesn't happen as often.)  He also has a magic all-purpose gadget that he uses to probe things, unlock things, and hack things, and it's called a sonic screwdriver.

And it lights up, too, kids!

You may have noticed that there have been about a dozen actors who've played the Doctor, ever since the show started in the sixties.  That's because, being a Time Lord, whenever he's critically injured the Doctor will regenerate—so, basically, if he gets shot he'll lose his current form and he'll turn into a new man.  (The Doctor I wrote about is, as you may have already guessed, the Tenth, played by David Tennant, featured in the picture above.)

So, yeah, that's Doctor Who.  At least, the bare minimum you need to know.  Seriously, the show is good.  At least watch the three episodes I suggested, because they don't have any spoilers, they're just awesome.