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* [[Bilis Manger]] ran a store called [[A Stitch in Time]] where he sold clocks. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | * [[Bilis Manger]] ran a store called [[A Stitch in Time]] where he sold clocks. ([[TW]]: ''[[End of Days]]'') | ||
* The [[Institute for Technological Advancement and Research]] had a [[beryllium]] [[atomic clock]] for the countdown to [[2000|the new millennium]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') | * The [[Institute for Technological Advancement and Research]] had a [[beryllium]] [[atomic clock]] for the countdown to [[2000|the new millennium]]. ([[DW]]: ''[[Doctor Who (1996)|Doctor Who]]'') | ||
::The appearance of a [[grandfather clock]] was assumed on at least three occasions by [[the Master's TARDIS]] ([[DW]]: ''[[The Deadly Assassin]]'', ''[[The Keeper of Traken]]'', [[EDA]]: ''[[The Eight Doctors]]''), although it is unclear as to whether it functioned like a real one when in this form. | |||
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Revision as of 10:40, 15 April 2012
A clock was an instrument for measuring time, sometimes utilising a clockwork mechanism.
Types of clock
Clocks
- The First Doctor kept an ormolu clock in the TARDIS control room. (DW: An Unearthly Child)
- The Clockwork Droids used to break clocks to hide their own ticking. (DW: The Girl in the Fireplace)
- A spaceship crashed into "Big Ben", the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. (DW: Aliens of London)
- Jack Harkness parked his space craft by the clock tower of the Palace of Westminster. (DW: The Empty Child)
- Bilis Manger ran a store called A Stitch in Time where he sold clocks. (TW: End of Days)
- The Institute for Technological Advancement and Research had a beryllium atomic clock for the countdown to the new millennium. (DW: Doctor Who)
- The appearance of a grandfather clock was assumed on at least three occasions by the Master's TARDIS (DW: The Deadly Assassin, The Keeper of Traken, EDA: The Eight Doctors), although it is unclear as to whether it functioned like a real one when in this form.
Watches
- Sarah Jane Smith received a scanner watch by the Tenth Doctor. (SJA: The Sarah Jane Adventures)
- Steven Taylor found the Monk's watch in 1066. (DW: The Time Meddler)
Sundials
- The Doctor's second incarnation had a sundial in his TARDIS. (DW: The Tomb of the Cybermen, The Mind Robber, The War Games)