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Title: No More Returning Author: Biichan Rating: All ages / PG Word Count: 1411 Characters: Second Doctor, Jamie McCrimmon Setting / Era: 1745 rebellion An excellently written historical exploring Jamie’s background, with genuine research in evidence. Another one Big Finish must have been crazy to turn down.

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Title: Miss Austen and Dr Smith Author: hannasus Rating: All ages Word Count: 10,929 Characters: Tenth Doctor, Jane Austen Setting / Era: 1799, England Jane Austen hears of a mysterious meteor that has landed in the village while visiting her friend Martha Lloyd – and encounters the Doctor. Obviously, there is the wonderful Big Finish [...]

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Title: A la Carte Author: Rain Rating: All ages Word Count: 2427 Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Setting / Era: 1794, France A light fic that manages to be humorous, very slightly edging towards fluff and yet not without its sinister moments, as Rose and the Doctor dine out in Revolutionary France.

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Title: The Highwayman Author: Duncan Johnson Rating: All ages / PG Word Count: 8075 Characters: Ninth Doctor, Rose Tyler Setting / Era: Yorkshire, Essex, Dick Turpin This is excellent from start to finish, not shirking some of the more violent historical aspects, but retaining the humour of the series. (The Doctor’s reaction to Rose’s attempt [...]

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Title: Living by the Clock Author: AstroGirl Rating: All ages Word Count: 593 Characters: Reinette (Madame de Pompadour) Setting / Era: 18th C France Reinette, living out her days, and thinking of the Doctor. This is a beautifully written ficlet.

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Title: Business As Usual Author: johne Rating: All ages Word Count: 12,945 Characters: Third Doctor, Jo Grant, Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Mike Yates, the Master (Delgado) Setting / Era: 1793, England. In which the UNIT dating controversy is taken to its limits, and a general Three-era story takes place in the late 18th C. It’s a proper [...]

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Title: Penumbra Author: DTS Rating: Teen (for violence) Word Count: 21,018 (6 chapters) Characters: Fifth Doctor, Tegan Jovanka, Turlough Setting / Era: 18th C Georgia, British Army, Native Americans A solid pseudo-historical with some disturbing elements in the shape of lycanthropy.

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Title: A King is a King Author: Sheila Adamson Rating: All Ages Word Count:2565 Characters: Second Doctor, James McCrimmon, Victoria Waterfield Setting / Era: 18th C (late 1740s/ 1750s?) Dumfries Jamie gets a bit too close to home for comfort; Victoria has her eyes opened and a a stranger debates both sides of the story. [...]

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