Black Museum

Black Museum
Episode information
Season	4
Episode	6
Air date	December 29, 2017
Length	Unknown
Writer	Charlie Brooker
Director	Colm McCarthy
Episode guide
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"Black Museum" is the sixth episode of Black Mirror's fourth season. It will star Douglas Hodge, Letitia Wright, and Babs Olusanmokun.

Production

Co-creator Annabel Jones disclosed the following information about the episode: "Black Museum is absolute popcorn. It’s three stories in one – a portmanteau-type thing – but absolutely full of ideas that whip along and before you know it you’re at the end of a 90-minute film and you’re like, ‘Oh my God, can you please stop? This is horrendous – stop throwing me these things!” It’s just unrelenting. It was the last we did in terms of shooting."

Cast

• Douglas Hodge - Rolo Haynes
• Letitia Wright - Nish
• Daniel Lapaine - Dr. Peter Dawson
• Aldis Hodge - Jack
• Alexandra Roach - Carrie
• Kyros McGee - Parker Lamasse
• Yasha Jackson - Emily
• Babs Olusanmokun - Clayton Leigh
• Amanda Warren - Angelica

Trailer

Trivia

• Dr. Peter Dawson's story was based on an unreleased short story by Penn Jillette.
• The Black Museum contains several artefacts from previous episodes.
  • From The National Anthem, a diorama of Carlton Bloom hanging himself.
  • From White Bear, Victoria Skillane can be seen on a screen at the entrance, and there is a small figurine of Baxter wearing the balaclava.
  • From Playtest, a few diagrams of SaitoGemu's Mushrooms.
  • From Hated in the Nation, an ADI beneath a magnifying glass.
  • From USS Callister, Robert Daly's DNA replicator with Tommy's lollipop in the tray.
  • From Arkangel, the cracked tablet used to monitor Sara Sambrell.
  • From Crocodile, the bathtub in which Anan Akhand was murdered.
• The refueling station next to the museum is called BRB Connect, which is a likely reference to the episode Be Right Back.
• At one point Jack is seen reading the the plot of Fifteen Million Merits (here titled '15M Merits) in comic book form.
• Rolo Haynes' test rats are named Kenny and Hector, after the characters from Shut Up and Dance.
• The news network seen in this episode is USN, presumably an American counterpart to the often-seen UKN.
• Rolo Haynes mentions the elderly being downloaded into the cloud which may reference the plot of San Junipero.
  • He also calls the hospital where the first two stories take place "St. Juniper", English for San Junipero, possibly the in-universe inspiration for the simulation's name.
• While discussing the monkey which houses Carrie, Haynes refers to a UN ruling regarding the humane treatment of human consciousnesses as "human rights for cookies"; this might be a reference to the cookies (simulated human personalities) featured in White Christmas.