Castrovalva (M. C. Escher) - in Popular Culture

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  • In 1982 the name "Castrovalva" was used in a story in the BBC television series Doctor Who. The storyline also relied heavily on recursion, a favorite theme in Escher's later and more famous works, and used ideas taken from Belvedere, Ascending and Descending, and Relativity to trap the protagonists in the city of Castrovalva.
  • The comic Kingdom of the Wicked is set in an imaginary world named Castrovalva.

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