Venusian Lullaby is an original novel written by Paul Leonard

Paul Leonard (writer)

Paul J. Leonard Hinder, better known by his pseudonym of Paul Leonard and also originally published as PJL Hinder, is an author best known for his work on various spin-off fiction based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.Leonard has acknowledged a debt to his...

 and based on the long-running British

United Kingdom

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 science fiction television

Science fiction on television

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 series Doctor Who

Doctor Who

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. It features the First Doctor

First Doctor

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, Ian

Ian Chesterton

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 and Barbara

Barbara Wright (Doctor Who)

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.

Trivia

The title refers to a favourite tune of the Third Doctor

Third Doctor

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's, the "Venusian" words of which were first heard in The Dæmons

The Dæmons

The Dæmons is a serial in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, which was first broadcast in five weekly parts from May 22 to June 19, 1971.-Plot:...

, where the first line is said to mean "Close your eyes, my darling, (well, three of them at least)". The rough transliteration of the song follows ("h" in "haroon" is silent):

Klokleda partha menin klatch,

haroon haroon haroon,

Klokleda sheenah tierra natch,

haroon haroon haroon,

Haroon haroon haroon...


The words were put to music and sung by Jon Pertwee

Jon Pertwee

John Devon Roland Pertwee , was an English actor. Pertwee is best known for his role in the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who, in which he played the third incarnation of the Doctor from 1970 to 1974, and as the title character in the series Worzel Gummidge...

 in The Curse of Peladon

The Curse of Peladon

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, in actuality the tune of the Christmas carol

Christmas carol

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 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen is an English traditional Christmas carol. The melody is in Aeolian mode. It was published by William B...

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External links

• The Cloister Library - Venusian Lullaby