An English Rose in the throes
of a Time and Space Wanderlust
As scarlet petals
strewn upon the roof
of a Tardis in full thrust
Where beauty meets the beast
a bad wolf is howling
Waves of gravity rising
from an Eventful Horizon
Rose Tyler, the best of the best
Captain Jack Harkness could never
come between her and the Doctor
Even in the darkness of outer space
After saving this existence, and
the Doctor himself, more than once . . .
. . . from enemies not so nice
. . . with absolutely no fashion sense!
Only to be plucked and abandoned upon
that accursed Doomsday parallel universe.
For Rose Tyler had gazed directly into the Eye of Harmony, the Tardis power source, receiving a Meta-Radiation burst.
The Doctor may have two, but poor Rose
was left with her one heart broken ๐
The Price of Alien Love
. . . Or did it just happen?
On Gallifrey you can never be certain.
Anyway, the High Council decided that
with each ensuing regeneration, there will
be a lowering of the Doctor’s testosterone.
Till eventually he manifests as a woman.
Not so much as a punishment, but an act
of political correctness (Time Lords do
seem to have high opinions of themselves).
Since the Doctor, throughout all of time and space, was married to River Song, all along
(Yes Doctor, remember her … the chaotic
cosmic daughter of the fiery Amy Pond?)!
The two timing Time Lord regenerates into something more comfortably androgynous
(not that David Tennant was some hairy
chested Scotsman).
For there are always humanoids
in desperate need of saving . . .
from creatures seeking a hit of caffeine
And to unravel conspiracies most alien
~ by David B. Redpath ยฉ 2019
Would you like a jelly baby ?
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“The tensile strength of a jelly baby offers
the perfect resistance.”ย ~ Doctor Who
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Angelic poem full of glory.
Weighed with honey,
Playing with flowers,
Telling a story.
How was that?
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Greatly appreciated is your response poetic,
for I am but a Whovian tragic ๐ ๐
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Is Dr. Who truly that good? It’s more than a funky vision or a acidic tour thru the universe?
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It has it’s ups and downs.
But I find the science to be sound,
and the philosophy most profound,
for a BBC TV show. The same people
who gave the world Monty Python.
I’ve been watching Dr. Who since I was
just a jelly baby in a Time Lord’s pocket.
I guess some people never grow up ๐
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Depends upon the Doctor…
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Tom Baker’s Doctor Who, along with
Sarah Jane and K-9, would probably be my
all time favourite. With his wardrobe and
persona, he was the Bob Dylan Doctor Who.
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I grew up with Tom Baker. I was giddy when they brought Sarah Jane into the new series.
He was a character!
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“There’s no point in being grown up
if you can’t be childish sometimes.”
~ Doctor Who (Tom Baker)
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This is awesome Mr Redpath
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Thanks for that.
Just trying to setting the records straight ๐
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Well said and well done man ๐ป
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I think perhaps, the Time Lord Council’s
decision to lower the Doctor’s testosterone
levels, may have had a flow on effect here
Earth, regarding Caster Semenya !?
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Very interesting and entertaining as usual David! โThe Doctorโ is a member of the family seems. ๐
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Yes, Stella . . . Aliens are no different ๐ฝ
Always some shame & scandal in the family ๐
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I wrote once about Alien love! Lol scandalous ๐คช
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Giving a whole new meaning
to “Love from Above” ๐
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๐ lol I suppose ๐ฝ
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I guess we Earthlings should
always be open to new things ๐ค
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Lol you so funny!
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Quite original!
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Thank you, Barbara ๐
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You made me smile — especially with humanoids needing to be saved from a monster that wants caffeine.
Good to see you again, where have you been?
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I’ve stumbled on the side
of twelve misty mountains.
I’ve walked and I’ve crawled
on six crooked highways,
since my time machine broke down
in front of a dozen dead oceans.
Way down south, Basilike,
Winter is coming, like a freight train.
The winter of our discontent . . .
so I’m getting geared up to drive
the 3,741 kilometres straight
to the far end of this continent.
Tropical Darwin or bust.
Very happy to have brought
a smile to your face with
my frivolous little post ๐
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If winter is coming, run the other way. I would if I could.
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Lord Stark can protect the North.
I’ll give him a hand where I can
with a big piece of dragon glass๐
If I survive, I’m planning to sail
for the Adriatic next Euro Summer,
so I’ll be seeking your sage advice ๐
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I’ll be glad to offer it.
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Efcharistรณ, Basilike ๐๐
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Parakalรณ, David!
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This is fabulous. You have raised some interesting questions. Testosterone levels indeed! Great fun! ๐
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Thank you, Meg ๐
Glad you liked my piece
of interstellar gossip ๐
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Loved it!
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And no doubt to solve the question that’s plaguing a baseball General Manager at the moment, “Who’s on first?”.
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You raise a most interesting conundrum
for anyone who would choose to love a
Time Lord. This power to perpetually be
on first, whilst coming last ๐ค
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This is very entertaining, David.
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Thank you, Punam ๐
A frivolous enterprise to boldly go
where no blog has gone before ๐
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I wouldn’t ever call it ‘frivolous enterprise’! But you do tread the unconventional path. ๐
Always a pleasure, David.
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๐๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ
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A poetry of sci-fi epic proportions. Your words are incredible and the photography is gold. ๐
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ย Thanks Charlie for taking the trek ๐
Time And Relative Dimensions In Space
is the place to be. But with Rose๐น aboard
the TARDIS, the Doctor went backwardness
instead of forwards, and became a SIDRAT ๐
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Sorry to break it to you,
I’m a star wars fan & Marvel fan as well. ๐
Your responses are always poetic and very well written my friend. ๐
P.S Have you read my latest? trust me you’ll like the new direction I’m going with.
