Clock

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A clock. (DW: The Wedding of River Song)

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)