Doctor Who Drabble: False Belief

[bk_forever]

Title: False Belief

Author: badly_knitted

Characters: The Tenth Doctor

Rating: G

Written For: Challenge 051: Mirage at dw100

Spoilers: Army Of Ghosts/Doomsday.

Summary: The Doctor knows better than to confuse beliefs and facts.

Disclaimer: I don’t own Doctor Who, or the characters.

They’re like mirages, illusions, things not quite there, ripples in the fabric of time and space. The people of earth call them ghosts, believe them to be their dear, departed relatives and welcome them into their homes, but the Doctor senses they’re not what they seem.

People see what they want to see. The figures are vaguely humanoid; it’s easy to imagine a resemblance to parents, grandparents, friends. But belief doesn’t create fact or alter truth.

When the eerie figures finally step through the veil, they’re not ghosts, they’re something far more deadly.

And it’s too late to stop them.

The End

Comments

[owensheart.livejournal.com]

This was short but brilliantly written.

great drabble

[bk_forever]

Thank you! Some ideas just click =)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

All those poor people, so cruelly deceived by their own love.

Well done.

I keep meaning to write a fic around this episode with Alec and Emma trying to investigate the "ghosts", but I'm always worried that they (at least Alec, if not Emma) would be too old by that time.

[bk_forever]

Maybe she could have been cryogenically frozen for a spell, or taken a jaunt through time, either on purpose or by accident. With Doctor Who, most things can be made plausible with a little ingenuity!

Thank you. This one just clicked, it's one of my favourite of my Who drabbles.

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

Huh. That does make a certain degree of sense, what with their having a time-traveler for a descendant; she'd have to pick it up somewhere!

Very welcome! :D

[bk_forever]

Glad I could offer up a few potential ideas =)

[but_can_i_be_trusted]

We'll see if I ever act on them. I hope; I have what's essentially a good idea, anyway. There's just that particular snag to try to unravel. :)

[bk_forever]

I'm sure you'll find a way, even if it takes a while. I sit on ideas like that until a complete bunny hatches. =)