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[doctorroseficmarathon]

Sorry to go radio silent, but this is my first fic marathon as a COLLEGE GRADUATE!! Which means we can move the fic marathon back to September!

The Fic Marathon has returned to its original dates of September 1st through 30th which is why I am posting these so late into July. And now has been shortened back to 30 prompts. Before we get started I (@bigbad-tardis) wanted to reintroduce the fic marathon to anyone new to the event or to the fandom.

While the DoctorRose Fic Marathon may seem like a daunting task, that is not its purpose. While there are 30 prompts provided for the event, they are not necessary to follow and you don’t have to write for all 30 days. The point of the fic marathon is just to get people excited to write fics for the Doctor and Rose! In this way I aspire for the event to be beginner friendly! Write whatever you want! It can be any pairing of the Doctor and Rose, not limited to Doctors we saw Rose with on screen! There is also no limit to rating. Just label appropriately.

While the event is hosted on AO3, if you chose to write on fanfic.net or tumblr only this blog will still reblog your posts! The point is write! write! write!

Now onto the rules!

1. If you’re going to connect the stories, connect them via series instead of a single fic.

2. There is no set length or rating. Write however long or short you want your fic to be. All you can write is plenty.

3. Tag your fics with DoctorRose Fic Marathon! I’m done with trying to separate them by years. It’s easier this way.

4. Make sure to have fun!

Now onto the best part, the prompts!

The 2025 Prompts!

1. Dedication

One thing the Doctor and Rose show to each other is dedication, if not for their dedication, Rose wouldn’t have made it back.

2. Unconventional Reunion

We have the typical reunion, dimension hopping, TARDIS fixing, and the like, this prompt challenges the writer to be a little different in their approach. How is up to you.

3. On the Run

We see the Doctor and Rose run quite a bit, but we never see them on the run for a longer period of time than a night. What would happen if they did?

4. Confrontation

The Doctor and Rose always talk about their feelings, whether it be romantic or their genuine emotional states. What if that came to a head? Or the Doctor or Rose have to confront someone else? Lots to pull from.

5. Soulmates

This could be a good old fashioned soulmate au or anything in between. Some even say we make our own soulmates.

6. “You burn like the Sun”

You can explore the quote from Tooth and Claw or use it to your own ends.

7. Fake Dating

You know it, you love it (or hate it), let’s see the Doctor and Rose deal with their very real feelings while being in a very fake relationship.

8. Dreams

Explore the Doctor and Rose’s dreams whether they share them or not, and how that changes their relationship.

9. Caught in a Storm

What if the Doctor and Rose were forced to hunker down in a different location due to unforeseen weather conditions. Or stuck in the TARDIS because of an ion storm.

10. One Bed

THERE WAS ONLY ONE BED!

11. Classic

This could be a Classic Who reference, or it could be a reference to classic beauty, but Doctor and Rose will always be classic.

12. Bad Wolf as Disability

What if Bad Wolf left more of an impact on Rose than we saw or thought.

13. Episode Fix-It

Pick an episode you thought did the Doctor and Rose wrong and fix it! Whether that be Journey’s End, Girl in the Fireplace, Doomsday, or an episode of your choice.

14. Supernatural

Vampires, werewolves, mermaids, and fairies we love supernatural creatures here. And I think the Doctor and Rose should’ve ran into more than just the werewolf.

15. Memory

The Doctor and Rose’s memories are important to the facets of who they are, and with the Doctor’s long life they’ve been haunted for quite a while.

16. Guests of Honor

Whether that be a dinner, a banquet, or a ball, what if the Doctor and Rose were the guests of honor at an event?

17. The Stuff of Legend

The Tenth Doctor himself called them the stuff of legend, how did they become this way? How does that change the future and their legacies.

18. The Sword in the Stone

Excalibur was explored once in the Classic serial battlefield, but what if it happened again? Whether in a future planet or Arthurian nerds, a Merlin crossover, or actually going back in time and meeting King Arthur. The opportunities are endless.

