On Knowledge Contamination

Thinking about the preponderance of evidence for Patrick Matthew's (1831) influence upon Darwin's and Wallace's replication of his prior-published theory of evolution by natural selection (see my expert peer reviewed science article on that issue here). I wonder if the BBC Colditz series influenced Stephen Fry, via some kind of direct or indirect (saw it himself or else via friends, influencers, associates etc) knowledge contamination to come up with the name Captain Darling in the Blackadder comedy series? See usage of an officer apparently calling Captain Tim Downing "Darling" e.g. in Series 1, Episode 9 "Bribery and Corruption" in the BBC series - available in Boxset from Amazon.

Moreover, Rowan Atkinson had the idea of setting a new series of Blackadder in Colditz: (here)  

Your prayers have been answered with a Darwin worshippers worst nightmare. Beloved beardy was a lying and plagiarising git who always kept his God in the equation. Unlike the heretical Chartist leader atheist he plagiarized:
1. https://t.co/6K7Wm5UvfI
2. https://t.co/qPsB49TRcE pic.twitter.com/sqHQrhNyQs

— BlessedVirginDarwin (@OnNavalTimber) December 13, 2018

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Whilst disingenuous Dawkins @RichardDawkins @rdfrs mocks them, this Xmas it is hilarious to note that Christians, Muslims and his very own credulous and dishonest cult of Darwin Worshippers are all rather obsessed with blessed virgin conceptions: https://t.co/6K7Wm5UvfI 🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/awqJZHfDZs

— BlessedVirginDarwin (@OnNavalTimber) December 20, 2018

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🤣 https://t.co/GRTjHQwBBE

— BlessedVirginDarwin (@OnNavalTimber) December 21, 2018

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We should disinter several folk from Westminster Abbey now newly know more about their heinous activities. We should dig up Charles Darwin to re-bury him somewhere more fitting for a science fraudster by lies & plagiarism

1. https://t.co/E8QuuMzsSL
2. https://t.co/3XMQL72PHL pic.twitter.com/sQ3aWE977S

— Dr Mike Sutton (@Criminotweet) December 21, 2018