12 Questions Meme

From here.

The characters (themselves randomly selected) are:

1. Second Doctor


2. Eighth Doctor


3. Liz


4. Romana II


5. Katarina


6. Seventh Doctor


7. Nyssa


8. Donna


9. Mel


10. Ben


11. Leela


12. Jack


(Romance-related questions omitted; I wasn't feeling up to it tonight.)

8 [Donna] and 4 [Romana II] get stuck in a lift. What happens?

Romana has a sonic screwdriver and Donna has the phone number for building maintenance. They get out. And then Romana fixes Donna's memory.

Randomise a song by your preferred means (shuffle your iPod/MP3 player/iTunes/the internet). Pick out the line that best fits 2 [Eighth Doctor]?

I got The Corries singing "Twa Recruitin' Sergeants." (I don't listen to the right kind of music for this, I don't think. Unless it was Jamie instead.) But "Over the mountains and over the main" is a pretty good fit for any Doctor, wanderer that he is. You could use the whole song (which is about how great it is to join the army because it allows you to avoid all of your responsibilities) really bitterly and ironically in a fic where Eight joins the Time War.

What would be your plot device of choice for a fic involving 11 [Leela] and 6 [Seventh Doctor]?

Crossed timelines: Seven and pre-canon Leela!

Rec a fanwork about 12 [Jack]?

Practical Mythology. From the stats on it probably everybody in the world has seen it already, but it sprang to mind because it is very good.

2 [Eighth Doctor] and 4 [Romana II] are now buddy cops. Do they make a good team, and is this bad or good news for nearby criminals?

They make an incredible team. Nearby criminals are doomed. It won't last long, though; they'll have ethical differences and/or the Doctor will get restless.

Make up a summary for an apocalyptic fic featuring 5 [Katarina] and 10 [Ben]

Ooh, this is not my usual kind of fic! I don't know what the moving parts of it are! ... oh, wait, can this be things like a zombie apocalypse? In that case:

The undead are rising. And they're hungry. Even the TARDIS isn't safe anymore when Ben finds that one of the Doctor's ghosts has returned...

1 [Second Doctor], 10 [Ben] and 8 [Donna] go on an epic road trip. Where are they going, who drives, and who gets left behind at the first stop?

In the TARDIS? I assume the Doctor must be driving, and Donna sure isn't getting left behind so Ben must be. Perhaps they got lucky enough to find 60s England again.

In a coffee shop type AU with 9 [Mel] and 4 [Romana II], what would their establishment be called?

I feel like they'd pick something a bit tacky and obvious -- Mel likes the obvious and Romana doesn't know how coffee shops are supposed to be called. It would be a cozy place to get strong coffee and sensible advice from intelligent women. Caffeine Solutions? Terrible pun.

If forced to choose, would you rather have an evening out with 1 [Second Doctor] or 11 [Leela]?

Probably Two. I'd love to do something with Leela, but only if it was an activity she wanted to do. Most of which I would not be any good at.

What's your favourite pairing (romantic or otherwise) for 3 [Liz]?

I don't really ship her with anyone, so I guess her friendship with the Doctor. Although I once wrote a drabble where she was Clare-from-Shada's doctoral advisor, and I do like that headcanon.

Write a snippet from a 8 [Donna], 9 [Mel] and 3 [Liz] pirate AU. ('Snippet' here meaning 'as brief as you like'.)

"Why do you want to be a pirate?" asked Liz.

Amy hesitated, her eyes darting between the three women seated at the other side of the rough wooden table. "Honestly? It's just a whim. The outfit looks good on me?"

Mel shook her head disapprovingly, and Donna made some notes on a pad of paper.

"Look," said Amy, getting frustrated, "you can't criticize--you're recruiting based on hair color!"

11 [Leela], 1 [Second Doctor], 12 [Jack] and 5 [Katarina] are on a talent show. Who wins?

Leela has the most impressive talents, but the Doctor would take it seriously and actually try. Jack might have some surprise talents, though.

What might 1 [Second Doctor] say to compliment 5 [Katarina]?

I really don't know that much about Katarina. But I think she'd like to know that he remembered her and cared.

What would 10 [Ben] hate most about 2 [Eighth Doctor]? And what would 9 [Mel] love most about 10 [Ben]?

Ben would be annoyed by the Doctor's vagueness and still not being able to get where he's trying to go half the time. I think Mel would appreciate Ben's practicality.

If you had to write a crossover involving 6 [Seventh Doctor] and 4 [Romana II], how would it go and/or what would the crossover fandom be?

I've actually wanted to send Seven and Romana on a double date with Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane for a long time, but I can't write mysteries and it felt like it should be a mystery, so I haven't done it. But that's what I would do.

Go here to generate a random poem. The second line is now the title of a fic about 11 [Leela] and 7 [Nyssa]. What's the plot?

The link is broken, so I used this one. I got Poe's "Lenore," whose second line is "Let the bell toll!- a saintly soul floats on the Stygian river." It sounds like a sad fic; it would pretty much have to be about someone's death. But maybe you could use the title for something like... bittersweet vignettes of both of their lives as aliens on Gallifrey in an AU where Nyssa stayed there in Arc of Infinity?

If 3 [Liz] and 9 [Mel] decided to get together and pull off a jewel heist, how would that go?

Mel is great heist team material and Liz would be good at organizing it. But they have some knowledge gaps. Can Mel rope in Seven and Ace? They're a ready-made heist team: hacker, mastermind and demolitions. And Liz would be their respectable-looking front-person.

7 [Nyssa] has got to save the world from 8 [Donna]. Is the world saved or doomed?

On the one hand, Nyssa is not really the solo world-saving type; she's more of a team player. On the other hand, it depends what Donna is doing to the world; if it's something like she's accidentally causing the apocalypse by, say, turning left, and just needs it explained to her, Nyssa will be very good at explaining gently but firmly what she needs to do to fix it. If Donna were some kind of evil overlord, I think she would be able to catch Nyssa plotting against her.

technical update

By the way, if any of my flist notices that I no longer grant access to them: it is because I do not use the friends-lock feature at all anyway, so I just revoked access to everyone. That way if I ever do start using it, I can decide what I want to use it for without fiddling around with a bunch of previous permissions. You are not missing anything you could previously see!

(Not that people are likely to even notice this--but if you did I wanted you to know why.)