19. Multiple Doctors

The CLASSIC TROPE of multiple Doctors in one fic, one of theeee tropes of all time, I have to include it nearly every time.

20. Canon Divergence

What if the plot diverged at certain point.

21. University

Whether the Doctor is a professor, Rose is a student, they meet in the same year, just set the fic in university or at a university.

22. Coffee Shop

This could be an AU, or the Doctor and Rose even just trying to order a drink in between alien invasions. Or a barista watching the Doctor and Rose fall in love through coffee.

23. Literature AU

I try to make most of the prompts canon adjacent, but this one is really meant to be an AU, pick between a piece of literature you like and put the Doctor and Rose in that situation.

24. Celebration

What if the Doctor and Rose were at a party? Or had something new to celebrate. This one is more simple but a bit more lowkey than Guests of Honor

25. Dimension Hopping

Just because traditional reunion fic isn’t on the prompts, doesn’t mean we can’t explore dimension hopping Rose and even what would happen if the Doctor saw her?

26. Messages

Texting, writing in chalk, emails, telepathy, explore the ways the Doctor and Rose communicate with each other.

27. Declaration(s) of Love

One of my favorite tropes and is it back again. We never got to see them say I love you properly.

28. “I would do anything for you”

Who would say this, and why?

29. Alien Cultural Differences

They meet a lot of aliens in their travels, but the Doctor is also an alien, explore the differences between Rose and the people she meets and knows and how that changes her and the Doctor’s relationship.

30. Devotion

This ties back to our first prompt, the Doctor and Rose show utter devotion to each other. We see it over and over again, show us.

And that’s our prompts for 2025! See you soon

P.S. a bonus prompt for whoever wants to write it and misses the 31 days

- Rescue

And follow docrosefic if you’re still on Twitter to get updates there!

[bribun96]

Wooooo!

It's finally done -- the library fucking fic that has been driving me insane!

Summary:

It's been a few days since their last adventure (and the last time Rose and the Doctor have had any quality time). Rose finds him in the library reading and comes up with a delightful distraction.

You're all welcome.

[toptony]

DOCTOR WHO 1.13 ➩ "The Parting of the Ways"

[byjove]

‘Nuclear Family Month’ is so funny as a concept. I have never seen a nuclear family worth celebrating.

[dragonessmiralis]

The Addams

[byjove]

Do Grandmama, Uncle Fester and the rotating cast of possibly existent cousins mean nothing to you? 😔

[bribun96]

Not nuclear as in "central", nuclear as in "radioactive".

[quietwingsinthesky]

all i’m saying is that clearly that interview would look very different if i was in charge of the vampire biology

[bribun96]

Okay, but a functioning vampire urinary system implies other functioning vampire systems. Blood has solids. Do vampires have bowel movements? Can they get constipated? Can they get UTIs? What determines which systems stay on and which get turned off during transformation?

It's not just about the pee, Bug. The people need answers. (It's me. I'm the people.)

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

some people don’t deserve fanfics, much less for free.

also even if authors didn’t tag any specific warnings but they used the “creator chose not to use archive warnings” tag, then that is your warning.

“omg you should’ve —” no one forced your entitled ass to read anything. fanfic writers write for themselves and their own enjoyment. if you don’t like what you’re reading, quietly leave. ao3 is not an airport. no one cares about your departure so no need to announce it.

[bribun96]

Every name is unisex if you're not a coward.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Religion in fantasy worlds: Everyone believes the exact same things about Green Nature Goddess and has official rituals for her that are the same everywhere

Religion irl: Technically it’s heresy for me to worship this skeleton but my spiritual advisor said that it’s legit so I’m gonna keep giving it offerings of yogurt

[what-even-is-thiss]

Religion in fantasy worlds: We’ve gotta pour water over this statue or else the god will get angry

Religion irl: We’ve gotta pour water over this statue? Why? Idk man that’s just what you do. Just do it alright.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Religion in fantasy worlds: These are the rules. The rules are law. Nobody can break the rules.

