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Drabble: Bad Timing
Title: Bad Timing
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto, Owen, Gwen.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 370: Old Age at ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif){kind=small}
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Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: Alien technology doesn’t always cause problems at convenient moments.
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
Torchwood’s latest brush with alien technology had resulted in Owen and Gwen being de-aged. It was unfortunate timing as Tosh was in Japan visiting her family.
“Look, we’ve seen things like this before,” Jack told them. “Tosh always makes comprehensive notes on all technology she studies. You’ve got nothing to worry about, I’ll soon have you both back to normal.”
Famous last words.
An hour later, Jack had managed to reverse the de-aging, resulting in two of his agents becoming old age pensioners somewhat prematurely.
“Oh well. At least they’re not kids anymore,” Ianto sighed. “Back to the drawing board.”
The End
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*Rose: Bad Wolf. I still think its a weird name.
*Ten: The Oncoming Storm. Sounds like a weather forecast announcement. Ten even resented that title.
*Donna: The Most Important Woman in the Universe. I quite like this one. Minus the memory wipe.
I think of Donna as "Miss Universe". Beauty Pageant style. Her in a tiara and sash saying into the microphone "You called me Miss, do I look single?. Who cares I just saved the UNIVERSE with my temping skills!".
Jack: The man who can't die. But RTD sure liked killing him over and over again. Just to make sure viewers knew about Jacks immortality. I thought Angel had hardships!. But compare his to Jacks?!. Also Jack should have met River Song so she could help advise him on having a diary to keep track of his age, current events etc.
Martha: The girl who walked the Earth. For a year!. I prefer to say "Young Woman" instead of girl. I can barely walk to the bus stop. That takes some skill.
Gwen: ?. What was her role anyway?. Besides taking up screen time away from other characters on Torchwood?.
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I love your Donna! I can so see her doing that!
I kinda like The Oncoming Storm, it's ominous.
Jack just went through Hell repeatedly, RTD went out of his way to make him miserable. Poor Jack. I keep making Ianto immortal so that Jack gets to keep him. He loses so many people over the years, it's only fair that he should get to keep one.
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Right!. "The heart of Torchwood". I forgot I referred to that once already. Silly me!.:D
More like: "A NASTY THORN IN TORCHWOOD'S SIDE!.
I think I forgot because she didn't act like it!. Her character was so ridiculous most times that I felt there was suppose to be a pay off. Nope. RTD just made her that way. I don't know what Eve Myles was thinking. Gwen should have gone to etiquette classes or something.
I don't usually like beauty pagents, but I did like the movie Miss Congeniality. Women should not be portrayed as the one body type that we usually see from these events.
Maybe I have misgiving about "The Ongoing Storm" because it paints the Doctor as dangerous. You have to get to the end of the speech to hear that his wonderful after knowing that his full of ice and rage. But I can't deny it can be a useful way to intimidate in life or death situations.
The Eleventh Doctor had the "silver of ice in his heart" speech from that medium in "Hide".
I wonder if Twelve will have a title.
If only Jack had one of those immortal chips.
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The Doctor Is dangerous, or at least has the potential to be. He may not like violence and prefer to avoid it, but he's capable of it if the situation demands it. No one should underestimate him.
It's models too, always ultra skinny. I'm skinny myself but it's because of health issues. I find it very difficult to gain weight but all too easy to lose it. I hate to see skinny being portrayed as the ideal, because I'm cold so much of the time and often in pain from being thin. it's not at all nice.
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Clara: What conned?
Maybe someone could do a Bonnie fic where she plays a Torchwood baddie.
The Doctor can be hypocritical in regards to violence. He may not use it in a conventional way but he will use it as a last resort. Like pay back. One false move and he will get ya!. Look what he did to Harriet Jones, and she was a friend. But I'm sure he regretted it after she sacrificed herself.:(
Thats the reason he fake his own death at one stage. It got him in a lot of trouble using his reputation like that.
River Song: All this. All of it. You make them so afraid. When you began all those years ago, sailing off to see the Universe, did you ever think you’d become this? The man who can turn an army around at the mention of his name.
Everyone has the potential to submit to the dark side, but I like to be reminded of what makes the Doctor awesome. I do hate it when baddies on the show try to guilt trip the Doctor though.
Twelve: You'll find that it's a very small universe when I'm angry with you.
I'm a slim person myself. I use to get teased in high school for being too skinny. I was probably too thin because I had anxiety issues as a teenager. It could also have been genetic because everyone on my dads side is slim. The only time I put on weight was in my early twenties when I was emotionally eating.
I'm at a healthy weight now but when I do gain weight the fat just goes to my butt.:D
When your thin, the cold is not a friend. I have to rug up when its too cold outside otherwise my body aches. I try not to complain about it too much when it happens.
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The Doctor is old and very intelligent, but not infallible, he miscalculates and sometimes that earns him enemies. I don't see him as hypocritical. He's anti-violence, keeps that as a last resort, but he'll come dome hard on anyone who thinks violence is the automatic answer to everything. When thee's no other way, yes, he'll go there because if i's kill or be killed, anyone would. I'm a pacifist, but if someone tried to kill me or someone I cared about, I would fight with everything I had. most of the time the Doctor won't, he'll find another way, turn the enemy's strength against then in some devious way, make them defeat themselves if he can. But if he HAS to use violence, he'll do it and he'll live with the consequences.
