Title Meme

[kerravonsen]

Imitated from astrogirl2

If you give me one or more titles of stories I didn't write (optional: characters or other details) I'll give you a summary of the nonexistent story.

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[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

"Is It Bigger Than a Breadbox?"

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Carry On Doctor

[kerravonsen]

"Carry On Doctor"

A case of mistaken identity plagues the third Doctor as he lands in Stodge City in the Wild West era, and is mistaken for Sheriff Albert Earp...
(Google is your friend)

[kerravonsen]

Chaos ensues when Jamie King "borrows" a top-secret gizmo for a scaveger hunt for school, and Amanda has to coax the location of it out of him before the bad guys find it.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Low Noon!

[astrogirl2.livejournal.com]

Now, there's a show I haven't seen in a long, long time. :)

[neuralclone.livejournal.com]

"He knew he was wrong"

"The Breadstealers" (An actual title - I'm reading the book now. :-)

[jhall1.livejournal.com]

Mind boggles at thought of Kerravonsen writing Kenneth Williams dialogue. :)

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

On Angel Mountain

[sallymn.livejournal.com]

A Little Learning

Next of Kin

[kerravonsen]

Especially since I haven't actually seen the movie in question...

[kerravonsen]

"He knew he was wrong" (gee, you don't want to make it easy, do you?)

Five things that never happened to Kerr Avon.

"The Breadstealers"

Historical Doctor Who set just before the French revolution.

[kerravonsen]

"On Angel Mountain"

Sandy always knew that the folks who lived on Angel Mountain weren't canny. But soon he would be plunged into an adventure stranger than he could have imagined. (A People story)

[kerravonsen]

"A Little Learning"

(Doctor Who, set in the "Necessity" universe) The Doctor, Rose, and Jack play trivial pursuit.

"Next of Kin"

(Matrix/Stingray crossover) Steven Matrix and his twin brother Ray parted angrily many years ago. Steven doesn't even know where Ray is, and he doesn't want to know. But when you're dealing with the denizens of the City Inbetween, things that were buried have a tendency to come to light, in the most uncomfortable way.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

The far side of midnight.

[kerravonsen]

"The far side of midnight"

Methos and the 9th Doctor have a heart-to-heart about mass murder.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

You are the first person I've met that knows the People stories. I've got the books burried amongst my collection somewhere.

And you're right, it is a perfect title for a story about them.

[watervole.livejournal.com]

That works for me. Suitably bleak and dark. (I'd like to read it...)

[kerravonsen]

I came across a "collected People stories" paperback in a department store book department that I didn't usually go to, probably more than ten years ago, and I'm so glad I did!

I don't think I could really ever write a People story, though.

[kerravonsen]

I think I'd like to write it, too. It would certainly fit as one of the Doctor Who crossovers I'm supposed to be writing for crossovers100, if I could figure which prompt it would go with.
And, of course, whether either of them would actually talk about such things.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

came across a "collected People stories" paperback

Was that The People, no different flesh. That was the one I read when I first started working in libraries in 1972 and grabbed it when it was discarded because of low issues in 1974,some people have no taste. I had to wait 5 years before I got hold of Holding Wonder and I've never tracked down any others in the UK but hopefully they are all in the first one

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

...I'm totally going to do this with Other People's Fic:

In The Market

The Embodyment of Hope

The Last Place

...and what the hell:

Forrest Gump

Blue Angel

Hotel California

American Woman

(Note - do as few or as many of these as you like)

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you are naughty.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

"He knew he was wrong" - Five things that never happened to Kerr Avon.

LOL!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

You are the first person I've met that knows the People stories.

I know them! I adored them as a teenager.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I was in my 20s when I first discovered them and fell hook line and sinker. I must find my copies and see if they are as good as I remember them.

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

'In the Market'! That's one of mine! :-D

[kerravonsen]

No, it wasn't actually. It was "The People Collection" (1991) which purpoted to have collected all the People stories together in one volume. However, nobody seems to have heard of this book, and I never saw it since, either! So I consider myself very fortunate.

