Blakes 7 and Doctor who, along with Space 1999 could all fit together and BSG classic..
Franchises that could exist in the same universe
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You can headcanon it that in-universe Cheers is a reality show.
Or, like X Files on a tv in the background of a Fringe episode.... it could have been based on the real life exploits of the X Designation.
Simpsons also connects to X Files directly. Then X Files connects to all the "Detective Munch" shows.
The Aliens movie continuity and the Blade Runner movie continuity seem to be made for each other. All those colonies "off-world" being advertised in BR? Run by Weyand-Yutani, of course. The synthetic humans in the Alines movies - from a design orginated by the Tyrell Corp, maybe?
I can't take credit for this one - this one comes from director Walter Hill: He's said in interviews that his film 'The Warriors' is set in the same universe and serves as a prequel as John Carpenter's 'Escape from New York'.
John Carpenter has said nothing to dispute it and I tend to agree and would even throw 'Assault on Precinct 13' into the mix.
The way I see it is as follows:
Even though it's set in L.A., 'Assault on Precinct 13' sees the gangs coming together and the beginnings of the rise in violence mentioned in the opening narration in 'Escape from New York'.
'The Warriors' is set in the near future in a New York that is almost completely overrun by gangs.
If you pay close attention to the movie you notice that the city is close to being deserted with the only other people seen, aside from the police, being the teenagers/college kids coming back from a night out. That's because those who can have fled the city and buroughs to escape the rising violence.
After the desth of Cyrus, someone, possibly the Duke himself, succeeds in uniting the gangs, which leads to the final spike in violence and the outbreak of war and the sealing off of Manhatten from the rest of New York.
John Carpenter has said nothing to dispute it and I tend to agree and would even throw 'Assault on Precinct 13' into the mix.
The way I see it is as follows:
Even though it's set in L.A., 'Assault on Precinct 13' sees the gangs coming together and the beginnings of the rise in violence mentioned in the opening narration in 'Escape from New York'.
'The Warriors' is set in the near future in a New York that is almost completely overrun by gangs.
If you pay close attention to the movie you notice that the city is close to being deserted with the only other people seen, aside from the police, being the teenagers/college kids coming back from a night out. That's because those who can have fled the city and buroughs to escape the rising violence.
After the desth of Cyrus, someone, possibly the Duke himself, succeeds in uniting the gangs, which leads to the final spike in violence and the outbreak of war and the sealing off of Manhatten from the rest of New York.
If we're moving beyond SFF, Cougar Town and Scrubs are kind of a weird situation. They have a crossover character, but they also have the same actors in different roles. There's even a joke in one episode where the crossover character (Ted, the lawyer from Scrubs) sees all of the Scrubs actors in their new roles and starts freaking out because they all look like people he used to know.
MeTV airs Columbo and The Rockford Files back to back, and I've been thinking that a crossover between them could have been a lot of fun.
MeTV airs Columbo and The Rockford Files back to back, and I've been thinking that a crossover between them could have been a lot of fun.
No, Greg, I mean Warehouse 13 and Sanctuary. And Alphas. And even Eureka, I think, but that may have been another character. But Lindsay Wagner was definitely on both Warehouse 13 and Sanctuary, and they made a point of identifying her as the same character.
That almost happened. I read about it when QL was on the air but never realized how close until recently. There is a new book called "Quantum Leap: Beyond the Mirror Image" gives the most detailed well researched account of the making of the show.
As I am sure you know Donald Bellisario created both series. He wanted Sam to leap into Magnum at the end of season 4. Instead of Lee Harvey Oswald. The teaser was shot of Scott Bakula in a Hawaiian shirt and turning to the camera and copying Magnum's trademark wink. There is a screen grab in the book. It was shown at a convention years ago.
Bellisario says Tom Selleck declined reprising the role so it never happened. Apparently at the time there was serious discussions of doing a Magnum PI feature with Tom Selleck. Selleck felt a QL appearance would somehow detract or diminish those efforts.
So if the creator of those shows was willing to ignore an earlier throwaway reference to Magnum PI being a tv show, I think fans can.
That is not uncommon either. Before Green Hornet appeared on the 66 Batman series, an earlier episode showed Bruce and Dick watching the GH series on TV in Wayne Manor.
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Superman and Spider-Man.
