Black Mirror stepped things up a gear with USS Callister. The anthology series, once a humble Channel 4 production, had recently been purchased by free-spending Netflix chiefs. This big budget season four episode – telling the story of a tyrannical video game creator who traps his staff inside a Star Trek-esque computer simulation – was the show's most cinematic offering to date.

The creator also tells TheWrap about taking a less "sinister" view on AI in "Hotel Reverie" and reviving Will Poulter's "Bandersnatch" character The post Charlie Brooker Wanted a Return to ‘O.G. Black Mirror’ in Season 7 — With AI and a ‘USS Callister’ Sequel appeared first on TheWrap.

A few scenes also reference future episodes – namely season seven’s second instalment “Bête Noire”, which is set in a confectionary company named Ditta. When adverts are added to Amanda’s plan, she starts reciting adverts for the company.