Fic: No More Than He Deserved (1/1)

[dbskyler]

Title:  No More Than He Deserved
Rating:  G
Characters: Ten, Colonel Mace
Spoilers:  Sontaran Stratagem and Poison Sky (only small ones, though)
Disclaimer:  This is a work of fan fiction, offered freely.  Doctor Who and all characters belong to the BBC.
Summary:  There's a reason why Colonel Mace keeps saluting the Doctor.

The first time Colonel Mace saluted him, the Doctor was almost amused.  Annoyed, but amused.  These UNIT people.  So military.  How many times in the old days had he made fun of the Brigadier for adhering to all the military nonsense?    All the "yes, sir"s and "no, sir"s and saluting and giving orders -- the Doctor had absolutely refused to go along with any of it.   Not even a little bit, not even though he was employed by UNIT, and not even though he was also rather dependent on UNIT due to having been exiled to Earth with a non-working TARDIS.   He was a scientific advisor but not a soldier, he had made that very clear.  And he had managed to get his own way, of course.  Not that there had ever been a chance that he wouldn't.  Both he and the Brigadier had known that right from the start.

 

The second time Colonel Mace saluted him, it was irritating.  After all, he'd already told the man not to do it after the first time.  So why had he done it again?  Was it reflex?  A habit?  Was it something these UNIT people just had to do?  Couldn't they lay off, just until the crisis was over?

 

The third time Colonel Mace saluted him, it was infuriating.  It hadn't been just a salute, it had been the full "stand at attention and salute" treatment.   While thanking him.  Colonel Mace had actually thanked him for his help, and saluted him while doing so.  It took all the pleasure out of being thanked, and being thanked was one of the Doctor's favorite bits.

 

"Why do you keep doing that?" yelled the Doctor.  "I tell you not to do it, and you do it anyway!  And in between you've kept calling me 'sir' when I told you not to do that either, and now here you are saluting me again, and it's almost like you're doing it on purpose to annoy me!  Can't you understand when I tell you to stop?"

 

"It really bothers you when I salute you?" asked Colonel Mace.  His face was a mask of confusion.

 

"Yes!  It really bothers me!  How many times do I have to tell you?  It really bothers me!"

 

"But I thought he knew you," the Colonel said.

 

"You thought who knew me?" asked the Doctor.

 

"Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart.   When I heard you were coming, I called him to get advice on how to deal with you.  He told me that I should be sure to salute you a lot and call you 'sir,' and to ignore you if you protested because secretly it was what you really wanted."

 

"The Brigadier said that?" asked the Doctor, incredulous.

 

"Yes," said the Colonel.  "And he said I should show you all military respect."

 

"That doesn't make any sense," said the Doctor.  "Why would he have told you that?"

 

"He said something about you deserving it." 

 

The Doctor just stared at him.

 

Colonel Mace looked back at him thoughtfully.  "Although I did wonder why he was laughing as he hung up the phone."

 

Comments

[memorae.livejournal.com]

Sneaky, sneaky Brig. Somewhere in Peru he was definitely laughing.

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Oh, absolutely. : )

[ladypredator.livejournal.com]

Hahahahaha! I could so see the Brigadier doing that. :)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

: ) Glad you liked it!

[ancientcitadel.livejournal.com]

The Brig know the Doctor so well. :)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

He certainly does!

[mamfidd.livejournal.com]

Oh, brilliant! The Brig finally got sneaky revenge for the Doctor's comments at the end of 'Inferno'... patient, patient man! *g*

Love it, well done!

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

A lot of military strategy lies in knowing how to wait for the right time . . . : )

[pherber-m.livejournal.com]

LOL - that's a perfect explanation!

[tree_and_leaf]

Heh - very amusing!

[rose-cat.livejournal.com]

Nicely done. Naughty Brig is naughty!

I'd love to see the Doctor get him back later :)

Oh, and I like your Sarah Jane Andy Pandy icon. (My sister made me that costume for a con almost thirty years ago!)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

The icon was made by the talented ellisbelle. I love how the Andy Pandy outfit is so iconic; it's practically a character on its own. And yes, the Brigadier was naughty, but let's face it, he put up with an awful lot back in the seventies (or the eighties).

[hab318princess.livejournal.com]

*giggles*

Fab, just fab!

[phantomreviewer.livejournal.com]

Very good.

If I could bring myself to chid the Brig I don't think I could...

It's all nice and even now... (ish)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

I agree. Still not quite even, but pretty close.

[prof-pangaea.livejournal.com]

ahahahaha! oh, brig.

[ellisbelle.livejournal.com]

Oh, this was just perfect--I'm still smiling. I love the Brig so much. (And I so completely followed the guy cosplaying him at D*C around like a puppy.) This was a brilliant way to have the Brig be a part of all the UNIT action without actually being there. Sometimes its hard for me to see 10 as 3 and 4 but you made that connection solid here. I'm done gushing now. :)

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks! I love the Brig too, and I really wish they'd given him a cameo in that story, but at least he got mentioned. It was the rumor of that mention that gave me the idea for this story. While waiting for part two to get broadcast I tried to think of what would be the most cool way for the Brigadier's name to come up, and this was it. Then when they didn't do it on the episode, I had to write it up myself. : )

[sleepy-sheep683.livejournal.com]

Epic LOLz. I love this; and I actually think it's very much in character for the Brig :).

Yes, I was sad at the lack of Briggage in TSS/TPS, but we won't be Brigless for long...

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

Glad you liked it, and especially glad you agree it's something the Brig would do! And I too am very much looking forward to his reappearance. : )

[aurora-amore.livejournal.com]

ha, love it!

can't wait for him to reappear in SJA!

[dbskyler.livejournal.com]

It's going to be so good to see him again!