Beth Schwartz
publication date: Thursday, February 11, 2021 (part of Winter 2021)
category: 
Television
clue: It must have been strange for this writer and producer to take over showrunning duties on a comic-book superhero show that had already named a fictional doctor after her.
explanation: Schwartz inspired the name of Dr. Eliza Schwartz on Arrow. more…
difficulty: hard
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, and Erik Bates
Sci-Fi Namesakes: Science fiction is a genre of ideas, and the best ideas are the ones connected to reality. This two-week theme presents 14 real-life people who inspired the names of characters in sci-fi TV shows, including shows with fantastical elements not normally considered sci-fi. Dr. Who, I presume?Similar Goos
Robert Singer
Television science fiction shows as divergent as Timecop, Smallville, V, and Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman have this man in common, so eventually the writers of another of his shows about supernatural phenomena decided to honor him by naming a character after him. Go »
Martin Starr
Oh joy! Getting knocked up by this actor could be really bad, but the good thing about this is that he shines and sparkles in the sky. Go »
Harry S. Truman
Being the president of the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s was a far more important elected office to hold than, say, being sheriff of a very strange valley town in Washington state roiled by a teenager's murder. Go »
Pedro Pascal
He appeared in three different versions of Law & Order and two different versions of Wonder Woman. Go »
David Schwimmer
In the opening credits to his sitcom, while his co-stars frolicked around water, he submerged himself, in what could have been a play on his last name. Go »
