^^ I wonder how much my post from the Doctor Who thread last year inspired Tobar while working on that observation ;-)

Only joking, I'm sure everybody who watched that episode would spot the inspiration. btw, it's well worth checking out episodes of Pre-1977/Pre-Star-Wars Doctor Who to spot similarities like this... plus loads of the SW cast appear in the show.

I might have asked in the Doctor Who thread already? But,

Does anyone know of GL ever saying he used to regularly watch Doctor Who?

Spielberg did (Amblin was in negotions to make a DW movie in the mid-90s).