▁and ▁the ▁Doctor , ▁before ▁finally ▁being ▁destroyed ▁through ▁an ▁array ▁of ▁cam eras ▁and ▁televis ions . ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁Tor ch wood ▁episode ▁" Sm all ▁World s ", ▁Jack ▁spec ul ates ▁that ▁" f ai ries " ▁may ▁be ▁" part ▁Mar a ". ▁ ▁However , ▁his ▁not ing ▁of ▁" M ara " ▁as ▁the ▁origin ▁of ▁the ▁word ▁" night m are " ▁and ▁their ▁ability ▁to ▁ste al ▁the ▁breath ▁from ▁their ▁vict ims ▁suggests ▁that ▁he ▁is ▁referring ▁to ▁the ▁Mar a ▁of ▁German ic / Sc and in av ian ▁myth ology ▁rather ▁than ▁the ▁Man uss an ▁Mar a . ▁Christopher ▁Ba iley , ▁writer ▁of ▁S nak ed ance ▁and ▁K inda , ▁was ▁a ▁pract ising ▁Buddh ist ▁and ▁named ▁Doctor ▁Who ''' s ▁Mar a ▁after ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁demon ▁Mar a . ▁ ▁The ▁two ▁names ▁share ▁a ▁common ▁Pro to - Ind o - Europe an ▁root . ▁ ▁The ▁Mar a ▁was ▁mentioned ▁by ▁the ▁T enth ▁Doctor ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 7 ▁Children ▁in ▁Need ▁special ▁" Time ▁Cr ash ". ▁ ▁The ▁Mar a ▁also ▁appears ▁in ▁the ▁final ▁story ▁in ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁anth ology ▁T ales ▁of ▁T ren z al ore ' ', ▁when ▁it ▁poss esses ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁inhabitants ▁of ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Christmas ▁and ▁forces ▁them ▁to ▁dig ▁up ▁the ▁remains ▁of ▁J alen ▁F ell wood ▁so ▁it ▁can ▁use ▁them ▁to