Howling:Song at the end of Night Terrors

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Did anyone catch the words of the child's song at the end of Night Terrors ? The only line I could make out was the last one "...even for the Doctor".

Here's the whole thing:

Tick, tock, goes the clock, and what things shall we see?

Tick, tock, until the day, that thou shall marry me.

Tick, tock, goes the clock, and all the years they fly.

Tick, tock, and all too soon, you and I must die.

Tick, tock, goes the clock, we laughed at fate and mourned her.

Tick, tock, goes the clock, even for the Doc…

Tick, tock, goes the clock, he cradled and he rocked her.

Tick, tock, goes the clock, even for the Doctor.

67.126.199.214 23:06, September 4, 2011 (UTC)

Mark Gatiss said that Moffat asked him to write a "spooky nursery rhyme" that prefigures the Doctor's upcoming death, but didn't give him any details beyond that. So, there shouldn't be any clues hidden in the words.

Unless, of course, Gatiss and Moffat were both lying, which is always possible… --173.228.85.35 06:44, September 5, 2011 (UTC)

Actually it's all info we know Cory Jaynes 03:31, September 6, 2011 (UTC)

It does interestingly sum up River and the Doctor's relationship however.--82.11.57.232 18:40, September 6, 2011 (UTC)

The full version of the rhyme, as Mark Gatiss was kind enough to share on his Twitter:

Tick tock goes the clock

And what then shall we see?

Tick tock until the day

That thou shalt marry me

Tick tock goes the clock

And what now shall we play?

Tick tock goes the clock

Now Summer's gone away?

Tick tock goes the clock

And all the years they fly

Tick tock and all too soon

You and I must die

Tick tock goes the clock

He cradled her and he rocked her

Tick tock goes the clock

Even for the Doctor...

Properly creepy. Rob T Firefly 06:34, September 9, 2011 (UTC)

this is probably completely wrong ,but whatever. someone mentioned above that this rhyme sums up the doctor's relationship with river. but many lines don't fit that like "he cradled and he wrocked her" and "now summer's gone away". also, it forshadows the doctor's death, but that also doesn't account for many lines like the one about marriage. so the song is probably about many things. i was thinking, could it also be about jenny? when she was shot, the doctor cradled her in his arms. the doctor thought she died, but she didn't ("we laughed at fate and mourned her") and that bit was also asked to be added by the moff, like this rhyme was. i'm probably streching it with the jenny thing, but can anyone else think of some alternative things the song could be forshadowing? Imamadmad 01:04, September 11, 2011 (UTC)