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In Honor of this special occasion!

A filk song by DJ. Just wrote it this morning. Been listening to Tom Smith. (www.tomsmithonline.com)

100 Pages
(to the tune of 500 Miles by the Proclaimers)

(obviously sung from Rich’s perspective)

When this started, it was just a tiny strip!
With Rosie Tyler and the Drs Eight and Nine.
Then it grew up, to be a pan-galactic trip!
Yes, I’m the man who plots and draws these lines!

It was March when, I did draw the first page.
And August 14 that I posted pages on a new blog.
Yes, a new blog! Soon to be the latest rage!
20 comments every day, so smile and pass me the grog!

Chorus:
Oh, I have drawn 100 strips!
And I might do 100 more!
Just to be the one who does it all
And falls down on the floor.

In April this year, on April fool’s day, oh my!
I thought I’d do a quick trick on page 85. (Boom, boom, zap, die, die, aaaah!)
What an outcry! No, no, the hero cannot die!
Dry your tears and calm your fears, the Dr’s still alive. (They think.)

So be gentle (very gentle) when I fall down, fall down upon the floor
For I’m the man who did 100 pages, oh my god!
And it’s not done-no, I can’t run out the door!
Yes, I’m the man who did 100 pages, oh, my god!

And I have drawn 100 strips!
But I could do 100 more!
Just to be the one who does it all
And falls down on the floor.

Sarah Jaa-ne! (Sarah Jaa-ne!) Sarah Jaa-ne! (Sarah Jaa-ne!) **
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)
Rosie Tyler! (Rosie Tyler!) Rosie Tyler! (Rosie Tyler!)
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)

Now it’s June, more than a year it’s been!
His companions come & go, the story twists & turns!
Evil villains scheme, Let’s Do The Time War again!
And the Master plays the fiddle as Gallifry burns.

So be gentle (very gentle) when I fall down, fall down upon the floor
For I’m the man who did 100 pages, oh my god!
And it’s not done-no, I can’t run out the door!
Yes, I’m the man who did 100 pages, oh, my god!

Oh, I have drawn 100 strips!
And I might do 100 more!
Just to be the one who does it all
And falls down on the floor.

Who’s the Valeyard? (Who’s the Valeyard?) Who’s the Valeyard? (Who’s the Valeyard?)
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)
Kill the Daleks! (Kill the Daleks!) Kill the Daleks! (Kill the Daleks!)
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)

And I have drawn 100 strips!
But I could do 100 more!
Just to be the one who does it all
And falls down on the floor.

**Other names you can use:

Pretty Nyssa!
Sneaky Turlough
Captain Jack
Dr Gracie

http://comics.shipsinker.com/2008/07/29/the-10-doctors-page-116/

Well, I did something special to celebrate! Read-er, sing on!

200 Pages: A Medley
written by DJ
(loosely based on “500 Miles” by the Proclaimers and “We Didn’t Start The Fire” by Billy Joel)
Performed by Rich Morris and his Band of Commentators.
The beginning music is “500 Miles.”

RICH:
When this started, it was just a tiny strip!
With Rosie Tyler and the Drs Eight and Nine.
Then it grew up, to be a pan-galactic trip!
Yes, I’m the man who plots and draws these lines!

It was March when, I did draw the first page.
And August 14 that I posted pages on a new blog.
Yes, a new blog! Soon to be the latest rage!
80 comments every day! Oh, frak, just pass me the grog!

(Someone gives Rich a half-gallon jug of grog.)

RICH:
Oh, I first drew 100 strips! (Rich takes a swig of the grog.)
And then I did 100 more! (Rich takes a big gulp of the grog.)
Just to be the one who does it all (Rich drinks all of the grog.)
And falls down on the floor. (And he falls down on the floor.)

THE BAND OF COMMENTATORS: (i.e. everyone making comments on the Ten Drs blog.)
We didn’t draw these strips!
It was Mister Morris!
We just formed this chorus!
We didn’t draw these strips!
No, we didn’t write it
But it sure delights us!

(Everybody pauses to look down at Rich on the floor. He slowly sits up. The music changes back to “500 Miles”.)

RICH:
In November, yes last November, on page 136!
The Daleks captured Leela and the Dr Number Eight.
(Rich slowly keels over.)

The Band of Commentators wait a moment. No sound from Rich. So they continue to the tune of “500 Miles.”

THE BAND OF COMMENTATORS:
Then a big shock! Oh, no! To see our Dr Ten in such a fix!
He’s a Dalek! Dalek-Tor! Oh, no, this isn’t very great!

So be gentle (very gentle) cause he fell down, fell down upon the floor
For he’s the man who did 200 pages, oh my god!
And it’s not done-so he can’t run out the door!
Yes, he’s the man who did 200 pages, oh, my god!

RICH: (from the floor)
And I first drew 100 strips!
And then I did 100 more!
Just to be the one who did it all
And fell down on the floor.

THE BAND OF COMMENTATORS:
Sarah Jaa-ne! (Sarah Jaa-ne!) Sarah Jaa-ne! (Sarah Jaa-ne!)*
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)
Rosie Tyler! (Rosie Tyler!) Rosie Tyler! (Rosie Tyler!)
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)

(The Band of Commentators watch Rich get up. The music continues.)

RICH:
Now it’s March, (again?!) nearly two whole years since I began
The companions are together and the Daleks all are scattered.
So the end may be in sight, unless my muse has other plans. (Oh, no!)
The Doctors are united (Contact!) and Ten’s trance will be shattered.

So be gentle (very gentle) when I fall down, fall down upon the floor
For I’m the man who did 200 pages, oh my god!
And it’s not done-so I can’t run out the door!
Yes, I’m the man who did 200 pages, oh, my god!
Yes, I’m the man who did 200 pages, oh, my god!

Oh, I first drew 100 strips!
And then I did 100 more!
Just to be the one who does it all
And falls down on the floor.

THE BAND OF COMMENTATORS:
We didn’t draw these strips!
It was Mister Morris!
We just formed this chorus!
We didn’t draw these strips!
No, we didn’t write it
But it sure delights us!

Kill the Daleks! (Kill the Daleks!) Kill the Daleks! (Kill the Daleks!)
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)
Save the Doctor! (Save the Doctor!) Save the Doctor! (Save the Doctor!)
VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!) VWAARRRRPP! (VWAARRRRPP!)

RICH:
Oh, I first drew 100 strips!
And then I did 100 more!
Just to be the one who does it all
And falls down on the floor.

* Other names to use:

Pretty Nyssa!
Sneaky Turlough
Captain Jack
Dr Gracie

The first version of this can be found in the comments section of page 100 in this comic.

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