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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mrneutron: [QB] Regarding the number 1701. I was watching [i]Forbidden Planet[/i] recently, and I'm always tickled by how much both [i]Lost in Space[/i] and [i]Star Trek[/i] were "inspired" by this film. The former stole the look of the ship, right down to the flying saucer with three landing legs and a spinning lights at the base...not to mention the bubble astrogator with model ship within and the robot. The latter, well, there's a "United Planets" Cruiser, a bantering relationship between captain, exec and doctor, and the crew dematerializes in very transporter-like beams during deceleration to sublight drive. All of this I'm sure most of you are aware of...but what really caught my attention this time around was the second line of dialogue in the film (not counting the opening narration), which goes... "Ship on course, sir. We'll reach D.C. point at 1701." (spoken "seventeen oh one") 1701. Amazing that of all the numbers they could have used, it's THAT one. And if he'd quoting a "military time", there were 1439 other possible hour:minute combinations they could have chosen. Nope. 1701. Funny, no? :D [/QB][/QUOTE]
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