Religion irl: Okay you say that there are “rules” but how exactly are we defining “rules” here? Like is a suggestion a rule? How are we defining suggestion? No come back. Listen. Are we going by nuance in the original language or are translations fine or-

[what-even-is-thiss]

High control religions/cults recruiting in fantasy worlds: Join us! For we shall all eat the moon! This is a legitimate position to have!

High control religions/cults recruiting irl: We have free snacks. That shirt looks sooo cute on you btw. What, you heard that we wanna eat the moon? The media is always telling lies about us you know. We may have some unorthodox opinions about the moon but, tell you what. Come get some snacks, make some new friends, maybe chat about the moon a bit. See what you think. We’ve got pizza.

[what-even-is-thiss]

Religions in fantasy worlds: We must make a sacrifice to appease the gods! *draws up a sacrifice circle and completely destroys the sacrifice*

Religions irl: We must make a sacrifice to appease the gods! *has a communal barbecue*

[bribun96]

That first half-assed shower after surgery hits different. 🙂‍↕️

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

So, Time Lords are generally pretty hardy, especially compared to mere humans. But, what are the ways they could be considered weaker, or have different tolerances to? Things like how the Doctor reacted to Jack as a living fixed point, etc. Things that might mean nothing or only be mildly discomforting to a more mundane species, but torturous or disabling to a Time Lord.

Are there things that affect Time Lords worse than other species?

TL;DR: Yep. Time Lords are extremely resilient, but their unique sensory systems and neurological architecture mean certain things humans barely notice can hit a Gallifreyan like a sledgehammer.

Gallifreyans are very durable biologically. They tolerate radiation, survive low oxygen, recover faster, and can literally regenerate, spoiler alert.

However, their heightened neural activity, psionic sensitivity, temporal awareness, hypersenses, and symbiotic systems expose them to types of stress that other species barely perceive, but which can be actively horrific for Time Lords.

🧲 Strong magnetic fields

Gallifreyans appear to be particularly sensitive to magnetism and electromagnetic disturbances. Humans already experience mild effects in powerful magnetic environments (vertigo, nausea, metallic taste, visual flickering, etc.), but a Gallifreyan nervous system would probably react much more aggressively.

Why? It seems to be linked to their neural function. Gallifreyan brains have a strong electrical baseline, and weird magnetic fields can cause all sorts of japery, not only in the brain but also across other systems, like the hearts. Symptoms could include:

Dizziness

Nausea/Vomiting

Headaches/Migraines

Cardiac issues

Temporal disorientation

Psionic static

Distorted sensory perception

Confusion

Sense of Impending Doom

For example, MRI scanners are already not exactly a spa day for humans, but sticking a Time Lord in one for a long time would probably be tantamount to torture.

🔊 Sensory complexity

Besides magnetism, Gallifreyans perceive far more from their environment than humans. Certain environments may neurologically exhaust them in ways humans don't notice.

Examples could include:

Heavily industrialised environments

Malfunctioning spaceship engines

Poorly shielded technology

So a human might walk in and think, 'Oh, it's a bit noisy and smelly in here' while their Time Lord is immediately developing a migraine from seventeen overlapping and overwhelming inputs.

It's important to note that post-regeneration heightens sensory perception even further, so remember to keep your PRT Time Lord in a cool, calm environment!

🌀 Temporal distortions and paradoxes

Humans generally move through time without noticing it, while Time Lords feel a lot more for obvious reasons. Because they're partially woven into the Web of Time, they actively sense disruptions in causality, such as paradoxes, fixed points, and other issues.

Symptoms of this sort of thing range from the mild to the moderately uncomfortable:

Itchiness/Bone tingling

Headaches

Dizziness

Repulsion/Fight or Flight response

Jack Harkness is a perfect example: the Doctor was so averse to him that he quite literally ran away, like a human being chased by a bear.

⚡ Psionic overload

Humans have mild psionic capabilities that don’t really come into play much, while Gallifreyan systems are much more refined. This means environments saturated with psychic activity, telepathic species, or uncontrolled emotional projection can become overwhelming very quickly.