Lost in space and Star trek could fit together perfectly. The Jupiter 2 was launched in 1997. All records of that decade are scarce according to Space Seed. So it is possible that the Robinsons could have left Earth without any record of it, like with Khan.
I once read a fanfic linking Buffy and Barney Miller. In 1970s New York, the slayer Nikki is tussling with Spike, and both are arrested by the detectives of the 12th Precinct. Hilarity ensues.
I think you're mistaken, I watched all three and I only remember her being on Sanctuary. I also checked both her IMDB and Wikipedia pages, and they both list W3 and Alphas, but no mention of Sanctuary.
I've often played with the idea that Bonanza, the Big Valley and the High Chaparral took place in the same universe. I'd like to see Little Joe and Blue Boy come to blows while trying to court Audra Barkley.
Hogan's Heroes and McHale's Navy should also take place in the came universe. Though we do know that Hogan's Heroes is in the same Universe as Green Acres, Petticoat Junction and the Beverly Hillbillies, as Oliver Douglas was instructed to make contact with Hogan if shot down over Germany in WWII.
Hogan's Heroes and McHale's Navy should also take place in the came universe. Though we do know that Hogan's Heroes is in the same Universe as Green Acres, Petticoat Junction and the Beverly Hillbillies, as Oliver Douglas was instructed to make contact with Hogan if shot down over Germany in WWII.
NBC sitcoms Friends and Mad About You actually share a supporting character despite having absolutely nothing to do with each other production-wise.
Lisa Kudrow was already playing the ditzy waitress Ursula on Mad About You when she was cast in Friends. Despite landing the plum role of Phoebe on the new NBC hit, she didn't want to give up her role as Ursula. The problem was that Mad About You came on at Thursdays at 8, and Friends came on at Thursdays at 8:30.
The solution was to simply make Phoebe and Ursula twins! And while no other Friends characters ever appeared on Mad About You, Ursula became a recurring character on Friends.
Lisa Kudrow was already playing the ditzy waitress Ursula on Mad About You when she was cast in Friends. Despite landing the plum role of Phoebe on the new NBC hit, she didn't want to give up her role as Ursula. The problem was that Mad About You came on at Thursdays at 8, and Friends came on at Thursdays at 8:30.
The solution was to simply make Phoebe and Ursula twins! And while no other Friends characters ever appeared on Mad About You, Ursula became a recurring character on Friends.
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Allison Scagliotti's Warehouse 13 character Claudia Donovan appeared in the Eureka episode "Crossing Over", and Neil Grayston took his Eureka character Fargo to Warehouse 13 for two episodes.
The Doctor Who franchise has referenced Bernard Quatermass a few times, although the TV series as far as I know has never specifically identified him.
Doctor Who and Star Trek: TNG crossed over in comic book form. The franchises could once have crossed over on TV (apparently it was discussed tentatively when Enterprise was current and was abandoned when that show ended; also, the Enterprise episode "Future Tense" features a somewhat TARDIS-like timeship). And @Christopher's Trek novel Watching The Clock makes quite a few references to elements of Doctor Who. (http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek_(franchise))
Is Breaking Bad sci-fi/fantasy? Questions like this may be loaded with a false assumption, which is that franchises fit into genres rather than the other way around. In any case, everyone knows that The Walking Dead is a sequel to BB. Spoilers for the latter follow:
The Doctor Who franchise has referenced Bernard Quatermass a few times, although the TV series as far as I know has never specifically identified him.
Doctor Who and Star Trek: TNG crossed over in comic book form. The franchises could once have crossed over on TV (apparently it was discussed tentatively when Enterprise was current and was abandoned when that show ended; also, the Enterprise episode "Future Tense" features a somewhat TARDIS-like timeship). And @Christopher's Trek novel Watching The Clock makes quite a few references to elements of Doctor Who. (http://tardis.wikia.com/wiki/Star_Trek_(franchise))
Is Breaking Bad sci-fi/fantasy? Questions like this may be loaded with a false assumption, which is that franchises fit into genres rather than the other way around. In any case, everyone knows that The Walking Dead is a sequel to BB
. Spoilers for the latter follow:
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Didn't the writer of that episode joke that he's wanted a police box to appear in Daniels' holographic database? Of course if they did an actual cross-over you'd have the problem of Star Trek being referenced several times in Doctor Who as a TV show.
So by extension, Jonah Hex and The Lone Ranger live in the same universe!
