Reproduction

Reproduction is the seventh story in The Academic Series, written by LizzeXX, and is a rewrite of British show Doctor Who's Series 7. The story follows the Professor, a Time Lady from the planet Gallifrey, the Doctor's oldest friend as well as his Bonded and wife. Along with losing the Ponds and taking on new impossible companion Clara Oswald to solve her mystery, the two Time Lords actively try to have a baby, a goal they actually achieve by chapter 15, The Name of the Doctor, after centuries of trying, only to regenerate to their twelfth incarnations on Trenzalore one special story and one chapter later.

This story was well received by the FanFiction community, despite reader preference to avoid stories with OCs. It did considerably better than previous stories of the series in terms of reviews, having gotten 190 favorites, 100 follows and 240 reviews to date.

Reproduction has been rated T by the author and is listed under the Romance and Adventure genres of the site. It has 16 chapters, each equaling one episode from Series 7, including prequel Pond Life, The Snowmen and The Time of the Doctor (altered to The Time of the Doctor and Professor for the story), with a word count of 229,374 words (including Author's Notes at the beginning of the story and the end of each chapter), the most for a story of this series to date. The first chapter was uploaded on FanFiction on May 18th, 2013 after a one year gap during which Series 7 aired, and was updated daily until chapter 15, The Name of the Doctor. Five months later, the author uploaded Revelations, a rewrite of the show's 50th anniversary special The Day of the Doctor as a separate eighth story, before finally uploading the last chapter on January 1st, 2014.The next story, Relict, is scheduled to be uploaded one day after Series 8 of the show airs.

Official Summary
11/OC -Time Lady- The Doctor and Professor will face their toughest challenges yet. Not only must they deal with losing the Ponds, but a new (and rather impossible) companion. How will their quest to start a family fare when, after centuries of trying, nothing has happened? What will they do with Trenzalore looming? Seventh in the Academic Series.

Chapter Summaries
To be added.