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London's Big Ben clock tower is shown with a digital face retrofitted onto it. Big Ben retains its traditional analog face and no plans for digitisation exist. The episode was satirising futurism, not predicting it.
Big Ben Goes Digital is one of
70 verified Simpsons predictions
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foreshadowed real-world events. This prediction appeared in S07E09 ("Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"), which aired in 1995.
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