History Fanfic / ChildrenOfTime

* AerithAndBob: Gender-inverted: Sherlock and Beth (although it could be argued that their surnames, Holmes and Lestrade, play it straight).

** [[spoiler:And, of course, there's Beth's AffectionateNickname for Holmes...]]

* {{Fanservice}}: As remarked below, it's pure shippiness.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: The entire first episode, due to being a direct continuation from the previous one. If

* InsatiableNewlyweds:[[spoiler:Still sort-of newlyweds and having been parted for so long... the Holmeses get very romantic very often.]]

* Adorkable: Sherlock.

''Children of Time'' is a ''Literature/SherlockHolmes''[=/=]''Series/DoctorWho'' [[{{Crossover}} crossover]] series, providing an [[AlternateUniverse AU]] to Season or Series 3 of NuWho, "exploring what might happen if Holmes and Watson were substituted for Martha Jones as the Doctor’s full-time companions". The series is a collaboration by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1758544/Aleine-Skyfire Aleine Skyfire]] and [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/3677015/Riandra Riandra]], under the shared account [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/4285380/ Wholmes Productions]].

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[[folder:season one]]
* ArcWords: "Fixed Points in Time" for Season 1.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: They pop up with distressing frequency.
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Sally (though unquestionably a [[TheSmartGal Smart Gal]]), Beth (carries shades of TheChick at times), and the TARDIS, respectively.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: An Arc Idea.
* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Justified, as its Holmes and Watson's hometown and so closely associated with them.
* BritishAccents: Comes up every now and then. Holmes and Watson, of course, speak have pre-BBC, pre-20th century accents, which becomes important for Beth when she's working out who they are. Beth herself can speak a decent Cockney; her family spends summers in the UK, so she's gotten the hang of that particular accent without losing her own [[AmericanAccents Midwestern one]]. The Doctor's own Estuary accent is mentioned early on in Holmes's thoughts. Kit deliberately switches from a Midwestern accent to a middle-class London one in 1940s New Mexico.
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[[folder:season two]]

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[[folder:the 221B collection]]

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[[folder:A to M]]

* ByronicHero: Holmes, oh so much.
* CharacterDevelopment: The first season is a characterization-heavy set of stories, all very linked and leading to the hugely character-driven events of the finale.
** More specifically, this season is ''really'' about ''Holmes's'' development as a person, [[spoiler:from a good man to an even better one to not so good to better than ever]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: Season 1 follows both the Davies and Moffat lines of thought regarding the darker side to the Doctor and his adventures.
** Holmes becomes a heartbreaking example of just how far [[spoiler: a Companion can go wrong]], and Beth becomes another by showing how completely [[spoiler:a Companion can be devastated and even destroyed]].
** Watson [[CallingTheOldManOut calls out the Doctor]] just once, but [[spoiler:Moriarty]] viciously, mercilessly deconstructs the Doctor every chance he gets and with very little falsehood.

* DistressedDude: Something of a motif for poor Holmes throughout the first season.

* FiveManBand:
** TheLeader[=/=]TeamDad: The Doctor, Type IV.
** TheLancer[=/=]TheSmartGuy: Holmes.
** TheMedic[=/=]TheHeart: Watson.
** TheBigGuy[=/=]TeamMom: The TARDIS.
** TheChick[=/=]TheSmartGirl: Sally.
** SixthRanger[=/=]TheHeart: Beth.
* {{Foil}}: Holmes and the Doctor to each other.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the tradition of the NuWho seasons, the "episodes" contain quite a bit of foreshadowing for the finale.
* ForegoneConclusion: Season 1 is just retelling [=NuWho's=] Season 3 with Holmes and Watson, right? WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong

* HumansAreGood: Espoused frequently by the Doctor, as per normal, which makes meeting [[spoiler: Moriarty]] all the more shocking.

* LoveHurts: A theme of the first episode that disappears for the first season until halfway through and then continues on to the end.
* ManHug: The Doctor likes to dish these out to his boys when he's very happy and affectionate -- ''or'' after particularly harrowing experiences.

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[[folder:N to Z]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The first season kind of runs on this.

* TheOtherDarrin: The two authors switch back and forth in writing Watson, depending on if he's alone with Holmes or if they're with the Doctor, etc.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe

* RedOniBlueOni: Beth's red to Holmes's blue.

* TimeParadox: A recurring concern, considering that the Doctor has taken on two Companions who truly have destinies to fulfill.
** [[spoiler:This is why Kit tells Holmes to protect Watson and never mind about her...]]
** [[spoiler:And then there's "Dynamics of a Point".]]
* TimeTravelTenseTrouble

* TheWarOnTerror: Alluded to in Season 2, via the anti-cryptnosis organizations.

