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{{Infobox Species
|Species name = Peg Doll
|image       = Peg dolls night terrors.jpg
|type = Life-sized Dolls
|type        = Wooden dolls
|affiliation = [[George (Night Terrors)|George]]
|affiliation = George Thompson
|appearances = [[DW]]: [[Night Terrors]]
|origin      = [[Earth]]
|individuals = [[Amy Pond]]<br>[[Purcell]]<br>[[Mrs. Rossiter]]}}The '''Peg Dolls''' were life-sized dolls that inhabited the doll's house in [[George (Night Terrors)|George]]'s cupboard. ([[DW]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'')
|first      = Night Terrors (TV story)
==Powers & Abilities==
|appearances = {{Il|[[PROSE]]: ''[[Night Terrors (short story)|Night Terrors]]''|[[PROSE]]: ''[[My Special Book (short story)|My Special Book]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]''|[[COMIC]]: ''[[Relative Dimensions (comic story)|Relative Dimensions]]''}}
The Peg Dolls forced their victims to transform into other Peg Dolls themselves once they were captured in their embrace. The transformation was instantaneous and began with the hands, which started to get bigger and turn to wood, followed by the rest of the victim's body. None of the person's original personality would apparently remain; [[The Doctor]] referred to it a state of 'living death'. ([[DW]] : [[Night Terrors]] )
|individuals = [[Amy Pond]], [[Jim Purcell]], [[Elsie Rossiter]]
==History==
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[[George Thompson]] owned a collection of '''[[peg doll]]s''' that accompanied [[George Thompson's dolls house|a dolls house]], however, as they frightened him, they were hidden away in [[George's cupboard|his cupboard]] like everything else that frightened him. They originally belonged to George's mother, [[Claire Thompson]].


The Peg Dolls inhabited the dolls' house in George's cupboard. As the Doctor explained, it had become a psychic repository for all his fears. This meant these were no ordinary dolls. They could move, speak and hunt. When [[Rory]] and [[Amy]] were trapped in the house, they stumbled across the dolls and believed they were harmless.
== Powers and abilities ==
Animated by George's innate psychic abilities, the peg dolls turned their victims into other peg dolls by grabbing and holding them still. The transformation lasted only a few [[second]]s yet was still seemingly [[pain]]ful, as the victim would scream and convulse when being mutated. It began with the hands, which turned stiff and into [[wood]] as they grew bigger, the rest of the victim's body followed shortly afterward. Most notably, their heads would expand into the shape of the other dolls. Any clothing the person was wearing was drastically altered into that of a doll's; extras were sometimes added, such as a hat in Amy's and seemingly Rossiter's case. None of the person's original personality remained; the [[Eleventh Doctor]] referred to it as being in a "living death", as if they were nothing but a shell and acted as part of the horde. The process could be reversed if the Tenza who brought them into existence dispelled them, and the victims had full memory of the ordeal afterward. The dolls were also capable of communicating, and were heard singing a haunting rhymes. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'')


[[File:Peg_Dolls.jpg|thumb|[[George (Night Terrors)|George]] with Peg Dolls. ([[DW]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'')]]
== History ==
The dolls originally belonged to [[Claire Thompson]]. She gave them to her son, [[George Thompson|George]], along with a [[George Thompson's dolls house|dolls house]], when he was little. When George was [[7.25 (number)|seven and a quarter]], the dolls and the dolls house had been locked inside [[George Thompson's cupboard|his cupboard]]. One night, George had a [[nightmare]] wherein the dolls tried to suffocate him. He later wrote about this in [[George Thompson's Special Book|his special book]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[My Special Book (short story)|My Special Book]]'')


Just after George's eighth birthday, his cupboard became a [[psychic]] repository for his [[fear]]s, a result of his [[Tenza]] biology. The peg dolls became animated, and hunted any individuals who found themselves in the house and turned them into dolls.