A Gallifreyan may experience:

Telepathic leakage

Hallucinations

Migraines

Nosebleeds

Seizures

Loss of shielding

Complete cognitive overload

Essentially, the more complicated your brain is, the easier it becomes to DDOS it psychically.

🏫 So…

Time Lords are tougher than humans, but their advanced biology creates vulnerabilities humans don't have. The more senses and processing systems, the more things that can go catastrophically wrong.

Related:

💬|👁️👽How do Time Lords see humans?: How Time Lords process humans on a sensory level.

🤔|👁️🔊 How much volume can a Gallifreyan tolerate?

💬|👁️⏲️Can Gallifreyans experience dyschronometria?: How this condition would wipe the floor with a Gallifreyan.

— 🗨️ Answers by GIL

Any orange text is educated guesswork or theoretical. →📫Got a question? → 🪐GIL Wiki (A&P, Emergency Medicine, Asks + more) → 📜Tumblr Masterpost ☕ Support the Institute (Ko-fi) If you enjoy GIL and want to help keep our human caffeinated enough to continue writing about alien spleens, you can send a coffee here: 👽Ko-Fi Gallifrey Institute for Learning 💕

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

They probably wouldn’t translate well, but are there idioms on Gallifrey or is it just spoken complicated math language all the way down?

Do Gallifreyans have idioms?

Oh, they absolutely have idioms, and quite a few them, actually. Here are some good ones to know:

'All that was long ago as the vortisaur flies.'

Meaning: Essentially: 'That was ages ago.' Context: Vortisaurs are pteradactyl-like winged creatures that live in the Time Vortex.

'It's all sewn up.'

Meaning: An Old Gallifreyan phrase meaning the situation is finished, settled, or impossible to change. Context: Might be associated with Loom culture and biodata weaving.

'Pig-rats deserting a disintegrating time skiff.'

Meaning: Cowards abandoning a collapsing situation. Context: Pig-rats are rat-like creatures native to Gallifrey, known to be pests. Time skiffs are a common ship used by Time Lords.

'...in the nine corners of the Universe.' / '...in the seven Galaxies.'

Meaning: Everywhere imaginable. Context: Possibly originating from ancient cosmological models before Gallifreyans properly mapped reality and discovered the Universe was unfortunately worse than expected.

'Go rot in a black star.'

Meaning: An extremely unfriendly thing to say to someone. Context: Self explanatory, really.

'Ferisix and Thrayke protect us.'

Meaning: Uh-oh. Context: Gallifreyan exclamation invoking legendary figures now mostly remembered through swearing.

'It's like trying to close the Eye with a finklegruber.'

Meaning: A hopeless or impossible task. Context: The Eye referred to is the Eye of Harmony. Nobody knows what a finklegruber actually is, but it must be small and fiddly.

'Fall off!'

Meaning: A dismissive insult roughly equivalent to 'get lost'. Context: Old Gallifreyan curse. Likely shortened from a much longer and more poetic expression.

'This is only the mouth of the Vortex.'

Meaning: The visible beginning of a much larger problem, like 'tip of the iceberg'. Context: Self-explanatory.

'I'm getting Pre-ja Vu.'

Meaning: The feeling you're going to have been somewhere before. Context: A Modern Gallifreyan joke term coined by Academi Plurix.

'This is loom-calm.'

Meaning: A lovely phrase describing somewhere extremely peaceful, safe, and quiet. Context: Refers to the calm atmosphere felt while in a Loom (deliberately playing on 'womb', obviously).

'He's in the Gardens of Humility.'

Meaning: A calm, humble, contemplative mental state. Context: Probably derives from ancient meditative or philosophical traditions. Gallifreyans love naming psychological concepts after landscapes.

'Rassilon speed you!'

Meaning: A formal blessing roughly equivalent to 'good luck' or 'safe travels.' Context: Self-explanatory.

'In the name of the Void!'

Meaning: Bloody hell! Context: Swearing invoking the Void, which Gallifreyans strongly associate with death and nonexistence.

'Life begins at 750.'

Meaning: I'm not old. Context: Similar to humans insisting forty is the new thirty and all variants.

'I've got brittles and fricpins all over.'

