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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Life on Mars
1973. 1973 was the same year that the song "Life on Mars" by David Bowie was released as a single peaking at number 3 in the UK charts.
Vauxhall Cavalier. I guess it could have been an Opel Ascona, but as it has UK number plates and is in the UK it seems highly unlikely.
Hyde. Hyde is where the notorious serial killer Dr Harold Shipman had his practice.
Hyde 2612. Toward the end of series 2, Sam finally finds out who it is who has been calling him, but in many ways this just adds to his confusion.
"Drive carefully". Bolan famously died in a car crash in 1977 while travelling in a Mini driven by his then-girlfriend Gloria Jones.
| In both series of "Life on Mars", Sam regularly talks to the barman at their local pub as he seems to have a deeper insight into Sam's situation than could possibly be expected. What was this barman's name? | "Life On Mars": Complete Series 1 and 2
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Nelson. Nelson is a very mysterious character who gives Sam the key to recognising reality at the end of the second series.
A squirrel. He was actually dressed as Tufty the Squirrel who was a character used in road safety campaigns aimed at children by the government from the 50s right through to the 80s.
KJM212K. It is shown occasionally in the show but on the DVD cover but not many people take any notice of it. He drives this car throughout both series of the show.
Blackpool. She says during the briefing, "We had a lovely honeymoon in Blackpool". She also said that he saved her dog from drowning.
If you can feel it, it's real and you're alive.. He tells Sam this information down at the pub, before the train robbery. Sam later uses this information to figure out that he was more alive in the 'coma' than in 'life'.
| At the end of the last episode, Sam hears a doctor talking about him on the radio. What is his reaction? | 'Life On Mars' Series Two
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He claims to hate the station and changes it to a different one.. This is after he jumps off a roof to get back to Annie, Chris, Ray and Gene. He changes to a station that is playing the song 'Life on Mars' by David Bowie.
The North Sea. He says this because his team thought he was a murderer. Sam was the only one who thought otherwise and persisted to prove Gene was innocent.
Ray. Sam thinks that the bomb threat is a fake and has nothing to do with the IRA. Ray tells him that if he is so sure, then he should go to the car and check. Sam becomes angry and sends Ray instead and causes him to get blown up.
Sam asked for a cigarette then hit his captor on the head.. Sam asked for a cigarette as a last request and drops it on the ground; when the man bends down to pick it up he hits him in the head and gets Gene away as well. They then go after Tony Crane.
Hyde. When Sam hears the whistling in this scene, the bus is in the background. It says 'Hyde' on the front. Sam is in 'Hyde Ward 2612' in 2006.
Crown. The chip was coloured orange but it is later said to be a 'crown chip'. This leads them to investigate the casino run by Tony Crane, as this is where these chips come from.
Chris. Gene threw a party for his department after he was found to be innocent of his murder charge. Everybody got drunk and Chris danced in front of everyone, later throwing up into a bin.
| The opening scene of "Life on Mars", the American version, starts with a car chase, and Sam and Maya are having a relationship argument while high-tailing through the city. And the unofficial theme song, "Ground Zero", is playing over the scene. It also has been featured on the preview commercials for the show as well. If you followed the credits at the end, you saw who sang the song. Who sings "Ground Zero"? | "Life on Mars", American Style
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Chris Cornell. Chris Cornell has been the lead singer of both Soundgarden and Audioslave.
| The title of the show was derived from the song that was playing on his iPod during his accident in the first episode. When Sam Tyler "woke up", his iPod was changed to an 8-track tape, playing the same song. Who sings the song "Life on Mars"? | "Life on Mars", American Style
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David Bowie. The song has popped up a few times in the first episodes since its original appearance in the series, most notably when the robot appeared in the park in front of Sam.
