MonkeyClock had created his version of Lord of the Rings, starring Clocks, but never got beyond the introduction. In Monkey's version the story, especially the names, is closer to the Rings trilogy. StrangeClock got permission from MonkeyClock to create the series Lord of the Clocks and Monkey's version now has the statement: "And so the movie is passed to StrangeClock who is likely to actually finish it and whose prelude was sexier than mine. Whoo." in the Author's Notes.