Peter Capaldi tribute for the twelfth Doctor

Inside the TARDIS, from eleven to twelve

Into a Time Lord’s story we further delve

The transformation now starts to begin

But the essence of the man remains deep within

The secret of such terrific change

Is held inside a Gallifreyan’s stage

Two beating hearts and a new kidney

The ‘Time of the Doctor’ was when you would be

With Clara beside you on all your adventures

Some proved a challenge; some too mad to mention

A rock star’s entrance with wailing guitars

Meeting your match in Mayor Me/Ashildr

Chipping away through centuries of stone

Persistent in nature, killing time, all alone

Getting tied up in knots; the ultimate contortions

Facing solitary challenges of epic proportions

Dining with River at the Darillion Towers

Defeating the Daleks with all of your powers

A field full of hands force the ultimate decision

Then your pay in the future by Davros’ derision

Not always getting it oh so right

But never, ever giving up the fight

Clara gives strength whenever it’s needed

Also wisdom and knowledge; she’s a natural leader

Trap Street trickery hidden in plain sight

Ashildr again takes up the twelfth Time Lord’s plight

Confessional dial banishes him far away

Where Zygons and Angels terrorise another day

Bill and Nardole then took up the task

Of being companions, the ultimate ask

A Time for Heroes, a time for you

A Time for revealing who’s the ultimate Who

Puddles with girls chasing Bill round the universe

Victorian monsters under frozen Thames, adverse

You gave it your all, a professor’s view

Whilst protecting The Vault from secrets anew

So farewell Doctor, we must say goodbye

It’s time for a new chameleon to fly

A dozen transformations have now set you free

But the Time Lord lives on, always saving the galaxy

Ange Chan ©2017

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