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.
[edit] In popular culture
The poem "Flannan Isle" is quoted by Tom Baker at the end of the Doctor Who story Horror of Fang Rock, which was set on a lighthouse.
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.
