Doctor Who: 20 Things You Didn't Know About The Angels Take Manhattan
5. Brightwell & Hyman
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No, Brightwell & Hyman is not a firm of lawyers or estate agents, but rather the name of a company that makes... matches.
Rory uses a box of Brightwell & Hyman matches to fend off the cherub statues, but what you almost certainly didn't know is that this brand would appear in Doctor Who again.
A few episodes later in The Crimson Horror, a poster can be seen in the background of a shot, advertising “Brightwell & Hyman: Quality Matches”.
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This makes sense, seeing as how the setting of Sweetville centres around a giant match factory!
Brightwell & Hyman is never once spoken onscreen, making this quite possibly one of the most obscure connections in the show.