The Doctor of Whoville

The Doctor of Whoville

by Paul S Edwards

On a cold winter's night
in the small town of Whoville
a strange rhythmic sound
came from upon the hill.

Now this was no sound at all
that had been heard before.
It went STOMP STOMP STOMP
then repeated once more.

The town all agreed,
that what had to be found,
was the mysterious source,
of the mysterious sound

Then all of a sudden,
out of thin air,
a strange blue box,
appeared in the town square.

Out of the box
chomping on a mince pie.
stepped a smartly dressed man
In a natty bow tie

'Hello,' the man said,
in a dramatic style.
'I'm The Doctor' he added,
then give a kind smile.

The strange sound continued
And The Doctor did hear.
It was something he knew.
It was something to fear.

'Keep them safe,' said the Doctor,
to the Mayor of Whoville.
before setting off at a pace,
towards the sound on the hill.

The Doctor walked briskly
towards the loud stomping sound
Then a voice from behind,
made him turn around.

Climbing the hill,
what did he see?
But a young Whoville boy
shouting out 'Wait for me!'

'Who are you?' asked the Doctor
to the shivering lad.
'I'm Jojo,' he said,
'The mayor's my dad.'

'Are, you scared?' asked the Doctor.
Said Jojo, 'Yes, sir.'
The Doctor smiled back.
And said 'Excellent answer.'

So the Doctor and Jojo climbed up the hill
They stuck close together as they weathered the chill
And what did they find when they came to the top?
A very deep cave that brought them both to a stop

Cautiously, slowly,
they entered the cave
Jojo switched on a torch.
As he tried to be brave.

The stomping continued
echoing out through the air.
Then the doctor did ask,
'Is anyone there?'

The stomping sound stopped
and a word did repeat.
A synthesized voice
Delete! Delete! Delete!

'Run' cried the Doctor
And Jojo took flight.
But the Doctor, he waited
He thought 'Something's not right.'

The Doctor had noticed
the strange stomping sound
didn't get louder.
It just continued to pound.

So the Doctor continued
deeper into the gloom.
To confront the creature
to prevent the town's doom.
And what did he find
What did he view
It was something expected
and yet something new.

There in the shadows.
gathering dust,
a Cyberman sat.
covered in rust.

It looked at the Doctor
And with little ease.
'Help me,' it asked him,
and then added, 'Please'.

Now this was the last thing
the Doctor thought he would hear.
So he asked it a question.
'Why are you here?'

'A crash,' said the Cyberman
'Ship lost in a blaze.'
'I've been stuck in this planet.'
'for so many days.'

The Doctor, he pondered.
Then he said, 'Stuck?'
He pondered some more.
'Cybermen don't say Stuck.'

'What was your name,' asked the Doctor.
'Before you became this?'
The cyberman paused.
Then answered 'Cryss'.

Cryss was a young girl
Happy, smart and genteel
before the cybermen came
and encased her in steel

'Come with me, said the Doctor.
'let's get you outside.'
'I can't let you suffer.'
'I can't let you hide.'

While all this happened,
outside the cave
Jojo was waiting
trying again to be brave.

He waited and waited
and waited some more.
Then from out of the darkness.
Two creatures he saw.

'Ahh, Jojo,' said The Doctor
As he emerged from the cave
''This is my friend Cryss.'
'who we're going to save.'

Slowly the three of them
decended the hill.
To the big blue box.
Where the town waited, still.

In no time at all,
They had returned to the Square.
And the people of Whoville
could only but stare.

This strange metal creature.
from over the hill,
filled the townsfolk with feelings
of a deep fearful chill.

'Wait,' said Jojo
'There's no need to be wary.'
'Cryss, is a person,
'She only looks scary.'

'Right,' said the Doctor.
'No need to delay.'
And pointing to the blue box,
said 'Step right this way.'

Iinto the Tardis
stepped The Doctor and Cryss
And the townsfolk did gasp
when the blue box it did vanish.

'Where did it go?'
People asked with concern.
And in no time at all
the blue box did return.

'Now,' said the Doctor
stepping out of the Tardis
I'd like you to meet,
'The new improved Cryss'

Out from the box
stepped a girl with blue hair
With eyes of clear green,
.It was a sight to declare.

A man of his word,
the Doctor had fixed her
her body, mechanical
her skin a fine rubber.

The townsfolk did cheer
and Cryss she did smile
'Can I stay,' she did ask,
'Just for a while?'

The Doctor smiled back.
This adventure was fun.
'Time to go,' he did mutter.
His work here was done.

So he said his goodbyes
and returned to the Tardis
and, despite all the rhyming,
this place he would miss.

The town all watched
as the box disappeared
And that was the last of him
that anyone heard.

But for many years later,
stories would thrill,
About a cyborg called Cryss
And the Doctor of Whoville