The 12 Days of Christine resembled an arthouse film. From the beginning of the episode, there are clues to the content of the closing scenes, including the sound of a heartbeat, sounds associated with cars, and blue flashing lights. There are also a number of allusions to horror films; Fung is referred to as "the grudge", the Stranger's appearance evokes "Don't Look Now" and the throwing of eggs may be associated with "Ghostbusters". The name "Christine", too, can be seen as a reference to Stephen King's "Christine". For Chris Bennion, writing in "The Independent", the events of "The 12 Days of Christine" are a life
Christine Orr in the Edinburgh New Town. Orr then founded the Christine Orr Players, one of eight theatre companies to perform an unofficial event during the first Edinburgh International Festival in 1947, "planting the roots of what would come to be known as the Festival Fringe". The group put on a production of "Macbeth", starring Robin Stark, and for which Orr also designed the costumes. The production was called "a great achievement" by the theatre paper "The Stage". She also founded The Makars in 1932, which remained "one of Edinburgh's leading amateur groups" for at least two decades. Christine Orr Christine Grant