Doctor Who: the naming of things

Fandom: Doctor Who
Rating: R
Word count: 13,028
Characters/pairing: Koschei/Theta
Summary: How to become the Master.
Notes: Credit where credit is due: thanks to polarisnorth, who told me the rubbish beard conversation was indeed rubbish and that I needed more ending; alpheratz, who got pounced in a panic at the last moment and told me what "more ending" meant; nextian, who wanted to know where the Rani had gone and loved the bit with the trains even though Five said it first; and fahye, who provided cheerleading at three in the morning and accused me of pulling things straight out of her brain. <333
Warnings: Contains suicide and other unhappy things. Picks and chooses canon with abandon.

You can also read this story on the Archive of Our Own.

( koschei is sick of doing what everyone else does )

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