Trivia: The amnesia drug that Torchwood uses is called "Retcon," which is short for "retroactive continuity," a common occurrance in science fiction shows when a writer changes something about the established history of the series.
Captain Defenestrator
17th Jul 2007
Torchwood (2006)
16th Jun 2007
Doctor Who (2005)
Trivia: Possible Spoiler: At the time of this writing, it is generally believed that the "Mister Saxon" referred to throughout Season 3 will turn out to be The Master. One piece of evidence backing this theory is The Master's penchant for anagrammatic aliases: Mister Saxon is an anagram of "Master No Six," and if it's true, John Simm would be the 6th actor to play The Master. [Russell T Davies (who wrote most of the episodes) has said that the anagram is pure coincidence which was picked up by some people, but was completely unintended. Still interesting regardless.]
13th Jun 2007
Doctor Who (2005)
Trivia: In "Human Nature", when John Smith (The Doctor's human identity) is talking about his parents, he says their names are Sydney and Verity. Sydney Newman was the creator of Doctor Who and Verity Lambert was the first producer. (00:30:00)
13th May 2007
South Park (1997)
Trivia: Liane was the name of Trey Parker's ex-fiance who left him a month before their wedding, which explains a lot of the jokes about Cartman's mom.
12th May 2007
South Park (1997)
Trivia: Trey Parker and Matt Stone are big Star Trek fans and try to slip at least one Star Trek reference into each episode.
12th May 2007
Cannibal! The Musical (1993)
Trivia: Packer's line "But that's not the way it happened!" right before cutting to the titles is an homage to the classic Star Trek episode "Court Martial." (Trey Parker says the line exactly the way Captain Kirk did.).
29th Apr 2007
Doctor Who (2005)
Evolution of the Daleks (2) - S3-E5
Revealing mistake: When the people in Hooverville are meeting around the campfire, it's raining. However, everyone's clothes and hats are completely dry. (00:28:05 - 00:28:45)
17th Apr 2007
Smallville (2001)
Factual error: In the 5th season episode "Lexmas," Chloe says she needs Clark to deliver the Daily Planet's Toys For Tots contribution because of a Teamsters' Strike. However, the Toys For Tots program is run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve, and collection and distribution is handled by Marines and Reserves. The Teamsters have nothing to do with it.
15th Apr 2007
Outlaws
Bug: Although you can't light dynamite while underwater, the cigar that you light the dynamite with will still burn underwater.
15th Apr 2007
Sid Meier's Colonization
Other mistake: Playing Spain in this game gives you a bonus to attack Indian villages, however, actually attacking Indian villages lowers your overall score.
27th Mar 2007
The West Wing (1999)
Take This Sabbath Day - S1-E14
Trivia: The pocket Bible that Karl Malden carries in this episode is the same one he carried in the film "On The Waterfront." Everyone on the set that day came to touch this piece of film history. (Stated on the commentary track.)
24th Mar 2007
The West Wing (1999)
And It's Surely to Their Credit - S2-E5
Continuity mistake: When Ainsley Hayes and Lionel Tribbey are talking in her office, the bottled water moves from being to the right of the framed picture on her desk in the shots over her shoulder to being behind the picture in the shots of her desk from the front. (00:21:40 - 00:22:30)
1st Mar 2007
Have Gun - Will Travel (1957)
The Protege - S2-E6
Continuity mistake: When Sprague is practicing shooting for the second time, we see that Paladin has put up a new target with no holes in it. Sprague draws his revolver and fires three shots but the cut to the target shows 4 holes in the center. He then proceeds to fire the other 3 shots. (00:10:15)
24th Jan 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Deliberate mistake: The signs at Dachau Concentration Camp are in English.
18th Jan 2007
The Twilight Zone (1959)
Continuity mistake: When Mr. Bookman is leaving his apartment to get away from Death, there is a note tacked to the door that is about level with his head. In the next shot, he's out in the hallway locking his door and the note has moved up to about 6 inches above his head. (00:12:35)
16th Dec 2006
Monk (2002)
Mr. Monk and the Paperboy - S2-E10
Deliberate mistake: When Sharona spots Disher's personal ad in the newspaper, there is a shot of it. She then reads the description of him from the ad, which matches what's on the screen, however, the second part she reads, "Seeks petite blond with no-nonsense attitude, kids ok" is not in the ad shown. (00:22:20)
7th Dec 2006
Highlander (1992)
Continuity mistake: When McLeod is running to jump on the tourist boat, there is a barge docked behind it. When he lands on the boat, the barge is gone. (00:17:25)
7th Dec 2006
Highlander (1992)
Eyewitness - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When the police are taking Tessa to the safehouse and they spot Richie following on his motorcycle, the cop on the back tells Tessa to get down and pulls her down in the back seat. We then cut to a long shot of Richie following the car, and Tessa is sitting up on the passenger side. When the police pull over to arrest Richie, the cop in the back seat is again holding Tessa down. (00:34:30)
7th Dec 2006
Highlander (1992)
Eyewitness - S1-E12
Continuity mistake: When the immortal who's trying to kill Tessa snipes at her in Duncan's car, his shot shatters the passenger-side window. When Duncan tails Tessa and her police escort to the safehouse, the passenger-side window is intact. (00:30:05 - 00:35:50)
27th Nov 2006
Charmed (1998)
The Courtship of Wyatt's Father - S6-E16
Continuity mistake: When Gideon warns Sara not to use magic to put the books in the library back on the shelves, her arms are at her sides. A second later, the shot changes to over her shoulder as Leo orbs in and she has a nearly full armload of books. (00:08:55)
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