Doctor Who historical ficathon

[altariel]

This is a great ficathon idea. dw_historical: "Whovian time-travel stories with a historical focus/background".

Working through the Hartnell episodes this year has brought home just how well historicals suit the show, and yet the programme seemed to lose faith in them. So there should be more.

Rules and guidelines here.

Prompting till October 31st, after which you can start claiming prompts. Story posting between Nov 2nd and Dec 6th.

Minimum 500 words (and the stories don't have to include aliens).

Comments

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

It seems that one of the original selling points to get the BBC to commission the show was that it would be educational. Nowadays, of course, "educational" is a dirty word, and any stories set in Earth's past seem to try to include as little actual history as possible.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Those early Hartnell historicals are pretty damn wonderful.