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* ''Film/AnAdventureInSpaceAndTime'', which dramatizes the making of ''Series/DoctorWho'' from its inception to the departure of Creator/WilliamHartnell in 1966, opens with a recreation of one of Creator/TheBBC's channel idents from the 1960s, with the continuity announcer reciting Hartnell's line from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS1E6TheAztecs "The Aztecs"]] stating that "you can't rewrite history, not one line."

An [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epigraph_(literature) epigraph]] (from the Greek ''epi-'', "on" or "over", and ''gráphō'', "writing", meaning "writing upon" or, more colloquially, "inscription") is the quotation of a line, excerpt or poetry done at the beginning or (more rarely) at the ending of a work, segment or chapter. Frequent in {{literature}}, shows up occasionally otherwise.

-->Pero todo tiene un punto de partida. Un punto que mueve todo el engranaje, un eje. El encuentro era inevitable, las manecillas del reloj empiezan a moverse.[[labelnote:Translation]]But everything has a starting point. A point that moves all the gears, an axis. The meeting was inevitable, the hands of the hands of the clock begin to move[[/labelnote]]

** The [[Recap/ParadoxusCapitulo03 third chapter]]'s introductory quote lampshades that this is the beginning of the plot proper; back in the present and taking place shortly after the events of the prologue. The Oðrsson sisters reunite with the rest of the girls with whom they'll travel back in time.

* ''{{Fanfic/Paradoxus}}'': The [[Recap/ParadoxusPrologo prologue]] opens with a bit of dialogue between two NamedByTheAdaptation, [[OCStandIn OC Stand-Ins]] who by the time the fanfic takes place, are both long dead --Hellis, nymph of the sun, and Nótt Skoð, nymph of time and the void. They are talking about how YouCantFightFate, a CentralTheme of the fic. Their inclusion also serves two establish three facts that are mostly [[RewatchBonus reread bonuses]]. One, the Great Dragon's nymphs are going to be of key importance throughout the plot. Two, it reaffirms that time travel kickstarts the plot but also foreshadows that [[spoiler:it's part of the reason why things are the way they are]]. And three, it [[LawOfConservationOfDetail brings attention to an important detail]], that Nótt's reincarnation ([[spoiler:aka Morrigan, Daphne's daughter]]) is an importat behind-the-scenes player.
-->"No importan las circunstancias, ni el espacio, ni el tiempo, Hellis... cuando los hilos del destino se entrelazan, las personas implicadas están condenadas a encontrarse".[[labelnote:Translation]]No matter the circumstances, nor do space or time, Hellis... when the threads of destiny intertwine, the people involved are doomed to meet.[[/labelnote]]\\
--'''Nótt Skoð''', one reincarnation of the nymph of time and the void.

* ''{{Fanfic/Paradoxus}}'': The [[Recap/ParadoxusPrologo prologue]] opens with a bit of dialogue between two NamedByTheAdaptation, [[OCStandIn OC Stand-Ins]] who by the time the fanfic takes place, are both long dead --Hellis, nymph of the sun, and Nótt Skoð, nymph of time and the void. They are talking about how YouCantFightFate, a CentralTheme of the fic. Their inclusion also serves two establish three facts that are mostly [[RewatchBonus reread bonuses]]. One, the Great Dragon's nymphs are going to be of key importance throughout the plot. Two, it reaffirms that time travel kickstarts the plot but also foreshadows that [[spoiler:part of the reason why things are the way they are]]. And three, it [[LawOfConservationOfDetail brings attention to an important detail]], that Nótt's reincarnation ([[spoiler:aka Morrigan, Daphne's daughter]]) is an importat behind-the-scenes player.

* ''Film/{{Anon}}'' opens with lines from a 19th century poem expressing how the poet wants to be invisible even to {{God}}, reflecting on everybody's memories in the film being recorded by law.

* ''Batman: Angel of Death'' opens with "[[Theatre/LesMiserables To love another person is to see the face of God]]," credited to Herbert Kretzmer.