The Netflix sci-fi series āBlack Mirrorā has been shooting in Croydon this week, converting the townās center into a 1980s wonderland.
As per a series of tweets, fans and locals have been snapping images of the signage and retro store fronts, including a Wimpy and an old WHSmith.
The show is no stranger to revisiting other time periods or flashing forward into the future, but the 1980s is a particularly special time for the series.
Season threeās critically acclaimed āSan Juniperoā took place in 1987 and featured shoulder pads, big hair, and Belinda Carlisle galore.
Itās not clear what the storyline of this episode will be about, but one Twitter user shared this image that may hint at the episodeās name: Bandersnatch.
For the unfamiliar, the āBandersnatchā is vicious fictional creature created by Lewis Carroll that boasts sharp teeth and claws, white eyes with red pupils, and is extremely fast. Itās featured in his 1872 novel āThrough the Looking-Glassā and 1874 poem āThe Hunting of the Snark.ā
Additionally, you can spot in the gallery below a plethora of video games within the elaborate set that act as fun Easter Eggs.
As first noted in Digital Spy, the vinyl albums wink at past episodes with titles like āRoachbusters Red and Blueā (which is a reference to āMen Against Fireā), āPig in a Pokeā (a reference to āThe National Anthemā), āValdackās Revengeā (a reference to āUSS Callisterā), āWhite Bearā and āMetl Hedd,ā which both reference the episodes āWhite Bearā and āMetalhead.ā
āBlack Mirrorā creator Charlie Brooker has not revealed when season 5 will hit Netflix for our binge-watching pleasure, but he did tell Radio Times that heās doing a lot of back-to-back filming to crank them out:
āSeason Five, we are filming one [episode] at the moment. We are about to start filming another one imminently. Iām writing the next one and then it gets a bit more foggy.ā
We canāt wait.