Link to “The Star”: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/27365/27365-h/27365-h.htm#Page_35

TITLE OF EPISODE IN REFERENCE TO: 

“Beautiful Star of Bethlehem” performed by:

• Rhonda Vincent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RGLS5BnLZc 
• The Judds: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvfhOgpDRxI

Judy Garland singing “The Star of the East” (written by New York lyricist George Cooper in 1890): 

Our theme music for this episode was “Deck the Halls,” performed by Michel Rondeau, available under a CC attribution 3.0 license.

Break / transition music for this episode: https://musopen.org/music/611-etudes-op-25/

Bed music used during short story: Podington Bear’s Dark Water (CC attribution 3.0): https://www.freemusicarchive.org/music/Podington_Bear/Fathomless_-_Ambient

https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/illustration-from-the-star-by-h-g-wells

https://www.britannica.com/biography/H-G-Wells

Some context on the word “Hottentot”: https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-35240987