Can we spot any more?
In Series 1, "The Big Sleep" references Raymond Chandler's novel of the same name.
In Series 2, "We Have Put Her Living In The Tomb" is a line from Poe's "The Fall Of The House Of Usher," and "The Man In The Long Black Coat" references the Bob Dylan song of the same name. And though they're not strictly literary references, "In Luton Airport No-One Can Hear You Scream" references the tagline from Ridley Scott's film Alien and "Love And Death" references Woody Allen's film of the same name.
In Series 4, "The Trial" references Franz Kafka's novel of the same name.
In Series 5, "Endgame" probably references Samuel Beckett's play of the same name, and "Hole In The Sky" may reference William Kittredge's memoir of the same name. And another not strictly literary reference: "The Exterminating Angel" references Luis Buñuel's film of the same name.
In Series 6, "The Executioner's Song" references Norman Mailer's nonfiction novel of the same name. And another not strictly literary reference: "Tales Of Terror" references a 1962 Roger Corman film featuring adaptations of three Poe stories.
There are probably others.
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tremas-1
13 years ago
To: Spiflock Holmes.
In the episode "The Exterminating Angel," the parents of Victor's employer say they're staying at the Abbey Grange hotel, an allusion to a Sherlock Holmes adventure by that name.
Also in that episode, when Mr. Swainey appears walking on stilts on his way to a Silly Walks contest, the soundtrack plays several bars from Sousa's "Liberty Bell" march, Monty Python's theme song. One of MP's funniest features was "The Ministry of Silly Walks," you may recall.
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