Michael Imperioli. Michael won an Emmy for playing Christopher Moltisanti on HBO's "The Sopranos".
| In the third episode, "My Maharishi Is Bigger Than Your Maharishi", the victim killed in the episode was a Navy veteran. What was the eventual reason he was killed? | "Life on Mars", American Style
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He was involved in a gay relationship.. The victim was involved in a relationship with someone on the boat, and wanted to continue the affair publicly after they were out of the Navy. When the victim's determination to out them both wouldn't stop, the other man killed him from his paranoia of other people's homophobia. The time frame, 1973, involved a much more prejudiced time than now, and homosexuality was not as accepted as today.
| Several of the episodes in season one have featured a neighbor of Sam. In fact her first appearance featured ALL of her, as she was naked in the communal bathroom. What is the name of this hippie free spirit? | "Life on Mars", American Style
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Windy. Windy later shows up with some lasagna, clothed this time. She makes multiple appearances later on in the season.
| The fourth episode involves gangsters led by mob boss Elliot Casso. Back in 1973, Sam realizes his mom was willing to do some less than favorable things to pay of a debt, and he prevents this from happening by altering the past events he remembers from when he was young. Who guest starred as the mob boss Elliot Casso? | "Life on Mars", American Style
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Robert Klein. Sam's boss, Lt. Hunt (played by Harvey Keitel), relinquishes his clandestine ties to Casso at the end when Casso's actions sicken even Hunt. Casso is arrested.
Whoopi Goldberg. Whoopi appeared as the Soul disc jockey and the voice of the neighborhood, Brother Lovebutter in episode 5.
| In the 7th episode, they track down a kidnapper at Coney Island showing up to collect a ransom. What is unusual about this kidnapper? | "Life on Mars", American Style
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It is Sam's father.. Sam learns a fair amount about what his dad was involved in when Sam was young.
He was on the phone.. The voice on the other end is about to tell him why he's in the situation he's in. But then the screen goes black. Thanks for playing.
| We start to learn bits and pieces in the early part of the second half of the season about the organization that seems to have the lock on Sam Tyler's brain...for instance, the name of the organization. What astrologically based name do we see on the folder at the end of episode eight, entitled "The Dark Side of the Mook"? | "Life on Mars", American Style, Part II
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Aries Project. The Aries Project used interviews obtained in the guise of trying to solve a crime involving Ray's brother.
Eddie Carling. Eddie Carling, played by Eric Balfour, robs a store wearing his uniform from the hotel across the street in an attempt to get thrown in jail. He is mainly looking for protection from the people who committed the decapitation murders also in the episode's plot line.
| Sam Tyler stays pretty chaste throughout the show up until episode nine, "Take a Look At the Lawmen", when he meets Maria Belanger, a Child and Family Services worker helping with the interview of a child witness. They have a steamy rendezvous in the file room. Sam regrets this liaison at the end of the show when he finds out what? | "Life on Mars", American Style, Part II
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Maria is Lt. Gene Hunt's daughter.. While estranged, Maria is still Lieutenant Hunt's daughter, one of three children he has. He discovers this when Hunt's rival from another precinct, Nunzio, talks to her in a bar. Sam overhears them say how their lives would have been different if Nunzio had been her father and not Hunt.
Strangely enough, episodes eight and nine were aired in the USA out of order, so they made the public wait a week to resolve who called Sam at the end the first half of the season. There was no explanation given as to why.
| Also in episode nine, "Take a Look At the Lawmen", a rather non-threatening man robs a bank in an attempt to pay off an international mob organization. What nationality was this mob group? | "Life on Mars", American Style, Part II
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Russian. The Russian mob, led by Vasily Lukin, asks $10,000 from a man to bring him over to America. Upon his arrival, Vasily demands another $10,000 for the safe arrival of his family, otherwise they will be sent away. To gain the money, the man robs a bank, and in doing so, kills a bystander through a window with one of his warning shots.
| In episode ten, "Let All the Children Boogie", Detective Chris Skelton volunteers to be a bodyguard for a glam rock star, Sebastian Grace (of the Electric Insects), that Chris is a huge fan of. Chris ends up losing Sebastian and his girlfriend, "Rocket Girl", when they go off to an inspiration point in Sebastian's van. What do Sebastian and Chris claim happened to "Rocket Girl" when she ends up missing? | "Life on Mars", American Style, Part II
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"Rocket Girl" was abducted by a UFO.. It certainly seemed like she was abducted by an alien spacecraft. but the spacecraft in question turns out to be an experimental aircraft. The force of the propulsion from it pushes her into the swamp where she drowns. Sam only finds this out after almost drowning himself the same way. Sebastian grace was played by Cheyenne Jackson.
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