When [[Alex (Night Terrors)|Alex's]] unconditional love for his son allowed George to overcome his fears, the Peg Dolls were expelled from the house and reverted to their original form. ([[DW]]: ''[[Night Terrors]]'')
When [[Rory Williams|Rory]] and [[Amy Pond|Amy]] were trapped in the house, they stumbled across the dolls and believed they were completely harmless. Eventually, however, they realised how wrong they were when they witnessed [[Jim Purcell|Purcell]] being turned into one of them, and tried evading them as much as possible. However, the dolls soon cornered them and, in an attempt to escape, Amy was converted into one of them, with Rory having to fend for himself with only a mop.
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The dolls also hunted the Doctor and [[Alex Thompson|Alex]] when they appeared in the doll house, and proceeded to attack and surround them and Rory, who had caught up with them. The dolls momentarily stopped when George himself appeared in the same room and then turned their attention towards him, surrounding him. However, Alex pushed them aside to comfort his son and assure him that he would never abandon him, which brought the Dolls to an immediate halt. When Alex's unconditional love for his son allowed George to overcome his fears, the peg dolls were expelled from the house and their victims reverted to their original forms. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Night Terrors (short story)|Night Terrors]]'')
 
=== Legacy ===
When the [[telepathic]] [[Emily Fairfax]] read the mind of the [[Hypothetical Gentleman]], a peg doll was among the images she saw. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Hypothetical Gentleman (comic story)|Hypothetical Gentleman]]'')
 
=== Parallel universes ===
[[Parallel universe (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|In one universe]] where the adventures of the Doctor were [[Doctor Who (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|merely fiction]], [[Ally (The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)|Ally]] owned a large peg doll toy, which she kept in her bedroom. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who (comic story)|The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who]]'')
 
== Personality ==
Besides being an empty shell devoid of any notable traits, the dolls were very childlike in behaviour and tone. They giggled constantly and acted like they were playing a game with their victims, not liking it when people ran away. ([[TV]]: ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'')
 
== Behind the scenes ==
=== ''Tick tock goes the clock'' ===
The peg dolls sang a haunting nursery rhyme throughout ''[[Night Terrors (TV story)|Night Terrors]]'', but it made a return in the series six finale. Their song went as follows:
 
: "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 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 Doctor
: Tick tock goes the clock / He cradled and he rocked her / Tick tock goes the clock / Even for the Doctor.
: Doctor, brave and good, / He turned away from violence / When he understood / The falling of the Silence.
: Tick tock goes the clock / He cradled and he rocked her / Tick tock goes the clock / 'Til River kills the Doctor.
: Tick tock goes the clock / He gave all he could give her / Tick tock goes the clock / Now prison waits for River.
 
=== Other information ===
* ''[[Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia]]'' names the dolls "Peg-Dolls". It claims the dolls were led by a Dancer and a Soldier — although there was no indication of any two dolls leading the others in the television story — which were played by [[Lousie Bowen]] and [[Barbara Fadden]] respectively, and that the dolls that Elsie Rossiter, Jim Purcell, and Amy were transformed into were played by [[Nathalie Cuzner]] and [[Bean Peel]], [[Russell Cuzner]], and [[Ruth Webb]] respectively. The voices were provided by [[Gabriella Gillespie]], [[Max Longmuir]], and [[Sonny Ashbourne-Serkis]].
* According to the Peg Doll fact file printed in [[DWA 246|issue 246]] of ''[[Doctor Who Adventures]]'', human-to-doll transformations were not gender-specific; individuals touched by the doll would turn into either a boy or girl doll, with the resulting transformation being totally random.
* The peg dolls were exhibited at the ''[[Doctor Who Exhibition]]'' in 2013.
* There existed merchandise of the peg dolls; the Soldier had a [[Character Options]] 5" action figure, and had cards in [[Topps Alien Attax|Alien Attax]] and [[Doctor Who: Monster Invasion|Monster Invasion]].
 
== External links ==
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* {{elx|page url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/characters/peg-dolls|page name=Peg Dolls|website url=https://www.doctorwho.tv/|website name=<nowiki>doctorwho.tv</nowiki>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 20:00, 22 June 2024

You may be looking for the peg dolls from The Dead Shoes.

