Title: Nomina Nuda Tenemus
Summary: The Doctor goes off on one about love, war, and hyperreality while in the lair of the Beast.
Rated: PG
Characters: Ten, the Beast, Romana, T.S. Eliot, noted Italian academic Umberto Eco.
Setting: In the SATAN PIT!!!!!! Dun-dun-dunnnnn!!!!
Spoilers: Uh, yeah. A lot.
Word count: 719
Warnings: Angst. A lot of angst and some insanely pretentious Ecoian and Eliotic stuff.
Notes: Born of (what else?) my insane fanboy assertion that a large part of the Doctor’s Gallifrey!angst is actually Romana!angst projected on to an entire species that really doesn’t deserve it all that much.