Saturday, 29 November 2025

O Doctor! My Doctor!

And the second one being a parody of the Walt Whitman poem made famous by the film Dead Poets Society (and set at the end of the last 9th Doctor episode - The Parting of the Ways).

O Captain! My Captain! O Doctor! My Doctor! not by Walt Whitman
O Doctor! My Doctor! The battle now is done;

The ships have all been destroyed, Daleks gone - every one;
Your Rose is here, her mind unclear, the time vortex is pulsing,
Her golden eyes reveal her deed, and also that she’s dying:
      O her head! head! head!
            She can’t ignore its strong call!
                  Be not afraid the Doctor’s here,
                        He will save us all.

O Doctor! My Doctor! Step up to help the girl;
Step up—for you she did this thing—for you she saved the world;
For you she came back and fought —for you she stands there glowing;
It’s you she needs, to stop the pain, your resolve now is showing;
      The Doctor! Will help her!
            And save her from her fall;
                  He reaches out, his lips touch hers,
                        And he will save us all.

The Doctor catches her then, and lays her on the floor;
Rose wakes from her salvation and wonders what went before;
The Doctor’s face now shows a pain, he knows his time is done;
Though neither want, neither can staunch, the process has begun;
      Golden light flares, and then it fades!
            A new man stands there tall,
                  A diff’rent face (yet) still we know,
                        He will save us all.

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