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'''''"Mary Had a Little Lamb"''''' was a poem on [[Earth]], written before the [[20th century]]. The poem went: | '''''"Mary Had a Little Lamb"''''' was a poem on [[Earth]], written before the [[20th century]]. The poem went: | ||
"Mary had a little [[lamb]], its [[fleece]] was [[white]] as [[snow]], and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go." | "Mary [[having|had]] a little [[lamb]], its [[fleece]] was [[white]] as [[snow]], and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go." | ||
In [[1877]], [[Thomas Edison]] recited ''"Mary Had a Little Lamb"'' to test his [[phonograph]], making it the first audio recording ever. The [[second voice]] somehow became trapped on Edison's recording and was able to take over people's bodies by reciting the poem, transferring between bodies and tape. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost in the Machine (audio story)|Ghost in the Machine]]'') | In [[1877]], [[Thomas Edison]] recited ''"Mary Had a Little Lamb"'' to test his [[phonograph]], making it the first audio recording ever. The [[second voice]] somehow became trapped on Edison's recording and was able to take over people's bodies by reciting the poem, transferring between bodies and tape. ([[AUDIO]]: ''[[Ghost in the Machine (audio story)|Ghost in the Machine]]'') | ||
In his ritual to summon the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]], | In his ritual to summon the [[Dæmon]] [[Azal]], {{Delgado}} chanted ''Mary Had a Little Lamb'' backwards: "Og ot erus saw bmal eht tnew yram taht, erehwyreve dna, wons sa etihw saw eceelf sti, bmal elttila dah yram!" ([[TV]]: ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'') | ||
[[Jo Grant]] recited ''"Mary Had a Little Lamb"'' to counter {{Delgado}}'s [[hypnosis|hypnotism]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | [[Jo Grant]] recited ''"Mary Had a Little Lamb"'' to counter {{Delgado}}'s [[hypnosis|hypnotism]]. ([[TV]]: ''[[Frontier in Space (TV story)|Frontier in Space]]'') | ||
[[Amber (The Cabinet of Light)|Amber]], under hypnosis from [[Mestizer]], chanted guttural moans separated by long pauses in a [[séance]] to summon [[The Doctor (The Cabinet of Light)|the Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Cabinet of Light]], which [[Honoré Lechasseur]] realised was her intoning ''Mary Had a Little Lamb'', syllable by syllable. ([[PROSE]]: [[The Cabinet of Light (novel)| | [[Amber (The Cabinet of Light)|Amber]], under hypnosis from [[Mestizer]], chanted guttural moans separated by long pauses in a [[séance]] to summon [[The Doctor (The Cabinet of Light)|the Doctor]]'s [[The Doctor's TARDIS|Cabinet of Light]], which [[Honoré Lechasseur]] realised was her intoning ''Mary Had a Little Lamb'', syllable by syllable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cabinet of Light (novel)|The Cabinet of Light]]'') | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
{{Delgado|c}}'s speech during the ritual to summon [[Azal]] in ''[[The Dæmons (TV story)|The Dæmons]]'' is "Mary Had a Little Lamb" spoken backwards. In the novella ''[[The Cabinet of Light (novel)|The Cabinet of Light]]'', [[Mestizer]], whom [[Daniel O'Mahony]] intended to be the Master, employed the poem in her ritual. | |||
[[Category:Poetry from the real world]] | [[Category:Poetry from the real world]] | ||
Latest revision as of 12:31, 22 October 2024
"Mary Had a Little Lamb" was a poem on Earth, written before the 20th century. The poem went:
"Mary had a little lamb, its fleece was white as snow, and everywhere that Mary went the lamb was sure to go."
In 1877, Thomas Edison recited "Mary Had a Little Lamb" to test his phonograph, making it the first audio recording ever. The second voice somehow became trapped on Edison's recording and was able to take over people's bodies by reciting the poem, transferring between bodies and tape. (AUDIO: Ghost in the Machine)
In his ritual to summon the Dæmon Azal, the Master chanted Mary Had a Little Lamb backwards: "Og ot erus saw bmal eht tnew yram taht, erehwyreve dna, wons sa etihw saw eceelf sti, bmal elttila dah yram!" (TV: The Dæmons)
Jo Grant recited "Mary Had a Little Lamb" to counter the Master's hypnotism. (TV: Frontier in Space)
Amber, under hypnosis from Mestizer, chanted guttural moans separated by long pauses in a séance to summon the Doctor's Cabinet of Light, which Honoré Lechasseur realised was her intoning Mary Had a Little Lamb, syllable by syllable. (PROSE: The Cabinet of Light)
Behind the scenes[[edit] | [edit source]]
The Master's speech during the ritual to summon Azal in The Dæmons is "Mary Had a Little Lamb" spoken backwards. In the novella The Cabinet of Light, Mestizer, whom Daniel O'Mahony intended to be the Master, employed the poem in her ritual.
