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David Tennant and Derek Jacobi in Doctor Who (2005) Utopia

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The Doctor and Martha arrive in present day Cardiff to refuel the TARDIS and are inexplicably thrust to a distant planet 100 trillion years into the future. When they arrive they realize they have an unexpected passenger in Captain Jack Harkness who has been patiently waiting for the Doctor's return since the mid-19th century. On the planet they eventually meet Professor Yana who is running the 1000-year old Utopia project, the aim of which is to relocate the human-like creatures to a new planet, away from the outsiders who they fear they will become if they don't leave. When Prof. Yana has need of someone to make repairs in a room in which no one can survive, the Doctor has the perfect candidate. The Professor is not what he seems to be however and Martha notices he has a fob watch much like one the Doctor recently made use of...

*Professor Yana's costume was inspired by the First Doctor's outfit. Russell T. Davies even told the costume designer to "Hartnell him up".

Max Riemelt and Miguel Ángel Silvestre in Sense8 (2015) What Is Human?

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Will learns more about his origins and the threat to his future while Wolfgang's actions catch up with him, even as his bond with Kala strengthens.

*The opening scene is filmed at the Holocaust Memorial (das Holocaust-Mahnmal) in Berlin. The quote on the wall says:

"Ist der Holocaust ein Irrweg oder eine Spiegelung unseres selbst?" ("Is the Holocaust an aberration, or a reflection of ourselves?")

The Window

I stared at what seamed to be familiar. The clear glass stared back at me with a vengeance that I thought I knew. I was safe inside, but the feeling of safety was vanishing the more I continued to stare into the glass square. I was certain that this person that was staring back at me would attack at any moment.

For some reason I could see through this glass. The outside provided me with very ague memories. I remembered growing up on the fields that I saw. They lay adjacent to a track I remember running at least once. What was this area, that was as much of a mystery to me as it was a memory.

I felt the track start to pass by and I thought I was running. The memories of my youth playing through the glass. I never thought about the days I tried everything. I had grown up though and put my childhood away. Work took me away from the place that I knew as home and it faded, only to become a passing memory. But this place, through the glass it seamed to vivid to just be another dream that I had occasionally. I glanced back and forth, again and again to put the pieces together, but for some reason one of the pieces was missing. What was that piece and how could I complete this puzzle.

"Hey pops, how you adjusting to your not so new environment?" A voice tallied in from the other room. I was working up a response when I had a thought. The remark from the other person forced a memory in my head.

I did run down that track when I was in middle school. I ran across the meadows and rolled down those hills when I was younger. This was my old town. But everything seamed so modern compared to when I lived in the house I am standing in now. The man who asked me the question walked in. It was my son. He was vibrant and full of life. "Just proud to see the house I built go to a good owner, who will make it into a good home." I made sure that understood the compliment.