[FMA/Dr Who] Don't worry, I'm a doctor!

[grassangel]

Title: Don't worry, I'm a doctor!

Series: FMA/Dr. Who crossover
Character/Pairing: Edward Elric, the Doctor
Style: Ficlet
Genre: Gen/Humour
Rating: G
Theme/Prompt: N/A
Spoilers: End of the FMA movie, none for Dr Who
Dedication: For Staehli, because you thought of the mechanics of a far more complicated crossover.
Author's Notes: Staehli/fae_elric, was also my beta, so many ♥ to her!

Post-war England was a reasonable place to live in, families setting up new businesses and busy mothers bustling around the place. It was a good place to recover from the aftermath of a depressing war, but not the best place for an academic.

Edward Elric sighed, exhausted from running around all day running errands and trying to find some kind of work. Alphonse was busy on the other side of town doing the same job and they were due to meet for tea shortly. Unfortunately, he had been stuck in the middle of the line to the post office for much longer than he had anticipated, cutting short his next errand of getting in contact with some professor of physics.
With a curse muttered under his breath, he looked at his watch before deciding that he'd just have to let Alphonse go to their apartment afterward while he ducked back down this short side-street full of academic housing. The address he was looking for was easy enough to find again, especially with that blue police call box marking the access to the short row of apartments.

Edward gave another glance at his watch before rushing out of the street towards the main concourse, where he slowed down slighty, but not enough to avoid getting knocked down by another man rushing in the opposite direction.
"I'm terribly sorry, are you all right?" The man in coat and suit picked himself up hurriedly, dusting his knees off before extending a hand to help Ed up, "I must've not been paying attention. Ooooh, you've got a strong grip there."
"Yeah, thanks." Edward started to dust himself off, pausing momentarily as he flexed his right wrist before frowning. The other man noticed, gesturing to look at it and drawing the two of them back into the academic side street.
"Looks as if you're not so right after all." The stranger started manipulating the wrist underneath his fingers, replying, 'don't worry, I'm a doctor,' when Ed started to fidget at the prodding fingers.

The doctor's eyebrows raised and he continued examining the wrist, fingers sensing what lay under shirt cuff and glove before peeling back the white kid with one hand, the other catching the fist directed at his head.

"What have we got here?" The stranger's voice was full of curiosity and marvel, hastily turning Edward's wrist this way and that to peer at the intricate piece of machinery in front of him. "I've never seen something like this on Earth before... You're not from this world, are you?" The question was directed at him, the other man staring at him intently from over his glasses, eyes boring deep into Ed's own.
He floundered, looking stunned before his expression hardened and he replied in an acidic tone, "There's certainly no doctor or watchmaker here who knows how to fix it, if that's what you mean."
"Well, there's no reason to get all worked up about it, especially since I'm rather sorry about it got dinged up a bit. However, this doctor can fix it up with the help of this little thing." The doctor held up what looked to Ed to be an oversized pen with a blue light on the end. "It appears to only be some pinched wires, so the sonic screwdriver should take of that easily. You should be glad that I was around," he tapped his chin with the screwdriver before pointing it back at Ed's wrist, "though I suppose a safety pin could've solved the problem."
The wires were soon released and the wrist was fixed and tested, the other man tucking his device into his coat and smiling at Edward before he realised he was being stared at.
"What?"
"You're not from this world either."

"No, I'm not," he replied cheerily, "Nice to know you've noticed that. Now, I've got to be going." He made towards the Police Box before turning around halfway.
"Oh, and I'd see about getting a job over in Oxford. They've got some nice universities over there and I hear there's an opening in the physics department. There's also over in America; plenty of places have jobs for an astrophysicist like you." The stranger continued to the box before stopping halfway in the doorway.
"I forgot to mention, we really must keep this encounter with each other secret. You know, mess up the space time continuum or something," looking at his watch, the stranger addressed him again, "I really must get going now. Take care! Don't forget to keep a safety pin handy!" he waved, closing the door behind him and Edward watched as a strange noise filled the small street, the blue police call box dissoving from sight.

