The Birds (film) Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks. In 2016, "The Birds" was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets criminal defense attorney Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop. Mitch wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's eleventh birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes Melanie from a court appearance, but she does not know him; he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a saleswoman. Melanie
The Monk (Doctor Who) the Hound incarnation is younger or older than the Garden incarnation; Hound's incarnation expresses ignorance of why the Eighth Doctor would be particularly angry at him and dismisses it as the likely actions of one of his future incarnations, but when meeting the Third Doctor and talking about past companions, he makes reference to "brassy birds from Blackpool", a description that could imply knowledge of Lucie Miller or just be a coincidental alliteration used as he teasingly describes Jo Grant. The Monk (Doctor Who) The Monk is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series "Doctor Who". Played