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'''Humpty Dumpty''' was | {{first pic|Fellow_Travellers_Humpty_Dumpty_Falls.jpg|An illustration of Humpty Dumpty. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Fellow Travellers]]'')}} | ||
"'''Humpty Dumpty'''" was an [[Earth]] nursery rhyme. The appearance of the character was often likened to that of [[Sontaran]]s on multiple occasions. | |||
== | == History == | ||
In the [[Sontaran]] [[Sontaran warship|mothership]] above the [[Eleven-Day Empire]], [[Lolita]] soothed [[Lolita's first child|her child]], referring to [[General]] [[Kine]] as "the nasty Humpty-Dumpty man" after he had been shouting. ([[AUDIO]]: {{cs|The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)}}) | |||
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As documented in [[Professor]] [[Clifford Measey]]'s book ''[[Myths & Historical Impossibilities]]'', a version of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme as included in the [[1819]] book ''[[Mrs Molbury's Collected Rhymes Both Ancient and Modern]]'' was distinct from other printings; after the first [[verse]], the rhyme veered into an account about "the Fool", presumably the [[Eleventh Doctor]], saving [[Strax]] who was stranded on [[Earth]]; ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Waving Through Time (short story)}}) the Doctor would later call upon Strax's aid given he was indebted to the Doctor. ([[TV]]: {{cs|A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)}}) | |||
Shortly before the [[2009 Sontaran invasion of Earth|Sontaran invasion of Earth]] in [[2009]], [[UNIT United Kingdom|UNIT]] Private [[Carl Harris|Harris]] told General [[Staal]] to "stop playing Humpty Dumpty". ([[TV]]: {{cs|The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)}}) | |||
In [[2540]], [[Jo Grant]] recited this rhyme to counter {{Delgado}}'s [[hypnosis|hypnotism]]. ([[TV]]: {{cs|Frontier in Space (TV story)}}) | |||
=== Undated events === | |||
The [[Ninth Doctor]] called the [[Excrothian|Lect]] Humpty Dumpty. ([[COMIC]]: {{cs|Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)}}) | |||
== Lyrics == | |||
[[File:Waving Through Time.jpg|thumb|An account of ''Humpty Dumpty'' distinct from the rest... ([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Waving Through Time (short story)}})]] | |||
The version of ''Humpty Dumpy'' as printed in ''[[Mrs Molbury's Collected Rhymes Both Ancient and Modern]]'' had the following lyrics: | |||
<poem>Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, | |||
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. | |||
All the King's Horses and all the King's Men | |||
Couldn't put Humpty together again. | |||
But then came a cry, 'twas from the King's Fool: | |||
Opining that [[bow tie]]s look fashionably [[cool]]. | |||
He stepped from [[The Doctor's TARDIS|a blue box]] and said with a grin: | |||
{{'}}What a terrible pickle you've got yourselves in.{{'}} | |||
{{'}}Humpty,' he said, 'is far more than he seems. | |||
No egg but a monster from beyond your worst dreams. | |||
So I would suggest, you give him a wide berth | |||
He's a [[Sontaran]] trooper who's stranded on Earth.{{'}} | |||
The Fool waved [[The Doctor's sonic screwdriver|his wand]], and Humpty awoke, | |||
The the Fool knelt beside him and in hushed tones spoke: | |||
{{'}}I've saved you from death, so we must face the facts — | |||
You are now in my [[debt]], and I've [[Battle of Demons Run|work]] for you Strax...{{'}}</poem> | |||
([[PROSE]]: {{cs|Waving Through Time (short story)}}) | |||
[[Category:Songs from the real world]] | [[Category:Songs from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Poetry from the real world]] | [[Category:Poetry from the real world]] | ||
[[Category:Nursery rhymes]] | [[Category:Nursery rhymes]] | ||
Latest revision as of 22:14, 27 June 2024
"Humpty Dumpty" was an Earth nursery rhyme. The appearance of the character was often likened to that of Sontarans on multiple occasions.
History[[edit] | [edit source]]
In the Sontaran mothership above the Eleven-Day Empire, Lolita soothed her child, referring to General Kine as "the nasty Humpty-Dumpty man" after he had been shouting. (AUDIO: The Eleven Day Empire [+]Loading...["The Eleven Day Empire (audio story)"])
As documented in Professor Clifford Measey's book Myths & Historical Impossibilities, a version of the Humpty Dumpty rhyme as included in the 1819 book Mrs Molbury's Collected Rhymes Both Ancient and Modern was distinct from other printings; after the first verse, the rhyme veered into an account about "the Fool", presumably the Eleventh Doctor, saving Strax who was stranded on Earth; (PROSE: Waving Through Time [+]Loading...["Waving Through Time (short story)"]) the Doctor would later call upon Strax's aid given he was indebted to the Doctor. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"])
Shortly before the Sontaran invasion of Earth in 2009, UNIT Private Harris told General Staal to "stop playing Humpty Dumpty". (TV: The Sontaran Stratagem [+]Loading...["The Sontaran Stratagem (TV story)"])
In 2540, Jo Grant recited this rhyme to counter the Master's hypnotism. (TV: Frontier in Space [+]Loading...["Frontier in Space (TV story)"])
Undated events[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Ninth Doctor called the Lect Humpty Dumpty. (COMIC: Weapons of Past Destruction [+]Loading...["Weapons of Past Destruction (comic story)"])
Lyrics[[edit] | [edit source]]
The version of Humpty Dumpy as printed in Mrs Molbury's Collected Rhymes Both Ancient and Modern had the following lyrics:
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall.
All the King's Horses and all the King's Men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
But then came a cry, 'twas from the King's Fool:
Opining that bow ties look fashionably cool.
He stepped from a blue box and said with a grin:
'What a terrible pickle you've got yourselves in.'
'Humpty,' he said, 'is far more than he seems.
No egg but a monster from beyond your worst dreams.
So I would suggest, you give him a wide berth
He's a Sontaran trooper who's stranded on Earth.'
The Fool waved his wand, and Humpty awoke,
The the Fool knelt beside him and in hushed tones spoke:
'I've saved you from death, so we must face the facts —
You are now in my debt, and I've work for you Strax...'
(PROSE: Waving Through Time [+]Loading...["Waving Through Time (short story)"])
