Operation Save Bill Potts continues! This time, Bill gets a title/name like all the cool kids!
More chapters of [[ Scream of the Shalka / S10 finale fixit fic, ]] Where There’s Life, There’s Hope, are up at AO3. It’s about Alison Cheney, her robot [the Master], and the Doctor bouncing over from the Shalkaverse to save Bill from the terrifying Twelfth Doctor. Things become slightly complicated as they realize that Bill is working with another version of the Master [Razor] to de-Cyber people and overthrow Dystopiaville’s totalitarian regime.
In this excerpt, Bill gets a title/name like the Doctor, the Master, and the Domina [Alison]:
“I think you should have a title,” says the Doctor, chewing meditatively. “I mean, all the cool kids do.”
“Who, me?” Bill looks up from Alison’s breakfast’s smells again.
“Yeah, it’s very disrespectful of the Master not to use it,” says the Doctor, deadpan, as if she already has one.
“I could be a proper noun just like the rest of the family, yeah?” Bill beams. “Maybe something about my heart…” She thinks of the possibilities.
“Your sense of wonder…” says the Doctor.
“Quaestrix?” offers Alison around a mouthful of poached eggs. “That means asker of questions.”
“Too fancy.” The Doctor waves their hands. “Oooh! Ooooh!” The waving turns into excited flapping. “The Seeker!”
“Ooooh! Yeah, that’s me!” exclaims Bill. “I’m the Seeker! The Doctor, the Master, the Domina, and me: the Seeker!”
“Goooooooo team!” says the Doctor, sounding like a cheerleader, and everyone laughs.