"In the Heat of the Night" is a title based upon conjecture.
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A film starring Sidney Poitier and Rod Steiger was advertised in Tube stations during the London Event. The posters described it as "Block-Busters". (TV: The Web of Fear)
Behind the scenes[]
On the left is the image from Web. On the right is a version of the real life movie poster.
The poster seen in episode six of The Web of Fear is clearly the poster for In the Heat of the Night, edited — or more specifically "Greeked" — by the production crew to say "Block-Busters" instead of the title of the film.