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  • 22-07-2008 6:26pm
    #1
    trishw78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭


    I'm just watching 'The Doctors Daughter' and it's something I've noticed in other eps they play the theme tune for Hitchhikers Guide.

    Is there a reason for this or is just a happy coinsidence?


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  • #2
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    trishw78 wrote: »
    I'm just watching 'The Doctors Daughter' and it's something I've noticed in other eps they play the theme tune for Hitchhikers Guide.

    Is there a reason for this or is just a happy coinsidence?

    If they do it's probably on purpose.

    Douglas Adams wrote for Doctor Who in his youth and there has already been some blatant references (about Arthur Dent being a lovely man!)


  • #3
    trishw78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭trishw78


    I was thinking that there would be some obvious reason. It looks like we haven't been told about it yet.


  • #4
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    trishw78 wrote: »
    I was thinking that there would be some obvious reason. It looks like we haven't been told about it yet.

    They do it all the time in Doctor Who. In the old series there were several references to Quatermass (a series of English movies which are often considered a major influence on Doctor Who).

    The organistation Quatermass worked for is name checked in the new series even, they're the body that put the space probe out that the Sycorax found.


  • #5
    trishw78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭trishw78


    I was never a fan of the pre-Christopher Ecclecton Doctor. So alot of that information is new to me. Thanks

    I never like the aliens cause they looked so fake


  • #6
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    trishw78 wrote: »
    I never like the aliens cause they looked so fake
    Sometimes they still do - see "Turn Left" ;)

    There's lots of stuff to enjoy though in the old series, once you get over the 5 penny budget. Don't write it off purely for aesthetics!


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  • #7
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    ixoy wrote: »
    Sometimes they still do - see "Turn Left" ;)

    There's lots of stuff to enjoy though in the old series, once you get over the 5 penny budget. Don't write it off purely for aesthetics!

    I just got City of Death, tying in nice to Douglas Adams, a truly enjoyable romp so it is!


  • #8
    ixoy
    Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 18,002 Mod ✭✭✭✭ixoy


    SDooM wrote: »
    I just got City of Death, tying in nice to Douglas Adams, a truly enjoyable romp so it is!
    Plus Basil Fawlty!


  • #9
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    ixoy wrote: »
    Plus Basil Fawlty!

    I imagine, considering how big both Dr Who and Monty Python/ Fawlty Towers were at the time, it must have been some big thing to have the two of them interact.


  • #10
    popebenny16
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,461 ✭✭✭popebenny16


    SDooM wrote: »

    The organistation Quatermass worked for is name checked in the new series even, they're the body that put the space probe out that the Sycorax found.

    British Rocket Group was also the web address for the Torchwood Website in the run up to the launch of the first season. when you clicked enter it was restricted by order of Torchwood!!!

    I like stuff like that.


  • #11
    Doctor DooM
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 25,872 Mod ✭✭✭✭Doctor DooM


    popebenny16 wrote: »
    British Rocket Group was also the web address for the Torchwood Website in the run up to the launch of the first season. when you clicked enter it was restricted by order of Torchwood!!!

    I like stuff like that.

    Me too, it really brings out the nerd in me.


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