It has a lovely cover. At the top, a deep midnight/twilight blue sky. Then in the background, rugged mountain/canyon brown.
In the foreground, what looks like, at first glance, a girl in blue checked gingham sitting on a weathered wooden fence, holding a candle. Then you do a double-take, because the fence is broken and she's actually sitting on air. And she isn't holding a candle, she's making the air glow...

Really nice cover.

[linda-joyce.livejournal.com]

I've seen that one on Amazon for £85 would you believe so I don't think I will be buying it.

[kerravonsen]

"The Embodyment of Hope"

A really wierd crossover: Aslan meets Despair of the Endless, and she is comforted.

(inspiration has not struck me for the others, yet)

[kerravonsen]

Cor blimey!

You'd be much better off getting Ingathering
which I've just looked at amazon.com and they have it for US$25. Especially since it appears to be more complete than "The People Collection", since, comparing its table of contents with my book, it has two stories in it that I don't have.

Which just demonstrates that I am not a Real Fan, since I don't wish to buy a whole new book from overseas (and a hardback -- I prefer paperbacks) just for two stories and a chronology.

[kerravonsen]

"In The Market"

In a bazzar in the far future, multiple crossover encounters occur.

"The Last Place"

How Methos decided to join the Watchers.

"Forrest Gump"

"But Buffy, it followed me home," Dawn whined. "Can't I keep it?"

"Blue Angel"

An encounter between a child and Zhaan.

"Hotel California"

Who are the figures dancing in the courtyard? What is the song that whispers through the corridors? It may seem like an ordinary run-down hotel, but Something is trying to break through from beyond. Something that shouldn't be there.
Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.

"American Woman"

Willow in England.

[(Anonymous)]

I saw Ingathering on Amazon UK for a reasonable price. I must dig out my books and compare contents to see if it is reasonable for me to buy.

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

Indeed it is! One of the first fics I read in this fandom, and still one of my favourites. :)

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

Oooooooh, that's fantastic!!

[lizamanynames.livejournal.com]

Wow! I really wasn't expecting all of them... good show!

"In The Market"

In a bazzar in the far future, multiple crossover encounters occur.

This sounds uterly fantastic - and it can go so many ways, too!

"The Last Place"

How Methos decided to join the Watchers.

...........OOOooooooooooooooh. GOOD use of that title!!

"Forrest Gump"

"But Buffy, it followed me home," Dawn whined. "Can't I keep it?"

*cries laughing*

"Blue Angel"

An encounter between a child and Zhaan.

...I really, really, really, really, want to read this!

"Hotel California"

Who are the figures dancing in the courtyard? What is the song that whispers through the corridors? It may seem like an ordinary run-down hotel, but Something is trying to break through from beyond. Something that shouldn't be there.
Sapphire and Steel have been assigned.

...I wish I knew this fandom so I could know exactly how cool this is.

"American Woman"

Willow in England.

Hee!

[vilakins.livejournal.com]

Awwww, thank you!

[kerravonsen]

"The Last Place"

How Methos decided to join the Watchers.

...........OOOooooooooooooooh. GOOD use of that title!!

Thanks. I'm glad you think it clicks. The "last place" anyone would look...

"Blue Angel"

An encounter between a child and Zhaan.

...I really, really, really, really, want to read this!

Sorry, not even on my list of likely possibles.

I wish I knew this fandom so I could know exactly how cool this is.

Sapphire and Steel is so cool that I don't feel qualified to write any fic for it. There is one fic on my to-do list, but the only reason I think I can write it is because it was inspired by a dream.

Sapphire and Steel are mysterious agents of a completely unknown power, who appear suddenly in situations where Time (which is a dangerous and violent force) threatens to break through into the present. It has a similar feel to a few Doctor Who episodes like "The Awakening" -- time is out of joint, ghosts and manifestations from the past, a claustrophobic and trapped feel. It favours atmosphere over explanation. There were only ever six adventures made, though it has recently been revived in audio form by Big Finish. The series itself is also out on DVD, at least in the UK and Australia.

The situation described in the song "Hotel California" would be right down their alley, I think. "You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave..."