Doctor Who? Poem by Denis Martindale

You say you are the Doctor yet your hot lips look so warm,
I look at you... what do I get? A babe in female form...
Have you two hearts as well, my dear? Is this some huge mistake?
I've got my doubts... New face! New gear! Tell me, are you a fake?
Are you the Doctor here today... who saved so many lives?
For Gallifrey's so far away... some say it still survives...
The Time Lord isn't known to be a perfect ten... and how!
Where did you get that Tardis key? And new companions, now?

Is that key yours and yours alone? Or are you just a thief?
Perhaps more proof must still be shown... to halt my disbelief...
Do you recall the Cybermen? Do Daleks haunt your dreams?
And what about the Master, then? He had his mad extremes!
He often had some new disguise... to fool each simple soul...
Then suddenly to their surprise... he planned to take control!
So tell me! Who are you, missy? Time Lady? Doctor? Fraud?
I've got time, I'm not too busy... Were you that great Time Lord?

If so, then please tell me your name! My word, it's really you!
I can't believe you're now a dame! And yet quite lovely, too...


Denis Martindale December 2019.


Doctor Who will return on New Year's Day 2020...