Flannan Isle
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Flannan Isle is a famous English
poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
, first published in 1912. It refers to a mysterious incident that occurred on the Flannan Isles in 1900, when three lighthouse-keepers disappeared without explanation.
as the Doctor
at the end of the Doctor Who
story Horror of Fang Rock
, which was set on a lighthouse and involved an alien explanation for the tragedy that befell the three keepers there and survivors of a shipwreck.
For the 1994 album Chansons des mers froides
(Songs from the Cold Seas), French producer Hector Zazou
adapted an extract of the poem Flannan Isle as a song entitled The Lighthouse. Lead vocals were performed by Siouxsie Sioux
of Siouxsie and the Banshees, and backing vocals were provided by a female Nanai shaman.
The Genesis
song The Mystery of Flannan Isle Lighthouse (on Archive 1967-75) is based on the incident.
Likewise the opera The Lighthouse
by Peter Maxwell Davies
.
The novel Some Strange Scent of Death by Angela J Elliott takes its name from a line in the poem and tells the true story of the disappearance of the lighthouse keepers.
The main story of the video game Dark Fall II: Lights Out
contains characters and locations related to the incident.
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
poem by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson was a British Georgian poet, associated with World War I but also the author of much later work.-Early work:...
, first published in 1912. It refers to a mysterious incident that occurred on the Flannan Isles in 1900, when three lighthouse-keepers disappeared without explanation.
In popular culture
The poem Flannan Isle is quoted by Tom BakerTom Baker
Thomas Stewart "Tom" Baker is a British actor. He is best known for playing the fourth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction television series Doctor Who, a role he played from 1974 to 1981.-Early life:...
as the Doctor
Fourth Doctor
The Fourth Doctor is the fourth incarnation of the protagonist of the long-running BBC British television science-fiction series Doctor Who....
at the end of the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
story Horror of Fang Rock
Horror of Fang Rock
Horror of Fang Rock is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in four weekly parts from 3 September to 24 September 1977.-Synopsis:...
, which was set on a lighthouse and involved an alien explanation for the tragedy that befell the three keepers there and survivors of a shipwreck.
For the 1994 album Chansons des mers froides
Chansons des mers froides
Chansons des mers froides is a 1994 album by French musician Hector Zazou.Zazou approached Sony Records with merely the title and the concept of songs from the Arctic. He was accompanied by cameraman Philippe Roméo as he recorded traditional folk songs in and from Alaska, Canada , Greenland,...
(Songs from the Cold Seas), French producer Hector Zazou
Hector Zazou
Hector Zazou was a prolific French composer and record producer who worked with, produced, and collaborated with an international array of recording artists...
adapted an extract of the poem Flannan Isle as a song entitled The Lighthouse. Lead vocals were performed by Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux
Siouxsie Sioux is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known as the lead singer of the critically acclaimed rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees and of its splinter group The Creatures . The Banshees produced eleven studio albums and a string of hit singles including "Hong Kong Garden",...
of Siouxsie and the Banshees, and backing vocals were provided by a female Nanai shaman.
The Genesis
Genesis (band)
Genesis are an English rock band that formed in 1967. The band currently comprises the longest-tenured members Tony Banks , Mike Rutherford and Phil Collins . Past members Peter Gabriel , Steve Hackett and Anthony Phillips , also played major roles in the band in its early years...
song The Mystery of Flannan Isle Lighthouse (on Archive 1967-75) is based on the incident.
Likewise the opera The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse (opera)
The Lighthouse is a chamber opera with words and music by Peter Maxwell Davies.The scenario was inspired by a true story. In December 1900 a lighthouse supply ship called the Hesperus, based in Stromness, Orkney, went on its routine tour of duty to the Flannan Isles in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland...
by Peter Maxwell Davies
Peter Maxwell Davies
Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE is an English composer and conductor and is currently Master of the Queen's Music.-Biography:...
.
The novel Some Strange Scent of Death by Angela J Elliott takes its name from a line in the poem and tells the true story of the disappearance of the lighthouse keepers.
The main story of the video game Dark Fall II: Lights Out
Dark Fall II: Lights Out
Dark Fall II: Lights Out is a sequel to the game Dark Fall. A third Dark Fall game, Lost Souls, was released in late 2009....
contains characters and locations related to the incident.