Best One-Shot Doctor Who Fanfics
Doctor Who one-shots under 10k words — complete reads in one sitting. Curated from AO3 and ranked by kudos.
Top 25 One-Shot Doctor Who Fanfics
Ranked by AO3 kudos. Mid-length Doctor Who fics — short stories under 10,000 words.
The Boy Who Waited
by Lunik
In a world without stars, the Last Centurion loses the Pandorica, loses his charge and loses his mind.SHIELD takes a chance on hiring a mysterious amnesiac man, and Agent Coulson finds that Rory Williams is the best damn secretary he's ever had.
The Care and Feeding of Tiny Humans (and slightly larger Time Lords)
by Netgirl_y2k
The one where the Doctor comes back for little Amelia Pond.
Past Tense
by Try2CatchMe
"This grin was brand new. It promised danger and excitement and probably epic stupidity under the guise of genius, but most of all it promised fun in the midst of it."
The Courtship and Marriage Rituals of Time Lords
by Lyaka
(Or, how the Doctor and the Master finally stopped courting and got married, to the relief of most of the known galaxy and the confusion of the humans in attendance.) Some would have said that it was a little elaborate and over-the-top, even for Time Lords. But the Master would have responded that
Fantastic Humanity
by esama
Somewhere in Newt's suitcase there is a pocket watch.
Seventeen Things That Happen to Rory Williams, After
by Scribe
In which Amy dies and Rory, eventually, keeps going.
The Pond Continuum
by kaydeefalls
Five people who have never heard of the Ponds (but might have met them anyway), and one who has.
A Supersoldier, A Brainwashed Assassin And An Alien Walk Into A Bar...
by midnightecho
"JACK HARKNESS MEETING BUCKY AND STEVE IN THE 1940s AND FLIRTING FURIOUSLY WITH BOTH OF THEMJACK HARKNESS SEEING THEM AGAIN IN THE 21ST CENTURY AND THEY’RE ALL EQUALLY CONFUSED AS EACH OTHER"- dangerhamster's tumblr post which I decided needed to happen
Winking at Strangers
by spoilersweetie
“No, she can’t know me,” she says firmly, to both Yaz and herself. “She’s just… I mean that’s just her. Winking at strangers. Does it all the time. I think. Probably. Typical River. Yep.”
No Rose Without a Thorn
by morningsound15
Rose goes to sleep one night next to her husband, John Smith, the man she has loved for going on three years now, and wakes up the next morning face-to-face with a complete stranger.She just about falls straight out of bed.**Or: Whenever the Doctor regenerates, his human double over in Pete’s World
i had all and then most of you (some and now none of you)
by closingdoors
River's gasping a little when she pulls away."My gods, I thought your past selves were a handful."
sad, beautiful, tragic (aka me, you, and us).
by orphan_account
"So, is this it?" Amy asks. "Is this what TIme Lords pray to?" The Doctor glances at the ceiling, then at the TARDIS blue door that holds a remnant of his hearts. "No," The Doctor says, "Only the one." (The door reads 'The Doctor and Rose Tyler'.)
don't sound like friends
by InLust
Yaz likes the Doctor, but they’re just friends. Except her family keeps catching her at the wrong moments with the Doctor.
Senses Only Divide Us
by tenscupcake
When the Doctor is rendered temporarily blind and deaf by a hostile sect of aliens, Rose discovers the only way to comfort him is through touch.
Time and Space and the Bits In Between
by kesdax
“Yaz? Why did your mum think we were seeing each other?”
The Perks of Non-Linear Narrative
by kyaticlikestea
After Amy dies, the Doctor leaves flowers. He doesn't leave Rory.
Twelve Times a Blonde Lunatic Molested the Doctor... And One Time She Assaulted Him
by Mountainlily00
AKA, Twelve Doctors Rose Tyler Snogged and One She SlappedThis all started with mental image of Rose springing a surprise snog on Six, waltzing with Three and getting married to Two (and Jamie) all while searching for her own Doctor. It devolved from there.
Don't Leave Me Hanging on the Telephone
by leftennant
“Rose, the rain,” he said running his fingers through his dripping hair, “it’s an aphrodisiac."
5 Times the Doctor Interfered in Darcy's Life and SHIELD Was Clueless, And The One Time That Everyone Found Out
by ITookTheOneLessTravelled
Multi-era Doctor Who, plays with the idea that Darcy was a companion (sort of). Slight spoilers for The Name of the Doctor. Rated for a bit of language and slightly mature themes.
I Was Only Borrowing Time (I Was Going To Put It Back)
by copperbadge
They haven't exactly met in linear order, Neal and the Doctor, but sometimes that makes for the best kind of friendship.
The Woman, And The Other Woman, And The Two Men Who Fell To Earth
by spideyandstark
The Doctor thinks it's very rude of her TARDIS to crash while she's trying to impress Yasmin Khan. The TARDIS, quite frankly, thinks the Doctor should woman up and ask her out already.(Or - they're stranded in 1928, the Doctor's injured, and Yaz maybe sort of makes her two hearts flutter.)
i'll take your part when darkness comes
by smallblueandloud
Her body is changing. She’s operating just as well on less and less sleep, and meals are more of a personal choice than a necessity. She’s not sure what’s going on, whether it’s the Void jumping or it has something more to do with the gold that she dreams of every night and the strings she can feel
A Wolf at Her Heels
by LiraelClayr007
This is the story of Rose Tyler.Rose Tyler, Defender of the Earth, hopping through endless dimensions to find her Doctor. We all know how the original story ended.This one ends differently.In this story, Rose has a little help from her friends, and from a Wolf.**A Journey's End fix-it, because somet
Eternity in her Eyes
by Chocolatequeen
The Doctor looks into Time and sees a future where he’s with Rose forever. He can’t force it to happen, but he can leave Rose a hint. Prequel to To Make Much of Time.
Coaster Castles (and other sturdy defenses)
by bendingsignpost
He's only a bloke in a bar, but he's a bloke in a bar who needs her.
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About This List
This list of 25one-shot Doctor Who fanfics spans 139,193 total words. Kudos range from 1,601 on the newest entries to 6,893 on the most established. 68% are marked complete — check the status flag before committing to a longfic. The most common rating is Teen And Up Audiences (12 of 25 fics).
Recurring tags across this list: Fluff · Episode Fix-It: s04e13 Journey's End · Hurt/Comfort · Angst · Dimension-Hopping Rose.
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