Fic: Mortification (Doctor Who)

[nym_wibbly]

TITLE: Mortification
FANDOM: Doctor Who
RATING: Explicit
LINK: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28263471
AO3 WARNINGS: No archive warnings apply
AO3 CHARACTERS/RELATIONSHIPS: Thirteenth Doctor/The Master (Dhawan), Twelfth Doctor/Missy, The Doctor/The Master (Doctor Who)
AO3 TAGS: Hurt/Comfort, Angst & Hurt/Comfort, Angst, Complicated Relationships, Unreliable Narrator, Character Study, Whump, The Vault (Doctor Who), telepathic hanky-panky, Hopeful Ending


Mortification is a Master-POV sequel and companion-piece to last month's Doctor-POV piece, Interdict. The two stories form a short series on AO3 entitled, Madness For Two. Because the Doctor and the Master are both such unreliable narrators, they each had to have their say.

Comments

[enemytosleep]

Shockingly, despite the number of Brits on my friend list, I have never seen Doctor Who! I do knwo some of the broad strokes, but the Master sounds unfamiliar. How would you describe them and their relationship to the Doctor? Are they both the same sort of time beings?

[nym_wibbly]

Hi there! The Doctor and the Master are both Time Lords. They can regenerate their bodies at the point of death, coming out of it with a new body and, to some degree, a changed personality. They grew up together as friends, then grew apart into adversaries (when we first met the Master in 1971) then increasingly messed-up best enemies (the most recent incarnation of the Master turned up in 2020).

https://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Master_(Doctor_Who)

[enemytosleep]

Gotcha! I knew the Doctor had has several incarnations, but this is giving me a little of the Professor Xavier and Magneto vibes of having known each other for lifetimes, etc. That can be such a fun thing to play with, story-wise

[nym_wibbly]

Yes, very much so. Bitter, brutal, official arch-enemies, but with that strong emotional connection and shared history that they can never quite let go of.

[luthien]

Yay, you finished it! Beautifully timed, as well!

*wild applause*