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IFIS Members - Phil needs your help !

Posted by Philip Ayres on 2011/05/02 18:34

Phil needs your help!
I've come across a plot point in a Doctor Who story that I recognise

from somewhere but can't remember where:
We have a bunch of people in an Underground shelter believing they're

hiding from a war on the surface. But it's all a con - there's been no war.
So if this rings any bells with you please reply and lmk where from!

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Posted by Asan Tu on 2011/05/02 19:55

Quite a common plot point which has been re-used in many programmes in

the past, but the most recent one I remember is:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124298/
Brendan fraser film - blast from the past
In 1962 an eccentric scientist who, like so many people at the same,

thought that a nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was

possible, built a bomb shelter in his basement. During the Cuban

missile crisis, when he thought things were going escalate took his

pregnant wife into the bomb shelter. When a plane flying over lost

control, the pilot bailed out and the plane crashed into their house

which activated the shelter's locks (designed not to open for 35

years). She gives birth to a boy whom they name Adam. So Adam grows up

being taught and exposed to all culture up to 1962. When the locks

open, they're shocked to see how the world has changed they decide to

stay inside. However their supplies have run out, so Adam goes out to

get some more but gets lost and is helped by a girl called Eve.
Quoting Philip Ayres <philip_ayres@>:

Phil needs your help!

I've come across a plot point in a Doctor Who story that I recognise
from somewhere but can't remember where:

We have a bunch of people in an Underground shelter believing they're
hiding from a war on the surface. But it's all a con - there's been no
war.

So if this rings any bells with you please reply and lmk where from!
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IFIS Members - Phil needs your help !

Posted by Philip Ayres on 2011/05/02 23:49

On 02/05/2011 19:55, Asan Tu wrote:

Quite a common plot point which has been re-used in many programmes in
the past, but the most recent one I remember is:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124298/

I've not seen the film, so no not that!
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IFIS Members - Phil needs your help !

Posted by Asan Tu on 2011/05/03 00:19

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Camp_%28The_Outer_Limits%29
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On 02/05/2011 19:55, Asan Tu wrote:

Quite a common plot point which has been re-used in many programmes in
the past, but the most recent one I remember is:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124298/

I've not seen the film, so no not that!
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IFIS Members - Phil needs your help !

Posted by Gordan Bobich on 2011/05/03 00:20

On 02/05/2011 23:49, Philip Ayres wrote:

On 02/05/2011 19:55, Asan Tu wrote:

Quite a common plot point which has been re-used in many programmes in
the past, but the most recent one I remember is:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0124298/

I've not seen the film, so no not that!

Off the top of my head, I can think of two with variations on that theme:
- Island
- THX 1138
I'm sure I've seen more, but they don't come to mind at the moment.
Gordan