George Thompson owned a collection of peg dolls that accompanied a dolls house, however, as they frightened him, they were hidden away in his cupboard like everything else that frightened him. They originally belonged to George's mother, Claire Thompson.

Powers and abilities[[edit] | [edit source]]

Animated by George's innate psychic abilities, the peg dolls turned their victims into other peg dolls by grabbing and holding them still. The transformation lasted only a few seconds yet was still seemingly painful, as the victim would scream and convulse when being mutated. It began with the hands, which turned stiff and into wood as they grew bigger, the rest of the victim's body followed shortly afterward. Most notably, their heads would expand into the shape of the other dolls. Any clothing the person was wearing was drastically altered into that of a doll's; extras were sometimes added, such as a hat in Amy's and seemingly Rossiter's case. None of the person's original personality remained; the Eleventh Doctor referred to it as being in a "living death", as if they were nothing but a shell and acted as part of the horde. The process could be reversed if the Tenza who brought them into existence dispelled them, and the victims had full memory of the ordeal afterward. The dolls were also capable of communicating, and were heard singing a haunting rhymes. (TV: Night Terrors)

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

The dolls originally belonged to Claire Thompson. She gave them to her son, George, along with a dolls house, when he was little. When George was seven and a quarter, the dolls and the dolls house had been locked inside his cupboard. One night, George had a nightmare wherein the dolls tried to suffocate him. He later wrote about this in his special book. (PROSE: My Special Book)

Just after George's eighth birthday, his cupboard became a psychic repository for his fears, a result of his Tenza biology. The peg dolls became animated, and hunted any individuals who found themselves in the house and turned them into dolls.

When Rory and Amy were trapped in the house, they stumbled across the dolls and believed they were completely harmless. Eventually, however, they realised how wrong they were when they witnessed Purcell being turned into one of them, and tried evading them as much as possible. However, the dolls soon cornered them and, in an attempt to escape, Amy was converted into one of them, with Rory having to fend for himself with only a mop.

The dolls also hunted the Doctor and Alex when they appeared in the doll house, and proceeded to attack and surround them and Rory, who had caught up with them. The dolls momentarily stopped when George himself appeared in the same room and then turned their attention towards him, surrounding him. However, Alex pushed them aside to comfort his son and assure him that he would never abandon him, which brought the Dolls to an immediate halt. When Alex's unconditional love for his son allowed George to overcome his fears, the peg dolls were expelled from the house and their victims reverted to their original forms. (TV: Night Terrors, PROSE: Night Terrors)

Legacy[[edit] | [edit source]]

When the telepathic Emily Fairfax read the mind of the Hypothetical Gentleman, a peg doll was among the images she saw. (COMIC: Hypothetical Gentleman)

Parallel universes[[edit] | [edit source]]

In one universe where the adventures of the Doctor were merely fiction, Ally owned a large peg doll toy, which she kept in her bedroom. (COMIC: The Girl Who Loved Doctor Who)

Personality[[edit] | [edit source]]

Besides being an empty shell devoid of any notable traits, the dolls were very childlike in behaviour and tone. They giggled constantly and acted like they were playing a game with their victims, not liking it when people ran away. (TV: Night Terrors)

Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]

Tick tock goes the clock[[edit] | [edit source]]

The peg dolls sang a haunting nursery rhyme throughout Night Terrors, but it made a return in the series six finale. Their song went as follows:

"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 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 Doctor
Tick tock goes the clock / He cradled and he rocked her / Tick tock goes the clock / Even for the Doctor.
Doctor, brave and good, / He turned away from violence / When he understood / The falling of the Silence.
Tick tock goes the clock / He cradled and he rocked her / Tick tock goes the clock / 'Til River kills the Doctor.
Tick tock goes the clock / He gave all he could give her / Tick tock goes the clock / Now prison waits for River.

Other information[[edit] | [edit source]]

External links[[edit] | [edit source]]