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7th Mar 2022

Doctor Who (1963)

The Faceless Ones - S4-E8

Trivia: In the animated version of this story, when we're at the police station, there are some wanted posters on the wall in the background. One of the wanted posters is for the original Master, Roger Delgado.

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Nepenthe - S1-E7

Trivia: The planet that the Riker family settles on is called Nepenthe. A magical potion mentioned in Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven," originally from "The Odyssey," with the power to cure grief and sorrow. A fitting name for a place to try to forget the loss of a child.

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12th Jun 2020

Doctor Who (1963)

28th Feb 2016

Dr. No (1962)

Trivia: Ian Fleming didn't like the casting choice of Sean Connery, saying he was "too thuggish" to be Bond. After seeing the film, Fleming liked him enough that he went back and ret-conned Bond's biography to make him Scottish.

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10th Nov 2015

Community (2009)

Advanced Documentary Filmmaking - S4-E6

Trivia: When Chang and Jeff are discussing his Changnesia, Chang says his short-term memory is getting better and rolls up his sleeve to read the words "side-effect" that he's written on the inside of his arm. On the side of his arm that's facing the camera, he's written a reminder to "Rent Memento." (00:08:50)

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11th Sep 2015

M*A*S*H (1972)

7th Jul 2015

Dead Island

Trivia: At the beginning of the game, when you leave your hotel room, if instead of turning right and going down the hall toward the elevators, you turn left and go into the room at the end of the hall, you'll find the bodies of the couple from the famous Backwards trailer. (This also means that the scene in the trailer happened right outside your door and you were so drunk/drugged that you slept right through it).

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3rd Nov 2014

Community (2009)

Trivia: The Doctor comes to Nevada in search of "A bowl of chili. The sort you only ever got in an American diner before 1962." During the 1960s, Chasen's Restaurant in Hollywood made a chili that became highly sought-after by celebrities (Elizabeth Taylor had some flown to Rome when she was making "Cleopatra."). Diners started changing their chili recipes in attempts to duplicate Chasen's secret recipe. This is why The Doctor had to go back to the 1950s in search of a bowl of old-fashioned American chili. (00:01:30)

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11th Apr 2013

Psych (2006)

17th Jan 2013

Doctor Who (2005)

Trivia: When Q delivers the Lotus to Bond and Anya, Anya greets him with "Good morning, Major Boothroyd." This is the only time in the films that Q's name is given. (His name in the novels is Major Geoffrey Boothroyd.).

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23rd Aug 2011

South Park (1997)

The Excelsior Acquisition - S3-E16

Trivia: Raj's question about why so many of Stan Lee's characters' first and last names begin with the same initial (Peter Parker, Reed Richards, Bruce Banner, etc.) has been answered by Lee in interviews before: He has a bad memory for names, so if he can remember one of their names, he knows the other starts with the same letter.

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10th Aug 2008

Get Smart (1965)

The Other Dick - S1-E9

Trivia: The Real Estate guide for the Jones' house lists the address as "1060 W. Addison St." As any Blues Brothers fan can tell you, that's the address of Wrigley Field. (00:32:30)

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19th Oct 2007

Jericho (2006)

9:02 - S1-E6

Trivia: When Mimi comes to the Richmond farm and Stanley refers to her as "Uncle Sam," what Bonnie signs to him is "Uncle Sam is prettier."

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17th Jul 2007

Torchwood (2006)

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.

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