Fic rec: Ellen Fremedon -- No Man's Land

[julesjones]

Apparently it's my weekend for stumbling over cross-over fanfic about Wimsey's war. I don't even normally go out looking for fic online...

The Second Doctor's on-screen story finishes with The War Games, in which the Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie find themselves in what initially appears to be a World War 1 battlefield, but turns out to be an alien planet being used as a training ground and sorting centre for soldiers kidnapped from battles throughout Earth's history. No Man's Land by Ellen Fremedon considers the possibility of Major Peter Wimsey and Captain Jack Harkness being amongst those soldiers stolen from 1917. I've never seen The War Games, so I can't say for sure that this is completely canon-compatible, but it *feels* right to me, for both Doctor Who and for Lord Peter Wimsey. This is something that could have happened off-screen and before the first book. The end feels a little abrupt to me, but that's a reflection of what happened in canon.

I would note for those who care in either direction that this is genfic.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Hey, this looks interesting! Will read this and the other one you mentioned. One good thing about my writer's block for erotica at the moment is that it's probably a good idea to read gen for a while. Which I'd need useful recommendations for in order not to fall afoul of Sturgeon's Law.

Sorry haven't been in touch lately -- keep thinking of phoning you at wrong time.

Will try to Skype you this evening. Am still writing my autobiography (!)

[julesjones]

I can guess from the content who that is, but I would suggest logging in in future. :-) I have DreamWidth invites if you need one, or you can use your LJ login as an OpenID login

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

Ooooh, I loved War Games - thank you, I'll read it a s a p :)

[julesjones]

Thought that one might appeal to some of my flist. :-)

[desperance.livejournal.com]

The Second Doctor's on-screen story finishes with The War Games, in which the Doctor, Zoe, and Jamie find themselves in what initially appears to be a World War 1 battlefield, but turns out to be an alien planet being used as a training ground and sorting centre for soldiers kidnapped from battles throughout Earth's history.

Lordy, I remember that! From then!

[julesjones]

I'm not quite old enough -- it's at the point in time where someone a couple of years older than me would remember it, but I wouldn't even if I'd seen it .