FIC: "This Song Is About You" (Ten, Martha, PG-13)

[lizbee]

Summary: Some other women the Doctor is going to annoy in the future.
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: The end of "The Shakespeare Code".




This Song Is About You
by LizBee



"Does that happen a lot?" Martha asked when she'd caught her breath. "Finding out that your future self has become the sworn enemy of someone powerful, I mean."

"No," said the Doctor. "Well, almost never. Not frequently..."

"So that's a yes, then."

"I've come to the inescapable conclusion that one of my future selves is just a little bit obnoxious." The Doctor didn't sound sorry about this, Martha noted. He sounded slightly proud, in fact.

"Just a little bit."

"Actually, that occurred to me a couple of bodies ago. I'm starting to think I might be the obnoxious one."

Martha filed the 'bodies' remark away for a future interrogation and said, "Queen Elizabeth the First. I'll be avoiding her in the future. Anyone else I should worry about?"

"Lucrezia Borgia?"

"Oh, good."

"And Boadicea. Great woman. Not sure what I'm going to do to offend her, but I hope it's worth it. She has some great mead. Also, Margaret Thatcher. But who isn't on her list? Oh, and Carly Simon, I think."

Martha blinked. "Sorry?"

"You know that song?" He hummed a few bars. "Sometimes I worry that I'm going to find out it really is about me."

"Right."

"Maybe she's going to come traveling with me and I accidentally leave her on a Venusian satellite beach while I get distracted. Could happen to anyone. That's what I said to Peri, anyway."

"There was an eBay auction," Martha said. "To find out who it was about."

"I know. I came second."

"I guess you'll just have to wait and see, then." Martha grinned. "Are you likely to turn into Warren Beatty any time soon? 'Cos I think I deserve some warning if you do."

He gave her a serious look that drove all jokes from her mind.

"Don't even joke about it," he said.



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Comments

[kerravonsen]

THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS FIC

O RLY?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

YA RLY!

[madderbrad.livejournal.com]

Heh. *Was* there just such an EBay auction? I believe anything you write, you know.

So, Easter was one big Who festival at the House o' Squid, then?

[lizbee.livejournal.com]

There was an auction -- I don't know for sure that it was on eBay, but there was most definitely an auction. The winner is forbidden to reveal the subject, though.

And yes, having four days off and no pressing need to leave the house has been very enjoyable. Although I think my laptop needs a rest...

[significantowl.livejournal.com]

ahahahaha. giggled out loud at Carly Simon!

[lcsbanana.livejournal.com]

*shriek of glee* THIS IS WIN.

[ladyvivien.livejournal.com]

"Sometimes I worry that I'm going to find out it really is about me."

That is Ten down to a t. And yay for the Peri reference!

[fyrdrakken]

That's brilliant. I think coming in second on the eBay auction was my favorite bit. I'm still waiting on someone to write a story (possibly a series of drabbles, really) in which Ten goes around offending a whole slew of monarchs or other famous or powerful people, but this was quite a good contribution on the theme.

[fannishnonsense]

Hee! This is so perfect I have nothing constructive to say about it.

[livii.livejournal.com]

Oh, bless. It so would be Ten who's annoyed people across the ages, too. :)

[very-improbable.livejournal.com]

You win the internets.

[my_daroga]

I adore this fic. It's just made of win. Awesome.

No, it doesn't take much. A Carly Simon reference is probably enough.

[marycontraire.livejournal.com]

HAHAHAHA. I'll bet that song is about him. Your humor is so in character.