During the Inspector Morse episode "Twilight of the Gods", Morse refers to his sergeant, Lewis, as the Person from Porlock, due to his interrupting Morse’s crossword attempts. Lewis retorts “No Sir, Newcastle” in his Geordie accent. In Arthur Conan Doyle's The Valley of Fear, Sherlock Holmes makes use of an informant referred to as 'Porlock' to gain information on Professor Moriarty's activities.