A woman enters the Black Museum, where the proprietor tells his stories relating to the artefacts.
Air date:
December 29, 2017
Writer:
Charlie Brooker, Penn Jillette
Director:
Colm McCarthy
Air date:
Writer:
Director:
December 29, 2017
Charlie Brooker, Penn Jillette
Colm McCarthy
Storyline
A woman enters the Black Museum, where the proprietor tells his stories relating to the artefacts.
Trivia
Nish makes a reference to Black Mirror: Hated in the Nation (2016) with the quote: " (...)they just moved onto the next viral miscarriage of justice they can hang a hashtag off of.".
The lab rats of Rolo Haynes have the same names as the main characters from Black Mirror: Shut Up and Dance (2016).
One of the main characters reads a graphic novel about the episode Black Mirror: Fifteen Million Merits (2011).
"The Black Museum" is the name of a radio program starring Orson Wells and based on real-life cases from the files of Scotland Yard's Black Museum, much like the "articles" of this Black Museum using items from various BM programs. The radio program ran in the United States in 1952.
The tablet that Sara used to beat her mother in Arkangel is on display at the Black Museum.
A mask of Charlie Brooker can be seen on the wall amongst the many others.
The Black Museum is the name of Scotland Yard's crime museum. It was also the name of an old time radio program about the museum.
A real mug shot of Jane Fonda can be briefly seen within the museum from her 1970 arrest whilst protesting the Vietnam War.
Rolo Haynes' attire is reminiscent of Penn Jillette's trademark 3 piece gray suit and red tie. Jillette's short story was the basis of the "Pain Addict" storyline and he had initially shown interest in playing the part of the Haynes character. It is unclear if this was done to pay homage or insult.
The DNA assimilator from USS Callister is on display in the museum.
Nish's roadster is a third generation (1961-1963) Ford Thunderbird in Acupulco Blue.
The name of the abandoned gas station by the Black Museum is "BRB Connect." BRB is a common acronym meaning "be right back," which is the title of the first episode of season 2 of the series.
Coincidentally the ideas of having technology available for a doctor to feel a patient's pain and being able to put ones mind into somebody else's brain are both "inventions" Karl Pilkington came up with on The Ricky Gervais Show podcast.
A drone bee from the episode Hated In The Nation is on display in the museum.
The pad from Arkangel which was used to assault Sara's mother can be seen in one of the display cases inside the museum.
A soundtrack album with original music by Cristobal Tapia De Veer was released by Lakeshore Records on Feb 19, 2018.
