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Racking my brain for any series of scifi film that has a cousin connection to a tvseries, but nothing. The Welsh nod makes me fear it has something to do with Dr.Who which I know nothing about, but I wouldn’t have thought that could be described as series of movies.. I think I’m surrendered.
Neuralizer it is! The "Welsh cousin" is the Retcon drug (usually in teeny pill form) used by Torchwood, from the Doctor Who universe, which has the same job of causing amnesia.Old Murgh wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 2:06 pmOne guess –although I have no idea if it has any relation to Wales –but then again a Welsh connection would easily pass me by because how can a foreign boy tell, what's your secret? I mean, Richard Burton? Anthony Hopkins? Jonathan Pryce? Michael Sheen? Christian Bale? Come on! Ioan Gruffudd, Rhys Ifans, Bryn Terfel, ok yes, that helps a bit..
so anyway.. one device that could otherwise fit the riddle is the Men in Black tool [google aid] neuralizer..
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Sweet luck!ffutures wrote: ↑Sun May 29, 2022 10:01 pmNeuralizer it is! The "Welsh cousin" is the Retcon drug (usually in teeny pill form) used by Torchwood, from the Doctor Who universe, which has the same job of causing amnesia.
Congrats and a meaningless bonus point for getting it before I had to post another clue!
I don't know if this is the parallel you're looking for, but characters from their novels have provided names for fictional starships: Nostromo in Alien, and Rocinante in The Expanse …
Yes that was indeed the parallel I had in mind.Disembodied wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 1:03 pmI don't know if this is the parallel you're looking for, but characters from their novels have provided names for fictional starships: Nostromo in Alien, and Rocinante in The Expanse …
Damn, wasn’t aware of another. You mean they PLAGIARIZED it?Disembodied wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 1:38 pmHere's a related question … in what other SF work might you find a spaceship called Rocinante?
Ah. I suppose then it's more of a multiple homage rather than plagiarism.Disembodied wrote: ↑Mon May 30, 2022 1:59 pmI think several people have had the same idea, naming something clunky after Don Quixote's nag … John Steinbeck called his camper van "Rocinante" in his Travels With Charley.
Ah, not a show I've heard of! A shame it seems to be lost. I googled "Don Quick" "Ian Hendry", and "Rocinante", and although the (one! single!) hit seems to be unresponsive, the preview text readsffutures wrote: ↑Tue May 31, 2022 12:18 amWould it be The Adventures of Don Quick, a British SF sitcom from 1970? I'm not sure because the name of the ship isn't mentioned in the Wikipedia article, and I think I only saw one or two episodes at the time and my memory isn't that good, but it's based on Don Quixote so seems a possible contender.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adven ... _Don_Quick
So even though it's not the answer I was expecting it's still a valid answer, with a MBP attached for sheer obscurity. The honour is yours once again …For the crew of the Rocinante and the leaders of the Inner Planets and the Belt, ... Cervantes in space: Don Quick (Ian Hendry), astronaut, ...