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by James Goss


  VERITY

  Young Verity went to the BBC

  It was full of Men Who Knew What To Do

  “Young girl, have you come to make us all tea?”

  “No, I’m the Producer of Doctor Who.”

  “What’s this?” laughed the Men. “What can you know?

  “Don’t worry your head with old Doctor Who.

  Why’s a sweet girl going near a sci-fi show?

  It’s grown-up stuff. There’s nice typing to do.”

  Young Verity smiled and she stood her ground.

  “I know what I’m doing, thank you so much,

  Leave it with me and I’ll bring you all round.

  I’ll think you’ll find I’ve got the common touch.”

  Verity got her way (she always did),

  Cavemen, Daleks, Aztecs, Marco Polo

  The kids loved it andthe Men felt stupid

  “That girlie’s just lucky – she doesn’t know!”

  She faced each day’s battles with a brand new hat

  As she sailed past those boys’ giggling glares

  “I just tell myself they’re looking at that!”

  And she trotted right through them up the stairs

  Said the Men: “Verity, luv, you’ve had a blast.”

  (Cos the TARDIS went on, and on she flew)

  “But this kiddie show, how long can it last?”

  And Verity winked. Because, well, she knew.

  ABOUT THE AUTHORS

  JAMES GOSS has adapted three Doctor Who stories by Douglas Adams for BBC Books (City of Death, The Pirate Planet, and The Krikkitmen). He’s also written several original Doctor Who and Torchwood books. His novel #Haterz is in development as a motion picture. He’s also written for the stage and radio. This is his first (and probably only) volume of poetry.

  RUSSELL T DAVIES is a television writer, the creator of groundbreaking shows such as Queer As Folk, Bob & Rose, Casanova, Cucumber, and in 2018 A Very English Scandal for BBC One. He brought Doctor Who back to our screens in 2005, as well as creating the spinoffs Torchwood and The Sarah Jane Adventures.

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  CREDITS

  Illustrations by Russell T Davies

  Cover design by Two Associates Ltd.

  COPYRIGHT

  DOCTOR WHO: NOW WE ARE SIX HUNDRED. Text © copyright 2017 by James Goss. Illustrations © copyright 2017 by Russell T Davies. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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