Disclaimer: I don't own Doctor Who. I'm not profiting from it.

Day 27 of my New Year's ficathon (see profile for details and the previous 26 updates). Only 4 days to go!

Yes, I've known gallant Scotsmen and dogs cybernetic,

And I've known kidnapped teachers and sailors athletic,

Flight attendants, reporters who need to be saved,

Temps and programmers, Time Lords, all daring and brave.

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I've known so many, the great and the small

I've known so many whose courage stood tall.

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Oh, the day always comes when they all have to go,

When they open my door and we all simply know

That the Doctor is gone, that I always keep running

And they say "maybe someday" and know I'm not coming.

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I've known so many, the great and the small

I've known so many and I've left them all.

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So I leave them behind, and I know what will be,

That they'll do mighty things in remembrance of me,

But that Time, now or later, will finally come,

And will take all their fire and strikes their voice dumb

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I've known so many, the great and the small

I've known so many and outlived them all.

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They don't know what I've seen or how long I have run;

They don't know who I've killed by the things that I've done,

Or the people who die, every world, each day.

That's why I always leave; I'd go mad if I stayed.

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I've known so many, the great and the small;

They're always brave and I can't mourn them all.