“Liverpool, Pond! The twenty-sixth century,” the Doctor announced, positively exuberant. “As promised, a cultural landmark! The Beatles Museum…”<\/p>\n
Amy punched him in the shoulder. “Rutles, you mean. The Rutles<\/i> Museum!” She skipped up the museum’s marble steps, leaving the Doctor to stare at the psychedelically-painted facade.<\/p>\n
The Doctor’s mood deflated, and his eyes narrowed. “Rutles? That’s not right…” His voice trailed away.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
“Just listen<\/i>, Doctor! ‘A Hard Day’s Rut’!” Vicki positively beamed.<\/p>\n
“Oh, certainly not, child!” The Doctor grasped his coat and pulled it tighter, as if to ward off the raucous music. Secretly, however, the Doctor found the song catchy.<\/p>\n
It’s a hard day’s rut
\nAnd I’m pissed like a drunk
\nIt’s a hard day’s rut
\nAnd I’m stinky like a skunk<\/i><\/p>\n
“But it’s classical music, Doctor! Just like Mozart!”<\/p>\n
“Mozart!” The Doctor harrumphed. “Let me tell you a story…”<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
Pen in hand, Ron Nasty scribbled out lyrics on a napkin.<\/p>\n
“Beautiful Zelda, from galaxy five.”<\/p>\n
He appraised his work, then scratched out the last word, writing “four” in its place. “Beautiful Zelda, from galaxy four<\/i>.” Yes, a good choice, that. “Four” is an easier word to rhyme than “five.”<\/p>\n
Dirk would have no idea what this song was about. Of course, Dirk had no idea about much of anything, except that blasted tea.<\/p>\n
***<\/p>\n
No one had heard of the Beatles. Liverpool’s most famous citizens, and they were totally unknown. The Rutles, on the other hand…<\/p>\n
The Rutles, as best the Doctor could tell, filled completely<\/i> the cultural niche that was the Beatles. Whatever he remembered the Beatles doing, the Rutles had done it instead — if “instead” meant “as if viewed through a funhouse mirror.”<\/p>\n
He would have to investigate this. The cracks that had destroyed the Angels and erased Rory — that was the only thing that made sense. If the Beatles didn’t exist, the universe would simply have to invent them.<\/p>\n
“La-de-doo, oh la-de-dah, here we are in Shangri-La!”<\/p>\n
“Amy, please stop singing. Or sing something good. But not that. Anything but that.”<\/p>\n
“You don’t like ‘Shangri-La’?”<\/p>\n
The Doctor frowned. “I like it well enough. I happen to like ‘Hey Jude’ more.”<\/p>\n
Amy shot him a puzzled look. “‘Hey Jude’? Is that some of your weird ‘space music’?”<\/p>\n
Yes, the Doctor would definitely<\/i> have to fix this. That John still owed him money was beside the point. The world needed “Hey Jude.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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