Taxi Driver (film)

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Taxi Driver (film)

Taxi Driver was a 1976 film starring Robert De Niro, who portrayed the character of Travis Bickle. (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"])

History[[edit] | [edit source]]

While on the SS Madame de Pompadour, Mickey Smith quoted Travis Bickle in the film, (PROSE: Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"]) saying "you lookin' at me?" to a camera containing a human eye. (TV: The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"])

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The film is not named directly in The Girl in the Fireplace [+]Loading...["The Girl in the Fireplace (TV story)"]. Instead, the connection is later made by Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia [+]Loading...["Doctor Who: The Encyclopedia (reference book)"].

Although unstated, Jodie Foster also starred in the film. John Hinckley Jr became obsessed with the film, and attempted to assassinate Ronald Reagan, as depicted in the short story The Assassin's Story [+]Loading...["The Assassin's Story (short story)"].