Doctor Who Drabble: Not A Monster

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Title: Not A Monster
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Tenth Doctor, Martha Jones.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 300: Ichor at dw100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Just because something looks like a monster doesn’t mean it is.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.




The creature slumped not far from the Doctor’s feet, leaking yellowish ichor from a deep gash in one leg. What had moments earlier seemed like a terrifying monster bent on destruction, and possibly intent on eating anyone it met, now just looked pitiful and close to helpless, despite its size.


“There now.” The Doctor sank to his knees. “Nobody wants to hurt you, but you don’t belong here. Let me help you.”


Martha stepped forward, suddenly bold. “Maybe I can help too, I can clean and stitch that wound.”


The Doctor nodded. “And then we’ll see about getting her home.”



The End

Comments

[dm12.livejournal.com]

Ooh, like the Horta from Star Trek, just looking after her eggs, which were mistaken by the miners for geological finds. "I'm a doctor, not a bricklayer!"

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Yes! That's always been one of my favourite Star Trek episodes =D

Thank you.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I like how Martha goes into "doctor mode".:)

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we didn't see enough of that on the series.

Thank you!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

I can only remember two scenes from series three. Checking her brother didn't have a concussion in "The Lazarus Experiment" and there was the time she first met Jack. She got freaked out when he came back to life.:D

Those are the closet to medical related moments from Martha. Nothing too technical.

[bk_forever]

Yes, I can't think of any others offhand. It was a bit of a waste, to be honest. What's the point of setting someone up as a medical student and then not using their training?

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

If only it had been written that way. It was more about Martha gaining confidence within herself by the challenges she faced from meeting the Doctor.

Remember her doubting weather she would pass her medical exams in "Smith and Jones"?

By the finale, she knew "I'am good". No Martha, you were awesome!

If walking the earth to save humanity doesn't make a person, I don't know what will. Martha put up with alot of crap and did so much. Gosh it's all coming back to me.*flashbacks*

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And that was good, it showed how much she grew in her time with the Doctor. She found herself. It just would have been nice to see her using what she'd learned in medical school. So she could see that she does know what she's doing and needn't worry about her exams.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yeah, it was just a skill set that was used when necessary. How about Rory being a medical doctor in Amy's Choice? What's wrong with being a nurse like he usually was?*tries not to get off track*

[bk_forever]

That's a good point. I loved that Rory was a nurse, although some nurses do decide to train to be doctors so they can do even more to help people.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

True but the definition of what nurses do has evolved over time. In some cases nurses are more capable of doing certain tasks that a standard doctor couldn't do AKA dealing with needles. They form a different kind of relationship with patients compared to doctors.

Doctors also have to deal with paperwork while nurses have to have knowledge of medication for patients that sometimes doctors overlook. Overall, one is not better over the other, they are just different and both are needed so that patients get the right treatment.

I'm lucky that my mum use to be a nurse so she could rely this type of information to me. I think I mentioned it before, along with my late grandfather who travelled a lot because of it.

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All very good points, it's good to hear from someone with insider knowledge. And nurses definitely do form a more personal bond with patients. Sometimes I wonder if doctors even see patients as people. They can be so brusque.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

There's always two sides to every story. It depends on the particular doctor. Some may feel pressure to know everything, while others act overly confident that they might overlook something. Like they are going through the motions. Which can be unfortunate.

That's why it is recommended that people get more than one doctors opinion if they aren't satisfied. People can be misdiagnosed for years because a doctor mistook the patients symptoms for something else.

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Doctors are after all only human, and often overworked. Plus they can't know everything about everything, which is why there are specialist. Even then they might not catch something that outside of their field.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yes, my family had to deal with a lot of specialist's and only one of them was competent enough to deal with my fathers mental health issues. It cost's a lot to see these specialist's. You want to get your moneys worth. That's all in the past now. All that is left is the experiences and the stack of paperwork we went through.:(

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I've seen a lot of specialists too, but thankfully they're free on the NHS.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Well, that's lucky for you. Sometimes they give you back about 30% through Medicare over here, but it's still a lot.

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I suppose getting anything back is at least something, but it must still leave huge bills.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yep. Like the situation wasn't stressful enough. For those who complain about trivial things, they have no idea how lucky they are.

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There's always someone who's worse off.

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Sad but true. I really loathe the fact that this is the case.:(

Now I want to think of positive things. This discussion is a little depressing. Sorry.*grimace*

[bk_forever]

Happy things are good! I've started knitting again now I've got all my yarn out of storage. I'm going to be making some cute little knitted characters later on this year, but I'm making blankets for my action figures to keep them cosy come winter =D

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

Yah for you. I wish I could knit. Ill just stick to my cooking skills.:)

[bk_forever]

I hate cooking, so you cook and I'll knit, lol!

[cynthia2015.livejournal.com]

It's a deal! :D

Mind you, I was an assistant chef so no fancy stuff like top chefs do. I like things simple. I was also a kitchen hand but I hate washing dishes. Although when it's a job where you get paid for it, you persevere. I hate washing dishes at home but don't like using a dishwasher. You have to clean that afterwards too anyways so that's my preference.

I sound like I'm reciting a weird speech.:)