Doctor Strange - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of Doctor Strange or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to Doctor Strange

[ronnie]

The filmmakers defined the use of magic as dimensional travelling and shifting. "We didn't want magic to simply be people throwing and blocking bolts of lightning; this is the ability to tap into different dimensions and pull aspects of those dimensions into our realm."

[carl]

Another Pink Floyd reference is the t-shirt Dr. Strange is wearing as he descends into despair and breaks up with Christine - it is an album cover of Syd Barrett's solo album The Madcap Laughs.

[elmer]

The second time that Strange goes into the library to request reading material on astral projection from Wong, he calls Wong "Beyoncé" and finds it hard to believe that Wong had never heard of her. A little later when Strange is opening gateways in the library in order to "borrow" more books, Beyonce's song, "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)" can clearly be heard coming from Wong's headphones.

[francisco]

Benedict Wong shares the same surname as his character.

[duane]

Scott Derrickson describes this film as enabling a Marvel Comics multiverse to exist: "What we've wanted from the beginning was to bring in these other dimensions and realities, which is something Dr Strange can do. Much like how the early Doctor Strange comics broke open the Marvel comic book universe into the Marvel multiverse, this film serves the same function. In the comics it ended up being decades of new stories and I think this movie will do the same thing."

[tammy]

There is a disclaimer at the end of the closing credits warning viewers about the dangers of distracted driving. This is a reference to Strange's catastrophic car accident (which was caused by him looking at an electronic device while driving), but (as entertainment writer Bill Bradley pointed out in a piece for the Huffington Post) it is also a continuation of the joke that repeats several times throughout the movie about essential warnings appearing after (not before) instructions.

[sylvia]

Dr. Strange referred to his Physical therapist as "Bachelors degree". While many PTs do not have a Masters or Doctorate, many of them do.

[toni]

In Stan Lee's cameo, he is shown reading Aldous Huxley's book The Doors of Perception, originally written in 1954 about Huxley's mescalin drug trip and the psychedelic world he saw (much like what viewers see in this movie). The movie credits acknowledge the 1954 version by Huxley and the 1982 version by his wife Laura Huxley (although Wikipedia does not show a listing for the latter). The book has 3 eyes arranged vertically, with different images in the center circles, perhaps chosen because they are reminders of the 3 Sanctum Sanctorums of New York, London, and Hong Kong.

[frances]

Mordo repeatedly states that "the bill comes due." This comes from the 2016 Doctor Strange comics, where Dr Strange received constant warnings of "the bill coming due" for wielding magic; in consequence, he attracted the attention of the anti-magic scientists the Empirikul, who severely depowered the magicians of Earth.

[jamie]

In the comics, Stephen Strange had a younger sister named Donna, who died when he was young, and motivated him into becoming a doctor. Lulu Wilson was cast as Donna in the film and shot some scenes, but they were cut out for running time purposes.

[ronnie]

Mads Mikkelsen is the fifth actor to play a villain in both a comic-book film and a James Bond film:-Sir Christopher Lee was the main villain in The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) and Captain America II: Death Too Soon (1979).-Louis Jourdan was the main villain in Octopussy (1983) and Swamp Thing (1982).-Christopher Walken was the main villain in A View to a Kill (1985) and Batman Returns (1992).-Christoph Waltz was the main villain in Spectre (2015) and The Green Hornet (2011).

[caroline]

Between 1986 and 2005, five attempts were made at a Doctor Strange film by Bob Gale, Alex Cox, Wes Craven, David S. Goyer, and Guillermo del Toro. Del Toro's version would have been co-written by Neil Gaiman.

[wesley]

On multiple occasions, Doctor Strange corrects people who call him Mister. Had the character been English the opposite would in fact be true. Surgeons in the UK go by Mister instead of Doctor. This tradition dates back many years, and after becoming a qualified surgeon an individual will go from Doctor to Mister/Miss/Missus but with the letters FRCS after their name. Many surgeons take offense at being called doctor. This is actually true of all Consultants, not just surgeons, Consultant being a senior and more qualified physician with a speciality.

[albert]

This is the second live action adaptation of Marvel Comics' Dr Strange. The first was Dr. Strange (1978).

[sara]

Stan Lee: man on the bus reading "The Doors Of Perception" by Aldous Huxley. The book is a recounting of Huxley's experience taking psychedelic drugs, with particular mention of their use in perceiving art. Dr Strange comics have long been associated with psychedelic drugs because of their use of surreal images to portray magical dimensions and beings. Marvel has always insisted that drugs played no part in the creation of Dr Strange, which may be why Lee is laughing at the book.

[violet]

The Zealots' makeup took between two to three hours to apply.

[camila]

In the movie, it is explained that Agamotto, first Sorcerer Supreme, created three seals in order to preserve planet Earth from the Dark Dimension, which are represented by symbols in the skylights of the Sanctum Sanctorums (New York, London and Hong Kong) and in the doors that connect them with the temple of The Ancient One in Nepal. In the original comics, the symbol in the skylight of New York belongs to the Vishanti, union of the three powerful magical entities called Oshtur, Hoggoth and Agamotto.

[kristen]

Tony Todd was considered for the role of Dormammu.

[willard]

The folding, replication, and changes in orientation during the reality-twisting scenes were influenced by the works of mathematical painter M.C. Escher and the fractal concept.