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From: Will Dockery <user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.arts.poetry.comments,rec.arts.drwho
Subject: Re: The TARDIS lands the Doctor and companons in a creepy garden now available at nightcafe.studio
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Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 15:56:39 GMT
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doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) posted:

> ERROR "unexpected byte sequence starting at index 1192: '\xC3'" while decoding:
> 
> In article <0d7bd29fc390c1f5d3679c0a44516a13@www.novabbs.com>,
> W.Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Wed, 25 Jun 2025 14:07:25 +0000, The Doctor wrote:
> >
> >> In article <1750850155-3274@newsgrouper.org>,
> >> Will Dockery  <user3274@newsgrouper.org.invalid> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>doctor@doctor.nl2k.ab.ca (The Doctor) posted:
> >>>
> >>>> ERROR "unexpected byte sequence starting at index 651: '\xE2'" while
> >>>> decoding:
> >>>>
> >>>> In article <9ab02a2b0dfca3e564daef2ab4601b01@www.novabbs.com>,
> >>>> W.Dockery <will.dockery@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>>> >On Tue, 24 Jun 2025 11:43:26 +0000, Blueshirt wrote:
> >>>> >
> >>>> >> Will Dockery wrote:
> >>>> >>> On Mon, 23 Jun 2025 14:19:46 +0000, Daniel70 wrote:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>> This is the first I've seen of The Doctor on the poetry
> >>>> >>> newsgroup.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> If you are lucky it'll be the last!
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>> If he or you write poetry, though, we'd be glad to have
> >>>> >>> you join us.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> He can just about write his name!
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> But poetry seems easy enough...
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> THE DOCTOR: A POEM.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Across the stars, through silent void,
> >>>> >> A song of time is still employed.
> >>>> >> A name unspoken, just “The Doctor”
> >>>> >> A friend, a storm, a cosmic author.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> From Gallifrey, where Time Lords reigned,
> >>>> >> With minds like fire and souls unchained,
> >>>> >> He left their halls of red and gold,
> >>>> >> To walk the dark, to break the mold.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> A madman with a box that sings,
> >>>> >> Of swirling stars and ancient kings,
> >>>> >> He dances through eternity,
> >>>> >> With hearts of hope and mystery.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> He’s watched the rise, he’s seen the fall,
> >>>> >> Of empires vast and creatures small.
> >>>> >> He’s fought the silence, faced the flood,
> >>>> >> And wrote his story out in blood.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> The Time Lords once, so cold and wise,
> >>>> >> With judgment deep behind their eyes,
> >>>> >> Yet when their pride turned skies to flame,
> >>>> >> He bore the cost, he took the blame.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> He saves the world with wit, not guns,
> >>>> >> With clever plans and clever runs.
> >>>> >> He speaks of peace, yet walks through war,
> >>>> >> A lonely god, forever more.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> And still he laughs, and still he cries,
> >>>> >> A child of time who never dies.
> >>>> >> For every face he leaves behind,
> >>>> >> Another grows, another mind.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> But in his core one truth will cling,
> >>>> >> That kindness is the bravest thing.
> >>>> >> A Time Lord, yes, but something more:
> >>>> >> A Doctor, knocking on your door.
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> THE END
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> --------------------------------------------
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> And, it's on-topic for both newsgroups!
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> :-)
> >>>> >
> >>>> >Thanks, I'll have a coffee and a read.
> >>>> >
> >>>> >🙂
> >>>>
> >>>> cheers!
> >>>
> >>>Good morning, Doctor, enjoyed it.
> >>>
> >>
> >> So who is the The Doctor of alt.arts.poetry.comments ?
> >
> >I'm not sure we have one, but you're welcome to join us and post poetry
> >any time, Doctor.
> >
> >🙂
> 
> I have enough on my plate.

I definitely know that situation well, same here.