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May the force from the true source
be ever with you, Charlie ๐
I do have a small dose of hope
that planetary despondency
will not leave us swinging from
a slow motion instant karmic rope ๐
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If karma ever did strike first…it wouldn’t surprise me that in the end, we humans tried our best to restore balance within our planet. It’s part of natures law I believe.
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Unfortunately, the secondย Law of
Thermodynamics, would indicate that mankind will fall on the plastic sword.
This law of entropy helps to explain
our collective apathy at the messy
state our westernised culture creates.
We currently have the technology and
resources to solve most of the world’s
problems. The only thing missing is the
resolve to pay the price, bite the bullet,
and do it.
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Piper & Eccleston…โค๐น
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There were some ‘Daddy Issues’ going on
with Christopher Eccleston and Billie Piper.
Eccleston also had issues with the show’s
producers. Hence his early departure.
But the real sexual tension started when
David Tennant started waving around his
sonic screwdriver ๐
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Yeah. Russell T. Davies made him miserable.
Tennant was great, too. I’m just an Eccleston fan. He’s a bit over two years my senior.
Rolls were reversed with The Doctor & River Song. Alex Kingston is old enough to be Smith’s mother. I wonder how she would have played against Eccleston…
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Like a TARDIS on fire ๐ฅ
rather than a time travelling cougar.
But Peter Capaldi had her measure ๐
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She & Capaldi did well together. In general terms, I wasn’t fond of him. Or, maybe that is when the writing started to suck…๐ค
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But Capaldi could play a mean guitar.
A strange coincidence, Victoria . . .
In the movie World War Z, with Brad Pitt,
Capaldi played a small role as the doctor
working for the World Health Organisation.
Yes, he was already the Doctor from WHO,
years before he landed the gig as Who ๐
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I remember that. I recognized him immediately because of his appearance in Doctor Who in 2008’s “Fires of Pompeii”.
He was a gifted player. But, seriously…the Who writing started to suck…out loud. They turned Clara into a complete bitch (she was fun with Smith) & if I heard Bill mention one more time that she was gay, I was gonna scream.
I really, really tried to watch the Whittaker series. There’s no fun, no whimsy, no amusing banter…it’s depressing & preachy.
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Sadly, political correctness has taken all
the fun out of time travel ๐ช
The Master has taken over, and we are all
being socially engineered by alien stealth.
As the Christopher Eccleston Doctor was
once asked, “Is a slave still a slave if he
doesn’t know he’s a slave?”. To which the
Doctor answered with a swift & firm, “Yes!”.
Interestingly, in that storyline, humanity
was being enslaved by an all powerful
alien by means of controlling information.
Simply telling people what & how to think.
I do believe in live & let live, unlike the
Sultan of Brunei. But let’s not be told what
to think by armchair moralists who seek
to deny the freedom of speech, and belief,
from everyone they disagree with.
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Here! Here! Well said!
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A thought provoking post. Great lines. and images all weaved together so perfectly.
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Thanks, Drew.
Yes, Doctor Who has been one of my
many guilty pleasures over the years ๐
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Very unique, very David-like.
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Thanks Bojana ๐
Of a song that reminds me.
“Well, I try my best
to be just like I am
But everybody wants you
to be just like them
They say sing while you slave
and I just get bored
Ah, I ain’t gonna work
on Maggie’s farm no more.”
~ Bob Dylan
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My kinda guy.
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The Doctor is no ambivalent Mr.Spock ๐
Nor some opinionated rabid shock jock.
Just the man to give humanity a hand when battling an alien Morlock in a frock ๐ฝ ๐๐ถ๏ธ
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Such a delight to find this today. Really fun to read. I love Rose and everything Dr. Who. โฅโฅ
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You have impeccable taste, Niki ๐๐
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What a great sci-fi ride!
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Thank you, Anna.
The world could do with a Doctor ๐
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How I listen for the cranking twirling wind of the Tardis, coming to whisk me away. The safety of the very tall Doctor and his scarf of many neverending colors indeed a hero in my mind. Who among us expresses such humorous candor in so simply elegant ways anymore? ๐
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Tom Baker is the Doctor who imprinted
the image of a benign alien superhero
on my young impressionable mind.
Alas, Orson Welles was never destined
to become a regeneration of the Doctor.
But it isn’t too late for Billy Connolly, or
John Cleese, to get the gig? Perhaps
Bernie Sanders might be interested๐
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Cleese would have been brilliant.
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I’d suspect Doctor Monty Python’s first
mission would be to unmask the alien
conspiracy behind the Spanish Inquisition ๐ฝ
Nobody would be expecting that ๐
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Haha! Of course not. And Polly is a must as his assistant.
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With Sybil as the Doctor’s deadly nemesis,
The Master … of course. Ably assisted by an artificial alien intelligence named ‘Manuel’ ๐
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K-Manuel. To fund his endless missions he rents out rooms in the Tardis. Hyperspace T&B.
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Try & Buy? Turn & Burn? Top & Bottom? ๐ค
Like deep space, the possibilities are endless.
Down Under we do B&B (beer & breakfast) ๐บ
But the Doctor need come to Australia.
Here the aliens are friendly, and everything
is bonza beauty mate! ๐๐
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