Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Doctor

Posted by Phoebe

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Doctor

I

Among twenty snowy planets,
The only moving thing
Was the heart of the TARDIS.

II

I was of thirteen minds,
Like a body
In which there are thirteen Doctors.

III

The Time Lord waltzes at the end of the world.
It is like a metaphor, thinly veiled.

IV

A Doctor and his companion
Are one.
A Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor and a Doctor
Are one.

V

I know that I prefer
The beauty of innuendos,
The milky-white discharge of bio-energy,
And the Doctor sleeping
just after.

VI

Naked branches filled my long window
With barbaric cracks.
The shadow of my future self
Crossed it, back and forth.
The potential
Found in the shadow
To become someone else.

VII

O thin men of Gallifrey,
Why do you tell your children
To look into the Time Vortex through
The Untempered Schism
Or the Eye of Harmony
Or whatever it’s called?
Do you not see how that shit
Is crazy?

VIII

I know noble accents
And lucid, inescapable rhythms;
But I know, too,
That the TARDIS
Has telepathic translation circuits.

IX

When the Time Lords flew out of sight,
It marked the edge
Of one of many circles.

X

At the sight of the Doctor
Flying in his TARDIS,
Even the Dalek Emperor
Would cry out sharply.

XI

He flew over London
In a blue box.
Once, a fear pierced him,
In that he mistook
The shadow of coral
For blackbirds.

XII

Mutter’s Spiral is turning.
The Doctor must be traveling.

XIII

It was today all tomorrow.
It was snowing
But it wasn’t snow.
The Doctor watched
From a box in a scrapyard.

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Permalink | Comments (3) | Apr 22, 2010

3 Responses to “Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Doctor”

  1. Janice Says:
    April 24th, 2010 at 2:20 am

    That was kind of amazing. I’ve never seen Dr. Who but I really want to be a fan. I’m just not sure where to begin. I did help a customer make a TARDIS for her Halloween costume.

  2. Phoebe Says:
    April 24th, 2010 at 2:10 pm

    Thanks, Janice! I’d start with the beginning of the new series, which came out in 2005 (they’re all available on Netflix). The early episodes are a smidge uneven, but it picks up like gangbusters in the middle of the first season. I was overwhelmed at first, too, but it’s been totally worth it.

  3. Janice Says:
    April 25th, 2010 at 4:13 am

    You’re welcome. ^.^ Thanks for the rec, I’ll definitely check it out. Between this and my new Star Trek obsession my nerd quotient is growing exponentially.

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