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cutesy, always!---"buried" stuff in TROVE and NOCTURNE

posted 8 years ago by papyrus beetle
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I love this series, and especially the episode TROVE.
I find NOCTURNE un-watchable, but that's just my opinion.

In NOCTURNE, there are references to John Wyndham's books (signpost to the village: MIDWICH, and a character saying: "THE KRAKEN WAKES.")

but who else has noticed the DOUBLE INDEMNITY reference in TROVE?
When our dear Endeavour Morse visits SOHO, (where he will get thoroughly beaten), he looks for the private detective's office, which is on a signboard under:

"Pacific All-Risk Insurance", 2nd floor.

In a SOHO slum?
Yes, because that's the company Fred MacMurray worked for in DOUBLE INDEMNITY!

"We will bury you"-NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV

[–] Lily_Magnum 8 years ago

I noticed the sign, but didn't recognize it from Double Indemnity. I just remember thinking that sign was a reference to something because it's the wrong ocean for the locale and I thought the whole SOHO scene had a film noir look and feel to it.

I find NOCTURNE un-watchable, but that's just my opinion.

I love Nocturne. The mystery is not that great, but the scenes with Morse interviewing the girls individually are hilarious!

[–] Onetrickpony-1 8 years ago

Question about the ending of Trove - who is giving the missing notebook, and who receives it?

[–] caviar1234 8 years ago

It's never been revealed.

[–] tonycarr 8 years ago

In "Nocturne" the head of the College of Arms is referred to as "Sir Hilary" In "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" Bond impersonates Sir Hilary Bray from the College of Arms.
There is another 007 reference in "Game" Trewlove describes the chess puzzle as the Kronsteen gambit (or some such). Kronsteen was the chess master and the planner for SPECTRE in From Russia, With Love