* WorldWarThree: Mentioned by Beth as having been the reason for the redesigning and renaming of London.

[[folder:A to M]]

* ArcWords: "Fixed Points in Time" for Season 1.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: They pop up with distressing frequency.

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Sally (though unquestionably a [[TheSmartGal Smart Gal]]), Beth (carries shades of TheChick at times), and the TARDIS, respectively.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: We already know how good DavidTennant looks, and [[Tropers/AleineSkyfire Skyfire's]] illustrations with Holmes and Watson base the pair's looks off of JeremyBrett and David Burke. Of course, [[CareyMulligan Sally]] is a beautiful young woman, and Beth is pretty good-looking in the illustrations (which are a little different from [[WesternAnimation/SherlockHolmesInTheTwentySecondCentury her canonical look]]). Beth also teases Holmes by mentioning that InspectorLestrade is not bad-looking, himself. [[spoiler:Moriarty and Moran]] are never described in very great detail, other than both often wearing malicious expressions.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: An Arc Idea.
* BritainIsOnlyLondon: Justified, as its Holmes and Watson's hometown and so closely associated with them.
* BritishAccents: Comes up every now and then. Holmes and Watson, of course, speak have pre-BBC, pre-20th century accents, which becomes important for Beth when she's working out who they are. Beth herself can speak a decent Cockney; her family spends summers in the UK, so she's gotten the hang of that particular accent without losing her own [[AmericanAccents Midwestern one]]. The Doctor's own Estuary accent is mentioned early on in Holmes's thoughts. Kit deliberately switches from a Midwestern accent to a middle-class London one in 1940s New Mexico.

** Beth appears at first to have been inspired in her rebellious tendencies by Holmes, but [[spoilers:meeting her father makes it clear that the original Inspector Lestrade's strict adherence to rules faded out of the gene pool somewhere along the line]].

* GambitPileup: The first season finale (actually going straight into XanatosSpeedChess]] and then the first few episodes of the second season.

* StableTimeLoop: Some ''do'' occur, "Watson and Sally" being the worst offender until you learn about [[spoiler:Beth's full heritage]] in Season 2.

** [[spoiler:[[ItGotWorse And then there's "Dynamics of a Point"]].]]

* BadDreams[=/=]FlashbackNightmare: Introduced in the very first episode with the Doctor and continues on to Holmes and Beth in the finale.

* BritishAccents: Comes up every now and then. Holmes and Watson, of course, speak Received Pronunciation, which becomes important for Beth when she's working out who they are. Beth herself can speak a decent Cockney; her family spends summers in the UK, so she's gotten the hang of that particular accent without losing her own [[AmericanAccents Midwestern one]]. The Doctor's own Estuary accent is mentioned early on in Holmes's thoughts. Kit deliberately switches from a Midwestern accent to a middle-class London one in 1940s New Mexico.

** More specifically, this series is ''really'' about ''Holmes's'' development as a person, [[spoiler:from a good man to an even better one to not so good to better than ever]].

* ArcWords: "Fixed Points in Time".

* CharacterDevelopment: It's a characterization-heavy set of stories, all very linked and leading to the hugely character-driven events of the finale.

* {{Determinator}}: The whole FiveManBand and the two finale villains besides!
* DistressedDude: Something of a motif for poor Holmes throughout the series.
* [[EmotionalTorque Emotional Torque]]: The series as a whole, the finale as a trilogy, and each episode of the finale themselves.

* ForegoneConclusion: It's just retelling Season 3 with Holmes and Watson, right? WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong

* LoveHurts: A theme of the first episode that disappears for the series until halfway through and then continues on to the end.

* BritishAccents: Comes up every now and then. Holmes and Watson, of course, speak Received Pronunciation, which becomes important for Beth when she's working out who they are. Beth herself can speak a decent Cockney; her family spends summers in the UK, so she's gotten the hang of that particular accent without losing her own [[AmericanAccents Midwestern one]]. The Doctor's own Estuary accent is mentioned early on in Holmes's thoughts. Kit's RP accent is very noticeable in 1940s New Mexico.

** More specifically, this series is ''really'' about ''Holmes's'' development as a person, [[spoiler: from a good man to an even better one to not so good to better than ever]].

* ThePowerOfFriendship[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: The CentralTheme -- the overriding elements of the story are [[TrueCompanions intense friendship]], [[ThickerThanWater biological]] and [[spiritual family, and enduring romantic love.