I'm going through something of a Doctor Who renaissance at the moment, and naturally I've been needing a couple of good fan fics to go with it, now I've remembered just how brilliant the early ones with Nine and Ten were. Finding them has been ridiculously difficult, and I've been digging, believe me.

Thank you for this little one shot. It was a great episode, and I honestly never even considered there was space for a one shot at the end, but it makes perfect sense. Of course he'd be feeling so fearful and isolated, but his terror of speaking is really heart wrenching. The self doubt gives him another layer that you never see with him, which is refreshing and really sad. In a thousand words, you've managed to enhance a depth of feeling that I'd thought the episode explored pretty well.

I've not got to series four yet (I'm gearing myself up to Army of Ghosts/Doomsday, and I'm dreading it!), but when I do, and I come to Midnight, I'll be seeing it from a much deeper angle.

Thank you for such a good story.

Ghost

Awesome!

That episode was one of the best and most chilling episodes ever. The poor Doctor. Tennant played the part of a terrified Doctor brilliantly.

Forget Daleks, Sontarans, the Angels...the Midnight Entity tops them all. It was really scary. *shudder*

This scene truly was missing from the episode...I'm quite sure that is what happened off screen.

This is very well written. Beautiful. It's so hard to find any fics about Midnight on here, and the ones that you do find aren't very well-written. Yours surrounds and probes and tears apart the veil, uncovering what we didn't see in the Doctor during the return trip, and how the events of the episode affected him, both inside and out.
I also very much liked the concept of "a shard of diamond-hard blackness into him". Midnight had the Doctor more shaken up than hardly any other adventure I've seen him in, whether it's Nine, Ten, or Eleven.
Again, beautifully written.

Must...not...bawl...AHAAAAAAAA *hic* AAAAAA WAAAAAAAAA

Okay. In *hic* think I've ... stopped. OH GOD, THE FEELS

GRAAAHHHHHHH THIS IS SO FREAKING BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN! I love it. I really, REALLY love it. This was perfect. Well done. Seriously, well done.

Great! I think you've really captured the Doctor well in this piece, and I wish we could have seen this sort of scene in the show (though I suppose introspection only works so well on camera...). Thanks for sharing.

Awesome story!

You've found exactly what bothered me about Midnight, too. That gap between the rescue and their return. I -loved- the way you looked into the Doctor's mind and brought those fears to light... what more can I say? Your images are powerful and your writing style is clear, coherent, and concise. Beautiful piece of work. Absolutely beautiful.

Oh this is just fantastic. Good insight to a bloody chilling episode. Well done :D

The poor, traumatized Doctor.

Absolutely fantastic.

You captured the Doctor's thoughts and feelings without making them sound repetitive. You also kept me engaged throughout which is really hard to do for a reader.

Please write more stories like this :)

x

Wow.

"Midnight" was absolutely terrifying through and through, and I didn't quite realize why until I read this. As I read I could feel the horror creeping back, and I know exactly how he feels. Wonderful work.

All the best,

-LM

*blinks* Wow, I see my name. That's...odd. But, thanks. Glad I gave you inspiration to write your own Midnight fic.

Dark, real and totally heartbreaking, this is. I love it. Because Midnight did change him. I think most people push away that, since in the next episode (in the few scenes we see him) he's acting like himself again.

Sometimes I wonder how much time actually passes between episodes. And now that I think of it...I might have to tie in Turn Left into Help!, well excluding the part at the end involving Bad Wolf.

As to Midnight stories, I also wrote, before starting on Help! (and it started off as a sequel to that actually, well, this version anyway) "Finding the Truth", if you haven't yet read that.

My take on what happened when the Doctor got back to Donna.

This is great. You've done the Doctor's voice and emotions very well, and this is just the perfect scene that was missing from the episode.

I hate to promote myself in reviews, but I've get a story called Learn to Be Weak that's kind of like this that you might want to check out.

ooh, wonderful- this episode needed that extra exploration. you worked out what the Doctor's voice means to him wonderfully. the 'if's' in particular are wonderfully done, and the 'why did it have to take?'- exactly the sort of question the Doctor would ask. and 'Donna understands the secret Time Lord codes now' was probably my favorite line- great job, good luck and keep writing!