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"Mothers and Daughters"
May. 28th, 2025 08:36 amTitle: "Mothers and Daughters"
Fandom(s): Doctor Who
Characters: Sylvia Noble, Donna Noble
Pairing(s): None
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word Count: 3349
Summary: On a rainy night fifteen years ago, Sylvia's world was turned upside down and she lost her daughter. Today, after three days of the world flipping over again, she has gained her daughter back.
Read it on AO3.
Author's Notes: Wow, two works posted this month! Though I just realized that I never posted my other one here, so I better do that.
Anyway, this isn't much of a story. It's just a scene, a conversation. When I read the novelization of "The Star Beast" by Gary Russell, I was fascinated by the characterization of Sylvia. She'd already been the star of the episode, both by the writing and by Jacqueline King's excellent portrayal, but Gary added another layer to her by discussing her difficulties over the last fifteen years. And then, he also tied Sylvia and Donna back to Beautiful Chaos, my favorite DW novel, where Sylvia had also gotten additional exploration.
Thus, I really wanted to explore the connections between the two novels, as well as the aftermath of "The Giggle", because despite how optimistically the episode ended, you know the world was left in a state of disaster. I really couldn't not write this snippet, seeing as how I am such a Gary Russell fangirl and I love writing episode aftermaths. I only wish that this could have been part of an actual significant work, and not just a random unconnected slice-of-life scene. (Though, it's not really slice-of-life, unless random gods throw the world into a blender every day. Which I suppose they do in the DW universe.)
Fandom(s): Doctor Who
Characters: Sylvia Noble, Donna Noble
Pairing(s): None
Rating: G
Genre: General
Word Count: 3349
Summary: On a rainy night fifteen years ago, Sylvia's world was turned upside down and she lost her daughter. Today, after three days of the world flipping over again, she has gained her daughter back.
Read it on AO3.
Author's Notes: Wow, two works posted this month! Though I just realized that I never posted my other one here, so I better do that.
Anyway, this isn't much of a story. It's just a scene, a conversation. When I read the novelization of "The Star Beast" by Gary Russell, I was fascinated by the characterization of Sylvia. She'd already been the star of the episode, both by the writing and by Jacqueline King's excellent portrayal, but Gary added another layer to her by discussing her difficulties over the last fifteen years. And then, he also tied Sylvia and Donna back to Beautiful Chaos, my favorite DW novel, where Sylvia had also gotten additional exploration.
Thus, I really wanted to explore the connections between the two novels, as well as the aftermath of "The Giggle", because despite how optimistically the episode ended, you know the world was left in a state of disaster. I really couldn't not write this snippet, seeing as how I am such a Gary Russell fangirl and I love writing episode aftermaths. I only wish that this could have been part of an actual significant work, and not just a random unconnected slice-of-life scene. (Though, it's not really slice-of-life, unless random gods throw the world into a blender every day. Which I suppose they do in the DW universe.)
