Hotel Babylon - The Greatest Showman - Titanic - References & Doctor Who - Carnival Of Monsters '73

Part 3 (of 3) - Several predictive / future references to the films of Elvis (2022) Director Baz Luhrmann may be seen in the 1973 Doctor Who serial Carnival Of Monsters (Serial 2 -Season 10 - 4 episodes). The BBC / UK science fiction story featured Jon Pertwee as the 3rd incarnation of The Doctor. An interstellar showman with collection of creatures miniaturized within a machine endangers a planet's peace when they break down the internal defenses and escape.

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- Luhrmann worked with actress Carey Mulligan on the 2013 drama The Great Gatsby. She had previously guest-starred as Sally Sparrow in the acclaimed 2007 Doctor Who episode Blink with David Tennant & Freema Agyeman.
- The 1996 Romeo + Juliet director may be hinted at by name. An alien race in the story is known as "The Lurmans".
- Hotel Babylon (2006-2009) actor Michael Obiora appears in Blink. Production studio Carnival Films (also known for Downton Abbey) produced the series. I thought this connection may be a nod to the 1973 who episode.
Dexter Fletcher played concierge Tony in this (and had appeared in The Bounty (1984).)
- Vorg plays the traveling entertainer in Carnival Of Monsters, I thought this a possible future nod to Jackman in The Greatest Showman in 2017.
- A possible time sensitive easter egg to the mid 1990's may be hinted at in "Carnival", The Tardis materializes onboard a ocean going ship in 1926. I thought this may reference Gatsby & Romeo + Juliet actor Leonardo DiCaprio who was in the James Cameron disaster film Titanic in 1997.
- The writing technique of Blink scribe & former Doctor Who show runner Steven Moffat may be hinted at in the course of the '73 serial. His other early writing examples in the series included "The Doctor Dances" (2005) & "The Girl In The Fireplace" (2006). He often depicts two completely different worlds (or dimensional constructs) co-existing side-by-side, separated by a simple doorway. When The Doctor & Joe land on the ship in 1926, they quickly must escape through a hatch in the deck. This leads to what looks like the inside of a giant computer. The Doctor realizes they are inside a miniscope and that different captured and miniaturized habitats coexist with secret passages interlinking them.
- The aliens in Carnival Of Monsters use a large beam rifle called "the eradicator". In certain slang and parlance the word "GAT" can be a synonym for a "GUN". I thought this perhaps a future nod to the title "The Great Gatsby".
- The shape and design of the miniscope machine itself may be inspired by a mod piece of furniture introduced in the 1960s called the Ball chair. The chair is shown frequently throughout the 17 episode spy TV series The Prisoner (1967-1968) starring Patrick McGoohan.
- Taking the above reference, Actor Steve Bisley (of The Great Gatsby) also worked with Mel Gibson on George Miller's 1979 dystopian action film Mad Max. Gibson played thirteenth century Scottish hero William Wallace in Braveheart (1995).