I've often thought about some sort of reunion of the old UNIT hands in the 80s or 90s - not necessarily an adventure, just the Brig and Doris catching up with some of the old crew. I don't know if it'd be awkward for old Yatesy, though, after the er...the business. Maybe Buddhism has helped him get over it, or something.
I've played around with the Random pairing Generator, but never tried to write fic off it, although I probably should - you can get some really good things out of those sort of weird prompts, I find - Ten!cake!fic! f'r'instance. I don't think I can do pure shippiness, though - I've got to make some sort of little story up to go with it.
I want to write Harry/Sarah Jane some time, as objectively unlikely as it may be; or some Liz/Brig...yeah...
LOL - just had a random idea - the many women of the Brig - Doris, Liz and that mysterious first wife the novels claimed he had. Mind you, the novels also claimed he had unacknowledged kids running around half of the ex-British Empire. Well, one in Africa somewhere, to be more precise.
And thanks again on the Ben/Polly etc; glad you enjoyed.
As for wasting time on the internet; I find Wikipedia strangely compelling. I know it isn't the most reliable source of information out there, but just by following the links you can find yourself finding out things you never knew you wanted to know. Not that I have time for that sort of thing when I'm working. Ahem.
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Date: 2009-10-12 08:12 pm (UTC)Yeah, that could work...
I've often thought about some sort of reunion of the old UNIT hands in the 80s or 90s - not necessarily an adventure, just the Brig and Doris catching up with some of the old crew. I don't know if it'd be awkward for old Yatesy, though, after the er...the business. Maybe Buddhism has helped him get over it, or something.
I've played around with the Random pairing Generator, but never tried to write fic off it, although I probably should - you can get some really good things out of those sort of weird prompts, I find - Ten!cake!fic! f'r'instance. I don't think I can do pure shippiness, though - I've got to make some sort of little story up to go with it.
I want to write Harry/Sarah Jane some time, as objectively unlikely as it may be; or some Liz/Brig...yeah...
LOL - just had a random idea - the many women of the Brig - Doris, Liz and that mysterious first wife the novels claimed he had. Mind you, the novels also claimed he had unacknowledged kids running around half of the ex-British Empire. Well, one in Africa somewhere, to be more precise.
And thanks again on the Ben/Polly etc; glad you enjoyed.
As for wasting time on the internet; I find Wikipedia strangely compelling. I know it isn't the most reliable source of information out there, but just by following the links you can find yourself finding out things you never knew you wanted to know. Not that I have time for that sort of thing when I'm working. Ahem.