a/n: Hello! On the suggestion of one of my readers, I am adding this note and excerpt at the end of this story to let you know I have written a sequel which I just started posting. It's called Propriety, Murder and Time Travel which is posted under that title here on FF. It is a novel length story which I have mostly already complete so it will be posted on a regular basis. If you enjoyed Victorian, you may also enjoy the sequel which is set in both modern day and 1920s in Pete's World. It picks up pretty close to where Victorian left off.
Excerpt:
It was much easier for two twenty first century women and a human Time Lord Metacrisis to settle into life in Victorian London than it was for a certain Victorian couple to acclimate to life in twenty first century London. This was a fact that a certain Time Lord Metacrisis failed to take into account.
It seemed like such a simple thing. Rescue Amy and Rory from the werewolf and a fiery death in a burning house in Victorian London and whisk them away in the Tardis back to modern times. After all, it wasn't uncommon for the Doctor to pick up companions in many different time periods and levels of technology and plop them down in cultural situations completely out of their comfort zone. It had always worked for him in the past. At least, as far as he knew. But, that was before he settled down with Rose and their son, Asher in a house with carpets, windows, doors and a Tardis in the basement and being tethered to one particular time period.
He was under the assumption they would just adapt and fit right in. Unfortunately, that was not what happened. Not that he was around much to observe said cultural shock and anachronistic bewilderment. It would seem the Tardis suddenly required the majority of his time so he would pop in, babble a mile a minute, thrust some new information or modern technology at Amy and Rory and then escape before the emotional and psychological fallout leaving Rose to handle the messy details. In this case, messy details included teaching Rory and Amy about everything from how to operate the loo to clothing options, modern culture and attitudes, music, history and technology.
Saying Rory and Amy were overwhelmed, was an understatement. Each day seemed to bring some new almost unbelievable concept or piece of technology into their life. Residing at Grantham Manor, which they knew from Rose and the Doctor's time in Victorian London, helped comfort them; however, being in such a modern time period was still intimidating and they were still in mourning for their old life. With Rose's help, they eventually began to come to terms with the fact that this was now their home and they had to adapt to this new life. Acclimatizing to this time made Amy and Rory gain a new appreciation for how Rose, Jackie and the Doctor had fit into their society and it gave them the courage to accept this new life. Of course, Amy may have embraced it a little easier than Rory.