The Lost Boy (The Sarah Jane Adventures) - Outside References

Outside References

• BBC News 24 is once again shown to broadcast 'Breaking News' during the serial, although again without the BBC logo present.
• Alan likens Luke's creation by the Bane to the creation of Frankenstein's Monster.
• Alan compares his discovery regarding the existence of aliens to The X-Files.
• Mr Smith refers to the MITRE project as a "destroyer of worlds", the English translation of what Vishnu proclames himself upon taking on his multi-armed form in the Bhagavad Gita: "kālo'smi lokakṣayakṛtpravṛddho lokānsamāhartumiha pravṛttaḥ" (Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds). The passage was made famous in Western culture in 1965 by Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer when interviewed for NBC's documentary, The Decision to Drop the Bomb, and asked the thoughts he had at the first man-made nuclear detonation on 16 July 1945.