Archchancellor Ridcully's wizard name is 'Ridcully the Brown'. ''I thought they were trying to cure the philosopher's stones, or somethin',' said the Archchancellor.' Pratchett is playing with trying to find the Philosopher's Stone (the quest by alchemists to discover a substance that will turn all base metals into gold) and curing his stones (like gall stones or kidney stones). Tip of my tongue.'' The word is 'Eureka'. Its five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilisations - to boldly go where no man has gone before.' The last line was changed to 'where no-one has gone before' in the newer, more politically correct Star Trek incarnations. These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. It's sometimes called the final frontier.' This is taken from the famous opening voice-over to the Star Trek television series: 'Space. He's not very good at the wizarding.' It could also be another reference to the famous movie The Wizard of Oz. At one point, an unknown person speaking in Borgle's commissary refers to a wizard appearing in a moving picture when another person points out that there are no wizards in Holy Wood, the first responds 'Oh, this one's all right. While unlikely (considering the events between Eric and Interesting Times), it could be argued that Rincewind makes a cameo of sorts, at least obliquely. Ginger got her name because Pratchett wanted to use the Fred Astaire quote (see a few annotations further down) about her partner, and so Ginger was an obvious choice for the leading lady's name.

Instead, Ruby got her name because like all trolls she needed a mineral name. Pratchett said that he did not intend this as a reference to Gone with the Wind's Scarlett. The two femmes fatale of this novel are called Ginger and Ruby, both names signifying a red colour. Pratchett intended for Gaspode to die at the end of the book, but his editors/beta-readers made him reconsider. Meanwhile, it gradually becomes clear that the production of movies is having a deleterious effect on the structure of reality. Can handle a sword a little.'), a dropout from Ankh-Morpork's Unseen University and Theda 'Ginger' Withel, a girl 'from a little town you never ever heard of', who become stars, and the Discworld's most infamous salesman, Cut-Me-Own-Throat Dibbler, who introduces commerce to the equation and becomes a successful producer. Many hopefuls are drawn by the siren call of Holy Wood, home of the fledgling 'clicks' industry – among them Victor Tugelbend ('Can't sing. The alchemists of the Discworld have invented moving pictures.

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