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tree_and_leafWhat it says on the tin. Works on the basis of widely held fan assumptions about this season's Big Bad.
Characters: Martha, Mr Saxon (gen)
Rating: PG at most.
Spoilers (I suppose) for the trailer and various rumours. The Doctor etc are property of the BBC, and so on. Misappropriation of a Sayers line.
“I’m not going to help you find the Doctor” said Martha, furiously, “Forget it, Mr Saxon, or whoever you are.”
Saxon smiled quizzically at her, his head tilted to one side. “I was afraid you’d say that. I do wonder how he manages to inspire such loyalty in all those bright young people. I know how I’d do it, but he always claims to be above bribery and mind control. So high minded. And such a menace.”
“He’s a good person.”
“Oh, I’m sure” said Saxon. “He’s always so worried about being good. But you know, the funny thing is, he’s killed a lot more people than I have. Just through being good. Isn’t that a delicious irony?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You disappoint me, Martha. Didn’t he warn you against me? Didn’t he tell you I was evil?”
“He said you were ruthless. Older than you look, and even more desperate. He said you’d kill without a second thought, if you could get anything out of it,” she said flatly.
“Ah, the dear Doctor. So scrupulously fair. “
“It’s nothing to be proud of.”
“Did I say it was? No. That’s the difference between the Doctor and me, you see. I only interfere when it will do me some good. Whereas the Doctor meddles all the time, on a whim, when it suits his idea of morality. He never stays to help pick up the bodies, of course, no, it’s off to the next exciting adventure. Like a little boy’s fantasy of being a hero.”
There was a long, nasty pause. Then Saxon spoke again, lightly this time. “Do you know how your cousin Adeola died?”
“She died in Canary Wharf. When the Cybermen came.”
“Yes, she did. And do you know who killed her? Your precious Doctor. Didn’t he think to tell you?”
Martha shuddered, uncontrollably. “He doesn’t just kill people for no reason. You don’t get me that easily.”
“No? But I’m not lying, you know. Oh, he’d say that it was because the Cybermen were using her, and I dare say it’s true. But it’s funny that he never made any effort to save her. He just killed her. Just like that.”
“And you’d have saved her, I suppose” snapped Martha. Whatever the Doctor had or hadn’t done, it didn’t make Saxon any more trustworthy.
“No,” he said equably. “I’d have killed her – unless I saw some advantage in keeping someone with Cyber tech around. But it would probably have been too big a risk.”
“Then what’s your point?”
“My point is that I never claimed to be the nice one. I never tried to save any civilisations or meddled in things that didn’t concern me. And I didn’t spread chaos and destruction over half the galaxy in order to gratify my own conscience. I don’t gather up waifs and strays, and make them trust me, and then abandon them to their fate. All those people the Doctor’s let down… you’ve no idea. And you might get him to admit that he feels bad about it, but you know, that doesn’t help them. He’s the sort of person who’d maroon his own granddaughter on a planet which had been ruined by the Daleks in order to make a point. Principles? There’s nothing more deadly, Martha. You’re safer with an opportunist like me. There’s some limit to the harm we’ll do.”
… “I still won’t tell you” Martha whispered.
Saxon shook his head regretfully. “I warned you” he said. “Nothing more deadly than principles. Guards? Work her over.”
Characters: Martha, Mr Saxon (gen)
Rating: PG at most.
Spoilers (I suppose) for the trailer and various rumours. The Doctor etc are property of the BBC, and so on. Misappropriation of a Sayers line.
“I’m not going to help you find the Doctor” said Martha, furiously, “Forget it, Mr Saxon, or whoever you are.”
Saxon smiled quizzically at her, his head tilted to one side. “I was afraid you’d say that. I do wonder how he manages to inspire such loyalty in all those bright young people. I know how I’d do it, but he always claims to be above bribery and mind control. So high minded. And such a menace.”
“He’s a good person.”
“Oh, I’m sure” said Saxon. “He’s always so worried about being good. But you know, the funny thing is, he’s killed a lot more people than I have. Just through being good. Isn’t that a delicious irony?”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“You disappoint me, Martha. Didn’t he warn you against me? Didn’t he tell you I was evil?”
“He said you were ruthless. Older than you look, and even more desperate. He said you’d kill without a second thought, if you could get anything out of it,” she said flatly.
“Ah, the dear Doctor. So scrupulously fair. “
“It’s nothing to be proud of.”
“Did I say it was? No. That’s the difference between the Doctor and me, you see. I only interfere when it will do me some good. Whereas the Doctor meddles all the time, on a whim, when it suits his idea of morality. He never stays to help pick up the bodies, of course, no, it’s off to the next exciting adventure. Like a little boy’s fantasy of being a hero.”
There was a long, nasty pause. Then Saxon spoke again, lightly this time. “Do you know how your cousin Adeola died?”
“She died in Canary Wharf. When the Cybermen came.”
“Yes, she did. And do you know who killed her? Your precious Doctor. Didn’t he think to tell you?”
Martha shuddered, uncontrollably. “He doesn’t just kill people for no reason. You don’t get me that easily.”
“No? But I’m not lying, you know. Oh, he’d say that it was because the Cybermen were using her, and I dare say it’s true. But it’s funny that he never made any effort to save her. He just killed her. Just like that.”
“And you’d have saved her, I suppose” snapped Martha. Whatever the Doctor had or hadn’t done, it didn’t make Saxon any more trustworthy.
“No,” he said equably. “I’d have killed her – unless I saw some advantage in keeping someone with Cyber tech around. But it would probably have been too big a risk.”
“Then what’s your point?”
“My point is that I never claimed to be the nice one. I never tried to save any civilisations or meddled in things that didn’t concern me. And I didn’t spread chaos and destruction over half the galaxy in order to gratify my own conscience. I don’t gather up waifs and strays, and make them trust me, and then abandon them to their fate. All those people the Doctor’s let down… you’ve no idea. And you might get him to admit that he feels bad about it, but you know, that doesn’t help them. He’s the sort of person who’d maroon his own granddaughter on a planet which had been ruined by the Daleks in order to make a point. Principles? There’s nothing more deadly, Martha. You’re safer with an opportunist like me. There’s some limit to the harm we’ll do.”
… “I still won’t tell you” Martha whispered.
Saxon shook his head regretfully. “I warned you” he said. “Nothing more deadly than principles. Guards? Work her over.”
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Date: 2007-05-08 03:26 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-08 09:13 am (UTC)You noticed, of course, the line I stole; I sometimes see similarities between the Doctor and Peter (minus the SF elements, obviously). Also (I cite in evidence the above icon) Peter Davison, who played the Doctor's fifth incarnation, would have made a perfect Wimsey, even though he doesn't wuite have the nose. It's a shame he's too old now...
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Date: 2007-05-08 01:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-05-08 09:14 am (UTC)