‘I’ve checked out hire cars,’ claimed the lad, ‘from Hertz and Avis – on[1]ly £175 one-way to Dissipation City!'
Although at first Rachel Teresa Nellson was petite, not pert, wee[2]kly dinners and drinking sessions soon beefed her up until she became the real McCoy[3]. The boy enjoyed watching Aussie Rules football with Mary, Theresa, Ann, Sarah-Jane[4] and Karen at the MCG.
Ann[5] tried to be disgrace[6]ful, but gave away her upper crust origins (not royalty, but a member of high rank, the aristocracy B). ‘Er, men[7],’ she would say, when she wanted attention. Indeed, with her accent and behaviour she used the incorrect words for Poker, Pot-roast and Labourer by means of this shibboleth: Bridge, Stew, Art[8]isan. Oh dear. She lacked cunning, but with money, she was mostly skilled at spending (all if rey[9]nard-like). The cash was frittered in casinos, restaurants and a minute-mart. Ha[10]d a lot – now nothing.
Eventually, he was out of cash and didn’t have jack[11]. No wonga, no Albanian currency, either – not one Pound, a Lek, s[12]ome lire or an Austrian schilling; that’s right, he had no Spanish gold coins or even gravel… no ecu-shing[13]le.
He ran a white flag up our jacinthe mast. ‘Er[14]ring, I have run out of money.’ Off went all his new-found friends – goodbye Ann, cheerio Mary, aloha RT Nell[15]son, bye Terry!
Nation[16]al famine struck, and he took a job tending pigs. He had to look closely into the trough to n[17]otice that the pods were crawling with amoeba. Ker[18]bing his appetite, he looked again and counted seven, eight, nine cockroaches: yes, ten. ‘N’ ant[19]s, also. He came to his senses. ‘Aha! My[20] dad’s hired men get good food… all I get is hungry, with feeling and a V. Ros[21]ter me to work for you, Dad – that’s what I’ll ask.’
And he arose[22], and went home.
His dad cried out ‘Look! 9[23] miles away, over that hill – could it be?’ He felt more than a little ela[24]ted, to be honest. He ran to him, with kisses to give. He called for a goldsmith[25] to make a ring, and gave him a coat and some shoes to don.
Na[26]vigating everyone back to the farm, the father insisted on an enjo[27]yable time with a bonfire (‘torch wood[28] and roast the calf’) and a few choice aperi[29]tifs. He spoke to the head of the baker[30]y ‘Please provide sandwiches, plus sponge pudding and custard; is[31] it possible also to have those currant-filled cakes known as Eccles?’
‘To n[32]ot have a son is bad;’ he continued ‘to have one who is lost or dead is worse. But the news is good[33] – this my son is found and is alive! Hallelujah – you, O God, brought him back just in time, Lord[34]!’
[1] Peter Davison played 5th Doctor (81-84)
[2] Jon Pertwee played 3rd Doctor (70-74) [3] Sylvester McCoy played 7th Doctor (87-89, 93, 96) [4] Sarah-Jane Smith companion to 3rd, 4th & 10th Doctors
[5] Paul McGann played 8th Doctor (96) [6] Ace companion to 7th Doctor [7] Cybermen adversary of all Doctors except 3rd [8] Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart companion to 3rd Doctor [9] Galifrey The Doctor’s home planet [10] Martha Jones companion to 10th Doctor
[11] Jack Harkness companion to 9th & 10th Doctor [12] Daleks adversary of all Doctors [13] Peter Cushing played The Doctor in the cinema releases Dr Who & the Daleks (1965) and Daleks - Invasion Earth 2150ad (1966)
[14] The Master adversary to all Doctors except 1st, 2nd, 8th & 9th [15] William Hartnell played 1st Doctor (63-66)
[16] Terry Nation Screenwriter (various series 1965-2010) [17] Patrick Troughton played 2nd Doctor (66-69) [18] Tom Baker played 4th Doctor (74-81) [19] David Tennant played 9th Doctor (2005-10) [20] Amy Pond companion to 11th Doctor [21] Davros adversary of 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th Doctors
[22] Rose Tyler companion to 9th & 10th Doctor
[23] K9 companion to 4th Doctor [24] Leela companion to 4th Doctor [25] Matt Smith played 11th Doctor (2010-present)
[26] Donna Noble companion to 10th Doctor [27] Jo Grant companion to 3rd Doctor 28 Torchwood Spin-off show (anagram of Doctor Who) [29] Peri Brown companion to 5th & 6th Doctors [30] Colin Baker played 6th Doctor (84-86) [31] TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) space-time vehicle
[32] Christopher Eccleston played 9th Doctor (2005) [33] Ood Alien race confronted by 10th Doctor [34] Time Lord status of all Doctors
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