Editing Back to the Future (section)

===Influences===
As film fans, Gale and Zemeckis's influences are seen throughout ''Back to the Future''. There are references to ''[[The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)|The Wizard of&nbsp;Oz]]'' (1939), ''[[The Shaggy Dog (1959 film)|The Shaggy Dog]]'' (1959), ''[[Dr. Strangelove]]'' (1964), ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (1977), the ''Star Wars'' film series, and television shows including ''[[Mister Peabody]]'', ''[[Star Trek: The Original Series]]'', ''[[The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)|The Outer Limits]]'', and ''The Twilight Zone''.<ref name="CNNGaleInterview" /><ref name="DOG88things" /> There are also allusions to 1960's ''[[The Time Machine (1960 film)|The Time Machine]]'' (based on [[H.&nbsp;G. Wells]]'s 1895 [[The Time Machine|novella of the same name]]) and ''[[A&nbsp;Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court]]'' by [[Mark Twain]], in which the central character seemingly moves through time.{{sfn|Ní Fhlainn|2015|pp=165, 166}} The DeLorean dashboard chronometer uses the same color scheme as the time device of ''The Time Machine''.{{sfn|Ní Fhlainn|2015|p=167}} Critic Ray Loynd opined that Doc can be seen as a [[King Arthur]]-type, with Marty serving as his knight.<ref name="RevVariety" />