This evening’s Doctor Who wasn’t particularly coy about its influences…

A bit disappointing, actually, that they had to turn Cthulhu into Satan. He’s much scarier as Cthulhu, because Cthulhu comes from a time before Satan was even contemplated (Christianity literally cannot think Lovecraftian horror). Cthulhu’s not a “fallen angel”; to borrow a line from Event Horizon, he’s much, much worse…