The Empty Child

Ramblings On a Seminal Point In a Series
with a Recovery borrowed from Mr Porter.

Slap me on the cheeks with a wet shiny kipper
Atmosphere with orribleВ’ spooky nipper
Reminding of В‘DonВ’t Look NowВ’ child haunts in Venice
Eerily seeking his Mummy with menace.
Praise for director and those in Production
For one thing we do better than any nation
IS LOCATION SCI-FI for tv.
In this we lead any other country.
You could tell Picard was always on a backlot
Ours is real, mixing history and sci fit plot.

Billie you need to act with your arms
For all that lovely scenic Blitz ariel display
Was marred by your swinging charms-
A lack of strength was obvious IВ’d say.
When you were first lifted by balloon barrage
Against a model city you looked too large
Later when viewed overhead
The landscape has perspective.
But your ascent,
Considering all the money spent
Should have been checked
Before transmission was wrecked
By a model and your arms not sufficiently bent.

Oh fellow reviewers most dear
IВ’ve come over all queer.
ON the settee IВ’ve had to lay myself down.
For Chris had screen time without Rose!
At last At last a writer who went with the Who- who knows!!!!
No gurning В– no beaming, no berating the crew.
Though I presume a Time Lord of his calibre
Would have known itВ’s War before seeing a poster?
But one thing I realised tonight
That his comment to save the world
Although said in a tone often mistaken for sarcasm,
Was in effect his statement of fact В–a truism.

The most dramatic cameo possibly.
From Wilson ever on the telly.
Effective В– quick- visually stunning
Sad, powerful and enthralling
This whole ward scene on good acting relied.
Shame that his talents so quickly died
As his purpose to explain story
Ended in an early demise gory.

Now Mr Barrowman
You know you could have been the man
To have played the Who
When old Chris leaves the Tardis too.
You had charisma and charm
Yet you too had secrets to alarm
Nicely played Sir- nearly a tap dance
On your spaceship roof romance.

Now sit back folks and think on
How much was packed into Part one.
Excellent characters- believable in their plight
Lovely artistic London well lit.
Did you not feel for the young girl
Hearing her brothers heartfelt plea
After we had found out his identity.

Awards spring to mind
Of the acting and directorial kind.
X Files type lighting
Moody mysterious В–exciting.
We were not just behind our settees
But on the edge drawn in with ease.
Tributes to a writer who treated his audience with respect
The tension and empathy for Nancy kept
Our family intruiged and vexed
Wanting answers, thinking as to what next!!

So I can hear from inside that little box with panels retro
The sound of singing from a Cole Porter show.
For Capt Harkness remembering his previous life
Leads Rose and the good Doc in a song of strife.

The night is young, my ship is near
So if you want to go dancing, dear,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
You understand the Doctor well
You're his sweet sidekick -soon so will I,
It's delightful, it's delicious, it's de-lovely.
You can shout out with glee
What a swell plot this is- most gory,
You can hear childВ’s sad cry Mummy
Murmuring low.
В“DonВ’t let me goВ”
So please dear Rose, with bottom sweet
Just let me sell you, space junk quite neat.
"It's hospital, it's ambulance,
It's detectable, so alien tech,
Good episode, it's tight writinВ’, awards soon.
It's de-lovely".
ROSE:
I left the Doctor to his plot
To prove its his show in case weВ’d forgot.
CAPT.
I believed the stories were all yours
With more screentime in your clause!!
ROSE:
This part, my agent said to me
Will outgrow Doctor Who consequently
CAPT:
But Moffat saw the light,
Brought in me, Nance and Chris to put things right...
ROSE:
No, No, No,No,
Why, Why, Why, Why, Why,
Will I go? Will I go?
The show is young, the futureВ’s bright
Keep away from Mum plots- weВ’ll be alright
It's deciding, itВ’s where we go, that estate or no?
I want to see more monsters too
Not more Welsh Slitheens having a poo,
It's Eastenders, it's Emmerdale, it's worry-inВ’.
You can tell thereВ’s been planning ahead
Davies and writers have planned a thread,
But I hear all my relations
Whispering low,
"Wait itВ’s our show!"
DOCTOR:
I brought Who back with depth and growth.
And when I leave you, just say to me,
"It's delightful, it's delicious,
It's...It's de-lovely".