14 junio 2013

Look! Up in the 500!

Gracias. Vaya por delante.

Gracias por leerme. No sois muchos, pero me alegro de cada uno de los que habéis pasado por este blog a lo largo de sus primeras 500 entradas. Los que llevéis tiempo aquí sabréis de la Liga de la Justicia Tangent, de la Patrulla Barna y de mis opiniones cinematográficas, cuando cubría pre-estrenos, o de mi proyecto de documental sobre Star Wars. Ha pasado tanto en tan poco tiempo... Algunas cosas se han vivido, otras se han aparcado. Otras están en hibernación...

El 5º aniversario del blog está cercano, en octubre; tiempo habrá para la retrospectiva, si acaso, entonces. Hoy celebramos la entrada número 500, la que estás leyendo ahora, y lo voy a celebrar aupándome a los hombros de un gigante, T.S. Eliot, y su co(ho)rte felina. A mi manera...

The Naming of Doctors is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games;
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you, a Doctor must have THREE DIFFERENT NAMES.

First of all, there's the name that the family use daily,
Such as Baker, Patrick, William or Matt,
Such as David or Christopher, Paul or Jon Pertwee...
All of them sensible everyday names.

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter,
Some to the gentlemen, some to the dames:
Such as Davison, McGann, Hartnell, Sylvester...
But all of them sensible everyday names.

But I tell you, a Doctor needs a name that's particular,
A name that's peculiar, and more dignified,
Else how can he keep up his bowtie perpendicular,
Or spread out his screwdriver, or cherish his smarts?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum,
Such as John Smith, Beast, or The Valeyard,
Such as Theta Sigma, or Oncoming Stor'm;
names that a Time Lord would rather not have.
 

But above and beyond there's still one name left over,
And that is the name that you never will guess;
The name that no human research can discover--
But THE DOCTOR HIMSELF KNOWS, and will never confess.

When you notice a Doctor in profound meditation,
The reason, I tell you, is always the same:
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought,
of the thought,
of the thought of his name:
His ineffable, effable,
effanineffable,
deep and inscrutable, singular Name.
 
 

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