Doctor Who Ficlet: Companion Envy
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Title: Companion Envy
Fandom: Doctor Who
Author: ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif){kind=small}
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Characters: Sarah Jane, Tenth Doctor, Rose
Rating: G
Spoilers: Vague for School Reunion.
Summary: Seeing the Doctor looking so young brings up a lot of conflicting emotions for Sarah Jane.
Word Count: 437
Written For: juliet316’s prompt ‘Doctor Who, Sarah Jane and Ten, He looked so much younger than either of the Doctors she had known before,’ at ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters. They belong to the BBC.
In his pinstriped suit, long coat and trainers, he looked so much younger than either of the earlier versions of himself that she’d known. It made her feel old by comparison, even though she knew that he was really hundreds of years older that she would ever be.
It didn’t seem fair that the older he got, the younger he looked on the outside while she… Well, time was leaving its mark on her, more so with every year that passed. There were lines on her face that hadn’t been there when she’d known the Doctor before, a few grey hairs here and there which she’d already resorted to hair dye to hide. What woman her age didn’t?
In her day-to-day life, with Luke and his friends, she still felt reasonably young. More mature and wiser than they were, that went without saying, age brought experience after all, but somehow they never made her feel her years.
But seeing the Doctor now, running around with his new companion, a slip of a girl, all blonde hair and white teeth, Sarah Jane suddenly felt… old. He’d moved on, found others to travel with him, lived who knew how long bouncing around through time and space while she’d taken the slow path through linear time. As glad as she was to see him, she was jealous; of him for looking younger instead of older, and of Rose for being young, so full of life and with everything still ahead of her, the universe and all of time just waiting for her to explore.
She wished that it could be her, that she could shed the years she’d gained, step aboard the TARDIS again and fly away to new adventures, but that part of her life was over years ago. Even if the Doctor was willing to take her travelling again, which she doubted, she couldn’t go; she had responsibilities here on earth. It was Rose’s time now, and as much as she envied the girl, Sarah Jane prayed that she would make the most of every moment so that in later life, she wouldn’t look back on her travels with the Doctor with regret, wondering what might have been. Because the day will inevitably come when just like Sarah Jane herself, Rose’s time aboard the TARDIS will end; she’ll have to go back to living an ordinary life, and the only things she’ll have left will be her memories of all the extraordinary things she’s seen and done.
Sarah Jane knows from personal experience, there’s nothing in all of time and space that hurts more than being left behind.
The End
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Date: 2016-01-23 12:30 pm (UTC)great ficlet
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Date: 2016-02-03 11:00 am (UTC)However they parted company (and I don't remember because I haven't seen any fourth Doctor episodes in decades), it's only natural for Sarah Jane to feel that she'd been abandoned and left behind, even if it was her own choice, because letting go of something so wonderful has got to be hard.
Thank you.
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Date: 2016-02-03 11:03 pm (UTC)She thought he was coming back for her. But you know how the Doctor is. By the end of the episode she has closure because at least she knows what happened to him. She just didn't expect it to end that soon.
It was the insinuation that Sarah Jane had a crush like Martha did on the Doctor. I don't think it was like that. Sure they were close. He referred to her as his best friend. He did not refer to a champion that way until Donna.
RTD just wanted to make some "cat fight" between Sarah Jane and Rose.
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Date: 2016-02-04 09:41 am (UTC)That's why I said Sarah Jane envied Rose, she wishes she could be the one still adventuring. Mostly, the Doctor and his companion ARE simply two friends travelling and exploring together. Sarah Jane misses that while Rose has it all before her. The Doctor has easily found someone else to show the universe to, SJ is no longer the one who gets to share it.
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Date: 2016-02-05 07:47 pm (UTC)Rose's face when she saw Ten and Sarah Jane holding hands.:D
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Date: 2016-02-05 09:19 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-02-05 09:39 pm (UTC)Even though Rose realise Sarah Jane was someone important in the Doctor life at one stage, she still stay in denial about the status of her own relationship and where it was going with the Doctor.
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Date: 2016-02-06 11:50 pm (UTC)The show needs a female head writer. Some could say that Moffat doesn't know about women either.
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