His golden eyes blinked several times before the realisation that not only was he extremely late for tea with Alphonse, the landmark that would've helped him find the street had gone.
Cursing, Edward rushed out of the small street again, hoping feverently that he wouldn't get knocked over by another man in glasses, coat and suit and that the number 21 omnibus would be at the next stop.

Comments

[000-hester-000.livejournal.com]

<3 Do I dare ask which Doctor it is?

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

I don't know. Is it obvious it's the most recent one?

[000-hester-000.livejournal.com]

Well, it sort of felt like it could be any of them, which I rather liked, actually.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

That's nice to hear, even if that was unintended on my part. ^___^

[british-sas.livejournal.com]

I really, really liked this fic. When I saw that you had done an FMA/Doctor Who crossover, I HAD TO READ IT. You totally captured the Doctor's personality too. I felt it was very 10th, though I could see several others.

^^

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

I'm happy you like this and it's been so well received. Nice to hear that I wrote the Doctor well, especially as I've never really attempted Dr Who fanfiction before. The 10th is very easy to write though...

[british-sas.livejournal.com]

lol. I'm not even a big fanfic reader either, but yours was worth reading. Yes, the 10th is easy. He's so much fun; he reminds me of the 4th a lot. ^^

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

That means so much to me! Thank you.
I learn more about the previous Doctors, even if it's only to write the more recent ones better

[british-sas.livejournal.com]

^^
I love Doctor Who because there is so much tradition and history to it that there's a really rich universe to draw on. I'm trying desperately to catch up on some of the older episodes, but at least I'm up to date with the new series. ^^

[militsa.livejournal.com]

When I saw it was a Dr Who crossover I had to read. I liked this, and I totally pictured 10!

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Totally wrote this with the 10th in mind, so that's all good!
Glad you liked!

[dreamer1789.livejournal.com]

I usually avoid crossovers like the plague, but this was entertaining. ;)

[melengro.livejournal.com]

For the longest time I was convinced that I was the only FMA and Doctor Who fan in the world. Now I am coming to realise that this is not true.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Nope, there's plenty of us. Well... by plenty I mean there's definitely a few.

[theemdash]

I now very much wish to write a fic in which Ed and Al travel around with the Doctor for awhile. ;)

[dragonbetween.livejournal.com]

I think you should do that.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

I'm terribly tempted to take that idea and do it myself, even though I'd be digging myself a series-fic hole if I did so.

[theemdash]

Heh heh. . . . I'm kind of playing with the idea in the back of my head. Perhaps a ficlet will emerge. I need to play a little longer. ;)

[dragonbetween.livejournal.com]

Very nice! I always love a good "the Doctor randomly bumps into a character from another fandom" story. Though I noticed that you sort of had the Doctor imply that he already knew Ed from the future, are you going to write us that story as well?

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

Huh? I did?
*rereads*
I suppose the bit in conversation about searching for a job at Oxford or America could lead to someone thinking that.

It hasn't occurred to me to write a kind of sequel though, even if writing Ed and the Doctor is mighty fun.
(I am very tempted by theemdash's idea though. Although I'd be digging myself a series-fic hole by starting on that idea.)

[dragonbetween.livejournal.com]

The Doctor just seemed to know a lot about Ed, like what type of job he was looking for, without them having any conversation about it.

I think a sequel would be cool! Maybe they meet up again in a couple of years and go traveling.

[grass-angel.livejournal.com]

The Doctor's been prodding around with the space-time continuum.
My mind says that the Doctor's probably been to a future where Ed's reputation is well spread and he's picked up that there's this gold-haired professor type wandering around London looking for a job. So he acts as the oracle in a self-fufilling prophecy storyline and tells Ed where to search for a job.

The other part of me says that an earlier version of the Doctor meets up with Ed and Al in that teashop and has a chat.

I have too many other bunnies, but this will probably turn over in my head for a while before I write anything

[dragonbetween.livejournal.com]

The first version is more like what I was thinking when I read it. He's probably seen pictures of future Ed (assuming he doesn't know him personally) so he knows what he looks like.