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The '''Poem Girl''' was a girl on a screen who recited a poem about [[Star Whale|the Beast]] on a [[vator]] in the [[Starship UK]] when [[Timmy]] tried to use a vator to get to London and was sent down to the Beast. Whether or not the girl was alive at the time is unknown. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')
The '''Poem Girl''' was a girl on a screen who recited a poem about [[Star Whale|the Beast]] on a [[vator]] in the [[Starship UK]] when [[Timmy]] tried to use a vator to get to London and was sent down to the Beast. Whether or not the girl was alive at the time is unknown. ([[DW]]: ''[[The Beast Below]]'')


 
===The Poem===
 
==The Poem==
 
The following poem was said by the girl on a recording in an elevator:
The following poem was said by the girl on a recording in an elevator:


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''Expect no love from the beast below.''
''Expect no love from the beast below.''


==Behind the Scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
[[Image:Testcardgirl.jpg|BBC Test Card Girl|thumb|left]]
*The Poem Girl is assumed to be an homage to the Test Card Girl, who appeared on a test card used on television in the UK and elsewhere for more than four decades, usually while there was no on-air programming.
*The Poem Girl is assumed to be an homage to the Test Card Girl, who appeared on a test card used on television in the UK and elsewhere for more than four decades, usually while there was no on-air programming.
[[Category:Humans with unknown names]]
[[Category:Humans with unknown names]]

Revision as of 11:59, 12 December 2010

The Poem Girl was a girl on a screen who recited a poem about the Beast on a vator in the Starship UK when Timmy tried to use a vator to get to London and was sent down to the Beast. Whether or not the girl was alive at the time is unknown. (DW: The Beast Below)

The Poem

The following poem was said by the girl on a recording in an elevator:

A horse and a man, above, below,
One has a plan but both must go,
Mile after mile, above, beneath,
One has a smile and one has teeth,
Though the man above might say hello,
Expect no love from the beast below.

Behind the scenes

  • The Poem Girl is assumed to be an homage to the Test Card Girl, who appeared on a test card used on television in the UK and elsewhere for more than four decades, usually while there was no on-air programming.