By royal appointment Doctor Whooves has created plans for the largest ever steam powered airship ever made in Equestrian history. After quickly securing an investor the project slowly begins to develop problems which, whilst most of them are trivial, will almost certainly put the lives of several others at risk. In the midst of all this Whooves must juggle work with his new relationship with Octavia, whom grows ever more concerned with Whooves stress levels as the project progresses...
Chapters (5)
Okay, you successfully convinced me that you don't know where Doctor Whooves' name originated from.
Not a bad story overall though. An upvote from me.
1662630 It was mainly a bit of terrible joke I decided to add in. A time travelling scientist pony who can't handle his time management seemed rather ironic and amusing in my opinion. However, I'm not having him time travelling in this story, as it would provide an all to easy plot drive device that could automatically lead to a happy ending, and I don't really want that. The character of Doctor Whooves himself was the first thing that really drew me in to the fandom, since I'm actually a fan Doctor Who as well, and having him as a scientific advisor is a small nod towards Jon Pertwee's time in the TARDIS during the early 70's when he was a scientific advisor to U.N.I.T.
Good story, please continue.
It's nice to see a story with Doctor Whooves without time travel, actually.
1685585 Thank you so much! I was actually sceptical about having Whooves without his TARDIS at first, but I wanted to do something different that would break this away from a normal piece of Fim Fiction featuring him, and that proved the best way to do so. I may add a reference as to why he can't time travel in a later chapter. But that depends if a good enough opportunity arises
What if he were to double-plate the half-thickness steel? If it's one-third the price, plus the price of rivets... Sorry, I'm over-thinking this, aren't I?
1760559 No, you're not, that did cross my mind when writing that chapter.
But then I also remembered that this Flam were talking about after all!
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Way to overly read into something.
Well I'm looking forward to the next chapter...