On "The Perennials"

Hello, anyone who clicked a link to this! If you did, you're probably reading from my accounts on fanfiction.net or on whofic.com, in the which case, here's what this is about:

"The Perennials" is, of course, a series of fanfiction stories for Doctor Who, which I work on in my free time, but quite a bit goes into it, including concept art, some of which I'd like to put on whofic or fanfiction.net, but obviously neither web site allows for this, except for a link on my profiles.

But today, I'll start by talking a little bit about this series of stories.

I came up with The Perennials several years ago, and started writing it in late 2010. I don't quite remember how I came up with the idea, but I think it was in reaction to the finale of Doctor Who Series 4, because there was a lot about the whole Stolen Earth/Journey's End story which I disliked, and since I like writing and telling stories, my impulse was to think of how I would have ended the series. At some point I came up with the idea of writing a story which changed something early in the first four seasons of the show, and that led to the question, "What if Rose Tyler actually fell into the Void?" Then that led to a question of how she might survive that, which eventually led to me making her ageless, but due to the machinations of a thoroughly utilitarian and self-interested artificial intelligence. From there it started turning into a story about immortality and what that would do to a person.

There are so far nine planned stories, the first two of which have completed drafts found on fanfiction.net (found under the pen name "Ancalagar the Dragon Lord."): Eve of the Eternal, Cypnov, Retribution, Quantum Locked, The Chasm, The Arbiters of Nadravon, Amaranthine, Vortex, and Event Horizon. Following these I plan to write at least five others, but which are currently unplanned. I also have a tag attached found on whofic.com, called Junctions, which links the "Perennials" saga with Doctor Who through the 50th anniversary.

The first in the series, Eve of the Eternal, is a complicated story which takes place after the Doctor Who episode "Midnight." Following the fall of Rose Tyler into the Void, there are a few implied minor changes to dialogue and plot in Series 3 and 4, but the real change happens here. Read the story to find out.

A lot of the ideas in Eve of the Eternal are inspired from the film Inception and from the Star Trek episode The Best of Both Worlds. There is also a lot of influence from the writers Wolfgang Borchert and T.S. Eliot.

I am currently uploading a revised version of this story on whofic.com under the pen name "Ancalagar." In that version I've made several small changes to the plot and some significant changes to the wording. Eventually I intend to replace the original draft on fanfiction.net with the newer version.

Further commentary to follow. For now, I'm tired and it's 1:00 in the morning.