Chatting with ‘Lost’ creators Carlton Cuse and Damon Lindelof

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1. Bryant McGhee | Mar 4, 2010 | Reply

   I think I have it Lost is just a rehash of the special “Doctor Who the Key to Time”, 1978 - 1979. I normally watch this every year or so and while watching it this weekend I couldn’t help but notice all the similarities to Lost. The key to time complete adventure is made up of 6 episodes. The Doctor is a time lord from the planet Gallifrey who is able to travel through both time and space. I won’t give the entire synopsis of each episode just give you some similarities to Lost:

   1. The Ribos Operation: The Doctors TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) – is intercepted by the White Guardian (the guardian of light and time) who sets the Doctor on a quest to find the 6 segments to the Key to Time. I believe this is why there are 6 candidates in Lost. The Key once assembled, will allow the White Guardian to restore balance to a universe descending into evil and chaos. The island is supposed to somehow keep our world in balance. To assist the Doctor he is given a companion, Romana, and a tracer to locate and transform the segment back into its segment of the key. The segments can be in any shape or form according to the White Guardian. The White Guardian also tells the Doctor that he has a counterpart, the Black Guardian (Guardian of Darkness), who if he gets the key will plunge the universe into chaos and destruction. Both guardians can also assume any shape. On the planet they encounter 2 conmen Garron and Unstoffe. I believe this is where both Lockes father (Garron) and Sawyer (Unstoffe) came from. There is also a character named Sholakh who I believe to be where the Locke character originated.

   2. The Pirate Planet: While on this planet they encounter a pirate named the Captain who has a trophy room made up of the crushed remains of planets which is used to form a time dam. The time dam is used to keep Queen Xanxia alive and she is currently in a form that will in her opinion never age or dies. This could be the inspiration for the Richard character but in my opinion it will most likely play into the explanation of Jacobs’s character. Part 3 is a dead on description of the Richard character. The Captains first mate Mr. Fibuli offers the Caption 3 alternative which I believe to be the 3 choices that Fake Locke offers to Sawyer. Also the crushed planets form a system that creates a perfect balance to the environment almost reminding me of the perfect balance of the scales in the cave which Fake Locke takes Sawyer to show him the names on the cave walls.

   3. The Stones of Blood: Back on Earth the Doctor encounter Vivian Fay who is 4000 years old who is most likely the inspiration for the Richard character since she doesn’t appear to age either. She is able to take on different forms almost like the smoke monster. She uses her staff to create a static circle that the Doctor is unable to enter. This reminds me of the black ash used to keep Smokey at bay. It is also found out that she was a prisoner aboard a ship that was taking her to be judged for her crimes but she managed to escape. Again remind you of anyone. The Druid religion is based around her. She used rock creatures called Ogres to do her bidding. She used her ability to transform into the Doctor to lure Romana to the edge of a cliff and push her off (leaving Romana dangling for her life) that seems eerily familiar to the scene where the Sawyer had to be rescued by Fake Locke. Romana ended up being rescued by the real Doctor.

   4. The Androids of Tara: On this planet they encounter the kings swordsman who does the soon to be king (Prince Reynart) bidding including killing. He I believe is the inspiration for Sayid Jarrah and his characters named is Farrah (just one letter off). They find themselves at one point trying to enter secretly into Castle Graf owned by Count Grendal (in my opinion the temple). Castle Graf is surrounded by a moat. Remember the water surrounding the temple. Also the king’s man knows of a secret entrance into the Castle. On the outskirts of the castle under foliage is a hole in the wall leading to an underground entrance used by the nobility to avoid the peasants in the time of plagues. Remind you of the entrance Jin showed Hurley and crew while trying to enter the temple. Princess Strella is a prisoner and can be seen weaving a tapestry almost like the scene where Jacob is weaving his tapestry. There is a Japanese style hut that they call a pavilion that I equate to the Japanese style house Jack saw in the lighthouse mirror. In the Counts android fixer Madame Lamia’s lab can be seen a tapestry that looks like balance scales.

