Fic related question.
Feb. 22nd, 2013 04:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
silver_sunSo I am writing a fic and I've got two options of how the plot gets from point A to B.
Basically Jack, Ianto and Owen are stuck on an alien planet. Jack is mortal (when he destroyed the paradox machine at the end of Doctor Who S3 he got fixed when time got reset).
Jack is hurt. A deep puncture wound to his lower leg. He fell out of tree trying to find signs of habitation and managed to stab himself with a pointed stick. They really didn't have anything to treat it with straight away and it's infected and Jack isn't in a good way.
They've now been found by the alien inhabitants of the planet, who (without revealing more of the plot) have a crashed spaceship they've raided for supplies in the past.)
However the ship has been there years, so the quality of whatever is left on board is decidedly dodgy.
So to the question: Ianto goes to the ship and retrieves what medical supplies he can and brings them back to Owen.
So should the stuff still be good/work despite the stuff being alien and being submerged in a partially flooded space ship for about 50 years? or should he get the stuff and it's no good, so Owen does the best with what he has?
Jack is going to pull through either way.
So I can see either working, but have been torn between both options. Is the medicine being viable too convenient and unlikely? or is having it not being any good after Ianto getting in not particularly easy circumstances just angst for angsts sake?
So any thoughts?
Basically Jack, Ianto and Owen are stuck on an alien planet. Jack is mortal (when he destroyed the paradox machine at the end of Doctor Who S3 he got fixed when time got reset).
Jack is hurt. A deep puncture wound to his lower leg. He fell out of tree trying to find signs of habitation and managed to stab himself with a pointed stick. They really didn't have anything to treat it with straight away and it's infected and Jack isn't in a good way.
They've now been found by the alien inhabitants of the planet, who (without revealing more of the plot) have a crashed spaceship they've raided for supplies in the past.)
However the ship has been there years, so the quality of whatever is left on board is decidedly dodgy.
So to the question: Ianto goes to the ship and retrieves what medical supplies he can and brings them back to Owen.
So should the stuff still be good/work despite the stuff being alien and being submerged in a partially flooded space ship for about 50 years? or should he get the stuff and it's no good, so Owen does the best with what he has?
Jack is going to pull through either way.
So I can see either working, but have been torn between both options. Is the medicine being viable too convenient and unlikely? or is having it not being any good after Ianto getting in not particularly easy circumstances just angst for angsts sake?
So any thoughts?