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.).
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.)
16th Nov 2006
Doctor Who (1963)
Trivia: In case you've ever wondered why everyone in the universe speaks English, Time Lords have the ability to telepathically understand and speak any language they hear and they're able to share this ability with their companions. (As for why everyone in the universe has a British accent, this can be put down to the fact that the Doctor is an Anglophile.).
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