"Thoughts on a Clock"
"Thoughts on a Clock" was a poem by Eric Ritchie Junior. An extract of it went:
- And now it's time for one last bow
- Like all your other selves
- Eleven's hour is over now
- The clock is striking twelve's.
This was included in at least one of the Christmas crackers that Linda bought for Christmas. When Clara Oswald brought it to the Eleventh Doctor in the town Christmas, he was hoping for a "Knock, knock" joke, and was disappointed by the bit of poetry. He claimed not to understand it. (TV: The Time of the Doctor)
The full poem is thought to be:
"For one the journey had just begun
Old but young his time to come
But soon enough the clock struck two
The face must change the music must too
So two began
And played it cool
To some extent he was a fool
But time it waits
For no one now
The clock ticked on to three and how
A dandy time
Spent three in time
But the hour of four was soon to chime
The longest hour was spent at four
But soon enough the clock crept lower
The dance of four began to jive
Passing the floor from four to five
Five began with great aplomb
But time is like a ticking bomb
For five the times they went to fast
Soon six was blasting from the past
Six was fresh and played it well
But didn't hear the ringing bell
The chime that brought it to an end
Signaled seven to start it all again
Dear seven
He gave his all for what
The Time Lords time
It did just stop
The bell did toll
For eight once more
But not for long
In Gallifreyan lore
Like hands of ice
That were frozen in time
The clock thawed once more
And struck number nine
So short was the time
That the clock struck on nine
The adventures were cut short
In space and time
But the clock carried on
With a tick and a tock
And soon it was striking
Upon ten o'clock
The tenth hour was long
With a rich honest glow
But tens time was up
He just didn't want to go
But time waits for no man
Old one or young
And ten became eleven
The final countdown begun
And now its time for one last bow
Like all your other selves
Elevens hour is over now
The clock is striking twelves"
