'90s Mediacorp Drama Shiver Seemingly Predicted MRT Stations Tai Seng, Bras Basah & Havelock Years Before They Were Built

Ask any Singaporean growing up in the late ‘90s’ and early ‘00s’ and they will be able to rattle off Mediacorp English shows such as Growing Up and Under One Roof with ease.

But not many will remember that in 1997, there was also Shiver, our first fantasy-slash-horror English series, a show that was described as a dramatised and less scary version of horror anthology Incredible Tales.

Recently, a netizen claimed that one of its episodes, titled ‘The Last Train’, had seemingly predicted a number of MRT train stations that exist today in 2023.

Mind you, back in 1997, Tai Seng, Bras Basah, and Havelock MRT Stations were years from being completed.

Tai Seng MRT Station was completed in 2007. Bras Basah MRT Station was announced in 1999 and completed in 2010 and Havelock MRT Station was announced in 2012 and completed in 2022.

The same sharp-eyed netizen also pointed out that Serangoon MRT Station, the construction of which was announced in 1996, was creatively spelled as Seran-goon.

So what's the episode about?

The protagonist is played by ex-Mediacorp actor Andrew Seow, who boards an MRT train after picking up a travel card and eerily alights at a station where he notices all the station names looked strangely unfamiliar… or were they?

The character could also be seen walking past ads which featured an alternate version of Singapore Airlines (Air Singapore, anyone?) and a Singapore-made car.

Though Shiver lasted only one season, it had a whopping 30 episodes, each with its own unique storyline.

Scroll down to watch the entire episode.

The series also features other familiar faces such as former actor Robin Goh and Diana Ser.

Call us biased, but we also couldn’t help but notice an old hard copy issue of 8 Days, but with comedian Hossan Leong’s mug instead of James Lye's being touted (or questioned?) as Singapore’s sex symbol in the alternative universe.

Hey, everything works in the multiverse right?

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