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|made by = [[Sun Singers of Akhet]] | |made by = [[Sun Singers of Akhet]] | ||
|used by = [[Merry Gejelh]], [[the Chorister]] | |used by = [[Merry Gejelh]], [[the Chorister]] | ||
|only | |only cs = The Rings of Akhaten (TV story) | ||
|clip = Lullaby for a Sleeping God - Doctor Who - The Rings of Akhaten - Series 7 - BBC | |clip = Lullaby for a Sleeping God - Doctor Who - The Rings of Akhaten - Series 7 - BBC | ||
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The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was familiar with the song, although he had trouble keeping up with the chorus in practice. | The [[Eleventh Doctor]] was familiar with the song, although he had trouble keeping up with the chorus in practice. | ||
When the Eleventh Doctor and [[Clara Oswald]] visited the [[planet]] to watch the Festival, the song ended with [[the Chorister]], and both the [[Mummy (The Rings of Akhaten)|Mummy]] and the Old God woke up. The Chorister kept on singing, trying to soothe them back to sleep. When the Queen and the Chorister were captured, the Chorister [[teleport]]ed out, and the Doctor saved the Queen. ([[TV]]: | When the Eleventh Doctor and [[Clara Oswald]] visited the [[planet]] to watch the Festival, the song ended with [[the Chorister]], and both the [[Mummy (The Rings of Akhaten)|Mummy]] and the Old God woke up. The Chorister kept on singing, trying to soothe them back to sleep. When the Queen and the Chorister were captured, the Chorister [[teleport]]ed out, and the Doctor saved the Queen. ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Rings of Akhaten (TV story)}}) | ||
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* Interestingly enough, [[Doctor Who - Series 7 (soundtrack)|the series 7 soundtrack]] lists the music sung by the Chorister and Merry during the Doctor's speech as "The Long Song", while the song definitively referred to in the episode as the Long Song is entitled "God of Akhaten". | * Interestingly enough, [[Doctor Who - Series 7 (soundtrack)|the series 7 soundtrack]] lists the music sung by the Chorister and Merry during the Doctor's speech as "The Long Song", while the song definitively referred to in the episode as the Long Song is entitled "God of Akhaten". | ||
* An instrumental arrangement of the Long Song, entitled "Infinite Potential" on the soundtrack, played as Clara sacrificed her leaf in ''The Rings of Akhaten'', and as the Eleventh Doctor delivered his final speech in | * An instrumental arrangement of the Long Song, entitled "Infinite Potential" on the soundtrack, played as Clara sacrificed her leaf in ''The Rings of Akhaten'', and as the Eleventh Doctor delivered his final speech in {{cs|The Time of the Doctor (TV story)}}. | ||
* A [[Lockdown Long Song - Choir-Only Version (documentary)|choir only version]] of this song was performed as part of ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmP17RFxd1s Lockdown Long Song - Choir-Only Version]</ref> | * A [[Lockdown Long Song - Choir-Only Version (documentary)|choir only version]] of this song was performed as part of ''[[Doctor Who: Lockdown!]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmP17RFxd1s Lockdown Long Song - Choir-Only Version]</ref> | ||
