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Ten Channels Jack Sparrow
May. 9th, 2011 11:08 pmI don't write fanfic any more but I used to have a lot of fun doing it. And the pirate episode this week reminded me of a favourite chapter. It comes from my story "Guardians of Time," which goes very AU after Doomsday. So AU, in fact, that it turns out Romana is ruling over an alt!Gallifrey in Pete's World, the Doctor has settled down with Rose, and Martha is a Time Lady called Marthadvoratrelundar.
Anyway, no need to go into all that. But I still have a great affection for this chapter, in which Martha gets to talk TARDIS maintenance with Ten. Who reacts to her description of the risk-averse New Gallifrey by channelling Jack Sparrow.
“But Martha, a TARDIS isn’t just a Ford Anglia or something. She’s a ship. A time machine. And a time machine isn't just a gravitic anomalizer, and a chameleon circuit, and a helmic regulator, and a vortex. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, what a TARDIS really is, is freedom."
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Anyway, no need to go into all that. But I still have a great affection for this chapter, in which Martha gets to talk TARDIS maintenance with Ten. Who reacts to her description of the risk-averse New Gallifrey by channelling Jack Sparrow.
“But Martha, a TARDIS isn’t just a Ford Anglia or something. She’s a ship. A time machine. And a time machine isn't just a gravitic anomalizer, and a chameleon circuit, and a helmic regulator, and a vortex. That's what a ship needs. But what a ship is, what a TARDIS really is, is freedom."
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