# Return to Tomorrow (TOS)

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-tomorrow-tos/835342>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 10, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-tomorrow-tos/835342 "2019-06-10T23:32:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-tomorrow-tos/835342/21 "2019-06-11T22:12:32Z")

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> [@cochrane](#):
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> Eh, he named a whole race of nasties after a fellow police officer, Wilbur Clingan.

I have never heard this before. I wondered briefly if it was a whoosh, but I looked it up and it seems to be true.

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**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2019, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-tomorrow-tos/835342/22 "2019-06-11T23:38:56Z")

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The practice is fairly common.

Drax, Goldfinger, Blofeld, Scaramanga, and Milton Krest were named after Ian Fleming’s friends and acquaintances.

Japanese corporations consider it a compliment to have their headquarters destroyed in Godzilla movies. (But the Emperor’s palace is never touched.)

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**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\
**Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 6:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-tomorrow-tos/835342/23 "2019-06-12T06:41:32Z")

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> [@Peter\_Morris](#):
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> I have never heard this before. I wondered briefly if it was a whoosh, but I looked it up and it seems to be true.

Recommend (with caveats) you read **this book** sometime, if you haven’t already:

> **[Star Trek Creator : The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry: David...](https://www.amazon.com/Star-Trek-Creator-Authorized-Roddenberry/dp/B00201C6RM)**
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> Star Trek Creator : The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry \[David Alexander\] on Amazon.com. \*FREE\* shipping on qualifying offers. Star Trek Creator : The Authorized Biography of Gene Roddenberry

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**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/return-to-tomorrow-tos/835342/24 "2019-06-13T18:47:26Z")

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> [@Cartooniverse](#):
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> I saw what you did there.  
> 😃

Someone’s up on their lore.

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