7 Works by WorkWaffle
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Doctor Who: Drones Of Steel, Cores Of Sinew by WorkWaffle
Fandoms: Murder Drones (Web Series), Doctor Who, Doctor Who (2005)
19 Jan 2026
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Copper-9 offered a quick stop for the 11th Doctor and his companion Clara; enjoyable sights and expedient supplies. Yet, when the Tardis brings them to when they need to be, instead of where they want to be, they find the bustling settlement a shattered ruin of smoking rubble and catastrophic ashes. The only thing left alive being the humanoid workforce of worker drones.
Of particular note, three particular angst riddled horrors; fresh off the heels of the trauma of their camping trip gone awry. Though the harsh winds of Copper-9 groan with change and the sounds of new arrivals, at least N, V, and Uzi have each other. Right?
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Cabin Fever catches all unprepared, and none more so than a house divided. Tessa and J's alliance to the rogue trio of N, V and Uzi is on the verge of crumbling. When a last-ditch plot to enact a life-and-ego saving memory wipe fails, the path down to the core of Copper-9 is rendered rockier still, blocking every way around that which Tessa desperately wanted to avoid. Memories of a gala. Yellow tendrils reaching inside her head. The whirrs and clanks her joints now make. One little pig-tailed drone, or the entire universe.
The sequel/continuation of Hostile Corporate Restructuring, picking up right where it left off by bringing in the ensemble. Heavy focus on Tessa and J, though the others get their time to shine. We are now officially post-episode six, woooo!
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- Part 5 of Corporate Consolidation Canon (Triple-C)
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J has been granted a new lease on life, but like a lease made with a used car dealer her debtors may come knocking at any minute. Following her heel turn in Robo-Purgatory, she will have to put in the leg-work to rebuild the trust and relationships she worked so hard to burn to the ground at the behest of the Solver. After reuniting with a friend she long thought impossible to find anew she'll have to navigate the cut-throat competition of Copper-9. Both J and Tessa will be forced through circumstance to grapple with the reality of their existence and relationship. Mystery, Violence, and Industrial Strength Intonation and Innuendo abound as J engages in some Hostile Corporate Restructuring.
The Follow Up to Asset Management, diving headlong into headcannon and AU territory. I don't directly re-tell but will make reference to the events in the show, but for the most part I'm letting the Triple-C cannon stand on it's own merits. This is a world which is far less hospitable, where sharp claws merely get you to the table of threats, and where the tragic implications of events are allowed to fester. The events of the tale start around episode 2, from there it should be easy to tell when we are.
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- Part 4 of Corporate Consolidation Canon (Triple-C)
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Medical drone Nori Doorman is on a scavenging run with her husband when she has a chance to turn the tide of Copper-9’s history. She just managed to subdue and capture a murder drone, yet she quickly finds out that they are not all that they appear to be on the surface.
An AU from my Triple-C AU, coming from the third chapter of Synergistic Limited-Liability Consolidated asking “What if Kahn didn’t panic in the hardware store, and Nori was able to start the plot like 16 years early with all the knowledge she had?” No previous knowledge is required from the other fics to understand this one, but I do recommend SLLC as a good place to start for more context.
Flashback stuff is cannon to the Triple-C, but anything that happens past the start isn't
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Synergistic Limited-Liability Consolidated by WorkWaffle
Fandoms: Murder Drones (Web Series)
08 Dec 2023
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The Triple-C treatment for N,V, and Uzi. We start Pre-Pilot, getting well acquainted with the harsh and unforgiving world of Copper-9; where eldritch forces, worker scavenging crews, and corporate interests collide in a maelstrom of chaos and destruction. Even for the top predators on the planet danger lurks in the shadows of ruin, as their past and future intermix to ensure they are bound to the trauma they carry.
An offshoot of Hostile Corporate Restructuring, SLLC follows the shows cannon whilst focusing on filling out the interconnective tissue. I'm placing a greater emphasis on the worker drones actually being competent, providing a credible threat to the DD's when able to entrench themselves. This isn't a rewrite of the show so much as adding connective tissue in and around the episodes to allow them to better integrate with the wider Triple-C, it's not a strict progression in time here, but I'm generally keeping a pace to get to episode 6 and re-sync with HCR.
In the latest chapter; The surface of Copper-9 is hardly a vacation even if the murder drones weren't there!
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- Part 3 of Corporate Consolidation Canon (Triple-C)
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In the shadowy corridors of Elliot Manor, J, a still newly sentient drone, finds solace in sketching her dreams of corporate success. However, her emotions, particularly related to love, begin to surface, leading her to contemplate her feelings for her fellow newly sentient drone N.
Through a misunderstood drawing Tessa works out a plan to help her drone’s find love. As the plot thickens, secrets unfold, leading to a poignant climax that challenges the boundaries of artificial intelligence and the enigmatic nature of love.
Cannon compliant, prior knowledge not assumed.
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I was inspired to take a bit of a deeper look into J and why she might be acting the way she does, likely an AU since I'm fairly certain we'll get more insight into J in the coming episodes. But I basically asked myself "What if the corporate shill persona was a tragically over developed coping mechanism, and J got a taste of both N and V's worlds of forgetting most things but still knowing bits and pieces." Which leads to the obvious question, why is she trapped in the purgatory of knowledge?
This has slowly grown into an exploration of the parasitic relationship between the solver and it's "Cute Puppets" and how it enforces it's will on those beneath it. Slowly isolating them by feeding their desires till they self destruct and give in fully to it. But is there a way back from this state of social decay? Serial Designation J is going to learn the hard way "Is this good for the Company?" Comes with numerous strings, some of which are very sharp, attached.
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- Part 2 of Corporate Consolidation Canon (Triple-C)