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That's one of the reasons why he keeps running. The Master is always mocking him for doing this. If he didn't run, then he would probably have to result to violence.
Which he did after the Family of Blood wouldn't leave him alone. Ten never gave second chances. He had quite the reputation of being dangerous. Eleven was always reminded of that
I'll admit someone usually pushes it too far. His enemies think his ability to be sympathetic is a weakness but its what can motivate him to lose rational thought if someone he cares about gets hurt.
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When the opposition forces him into it, the Doctor will use violence, but he never enjoys it whereas the villains revel in it. Running doesn't always work, but it gives him time and breathing space to come up with other options.
The Doctor is like a parent putting a wayward child in its place. He won't tolerate certain behaviours and I suppose he thinks he's giving them what they deserve. He's not always right though. Even the Doctor isn't infallible.
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*The Gelth took advantage of Nine when Rose got him to change his mind on how to deal with them.
*Ten will punish or judge someone when they do something he doesn't like. Except Rose.
*Amy had to point out another way to deal with the situation in "The Beast Below" and Eleven almost sent her home because she withheld information.
*Twelve seems to be the most honest about making a judgement call. He doesn't revel in his decision.
It would be difficult not let his emotions get to him when he believes he has better knowledge of the situation.
The villains perceive his empathy as a sign of weakness, but if they threaten those he cares about he will do whatever it takes to protect them and the outcome may have repercussions.
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In the Beast Below, Amy and the Doctor were still feeling each other out. I think they became more confident in each other as time passed, but Amy was very much a person with her own opinions. Maybe it's a redhead thing, like with Donna. He couldn't walk all over either of them.
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I like "The Beast Below specifically for what Amy does in the episode. It showcases how Amy was a competent champion despite the holes or should I say crack to her background.
Rory was supposedly brought in as the traditional champion besides being Amys husband to be. Since Amy was as "crazy" as the Eleven.
My brother has been in a relationship with a redhead twice and they were both nice and academically smart people. So maybe your right.
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It's no wonder the Doctor wants to be a ginger, maybe it's the reason he's picked red haired companions from time to time. If he can';t be ginger, he'll travel with someone who is.
Twelve is so blunt he can be completely tactless, hence the cards Clara made for him, but that's a big part of what makes this incarnation work so well. He cuts right to the heart of things.
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It was a missed opportunity that Eleven never mentioned to Amy about Donna having red hair too. There was that casual line from the Dream Lord about how the Doctor likes redheads. Referring to Queen Elizabeth.
Twelve is trying to be a realist. He doesn't make promises he can't follow through. When Twelve is called out on his insensitivity, he justifies it by explaining why he must react that way. At least he is aware of how he may come across.
It would have to take Clara the teacher to encourage the Doctor with cue cards. I remember Ten asking Rose if he was being rude or something like that.
The champions sometimes have to translate the Doctors behavior to other people. I like the one where Martha tells Billy just to nod his head when Ten pauses for breath in "Blink".
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Clara has that practicality, preparing in advance so that the Doctor can work things out for himself in situations. It also means the Doctor is learning as he goes. Eventually he won't need the cards because he'll know how he's supposed to react in sensitive situations.
Twelve doesn't give false hopes or false promises. That doesn't help people when they need to kn ow the truth. It's just that sometimes he could find more tactful ways to be honest.
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I'm surprise the Doctor has never read social etiquette book. Maybe he thought because of his intelligent that he could just improvised. I liked the reference to Sarah Jane on one of the cue cards.
This scenario is used on other shows too. I saw it done on "Monk" where he made out conversational cue cards.
Twelve seems to lack the charm of Ten and Eleven but they both could be blunt too when people aren't able to follow or understand what he means.
Ten would give a speech about his credentials and challenge people. It worked in "Voyage of the Damaged. Not so much in "Midnight". Because he thinks his brilliant, he just assumes everyone else will too.
Eleven: I'm making perfect sense, you're just not keeping up.
Twelve negotiating skills are just different. But may not suit everyone. There's still room for growth though.
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I like the Weeping Angels. In some ways they got scarier because the seemed more malevolent in some of the later episodes.
I liked Ten's speeches, especially the one in Voyage of the Damned. It gave me chills =)
He probably has, but proper etiquette changes from one time period to another and from one planet to another. I think it would be hard to know always what the proper behaviour was
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Ten said that regeneration is like death and that another man goes slaughtering away.
When the Weeping Angels catch you off guard they are scary. But if you knew they were coming, couldn't there be a way to stop them. Like smashing them with something hard?.
Ten was so determined that you hoped he would follow through with his promises. He said sorry so many times that it sometimes lost weight. I didn't like how he had to say it to Donna. But I get why there was no other way to handle it.
The Doctor would have to do proper research before hand to understand a planets customs etc. Like a phrase book when you go to another country your not familiar with.