I'm about to lose my mind
You've been gone for so long
I'm running out of time

The Doctor peered at the TARDIS's console. "What's this for then?"

I need a doctor

"This isn't funny," he warned as he adjusted his bow-tie. "I know this is one of your pranks."

Call me a doctor

He edged around the console, searching for his favourite mallet. "Seriously, quit it!"

I need a doctor, doctor

It was gone, meaning she probably moved it after the regeneration. The TARDIS hummed in amusement, and told him to look at the big picture.

To bring me back to life

The song repeated again and again, sometimes slow as it was in the beginning and other times accompanied by a cacophony of music. He had enough, and finally ran outside.

Later when he realised he hadn't been five minutes or six months, but for twelve years, he realised what the TARDIS had been telling him. Amy, all grown up, was in a bad way. She thought she was insane—everyone else did too. She needed him, the Raggedy Man. The madman with the blue box.

Amelia Pond needed a Doctor.

Author's Note: Le gasp! What is this? A Doctor Who fic that isn't Rose/Ten? WOW. THAT IS LIKE MAGIC OR SOME SHIT. WHAT. WHAAAAAAAAAAT HOW DID I DO THAT. Anyway... song is "I Need a Doctor" by Skylar Grey (the edit by EternalShockk on YouTube so it's all female vocals and instruments).