Playing with these characters is both infuriating and satisfying. Trying to get their voices right in situations that have never been seen before can be extremely stressful - at least for me. When you care about characters (and I only ever write about characters I care about) you want to represent them as true to form as possible. The Master is exceptionally tricky, considering we only see him in five episodes, whereas we had four years to study and understand the Doctor. All a fanfiction writer can do is hope that their story represents the characters as well as they're capable of.
Whew. Anyway.
This was sort of fun. I always loved the way the Doctor managed to manipulate almost hopeless situations to his advantage: no weapons, no technology, just a very very over-active mouth. The relationship between Master and Doctor has always been a sort of push and pull situation, and this just goes to show that even under immense stress the Doctor can still wrong-foot the Master and try to take control.
And yes, I do talk about my writing as if it's actually happening. As far as I'm concerned, if you don't at least try to convince yourself a little that what you're writing is realistic, it loses it's spark.
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