Meaning: Tingling sensations, possibly pins and needles, or nervous excitement. Context: Old Gallifreyan expression probably originating from archaic neurological terminology.

'She's just an old Pythia.'

Meaning: A sexist insult aimed at women. Context: Reflects lingering Gallifreyan cultural hostility tied to the Pythias and the long historical demonisation of females following the Intuitive Revolution.

'You shell snacker.'

Meaning: Idiot, addict, or unreliable person. Context: Likely refers to Gallifreyans who enjoy consuming hallucinogenic Cerub nuts regularly.

'You're just an ink scratcher.'

Meaning: A low-ranking bureaucrat or scribe. Context: Mildly insulting term for someone stuck doing endless administrative work.

'We can't throw treazants into a bottomless vortex.'

Meaning: Stop wasting money or resources. Context: Old Gallifreyan metaphor about futile spending.

'We're scrubbed.'

Meaning: We're trapped in a disastrous or unrecoverable situation. Context: Old Gallifreyan phrase of unknown specific origin.

'...for the rest of their quantum days.'

Meaning: Forever. Context: A particularly Gallifreyan way of describing the remainder of someone's existence.

'It's a broken House.'

Meaning: A dying or collapsing bloodline. Context: Refers to a House whose genetic line, political influence, or Loom continuity is failing.

'He's like a pig-bear with a sore head.'

Meaning: Extremely grumpy and unpleasant. Context: Pig-bears are mammals native to Gallifrey and can be trained as pets.

'Rungar protect us.'

Meaning: Please don't let us die! Context: Rungar is a Time Lord who drowned his mother, usurped the Lord President and started a civil war, and to plea his name is to beg not to be killed in some terrible way.

'...you might more easily stand a Pythia on her head.'

Meaning: That's completely impossible. Context: Ancient Gallifreyan expression implying absurd difficulty. Also another example of Gallifreyan culture turning the Pythias into the punchline of everything.

Related:

💬|🗣️🤬Do Time Lords have their own curse words?: Taking you through all the bad words/phrases of Gallifrey.

💬|🗣️🗨️What Gallifreyan words do we know?: Pinyin words of Gallifrey.

💬|🗣️🗨️Is 'Time Lord' actually a neutral Gallifreyan term that just doesn't translate well?: It’s linguistically and socially complicated.

— 🗨️ Answers by GIL

Any orange text is educated guesswork or theoretical. →📫Got a question? → 🪐GIL Wiki (A&P, Emergency Medicine, Asks + more) → 📜Tumblr Masterpost ☕ Support the Institute (Ko-fi) If you enjoy GIL and want to help keep our human caffeinated enough to continue writing about alien spleens, you can send a coffee here: 👽Ko-Fi Gallifrey Institute for Learning 💕

[willgrahamscock]

reading problematic fanfiction but shaking my head so random tumblr user who thinks thought crimes are real knows I don't condone it in real life

[willgrahamscock]

ignore my boaner 👍

[willgrahamscock]

fictional characters can't consent because they aren't real.. but YOU can consent to reading heavy themes, and you can withdraw consent by clicking the back button and stopping any time, it is your choice to read stories that include or exclude consent 👍

[willgrahamscock]

I love when puritans are so far up their ass they circle back to being more perverted than the original concept

[swarnpert]

"there should be a day between-" we've literally all forgotten about logsday

[swarnpert]

[bribun96]

Capitalism took Logsday from us. 😞

[abuzd]

Daniel Sloss SAID IT THANK YOU DANIEL SLOSS

[shy-retiring-oxford-chaps]

Reblogging again now that Russell Brand's ugly mug is back in the news to remind everyone that in the 2023 Times expose on his abusive behaviour, Daniel Sloss was the only male comedian willing to be named and quoted like "yeah that dude's a scumbag and women have been warning each other about him for years."

[the-lady-siubhan]

"How long are you gonna stay with me?" "Forever."

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[kosmicpowers]

Has anyone told Christopher Eccleston he can be nonbinary. It's important you remind him

[eccl3ston]

someone inform him