   5. The Power of Krull: They run into green natives on the 3rd moon of the planet Delta Magna. The natives were placed on this moon almost like Native Americans were on reservations. The earth men have discovered a source of methane which they are collecting in abundance and now want the moon back. The natives believe in creature called Krull who they believe protect them. They are intending to go to war with the earth men and remove them from their world. They capture Romana and intend to offer her as a sacrifice to Krull. During that encounter the Doctor saves Romana at the last minute identifying the Krull creature to be one of the natives dressed in a costume. I believe this to be the symbolism of Fake Locke who said he was once a man, who we know now to also be Smokey. Once of the men at the methane refinery name is spelled Dugeen. It is almost pronounced the same as the Temple Samurai Dogen. Once every 10 hours they collect enough methane to be harvested and they fire the methane capsule into orbit to be collected. This shot reminded me of the warning shot that Dogen shot into the air warning everyone to prepare for Smokey after learning that Jacob was dead. There was a point in this story where the Doctor descended into a well to retrieve a book about Krull. This scene reminded me of the scene where Locke descended into the well to turn the wheel that would transport him off the island. Also after the shot was fired the clock would reset. This reminded me of the 108 minute clock resetting after the number 4, 8, 15, 16, 23 & 42 numbers were entered into the swan hatch computer. There was even a scene where the Head native speaking to the Doctor had a speech about the humans coming to their world fighting and the greed and evil of their great cities. This reminded me of the line where the MIB was speaking to Jacob on the beach. There were multiple instances of white smoke in this and several other episodes that reminded me of Smokey.

   6. The Armageddon Factor: They come to the Planet of Atrios who is at war with its twin planet Xeos. They are in the middle of a nuclear war. This reminds me of the Jughead bomb. The military leader of the Atrios people is a man they call the Marshal who is being controlled by the black guardian (the Shadow) who is the Doctors rival. The Marshal is being overcome by darkness. This reminds me of what Dogen say about Sayid and Claire. The emblem on the Marshal’s uniform has pyramid designs on it reminding me of the temple. The Marshal stares into a mirror where he receives instructions from the Shadow. The mirror in my opinion is the inspiration for the lighthouse mirror.

   - I won’t tell you all how it ends as they may use a similar ending. Also during each and every episode there are themes showing the black and white contrast. Whether it is the clothing that individual are wearing, props in the room, checkerboard patterns on the floor etc. I would say 3 to 7 in each episode. I also caught references to the number 4, 8, 15 & 42. I’m sure if I went back I could find the rest. I don’t think this is just a coincidence at all. Watch it for yourselves and let me know what you think.

   - I made some other observations. Going back and forth from the island to the sideway flash seems and sounds like the TARDIS doors opening when the White Guardian summons the Doctor at the beginning of the Ribos Operation. This would also coincide with my theory that the cabin is a TARDIS representative as well as the lighthouse, not to mention the island itself jumping from one location and then to another. It appearing and disappearing wherever it chooses and blending into its environment. Although the Doctors TARDIS has a broken cloaking device rendering it into the shape of the same blue police box that so many have come to love all us true fans know that a fully functioning TARDIS takes on the guise of its environment.

   Lost Episode 3 Mar 2010 “Sundown” similarities
   - In The Power of Krull, Krull the giant Squid reaches the methane facility. There a member of the crew named Dugeen was killed by one of his own men (Dogen being killed by Sayid). Some natives also arrive to fight against the earthmen. Krull reaches the facility and proceeds to use his many tentacles to reach in and grab anyone within his reach for food. In Lost the Smoke Monster reaches into the temple grabbing and killing all who stand against him. The smoke reminiscent of tentacles.
   - This happened earlier this season but it just came to me after watching this episode. In The Armageddon Factor the Shadow uses a device which he placed both Romana and the Doctor in to extract information. When they didn’t tell the truth a form of electric shock would be forced into their bodies causing great pain to the point of collapse. In Lost when Sayid was tested to reveal the truth about his nature of being good or evil as we now know Dogen used a form of electric shock to get to the truth of where Sayid stood on the scale of being good or evil.
   - I think this is something else that was pulled from the special. When the Doctor, Romana and another character were being sacrificed to Krull one of the natives told them that they were being sacrificed by the 7th ritual which was the most excruciating and longest form of torture/death. They were placed in stockades and lying on a bed like device. Their hands and feet were bound in wooden blocks. Then what the natives called creeper vines were attached to the wooden blocks. There was a large window type dome that was directly over the bed like device. When sunlight got into the room the vines would shorten and stretch the wooden block eventually snapping ones spine. The native then told Romana that he wanted her and the Doctor to be sacrificed by the 1st ritual where they would simply be thrown into a pit and be stoned to death. In Lost Claire was taken prisoner by Dogen’s men once she entered the temple and placed in the hole. If you look at that scene carefully once Kate looks down at Claire from the top of the hole you can see smaller stones on the floor of the hole. I’m not saying that they used this hole to stone people to death but this many coincidences taken from one special being incorporated throughout Lost in my opinion could get one convicted, if you were on trial of a crime, if it were presented in a court of law.

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