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}}A certain '''Venusian lullaby''' was sung many times throughout [[the Doctor]]'s travels. | }}A certain '''Venusian lullaby''' was sung many times throughout [[the Doctor]]'s travels. | ||
The Venusian language it was written in was long dead by the [[26th century]]. Some archaeological sources suggested that the tune wasn't a lullaby, but instead a bawdy rhyme. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') The first line, "Klokeda partha mennin klatch" translated roughly to "Close your eyes, my darling. Well three of them, at least"! ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') [[Ian Chesterton]] sung the line as "Close your eyes - or three of them at least" when he was convinced he was [[Inikhut]], a [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|Venusian]] of [[BC|3,000,000,000 BC]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') The "ablark, araan, aroon" refrain had to do with the number of limbs they had. The [[Seventh Doctor]] told [[Bernice Summerfield]] not to ask what "shunna teerenatch" meant. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') A longer variant that Inikhut's bud-mother [[Jellenhut]] sang was at least 11 lines long. It asked the children to close their five eyes and fold their five legs one by one | The Venusian language it was written in was long dead by the [[26th century]]. Some archaeological sources suggested that the tune wasn't a lullaby, but instead a bawdy rhyme. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') The first line, "Klokeda partha mennin klatch" translated roughly to "Close your eyes, my darling. Well three of them, at least"! ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') [[Ian Chesterton]] sung the line as "Close your eyes - or three of them at least" when he was convinced he was [[Inikhut]], a [[Venusian (Venusian Lullaby)|Venusian]] of [[BC|3,000,000,000 BC]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') The "ablark, araan, aroon" refrain had to do with the number of limbs they had. The [[Seventh Doctor]] told [[Bernice Summerfield]] not to ask what "shunna teerenatch" meant. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lucifer Rising (novel)|Lucifer Rising]]'') A longer variant that Inikhut's bud-mother [[Jellenhut]] sang was at least 11 lines long. It asked the children to close their five eyes and fold their five legs one by one underneath the belly of their wishes, hopes, dreams, and sleep. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Venusian Lullaby (novel)|Venusian Lullaby]]'') | ||
A contradictory account claims it was composed by [[Felina]] using the melody of a centuries-old Earth [[Christmas]] carol entitled, "[[God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]", which Felina first heard performed by [[Henry Gordon Jago]] when he was trying to soothe a herd of angry [[shanghorn]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'') | A contradictory account claims it was composed by [[Felina]] using the melody of a centuries-old Earth [[Christmas]] carol entitled, "[[God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen]]", which Felina first heard performed by [[Henry Gordon Jago]] when he was trying to soothe a herd of angry [[shanghorn]]s. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Voyage to Venus (audio story)|Voyage to Venus]]'') |
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