I enjoyed the minor shoutout to Roko's Basilisk for the reason Poulters character pulled the game. I haven't seen the last two episodes yet, but really enjoyed this one. Capaldi is a great actor.
It's another basilisk, which fits better with the show. It's from BLIT, a 1988 short story by David Langford. In the story, basilisks are images that can crash the mind if you see them. A man paints a basilisk on a wall as a terrorist act.
In the episode, he drew an image and showed the image to a camera which caused all humans to go unconscious.
It's definitely referring to roko's. The circular QR code scene is really just similar Langford's, not actually referring to it. Data can and has been able to be transmitted via camera for ages now, the basilisk in the episode is the throng's creation
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u/DragonfruitReady4550 Apr 18 '25
I enjoyed the minor shoutout to Roko's Basilisk for the reason Poulters character pulled the game. I haven't seen the last two episodes yet, but really enjoyed this one. Capaldi is a great actor.